davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
RAPID CITY FIGURES BIG
III Real Estate Transactions That Auqur
New Railroad Enterprise.
SOME HILLS LEGISLATORS
Are Scored for Their Vote UnirienaIy to
tine Sioux Open
ing.
Special 10 The Globe.

Special to the Globe.
RAPID CITY, Oak, Jan. 1S.-Since the
first of the year there has been a re-
vival Of interest in real estate here
aboutS that IS both marked and encour-
aging to holders at least. The sales
recorded have been mostly of outside
property, yet the figures paid Indicate
confidence of something of Importance
in the near future. One hundred dol
lars an acre for ranch property is fair
price, even though the land does adioin
the townsite. One safe of 200 acres on
the north side of town brought $4,000.
and another Of eighty acres was sold for
$1,000. Some 400 acres in the same
vicinity are held under option at prices
averaging 500 per acre. A great deal
OF inside property Is also changing
hands. The general impression is that
the purchasers have something on the
movements of the st. Paul. Black Hills
IL Pacific railroad, and the confidence
and rapidity with which these deals are
made gives color to this belief.
More or less of wonderment was Oc-
casioned here by the vote of the
BLACK HIILS MEMBERS
Green memorial to congress asking for
the opening of the reservation. Clark'S
reasons are easily understood. for he
represents in person the crank element
of Custer county, which is opposed to
the opening of the reservation in any
way but its way. Why Patton and
Trude voted in the negative is unknown,
and in the absence of knowledge judg-
ment is generally suspended. Some
Bismarck correspondent will confer a
favor on the Black Hills people by Civ
ing lucid analysis of the vote referred
to. And, speaking of the reservation,
the outlook does not appear as enc our
aging as it did some time since, and this
fact is forcing recognition for itself.
People here are beginning to understand
what the opposition of Senator Dawes
to measure means. How any man can
OPPOSE ACTION
that is recommended by all who have
carefully investigated the matter is be-
You'd comprehension: but Dawes does
oppose the opening of the reservation
ithOut the Indians consent, and as the
Indians will not give their consent, or
even talk with government representa-
tiveS, the hope for the opening grows
beautifully less each day. 1t is proba-
able that when the extra session of con-
gress is called to look alter Dakota
legislation, something may be done on
the reservation. AT present, though,
the recent sickness that results from
deferred hope is making itself manifest
among those who have labOred long and
earnestly for the passage of some meas
ure that would enable the Black Hills
to establish direct connection with the
eastern part of Dakota. Still, with the
present Legislature as criterion, when
the territory is divided aid the state of
South Dakota is SET up, the Black Hills
may as we'll be cut Off by a reservation
twice as big as the one that exists. tor
state matters
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
ARE FREAKS.

When the blizzard of the 18th of Jan
uary, 1883, is recalled, with its woeful
record, it does not seem quite easy to
credit the facts of the current winter.
The idea Of blizzard and cold that
would endanger life if exposed to them,
if little further away, would be classed
with the stories Of pioneer settlers that
grow little each year, until posterity
wonders at the heroism that endured
such events. But there was good deal
of reality to the variations and pictures
of that January in some parts of the
territory. The fatalities it caused, how
ever, can, without much strain, be
shown to be due to causes temporary
and peculiar to a new country. There
was sort of freakishness in the ele-
ments; but it was not typical winter
any more thanh fact, not so much as
the present. Delightful, stimulating
atmospheric conditions are the rule in
winter in Dakota. There is tendency
to one extreme this winter as sort of
compensation for the other extreme OF
O ynor oCn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

Gov. MELLETTE is too grasping. He
has been the executive under the Huron
state for two or three years, and now
wants to be spread over the entire terri
tory. Both of the senators and other
noted statesmen Of the South are said
to be urging his claims, such as they are.
OF course the chief argument i'll his
favor is his executive experience. Rea-
sons too nearly confidential for publica-
ton leave little doubt that ALLEN Is the
man. He has an old grip on QUAY, and
Quay has a massive, if not new. grip on
Gen. HARRISON. This would seem to
conclusive. Then the governor should
properly come from the North, as that
will be territory, apparently, several
months the longest. ALLEN, too. is the
handSomest of the Republican states
men. He can put more dignity and i'm
pressiveness into the station than any
other man. CLIFFORD also speaks OF
him strongly. II he decides not to be
governor, he Will probably go to the
senate. Senator ALLEN from the
North, and Senator CLIFFORD from the
South. How does that sound?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
THAT SCHOOL OF MINES
Is Doing Good Work ard Is
Wrongfuliy Attacked by Par

Is Doing Good Work ard Is
Wrongfuliy Attacked by Par
ties.
Special to the Globe
RAPID CITY, Jan. 1S.-A great many
vicious attacks are being made on the
school of mines by parties and papers
whose chagrn over the land Office re-
moval has biased their judgment. TO
talk of removing the Institution to Dead
wood is foolish in the extreme. So also
is the statement that the school is so
far from the mines that it can not be of
service to the mineral interests of the
hills. This latter statement comes from
the Deadwood Times, a publication
which fails to find anything of good
outside its limited range of vision and
which labors earnestly TO build up the
Black Hills country by viciously and
gratut0uSly abusing everything in
which it's proprietor or his friends have
no direct personal interest. During the
last two years the school OF mines has
done enough for the country immedi-
ately adjacent and tributary to Dead
wood to forever commend it to the peo-
pie and press Of that place, instead of
drawing out the malicious asperSionS
that have been showered on it. During
the last week the mineralist of the
school has developed fact concerning
the tin deposits here which alone is
worth to the mining interest all the
school has cost. The experiments
carried on at the school Of mines led di-
rectly to the erection of the reduction
works, of which DeadW0od is sc proud,
and through which the whole hills coun-
try will be bene fitted. There does not
exist territorial institution more
worthy of support than this, ard the
legislature Will do we'll to recognize
this fact.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
RAILROAD TAXES.

The advance sheets of Auditor
Wards report, relating to assessment
and taxation, affords clear view of the
reasons and policies of the effort to
change the mode OF railroad taxation.
Under the gross earning system the
railroads would bear but small part of
the burdens of taxation, as the auditor
shows in this synopsis:
Number of miles OF railroad in the terri
tory in 1887, 1900.
Estimated value of same per mile, $4,000
Average levy of taxes for all purposes, ter
ritorial county, school, etc, 2.5.
Total amount of tax for all purposes at
actual valuation. S1,O75, 800.
the amount paid on the gross earnings
1887, $104, 1912.
Difference between valuation and gross
earnings system for one year, 500, $50 49,
If railroad property was assessed at half its
actual value or at $1,000 per mile. the valua-
ton would be S2l.5O0.00
Levy for all purposes, %.
Total amount OF tax half valuation, $537.-
500.
Amount paid as GROSS earnings tax for
1887, Sl0i.167.S2.
Difference for one year, 1888, 332 IS
The following shows the taxes paid
counties by the railroads for the year
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
WINTER NEEDED.

1t is possible there was a little over
doing of the picnic and summer frolic
feature the earlier part of the winter.
The people all over the country have
been suffering from the absence of the
usual winter features, so much so as to
look for comfort and atmospheric ex-
hilaration to the North rather than
South. No visitor who wants Florida
climate in the winter is going to Dakota
for it, If it is there, it is disappointing
and repellant. People who have been
used to a bracing, healthful winter are at
a loss to find it in any Of the old regions.
If sDakOta is out of it and has taken
up the effeminate substitute. it is not
best to advertise the fact. One of the
strongest claims for il has been the re-
liability and regularity of the seasons.
If there is TO be no ice in January and
people are to keep on blowing all the
winter months, one might as well stay
further south. A straight winter is the
present need
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
DANGEROUS POLICY.

The jamestown Alert and some other
papers take strong ground against the
passage OF the bill before the legisla-
ture allowing counties to bond them
selves for 200 or less, to furnish seed
grain for destitute farmers. 1t looks
like kindly and humane measure on
its face. and if needful TO obviate ruin
or suffering, the financial consideration
would not seem to be Weighty. 1t is
not good impression to send abroad
that there is sufficient occasion for aid
to require a general act, and people
abroad discriminate so little that sec
tons not in heed of anything of the sort
are classed with those where there was
partial failure of crops. Unless the
law requires the return of the seed from
the next crop or guarantees that will Sc
cure the taxpayers from ultimate loss,
il would seem TO be unjust to the tax
PAYERS. The Alert thinks that those
who cannot stay in Dakota without
government aid should migrate. That
looks like harsh view, but there is,
undoubtedly. danger in the policy pro-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19

name his successor The Inference is
almost unavoidable that the major does
not love the executive. If they were
not both incorrigible teetotalers, it is not
probable that even the proverbial good
fellowship of the Aberdeen editor would
lead him to ask the governor to touch
glassware with him. The appeal to the
Deity in the review indicates religious
conviction. Hardly anything less than
this could have induced the major to
employ phraseology so far from amhi-
guilty in referring to the evanescing
head of the territory. The analys is
is incisive, and treats Of his ef5t-
while friend quite as'mucll as an in
dividual as an official. 1t is not exactly
the tender eproof of friend. In fact,
it is quite something else. If the major
has influence with the legislature, the
measures suggested in the message will
not speedily find their way into the
statute book. As they are both in Bis
marck. it is fortunate that neither holds
tO the code
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
TMO MEASURES.

The appointment Of legislative COM
mitteeS on the liquor and female suffrage
business indicate a sort of Barkis dis
position toward those interests. They
are willing at least to hear kindly what
the cold water and female voting people
have to say. The chief officers of both
houses. are classed as prohibitionists,
but their counties both voted emphatic
ally against local option. They are
hampered by this fact. There seems to
be more reason for action upon the suf-
frage than the temperance feature, as
regards the situation promising the
early advent Of statehood, without con-
Sidering the general merits of either
A temperance law would hardly get
inio operation before it would disappear
with the territorial organization, while
the female voting would be sort of
breaking in in the line of future duty
that is, it would be an experiment to
show the state-makers whether it would
be prudent to incorporate the feature in
the state constitution
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
THE MAN WANTED.

ii was taking something of an advan-
tage of Maj CoRWIN of Kidder, in his
absence at st. Paul. to try to secure his
appointment as immigration commits
sioner, in the event that Mr.. MCCLURE
insists upon resigning. Mr.. CorwIN is
good newspaper man, and no doubt has
all the essentials for this position, but
after the record made by MCCLURE it
will be hard place to fill and gain any
credit. Some people have a notion that
the place is an easy one, and that the
principal duty is to send out printed
matter to inQuirers. Its duties are
varied and important, and the useful
ness Of the office depends greatly to the
incumbent. MCCLURE has done SPLEEN
did work, and been of almost inestimable
service to the territory. 1t is misfort-
une that he cannot be kept there several
years yet, as the states and territories
further south are making special efforts
to divert immigration to them. The
Invest sort of man is needed in the
office
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19

1t is we'll enough TO be on hand in
line. but Col. PLUMMER is little pre-
viouo in devoting so much effort and
space to standing up Judge LEvIsEE as
the successor of Judge MCCONNELL.
As a personal friend Of the present in
cumbent. the colonel should be little
more reserved. 1t is good deal like
looking up a second husband before the
first is quite lost to consciousness. Nc
CoNNELL is The first of the present jul
dietary to go out by expiration of term.
He was appointed iii the spring. but by
some hitch his commission is dated sew
eral months later. A state ought 10 be
coming in sight as he goes out, and his
successor will be likely to have but Il
few months to serve. He might have a
better chance under state judiciary,
but that is not certain. Judge LEVIsEE
is regarded as a very capable man, but
the name somehow is unpleasantly asso-
ciated in Democratic ears with the
electoral vote of Louisiana in 1876. Per
haps the rule is still in force, however.
not to pursue a man into his ante-Dako-
70 history
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
THE BARNES DEFICIT,
Which Greatly Surprised That
Community and Amounted to
$4,000


Community and Amounted to
$4,000.
Special TO the Globe.
SANBoRN, OAK, Jan. 1s.-The San
born Enterprise of last week gives tie
details CT sensation in Barnes county,
which was caused by the discovery that
Treasurer Benson was behind in his
accounts. The Enterprise says: Some
thing of a sensation was created last
Tuesday when it was learned that there
was deficiency in TIE county treasury
of over $4,000. No one, apparently, ex
pected anything CT the kind, and the
report created considerable excite
meEt. Treasurer Benson has turned
over all his available assets to
his bondsmen, and both they and
tie county are amply secured.
Mr. Benson was placed under arrest
bat was Immediately released on bail.
1t seems that some of Treasurer Ben
sons creditors crowded him pretty hard
at the close Of the year, and having as
suraEce that he could replace it when
the time for settlement with the county
commissioners arrived. he was tempted
to use some of
THE PUBLIC FUNDS
10 meet HIS private ODli9dtfOnS. w zen
tie hour for settlement came and he
went to get the money. he was startled
to find that he could not get it, though
it is said abundant security was offered.
This we are told was learned at so late
an hOnr that no other arrangements
could be made. and the exposure came.
1t would be folly 10 say that Treasurer
Benson is not to blame, but his hosts of
friends look upon the defalcation in the
light of misfortune rather than
as evidence of dishonesty of pur-
pose. The commissioners finished
checking up the accounts late
Wednesday night and found the deiici-
ency to be a little more than 81. 100. As
we said before. the county is secure
from loss, but the trouble becoming
known, attachments began coming in
against the hardware firm of G. A. Ben
son & Co., and to such an extent that it
is believed they will be forced to the
wall. The past has been an unprecc-
IDENTIFY bad year for making collections,
and in common with all our business
men, Mr.. Benson has large amounts out
standing. 1t struck with particular
force the incoming treasurer. who has
been chief deputy in the treasurer's of
flee for the past four years, and made
some of his bondsmen feel somewhat
timid. While his bond is not in the re-
CURED amount, yet the commissioners
accepted it conditionally. and turned
the affairs of the Office into his hands.
Mo,oC Columns of want ads in the GLOBE
N
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
GIVE Us Rest"

To!edo BLADE.
A good coIored breaches labored long
and frutlessIy with his flock to get
them to confess their shortcomings. but
no one took his remarks home to him
self, and all seemed invuluerable be
hind their protested piety.
Calling on longWinded brother TO
pray. he followed his tardy amen with
a short invocation:
Lord, save our shin bones, Have
mercy on our brudder's longeyitous-
ness!'
amen. amen!" went out approx
iugly from several voices in the congre-
CATION.
Eyes. yes: give us rest, Lord?''
Turning on them with a look of un-
utterable scorn on his face, he now
opened up his batteries:
.'You pore, misuble, backslidin' sin
ners; you're just confessin' dat you
han't no 'ligion! Get down on your
knees an ask pardon fore de Lord
strik you dead for triflin' with him in
his holy temple!"
1t IS needless to remark that sud
den and mighty change came over the
demeanor of the congregation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
1t Was ScandalOus.

Washington Post.
The popular chestnut in society cir
cles at present is as follows:
Smart Young Lady-Did you know
that Mrs. Cleveland was not going 10
live with the president after March 4?
Callow Youth-No? You don't mean
it? Where did you hear it? 1t can't be
so. really? And so OH to great length.
until finally
Smart Young Lady--How could she,
when Mr.. Harrison will be president
then? Ha! Ha. Ha!
In which chorus of laughter everybody
joins, except the callOw youth, and Sc
ciety's appetite for merriment is ap-
DpaSpd
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
They Meant the Same Thing.

B oston Courier.
Smith-Strange things happen in this
world some times-things that you can
not understand.
Jones-That's so.
Smth-Now, there's Brown. l met
him yesterday and asked him to lend
me s., and what do 10 think he said?
Jones-He said No"
Smith-No he didn't. He said he
didn't know me we'll enough to do that?
Jones-Well, what's strange in that?
Smith That's not the strange part of
the matter, this is it. | met Green about
half an hour ago and asked him to lend
me s., and what do you think he said?
Jones-He said No"
Smith-No: he said he knew me too
well for that. There's the strangeness
of the thing. One said he didn't know
me well enough, and the ether said lie
knew me too well. Funny world, amt
if?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
DAKOTA SONG.
Which Mixes Patriotism and Some
Local Measures and Institu-

Il
Local Measures and Institu-
tions.
Special TO the Globe.
WATERTowN, Oak, Jan. 1S.-At til,
public installation of the officers of thu
G. A. r. lodge of this city the follow
ING poem was composed and sung b!
Mrs. A. II. Darlington. and hearth,
cheered by the veterans:
TO THE &. A. +.
Tune-'Suawanee River"
Far I'D upon the Big Sioux river,
Watertown doth lay.
The finest town in all creation,
That's what her people say;
Wheresoe' er we roam or wonder,
Weary and alone,
We pine for this, the Queen Of Giles,
Aud our Dakota ozone.
Chorus
Wave the flag, unfurl the banner,
Shout aloud hurrah.
We're all so proud of this our country,
Saved by the G. a. K.
We now have seen the installation
OF our boys in blue,
Who. when the Union was in danger.
Then to the flag proved true
Loyal hearts and patriotic,
Battling for the right,
You taught succeeding generations
How loyal men should fight
But Notwithstanding all your fighting,
Sad to relate,
You have not the right of suffrage,
AS we are not state.
But when Dakota is admitted,
With its capital on The Sioux,
See comrades. when the poles are openx
That woman has the suffrage. too
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19

Specia! 70 the Globe.
REDFlELD, Oak, Jan. 1S.-john Ciil-
ford, farmer living between here aud
Ashton. while boring we'll for water
this week. struck gas at a depth of about
sixty feet. The flow is Il fine one.
and Mr.. Clifford thinks Ec has struck
a bonanza. He Will at once arrange TO
light and heat his residence With the
fluid Prospecting for gas has been 60
ing on at and near Ashton for some
time with Indifferent success. This re-
cent find tends 81 establish the fact that
there is yet undevelGped fortune un-
derneath the soil Of that neighhorhOod.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
Will Mark the Adoption of Mu
nicipal Features at Water

LOWE,
Special to the Globe.
WATERToWN, Oak, Jan. 1S.-Water-
town has long needed system of sew
erage, and County Surveyor G. W. Car
penter is now engaged i'll perfecting
plans to be presented to the city coun-
ell for their approval. Mr.. Carpenter
has taken the Levels of the city within {.
radius of one and one-half miles from
the business center, and is SO arranged
that it can be constructed in sections as
the demands of the city require in
creased sewerage. The main sewer
commences on the North side, and fol-
lows Maple street south to to Sioux
river, and the lateral sewers to intersect
at different points. Mr.. Carpenter is
consulting the best authorities OH sew
erage. and proposes to present a plan
based on the latest scientific principles
1t will require several Teeks to com
plete the plans.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
WILL TAN HIDES.
This Is New Industry Found to
Be Practicable at WATERFOWL.

Special to the Globe.
WATERFOWL, Dak., Jan. IS. For the
last six months several OF our citizens,
organized for the purpose, have been
Investigating and experimenting with
process for tanning hides with the view
il the experiments were successful to
start large tannery in this city. After
thoroughly investigating the process.
the company have found the results en-
tireiy satisfactory and will. as early as
possible, erect a building and ran the
business OH a large scale. and thus we
gain another valuable acquisition to our
manufactures.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
A MUSICAL PEOPLE
Who Require Pipe Organ aud
the Finest Performers.

Special to the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, Jan. ls.-Sioux Falls
people in general and the Congrega-
tional church i'll particular. now rejoice
in the possession of a pipe organ, whose
magnificent tones first greeted the pub
lie ear on Tuesday evening of this week.
a recital being given, in which Prof.
Stead of Yankton, assisted by local
talent, offered lovers of music fine
entertainment. Prof. Stead brought
out the qualities OF the instrument adj
mirably, and a number of vocal solos
greatly added to the pleasure Of the
evening. The entertainment melted
SO for the organ fund. AO0ther recital
is promised for next week
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
NOT HIS FRIEND.

A perusal of Maj. BARIETT's review
of Gov. CnURCH's message i'll the Alb
erdeen Republican leavesa doubt in the
mind as TO tile truth of the report that
he is at Bismarck to induce the
governor not to hand in his resigna-
ton as soon as HARRISON has right to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
Killed in a Well.
Snecial TO tbe Globe.

Special to the GLOBE.
SIOUX FALLS, Jan. 1S.-Peter Della
moe, resident of Benton township.
this county, was killed while cleaning
out we'll on Tuesday of this week. A
bucket of mud was being hoisted and
had nearly reached the top when the
bail broke and the bucket fell striking
Delamoe on the head and killing hlm
Instantly