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WOULD-BE' MURDERER. 4. Cowardly Attempt Made to Assassi nate Mrs. Got be], of Moor btad, Minn. An Eau aire Con_cilman Arrested on the Cii&r.e of Assaulting His Wife. Su-sle Toogrood Convicted of Murder ln tiie second Degree at Dcs Moines. President Hill, of the Manitoba, and Several Friend- \rrive in Washington. Special to the Globe. MooniiEAD, Dec. s.— At about 1:15 this morning an attempt was made by an un known party to assass nate Mrs. E. Goebel, Of this city, a midwife, and the wife of Attorney Goebel, who left here last August and is said to have been in St. Paul since. About 11 o'clock steps were heard around the house, but soon after 1 there was a heavy tread on the porch and a gentle knock no the door, an effort to open it hav ins, failed. Mrs. Goebel went to the door and asked who was there, receiving as a re ply '-It's me." She took it to be a brother of a sick woman near needing her services, ana told him to wait till she could dress. She then opened the door, and the man asked, "Is this Mrs. Goebel?" On re ceiving an affirmative reply, he raised a pistol and tired, the ball enter ing her body just below the heart. Before falling she closed and locked the dour, and be man went away. He is sup posed to have taken the 1:30 train for St. PauL Mrs. Goebel is in a precarious condi tion, and. it is feared, will not recover. She came to Moorhead from Goodhue county, Minnesota, about six years ago. She has been married three times. Her first husband is dead, the second divorced am! the third is Goebel. who left here. He is alleged to have hipped her, c'aitu'ugshe had been criminally intimate with an old man of this place, and she charges that in her temporary absence at her farm he took all her silverware and some other propert. and left tor St. Paul. She has many friends here and is generally respected. No cause for the attack upon her life is known. An Alderman Arrested. Special to the Globe. Eau Claire, Wis.. Dec. 5.— great sensation was created this evening by the arrest of Aid. Charley J.. James, on a war rant sworn out by his father-in-law charg ing Mr. .lames with assault upon his wile. Mr. James was arrested on Kelsey street bridge, while going to his home, and was taken to police headquarters. He will give the bail required and appear to-morrow be fore Judge Marsh. Mr. James, who is the son of the distinguished novelist, gained great notoriety as an anarchist this summer, and was an adviser of the Chicago anarch ists, whom he visited in prison, and was in WHi.stant communication with Capt. Black, and is now publish". m. a book on anarchy. Mr. James says the arrest is all a mistake, rind no one who knows him well would think he would assault a woman. His wife says he has acted strangely all summer. and she and the children are in coustaut fear of their lives. Gwsoin Tnoeood « onvicted. Special to the Globe. Dcs Moines, Dec. 5. — The case of May Foster, whose real name is Gussie Toogood, dii trial for the murder of her associate in sin. ended to-day by the Jury finding her Euilty of murder in the second degree, and fudge Mcllenry will to-morrow consign her Go the penitentiary for from ten to twenty , pears. Jessie Scarry, the murdered girl, stated the day she died, March 17, that she ami her friend, young Baxter, who had be fore been tiie paramour of Gussie. were going to Sioux City on the loth, and that Gussie. in a lit of jealousy, shot her. Bax ter, who had been with her the night be fore,, found Jessie about 11 a. ni., her -lollies and bedding saturated with blood, and notified the police. When they arrived lius-ie was crouching in the corner. She would say nothing, and has since been taciturn. On the trial Jessie's statement was ruled out, for the reason that she re fused to say thai death was at hand. The dead girl was well reared, and had closed her lather's business after his death. It is understood that .Gussie. who is related to Ethan Alien, of continental congress re nown, led Jessie astray. President Hill in Washington. Special to the Globe. Washington 7 . Dec. s. —President Hill, of the Manitoba road, with Mrs. Hill, Judge George B. Young and wife and Judge Greenleaf Clark, arrived here this morning in time to enjoy the first blizzard Washing ton has had tins winter. The parly feel quite at home. Mr. Hill is greatly inter ested in pieuro- pneumonia legislation. He said: This winter it cost Australia $90,000,000 and England over S6-,UU-,IK.'U to stamp out pleuro pneumonia, and with our far greater number of cattle it will cost a tearful sacrifice if the disease once Rets under headway. it is most malignant, aud noihiug "nut the strictest pre ventative measures will suffice. Congress ought to require thorough inspects n and prompt condemnation of in fee tod animals, the government paying lor all animals destroyed. The forty-one animals of mine which were condemned by the Canadian authorities at Quebec last June are all still alive. I told the officials to keep them at my expense until the last doubt of their health was removed, and then keep them six months longer, as they cost me 330,000. and 1 did not feel like losing them, but I would rather do that than biiny the dir-ease into the country. My errand has no political significance, and is purely oneol pleasure, possi 1/ excepting this matter of agitating legislation against pleuro-pueu mouia. George E.o_er .Arrested. Special to the i. lobe. Winona. Minn.. Dec. 5. — Marshal Easty has succeeded in arresting George Loser. who forged a number of checks on local banks. Lose? passed a check for ?? 16. 50. signed by George l'iiield. at Cummings ._ Vilas', and a similar one for 138.90. at F. Brcndler's. Both were on the Merchants' bank, and when presented for payment the forgery was discovered. Losey is well known to the police, and has served a term at Stillwater for a forgery committed four years ago. A I'ri. -I _.ie_. Special to the Globe. Hastings, Minn.. Dec. 5. — Rev. Dennis Y. O'Keefe died at his home in Welch at 9 o'clock last night, aged 27 years. He was ordained at St. Thomas' seminary, Merriam Park, in November, 1885. The funeral will take place from St. Josephs church in Mieeville. this county. Tuesday morning next. His parish was at Luverne, Bock county. Found Dead iv Bed. Special to the .love. FKROt-'s Falls. Minn., Dec. 5. — Mrs. Page, aged 71, the mother of Key. C. E. I Page, was found dead in bed this morning. She retiied last night in usual health. \V AIli«TO .V N A I F!». A New Bank to be - t;irird--A Stir in It heat Buying. Special to the Globe. Watertown. Dak., Dec. s.— The Mer chants' bank in this city will commence j business on the first day of January, 1887. : as an incorporated institution, making the ! fourth bank in this city doing business j under the national banking laws. O. ' Gesley is the largest stockholder and presi- J dent. J- K. Pierson will Qbe the cashier j and C. E. Hoyden, vice president. The re- i mainder of tiie stockholders comprise some | of the best business men in this city, such as Peter Manseth. Bice Brothers. E. H. ; Ulrich. H. Matbiesen, Lee Brothers. Owsley Brothers, J. E. 'Dure, Stevens & ; Whistler. C. W. Goodman. 17 E. Phillips, K. H. Cart ford. 31. A. Hergaard. A. C. Johnson ami Lamb Brothers. The capital j 6tx»c_ is ibO.OOO. For about ten days the j farmers have been receiving above the market price for their wheat, owing to the sharp competition between the elevators, which have been pooled all along on prices and A. M. Weeden, who has been buyiug for the Farmers' alliance and loading into cars.on the track. Mr. Weeden commenced buying four weeks ago and is backed by one of the best firms iv Minneapolis, and the result is that he has driven his competitors to the wall. Two elevators have closed their doors and are not buying a bushel of grain. J. 11. Carrol, who is buying for Van Dusen «fc Co., still holds out. But the new concern, ! that two months ago did not exist, is now handling tour- 11 ft of all the grain sold in Watertown. Mr. Weeden is plucky, and ! will held the field, though the opposition ; has threatened him a short life and fought i I desperately to drive him off. The Demo- ! crat, in this city, has come out for L. K. j Church for governor, but it is simply a per- j sonal fancy of the proprietors of that paper. ; The Uemoerates of Watertown are by no | means admirers of Judge Church, ami are ] nine-tenths for M. H. Day. if he will accept i the governorship, if not. they are tor L. G. Johnson or any other good Dakota man who is a resident of this territory. litoiueid. Special to the Globe. Bit.viN'EKD. Dec. s.— Dr. Groves Is visiting old friends in Syracuse N. V....Mrs. A. J. ! Sovereign is visiting friends iv Michigan ! City, lud Dr. C. O. Paquin and family re , moved to Minneapolis this week Mrs. i Cnauucey Wright has returned from a visit I to her daughter. Mrs. E. O. Parks, at Ham j line The B. D. &O. (cooking club) met ! with Mrs. C. F. Kindred this week. Their | next meeting will be in two weeks with Airs. Dr. Rosser Recent marriages: Peter Jo'inson and Belle Gates, Geor_e D. Cobb and Sarah R. Day, Frank Brand and Mis? F. E. Wood. Johnny Burns and Julia Prentiss. ....A "pie social" was given at the residence of Mrs. William Cress* . Wednesday evening, and a "'box social!' at Mrs. Wiliiam Steele's on Tuesday evening.... Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Holmes celebrated the tenth anniversary of their wedding. Monday evening, by enter taining a large part, of friends.... Fred Hill, the life insurance man, has return*- to his old borne In Milwaukee Rev. J. H. Rowel I, of Fr.tncestown, N. H., has accepted a call extended by the Congregational church of this oily to become its pastor. ( llll'L'UlUUl. Special to the Globe. Clakemost, Dak., Dec. s. This new town is locat on tbe Aberuem. Fergus Falls <_ Pierre railroad, which is the new branch of the Manitoba road to Aberdeen. The con struction train is to be there to-morrow. The town is considered as quite a good opening for trade ot all kinds. It is twenty-five miles northeast of Aberdeen, twenty-five miles east of Co umbia. twenty miles north of Groton. c ghteen miles nortnwest of Langford, a new •own on the span of the C licago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ma i from Andover, and eighteen miles southwest of Britton. Carpenters are working on six buildings already, although the thermometer is 15° to 2d*"> below zero. Pipestone, Special to the Globe. Pipestone Dec. 5. — Sneak thieves entered the Hess bouse the other night aud purloined a quantity of clothing belonging to the guests ....There are very few scholars in attendance at our public schools this winter from outside the district, alt. iou_b preparations had beeu made for quite a number. The good weather and lateness of the fall, by which a large number have been kept bu-y upon the farm, oartiallv accounts for this lack of attendance Banker Mylins has been quite sic_ for several days past ...Frank Millard and Pat rick Mead, of Flandrau, were vis.ting.in this city yesterday. DAKOTA DOTS AND DASHES. News Notes of Interest lo Hie People Of the Ureal Territory. In connection with the attempt to recon vene the Huron legislature it is urged that the preservation of tb.it state machine is the only hope of effecting division. The Camp bell papers insist that it was a great blunder in not putting the alleged state into operation when first framed. By so doing it is claimed the issue would have lean forced at Wash ington and the state of South Dakota would now be in t.ie Union. Whatever miy have been the result the fact remains that the question of putting its machinery iuto operation was submitted to the vote of th" South and emphatically repudiated. It is no I seen now how anything can be made by a tempts to play state oj that basis any longer . It is mere play. Valley City has always been noted for sen sational incidents- The mist recent was the quiet retreat of the landlord of the Kindred, the fine hotel, for wbich the place has had a good reputation. A. C. mot was the land lord. His sou and daughter left a day In ad vance for Si. Paul and Minneapolis, with a vast amount of baggage, and then Mr. Wil mot took the train without mentioning the fact, but leaving a gooa many hundred dol lars of accounts unsettled, Tift? hotel and all its equipment belonged to Thomas Adams, of Now York. The failure is attribued to the extravagance of the family. The hotel will* be re-opened, and, it is believed, there is ample business for its support under proper management. Auditor Caldwell's repot of his recent ex perience in a blizzard at -istna r.k is not cal- ' culated to encourage members of the legisl ature. He relates that in attempting to go from the capitol to his boarding house after dark he took a short cut. leaviug the sidewalk and was soon lost, bringing up in a grave, ard and falling into au unused grave. Out of re gard to his family, friends and the life in surance companies he struggled out and wandered in the storm and darkness an hour and then struck the sidewalk within fifty feet of where be had left it. and followed it the half mile or more to his restaurant. He thinks the members of the legislature should have toboggans to take them from the capitol on the hill down to their eating bouses in the city. E'der E T Creasy, whose experience of the bud faith of politicians in not electing him clerk of the last council drove him in di_us from politics to the pulpit, is entertaining teachers' institutes with an excellent lecture ent tied. '-Washington City and Its Attrac tions As Seen by a Newspaper Man," witn a supplement including B.smarck. The Huron Democrat relates that when he was to deliver this lecture during the legislature at Yankton four years ago, tbe malicious br>ya stole tbe manuscript out of his pocket and be did not discover the loss until he was upon the plat form, when he bad to dismiss his audience un lectured. Nearly all the papers are taking part in the discussion of the proposition to pay county i officials by salaries Instead of by fees. It is objected that in some of the newer or smaller counties where fees are few, it would impose ! a tax upon the county. This is a mistake, as the salaries would be dependent upon the officers earning the amount in fees. The saint fees would be charged, and if they did not make up the salary the incumbent would not get it. In the o.de'r nnd larger counties a handsome revenue would come iuto the county treasury from fees in excess of the salary. The plan will tie pressed aud prob ably adopted in the legislature, as it is found to work well in the few counties that bave adopted it by special acts. Among the more recent arrivals in Dnkota ' isa Mrs. Hal! and three children liom James- .' town, N. Y. She relaies that her husband is I a traveling salesman for a Boston house, and i while he was away on a month's tour she J found in one of his pockets a letter from au- ; other woman which eneited her wrath. She! at <mcc solo off all the personal property of i the little farm, including nineteen head of j cattle, and with the money has come to Da- ' ko: a io get a farm for herself and children.'' Mr. Hall says there was nothing wrong about ' the latter and cannot account for her strange | course. He will probably com- to Dakota also aud make up wit i her, and ail locate In the great. territory and be happy. ! I Many of the papers call for the repeal of • ' the rai road eomm SsionetS law. because the j commissioners aud their families s "cm to en joy the palace car excursions at th:_' expense of the railroads. It is probabl true, that the commissioners have accomplished little more < i than gat: c interesting statistics, but the i fault is rattier due to the law than the incum- ' i I Sits of the positions. All they can do is to j i auvis. the railroads. Such boards are found i i useful in some zt the states, and no doubt j i will tie in Dakota if the are given authority ; to do anything. Aud then probably a D.mo- : | cratic governor will appoint the next Ih ard. , The Black Hi. ls Herald is confident that tbe i i Dawes bill, opening the Sioux reservation, i can never become a law if passed by con- ' gress. as it is contingent upon the con- 1 1 eurrence of three-fourths of the male adult , Inuians. whioh cannot be secured. A. cvi- , j dence of ihis, it refers to the fact that the i ( commission appointed in lss_. to secure mod- } iflC-tions of treaties, after six month -' effort ( were able to get but 3.1 signatures out of the ' , 5.000 or fI.OUO needed. Tnere is a growing j j feeling that the interests of the white people I should not be held subject to the whims and : obstinacy of these Indians. , There has been something of a rush at , i Devil's Lake into matrimony of late, and j there is . some difference of opinion as to | whether it is the result of present prosperity i | and conflden c In the future or simply due to j | the predictions of an unusually cold winter. | It is believed the extension of tno railroad i , west .will not check the growth of the place, ; , but Devil's Lake will be the best town be- . tween Grand Forks and Great Falls. The matrimonial furor is due to tbe fact that the ■ girls there are so charming that the young j < ' men cannot resist their attractions. < According to tbe definition of some of the old settlers, there has been no genuine bliz- i zard in Dakota tbis season. They Bay tbat - . -.____ ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBS MOISTDAY "MORNETG, DECEMBJ-K 6, ISS6 the real blizzard raises tbe snow from tbe ground in a blinding cloud, whirlinr it in every direction and smothering the individual so unfortunate as to be caught out. render ing it impossible tor him to find Its way, and accompanied by evtreme cold, chilling the system. It is a pood thing that style lias gone out of fashion, lor even in tbn late storm a h .If dozen lives were lost iB parts of tbe territefy. , It is urged in some quartees that the farm ers of the great region of North Dakota blun der greatly ie crowding their wheat to mar ket, blocking tbe railroads and keeping tbe price down to low figures. If all wbo are able would build granaries on their farms and bold the wheat until the vis bib supply took a down ward turn, and the railroads Dad an abundance of unused cars, it ii believed they would find large profit, even if the, bad to borrow money. The wheat will __.ii be all shipped and tbe prices will begin to go up. A somewhat remarkable l ccident recently took plaoe at the residence or Mr. Derscheide, iv Brookings county. A son was tinkering with a double barreled shotgun, when, as it was pointed toward Mrs. Oorscheide, It went off, the charge striking a pocketbook In her dress pocket, containing a lew silver dollars and some small change, and diove it through the ties i part of the thigh, leaving it against the bone, and, giancim.. the charge tore a large hole in the side of the house. A cent In the pocketbook was imbedued in a silver dollar. The lady will recover. Taking the vote as a criterion, as cast Nov. 2, and the population of Dakota will be found almost exactly .75,Uti_. The vote of lss4 compared with the census of the following June, making small allowances for the in crease of population between those dates, shows a fraction less then < m • role to 4.7 of the population. Putting too vote tiie past mouth at lU-.0... it will be seen that the re sult is a little over 475,000. Of course, in rhetorical periods and loose st tements it vv.ii be put at a half million. There is enough for a good state. Two young Norwegians, wbo bal worked on a bonanza farm In Cass county all summer, caret saved up their wages to the amount of *.50 in order to send to the old country for their sweethearts, the past week came into Mapleton, ami confidingly left their money with a Norwegian friend for safety over ni.bt. but the temptation was too great. In the morning tbe friend had disappeared. He bad traveled with their money, and their dream of nuptial felicity is shattered for one year at least. It is something of a co'ncidence that each of the great sections of Dakota returns Just two members of tbe last legislature. The Black Hills section sends back Washabaugb and Weds to the Council. The North sends to tbe house Williams and Stewart, and tne south Ward and Hobart. Out of . seventy two memners, six are re-elected. McCumber. of It.chlaud, wbo served In the last house, is now sent to tbe upper branch. The Shippers' association in Eddy county has just made its first annual report, aDd its operations are claimed to be extremely satis factory. Nine tenths of the wheat shipped graded as No. 1 hard, and tbe report claims mat the producers netted st least 10 cents a bushel more by reason of the competition of the association, and that nearly as mucn was saved on tbe supplies bought. Tue opera tions of the association will be greatly ex tended tbe coming year. Some persons alonar the line 'of the Mani toba road, wbere tbere has been so much complaint of lack of cars to ship wheat, are badly torn up over the report tbat William B. Smith, the new attorue. for tbe Manitoba, who is supposed to have special influence at Washington, has gone there to secure the ap pointment of Judge Church as governor. If be is selected they will thin- he can be used oy that road. Not often is there a sadder accident than hit which caused the death of Lizzie Krull. 12 years old, in Moody couuty, who in riding a horse to water fastened the halter around her waist, was thrown and dragged by the frightened animal, and on entering the barn struck the sides and broke her back, and the hor • Kicked her head into a shapeless mass. Work has about ceased on the Manitoba extension, from Devil's Lake west, for the winter, except on the 1,400 feet of trestle work over the Gassner coulee. The grade is made 210 miles, and the rails laid ISA. Two branches make 255 miles of grading c om pleted. The graders have gone into winter quarters to wait for spring. That romantic landlord at Aberdeen, who gave a Thanksgiving dinner to forty bach elers, the one who flrst married to pay the b 11, begins to think he Is a victim of mis placed confidence. A girl who has the means and wants to marry bad enough to pay that Mil, will «lo well to visit Aocrdeen, as it is said noue of the forty are likely to ever meet it. One of the schools in Brule county has had an extra week of vacation, owing to ih ; aro matic result of an attack by the lady teacher upon a funny but impudent little animal that entered the room and was taken for a do mestic cat. Tne teacher's young man was required to deter bis visits a few days also. Valley City docs not claim any unusual growth the past year, yet is still able to foot up new buildings amounting to $50,000. There are no unused bu.ldings of any char acter there— business is excellent — and they don't care for any more railroads, especially f they run seven to ten miles away. There is some kicking beoause the internal revenue department has reappointed the two tti-put'licaus. Gen. Dennis in the South and Capt. West in tbe North, as deputies for Da kota. It is sad that they hold outer lucra tive positions, and are not only stalwart lie publicans, but active divislonlsts. Some have doubted tbat t.ie railroad from Ordwav. iv Brown county, to Bismarck was to be built soon, but E. P. Wells.who is at the he id of the construction company, s ivs that about 30 miles is now ready for the iron, and tbe work will be pushed in the spring. Amos Casey left Roberts county hastily with a lar-e amount of mortgaged stock. He was followed west to E imunds county and all the propert except one team recovered from the tanners to whom he bad sold it. All trace of him was hist in Edmunds. He seems to have made a good thing of it. The Pembina County Democrat, although but ten weeks old, was one of the po ent agencies In the remarkable political revolu tion in that county, and is evidently on the top move— and taking rank among the best of Dakota journals. In the Russian settlement in Hanson county on Sunday thre. weddings took place at once anil the festivities were kept up without in termission from Sunday noon to Tuesday noon. The peculiar Russian customs were followed. William Hollands, a farmer, In the north part of Banrent county, recently was riding upon a loud of hay when the wagou over turned and he jum the wrong way. injur ing his neck aud bead so that bo died in a few da . s. The defeat of the lady candidate for super intendent of schools mi iiroo_iii__ county was attributed to the fact that she had a husband and two children. The good-looking young ladies were elected in nearly every instance. A special meeting of the Farmers' alliance is called for Dec. 89, at Huron, to formulate the measures they wish the legislature to act upon. It is iieii<- ed a large majority of the members will b t ivorable to their interests. W. L. Robert-, i.i Faulk county, was oue of the sufferers by the storm. He started to go home, twelve miles, and wandered upon the prairie all night, badly free-in his bands and le. t. He finally struck a farm bouse. Dr. S. S. Jones, the popular young physi cian at Elkton, recently surprised his friends by going to Bangor. Wis., and making Miss Mary McKensie his wife. A warm reception was given them on their return. .If Judue Church is ap: 1 :ted governor, it is reported that one of tra Huron dailies will change politics and become his orir n. The Sioux Fall. Argus is now the only Demo cratic daily in the South. Some of Delegate Gi lord's friends claim that he wiil have have a larger majority tb;n an* member of the next congress over gi>,ooo. They forget Route Nelson and some of the Texas members. United States Marshall Maratta encourages the belief at Sioux Falls that bis heart is there iT his home is in the North for the time. He says he could not find a bouse to suit him at the Falls. The recent st wan have heen severe upon cat te on the ran res in tie B a idls. Snow a d i i' i ratty e_e_t;ia yi:>.erjd tie grass and the ranchers will fo.tu.iaiC if tney do not suffer tosses. , Since Delegate Gifford failed to recognize the anion band away from home.it has .teen under a cloud and has now made an assign ment, selling off $750 of Instruments to pay 11 debt of $250. The most popular visitors at Milbauk are those who put its population at 2,000. There is no doubt it soon will have tnose figures, if it has not now. For a six-year-old town it is a good one. The Hoskins Herald has an even 100 final proof notices, which shows that Mcintosh is settling up rapidly, although it has no rail road yet, but expects to have one next year. ■ Parties in Potter county who bave been fined in for hunting on the reservation, are watching for Sioux hunting off the reserva tion, to see if the rule will work both ways. Judge Francis does not hesitate to express bis opinion ver, plainly and emphatically to ! litigants who come with trifiiu- suits that ' they ought to settle between themselves. The liloouiiiigton Courier claims that no I one mau in ten in Dakota has as much prop- j erty as the exemption law allows him, and is ! iv favor of reducing the amount. North Dakota papers generally look upon I the attempt to keep up the form of a state and ' legislature in tbe South as a farce not j calculated to advance statehood. Love pats— and squeezes, toe, sometimes. — Somen* Journal. TIPS ON TERRITORIES. . The Secretary of the Interior Discusses j the Unadmitted Portion of the | Union. i ! Particular Attention Drawn . to the Vast Area of Land Being Purchased in Dakota. . _ Not a Successful Year at Tilling the Soil — stock RalalJ-S Found Proiit- bit. ' . Popular Education -- The Chinese Riots-- Artesian Wells and Irri gating Ditches. Wasiiinoton, Dec. 5. —Secretary La mar has the following to say in his annual report about the territories: The general condition of the territories shows marked i and. in some instances, striking, progress in I population, taxable property, settlement of 1 laud, education, the mechanic arts, railroad enterprises and many other of the elements which promise to make them great and prosperous states in the future. The popu '■ lation of the territory, of Dakota for the I year ended June 30. 1886. is '.estimated at 500.000. an increase during the year of ! 85.000. The present population of Mon tana is given at 110.000. and that of Idaha ;at 85.000. an increase of nearly 10.000 in ; each of these territories during j the year. Washington territory now ! claims a population ■of 210.000. | In all the territories the progress of settle ; ment, as shown by the entry aud purchase of lands, has been marked and rapid. In ; Dakota the quantify of land . purchased j from all sources by immigrants is estimated ' to aggregate 4,000.000 acres, an area larger i thau that of the states of Connecticut and j Rhode Island. One million four hundred" j and four thousand three hundred acre-* were : acquired from the government in this terri i tory alone under the homestead and pre | emption acts during the year, and 12 316 acres were located by land-scrip. Claims unrated under the three general land , laws were: Homesteads 7.400; pre-emp.ious, 7,804. and timber culture claims, 7,071. AGKICU-TITKE. The past year was not a favorable one for agriculture in the territories. In Da kota and Montana scarcely more than half a crop was realized, and from those por tions of the southern territories where irri gation has not been resorted to sim lar re ports have been received. The farmers in many of the territories have, however, done fairly well, because of the introduction of the greater variety of crops, and especially because of the large attention given to stock raising. Cattle in the hands of numerous holders of small herds have been found very profitable, notably in Dakota.! The immense herds of Montana have, however, almost exhausted the patures of that territory. Owners of large numbers of cattle have been compelled in some in stances to seek pasturage in the British possessions, and it is thought that the ter ritory has reached the limit of safe produc tion tinder the system of large herds. The governor estimates that there are now pas tured in Montana 1.500,000 head of cattle, 130,000 horses and 2.000.000 sheep. In Idaho there are 500.000 head of cattle and horses and 250,000 sheep. MINING. The low price of silver and copper has somewhat affected the production of those metals. In Arizona the yield is estimated at: Gold. $1,000,000. silver, $7,500,000; a considerable falling off from the preceding year. Montana reports the gross value of the products of her' mines for the year at $3,450,000 gold. 89.600,000 silver, $8,000, --000 copper and $1,250,000 lead. The product of the mines of Idaho is given by the United States assaver as follows: Gold. 81,333 636; silver, $3,027,316; lead. $630,069. The discovery of iron ore assay ing 65 per cent, is reported in Washington territory. Coal mining has become a very important industry on i'u<.et sound. Over 1.000.000 tons have been taken from a single mine near Seattle within the past seven years. Mining properties in all the territories, which have remained in the past undeveloped or unprofitable for want of adequate transportation, are becoming val uable as railroads are extended into their neighborhood. The subject of POPULAR EDUCATION has already received great attention in the territories. In number of schools, aggre gate annual expend, for school purposes aud value of permanent school property, Dakota, for instance, is in advpnee of many ot the states of the Union; and zona claims to have expended a greater sum per capita on children enrolled in the public schools than any other state or territory. The status of school lands in the territories should be fixed by legislation. Thousands of acres of these lauds have been farmed for years by settlers who can obtain no ttie I to them. The territories are not authorized either to sell or to re ceive rents for these lands. *as the title remains in the United States. The development of the territories during the year has been Impeded by the Apache raids in Arizona and New Mexico, by Chinese labor troubles in the Northwest, and by Mormon troubles in Utah and Idaho. This last subject is treated more in detail in the resume g yen on another page of the reports of the Utah commission, and of the governor of Utah. In Idaho, and especially in Washington territory, the presence of Fftfl^ CHINESE -ARORER3 who do not seek to make permanent homes or to identify themselves with the interests of the people, has been a source of disturb ance. Your attention is particularly in vited to that portion of the report of the governor of Washington territory relating to this subject, and the official correspond ence pr tiled as an appendix thereto, winch set forth in full the extraordinary measures to which the executive was com pelled to resort in order to protect the lives and property of Chinese residents. There is a general appeal from the terri tories for national aid in developing their material resources. In the forests of West ern Washington the pastures and grain farms of the central plains, the diversified and semi-tropical product- of irrigated lands in Arizona and New Mexico, and the rich mine, of all the territories, the nation possesses a noble heritage. The care and management of this, our sole remaining public estate, is well worthy of the most thoughtful attention. The present condition of the territories ' presents m^ny questions of wide interest : and of general concern. If the mountain- j ous regions about the fountain heads of our i great continental rivers should be denuded i of timber alternate floods and low water, j affecting a great extent of county, would I probably result. The intelligent care of the I torest growth of the territories in such a I way as to permit its necessary use by the people, and. at the same time, prevent its WANTON DESTRUCTION, is therefore a question of much more than • local importance.' The est '.blishinent, j under suitable regulations, of a great timber ' reservation in Montana and Idaho has al- j ready beeu brought to the attention of con gress, and perhaps would be of pract cal value in connection with the work now being carried 'on at Lake Winnebagoshish. It is urged that the system of . irrigation necessary to render immense arreas of fer tile laud in the territories inhabitable is im possible to small holders; that the sinking of artesian wells, the construction of ex tensive reservoirs and irrigating ditches many miles in length, must be done by ac cumulated capital, and . that. there fore, in the development of the territories large masses of land must be brought under a single management. Your earnest attention is invited to this subject, and it is suggested that rather than abandon the policy of numerous small hold ings, which has received the general sanc tion of the American people, the national government should itself undertake pre- j liminary scientific investigations, and, per haps, the conduct of a system of public : works having for their object the establish ment in the territories of a numerous wealth-producing population. The Ameri can policy of placing the lands in the hands of the people in small parcels will develop . much more effectually the varied resources of the territories than any 6ystem of large ranches and gieat estates, and at the same - time will t'urni* b Monies, under the dignity of .individual proprietorship, to. mair i millions of people. ill- -Ot'l.tl. KOt.r-I_WI.-T. Fan flu ire. The wedding of Mr. Louis Conhain, of Ashland, ia: Miss bosalie Levy, daughter 'of a leaning merchant of Eau (lair. took place Sunday at the residence oi I the bride 9 parents, the nanny couple leavin.. for un extended lour in the East. The cere mom was witnessed I y a large gathering of relatives and friends of the two families fron St. Paul, Milwaukee and this toy — Mrs. George E. Porter and her mjiis. Charles an.; Henry, b_tre gone to Log Anaeles, Cal., where they will join Will H. Porter and remain until spring- The East tie Ladies' Aid so ciety was entertained Wednesday afternoon mm! evening at the residence of Rev. M. B. Lockwood, by M'stiatnes Stone, Smith, Ro >■ ertson, Kiorance Ha den and M. H. Lock wood...; Miss Ida Kean baa returned from ■< visit at Duluth Mrs. H. P. Thomas, sister I of Mrs. D. U. Moon, fins been confined to her I bouse by serious injuries resulting from a fall I on the ice M. M. Kiley. of Susquehanna, j Perm.. brother-in-law of Ur. Frenen. of this i city, baa established himself at Hurley to ; practice 1aw.... Charles W. E. Sommermeyer, i iuudv rears a resident of Eau Claire, now of j Minnesota, returns to this city soon with his j family, to remain permanently The Eau : Claire division of the Wisconsin State Woman j rage association held its first meeting I since its organization, on Friday evening, and was addressed by the president. Dr. Annette J. 8 iuw. after which readings, music and dis cus-ion of plans of work for the cause of equal .118 nitre occupied the remainder of the session .... Eagle _. J ost. G. A. it., held it? an nual elections this week. choosing Dr. E. J. Parr commander and George A. Barry, L. P. Hotchki?s and E. Q. Thomas delegates to the department encampment; alternates. A. D. Quint, Jacob Stumtn and H. R. Curtiss ! Mr. aDd Mrs. S. W. McCastin havegoneto Chicago, to remain a week with friends.... Capt. J. L. Cole, of Fremont Ohio, is the guest of A. L. Dodge. \t inuna. The Winona bicycle club gave a very pleas ant party at the armory on Friday evening. About fifty couples were present The ladies of the Presbyterian church gave a musical and literary entertainment on Friday ovening. An excellent programme was ren dered Mrs. N. P. Cosgiuve Rave an enjoy able ladies' lunch party on Saturday after noon The pupils or Mrs. T. J. Preece will give a recital in elocution at the opera bouse I on Friday evening for the benefit of the ladies' furnishing committee of the _. M. C. A.... The Young Women Christian Temperance union will give a novel entertainment at the Congregational church on Wednesday even ing... Mr. and Mrs. R. Mcßurnie Lane re turned from a two months' visit with friends at Philadelphia Miss Mac Murphy, of St. Paul, is visiting Winona friends. She is the guest of Mrs. J. J. Randall.. . Mrs. Walker McGaughey and son, of Doddsville. 111., who have been visiting Dr. J. li. McGsu-hey, left on Thursday evening for their home The Nondescript club met wan .dr. and Mrs. A. P. Crockett, on West Filth street, on Tuesday evening. The following officers were elected: President, li. Bachelor; vice president, Mrs. Crow; secretary, Airs. Preston. The next meeting will be held at Mr. Hodgson's, on West Sanborn The Fortnightly club was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Kinney on ..Monday evening. The programme of the club tor the winter will be the discussion of literary and financial topics alternately. Ited W. am. The Raquet club meets with Miss Bertha Drew on West Third street on Monday even ing. Dec. 13.... The Social Circle club give their second bop at Armor.* hall on Tuesday evening. . . .The ladies of the Episcopal church gave a very pleasant sociable at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mclntire ou Third street, Thursda-.' evening... .The firemen are making extensive preparations for their an nual balls. The first will be thit of the Phoenix Hook and Ladder company on Wednesday, Deo. 15. Then follows the Ath letic Hose company on Jan. 20 and tho Ger man hose on Feb. 22.. ..A number of the lady students of the sophomore junior classes at Carleton college spent a few days in this city last week, the guests of the Misses Lulu Danforth, Annie Lewis and Annie Allen Dr. P. E. Jones and wife are on a visit to their son at Lafayette. Ind '.. H. C. Hodg tnaii and wife are spending a few days in Chicago.... Miss Rose Carlson was pleasantly surprised by a number of her young friends nt the residance of ber parents. Sheriff auu Mrs. Carlson, Saturday evening.... ladle of the Presbyterian church will hold their annual bazaar and festival at the Casino on Friday evening, Doc. 10.... Married, at the M. E. parsonage. Rev. A. Turner officiating. Lot C. Gaylord and Ida Hubbard, both. oi Goodhue county Dr. Sperry, of Carleton college, Northfield, delivers a series of lec tures on "Picturesque America." at the Casino on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.... The Red Wing Church Choir company will probably produce ••Pinafore" at Wabasha and Zumbrota at dates in the near future. ...Conrad Scherer and children, of Winona, visited at the resid nee of Anton Bragg last week The ladi. s of Christ church (Episcopal) hold their annual Christ mas marker and festival at the Salraairun t rooms on Monday evening, Dec. 13. Supper will be served at 6 o'clock. Fer. us .!.». Mrs. P. A. Irish, of Pine Island, is visiting er son. BF. Irish. ... Tha young gentlemen of the town of Friberg gave an oyster supper at the residence of Mr. Dan Chaoin, in honor jof Miss Robinson.... D. Cummings. of Par- I ker's Prairie, has accepted a position in the | register of deeds' office .... Lloy J E. Adams. I of Costa Rica, C. A., who has been here on j business tor the past three months, returned ! to bin horn, tbe first of this week.... Albert N. Soule, of Inkster, Dak., was married on the 25th at Battle Lake to Miss Ella A. Fort of Cutherali Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin and their daughter Grace left Monday evening for their home, Lakota, Dak. ..W. P. 800.c.0 Bradford, Pa., who has extensive interests in this city, arrived on Wednesday, to remain a week or 50.... Hon. H Robuius, of Platte vine. Wis., is visiting his friend. Prof. B. M. i.e/niilds C. D. Baker left Tues lay tot the hunting camp of his St. Paul friends, near New York mills, C. D. Wright started for the camp last Saturday Eu_ene Gardner ana Miss Nora Woodruff, both of Pelican Rapids, were married in this city Thanksgiv ing day Mr. Smitn left this week for opo an 1 ; Fa 115.... Miss Isabel Pearce, who has made many friends here, returned to her borne at Boston the first of the week, to re main permanently.... Mrs. S. A. Folsom. mother of Mrs. Underwood, arranging to go to' California to spend the winter.... S. S. Langland. a graduate of the state university, has entered tbe law office of C.L.Lewis.... On Wednesday a children's social, under the auspices of the Merry Hearts, of the Congre gational church, was held at the residence of Charles Weesberg. . . . Compton rifles will pre sent the military drama, "The Rebellion," some time during January . . The silver cor net band has arranged to start a parlor or chestra, and have sent lor a fine selection of music... M. V. Squire, of Honesdale, Pa., will organize a class in penmanship at the huh school building next week George H. Smith, agent of the Northern Pa.lfle, has gone to West Superior, where he may possi bi. accept a position wbich bas been offered aim ...R. J. Angus expects to leave for Vic toria about the 15tn .... Henry Collins, forthe past two years a clerk at Grass, Morrison _ (.ram's, will leave next week to accept a po sition as traveling salesman for a Chicago dr.- goods house.... The December course of lectures opened on Saturday night by Bishop inert. Subject: 7, Sta_e • Coach Dirs in Montana". ...John H. Potter, accompanied by bis sou. bas gone te Virginia, to bo abseu. a few weeks. .il.m.i .. The C- L. S. C. will meet with Mrs. IT. H. Luers Monday evening. All lute >ted in the readings of tne circle are requested to be present at 7:30 o'clock.... Frank L. Carey was elected president of the Scnool Teachers' association of tins count , which met at the First ward school budding last Saturday.... Oliver M. Drebert will publish a newspaper at Devil's Luke, Dak Miss Ada Cuapuian has been appointed to fill Miss Barnes' position as tender in the public schools. Miss B trnes was obliged to go to her home at Austin on ac.ount of sickness .Progressive euchre seems trying to Keep pace with the weathtr. Almost every evening since the cold snap set in ha;' f mud a gay party around the tables at some of our city residences.. ..A. Hayes and wife, of Daaota. are guests of Mrs. R. H. Cbapin....M. Whitman and family nave gone to California.. ..The "Little Workers" of St, Paul's (Episcopal) church gave a deligtmul social at tne Guild .ast eveuing Hon. and Mrs. M. H. Dunnell have gone to Washing ton to spend the winter. Mr. Dunnell will open a law office in company with Hon. W. W. Curry, of ludiana....Mr. and Mrs. Otis Lord were pleasantly surprised by a co.npany ol relatives aud friends last Tnursday even ing. Tbey were tne recipients of many beau tiful and valuable presents. Crazed by a Cornet. Boston Transcript. During a minstrel entertainment at Williamsport, Pa., the other evening, the ; cornetist became insane. The audience naturally felt somewhat Indignant. They considered the man was trespassing upon their exclusive prerogative. What, they asked, had this man to go mad about? It ' was the province of those at the other end ■ of the cornet to go crazy. I P.omioEoi6osiiiEssliisesofSi.Paul Firms in this List are Reliable an _ Business can be Safely Trans* acted through the Stalls with . them. CORLIES. CHAPMAN & DRAKE, incorporated ■ ! g_^P||^pi^_i Office Desks aDd Wood Mantels. SraPß Bant afl-Sfi i fixtoresi ' HARD WOOD FINISH AND INTERIOR s^i^SMEi^M sash ' doors and blinds< t_lrf§iJ^ Store Efg_t_ and Jatoa Streets. 1 ____**7^ Central Faetorv Seven Corners, • St. Pan send P.V. Dwyer^ Bras: IT UK© - PLUMBERS 1 Ullv rLUMDMo Anything you want made in Fnr \ Goo Is. such as SKAL SACQUKS, Mink. (looks, Fine hur Coats, Seal VV raps, i Fur Sets or Trimmings you cannot af- _™ -„ .._,„ . T „ i ford to set till you see. our eoods. and. dealer in i They are 'IHR be-st and we are the j ol e t »nd largest house in the North- I | west; se I more g »od. than all other I reta 1 houses in tht» twocites- here 50™,,,, U„ _«** THE place to fjjjg JjjJ Qjjj fttfjftfa SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO MM & MM, j qBRTh . d _ [ , 99 and 101 East Third St.. St. PauL 96 E. Third Street. MANTELSr'MONU MENTS. ' We have unsurpassed facili /"> F^ A HP C* I ties forfunnishing Monuments Un/i 1 s-_-f0 9 jin GRANITE, JASPER and _-^_^_ I MAR_>i_t_. We make a soe i II F^ cialty of CLAY and MARBLE 1 l__wJ__-<J9 I FLOOR TILING. B^__. . _ We are AgentsforOmega Ventilat i/»«r_i _">_> I _f\ i^N i^N __> in & Crate, yfield Brown Stone 1 dob \Jf*L/V-/*L4O Co -' Center Rutland Marble Co., Drake's Pa c it Jasperite Sidewalk. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY. U. S. Encaustic Tile Co.Floor Tiling. DRAKE CQMPAii if, • Corner Eighth and Jackson Streets SOLE AGENTS FOR Haines Bros Jriis and Mammon Pianos. RS"_W__ 7 'MUSIC MUSICAL iNSTNUNtNT&m |CS .-^ WHOLES ALU AND RETAIL. _, J _J X 107 EAST THIRD ST. ST.PAUL MINN. W. WESTERN COTTAGE ORGANS. Prices Low. Terms Easy. 1 1 NSTALLM ENT ■'!^v' 7 t J .r>/vi-.<^*.-.^,.>.vj •■••.' --v.'- ■•• -...«•.••-•;•• :'y>y- f y^^---.:^y'^y^^S^ fc|M_i__j____- i_ii__l--- % -_i____ i_ - __j J .^ii^^^^^&^^ii^mi^^ BUSINESS are largely increased ln our new store, 339 and 341 East Seventh street. We have added Hat lre«-s, Boo.cases, Sideooards and Desk to our old lines of general House Furnish ing Goods and invite a visit from all. SMITH & FA I V )'..\. STATIONER. Fngraves Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Visiting Car-*, Monograms, Crests, Seals lies. etc. Stationery stamped and illuminated. Call and see the novelties in Staple and ancy Statio"e»-v. Seaside Libraries. 113 E_LST THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL. MINN. 0 Tf>arfl ________ An Invaluable MedH ' ;eCQrJ I^SP-__- C '" B for Woman." *G_^i ' __. LYDIA E. fmm mf (^Bk VEGETABLE &A* fi£3| CCMPCIJNP - I '<^g^\n^. JutfF« ATTi of those Painful X 'jt'jjryJa '''•:,. ~S_jft Delicate Complaint* and W-SBS- ''■ ' Complicated troubles and f wt___. _*_TflP We * ' *° common /siit?!^^_3i__i_!^ , ?^f)________B ,lmon^ our Wives, Moth ■i r y&rffiy^& »i<rf^^^ers and _ta_s_ter3. »hW^lrM_--r__-^_ TIS ' A SOTEREICS Ff I \_fc_J^w ___<_?_!_____9_— ' KE3IEDY [i^TW^^l^^W^^^it^^^^, I_rP_K_S_STTO \' K^Jni SJR iLm7i&Tt!xtthir£T3&£ r 'tnJt tasxr, un \7^(?Ar^K^S^S^fl^^S^Sf^' c_ciocs __t> im* jjQ^mvHwt,!*. *<«33£_>^ mediate and last -** - *^~~~»**'**^ ing in its effect. I It IS A txkt anE_T ______? m pkkoxa-CT, -JIB B-IJIVIS pus -tmtso LABOR _un> AT E_-T____ menstrual peuoss. OVER 1000 LADIES IN PHILADELPHIA alone, testify as to its good qualities. It is a delicate matter to testily about but we have their names. t_?*Pcr all weaknesses of the generative organs of either Bex, it is second to no remedy that has ever been before lie public; and for ail diseases of the Kid neys it is the Greatest Remedy in the World. PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE IT FREELY, Jtt purpose is solely for the legitimate heating of di» vise and the relief pain, and it does XLLitaiaims to do. It will cure entirely all Ovarian or Vaginal troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Falling and .Displace meats; and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is par tiuularly adapted to the Change of life. WEARY WOMEN PRAISE IT. It removes Faintneos, Flatulency, destroys all ct»v i-g for stimulants, and relieves tVea_ne__ cf the Stom ach. It cures Bleating, Headaches, Nervous -rostra ♦ion, General Debility, Sleeplessness, repression and Indigestion. That feeling cf bearing down, causing pain, and backache, is permanently cured by its use. AN ANGEL OP MERCY. It is absolutely a safe cure for all female weaknesses, Including leuccrrl. irregular and painful mens tru ition, Inflammation and Ulceration of the womb flooding, prolapsus uteri, ka. It contains no sub stance that is harmful. Is safe and sure. $1. (0 for $5) In Liquid, Pill or Lozenge Form. Kb family should be without E. PlN___t___rS LIVER TILLS. They cure constipation, biliousness. and torpidity of tha liver, 20 cents per box. All these world-wide celebrated remedies are manu factured at Lynn, ______ The Compound (in foim of .ozenges and pills), Liver Pills and Sanative Wash _u_ be sent by mail on receipt of price. '• - '"• 43-AII Sold by D_nffgl-t_.«** . Send stamp for Mrs. Pinkham a "Guide to Health" md Confidential circular, with description of ease «_ d symptoms of weakness. Mention this Paver ST. PAUL Flirty. onpi MANUFACTURERS OF ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK. Founders, Machinists. Blacksmiths , and Pat tern-makers. Send for cuts' of column". Wo -son St. P.. M. & M. R. R., near Como »v i" Oflioe 118 E. Fourth streei, St. Paul, O. M. POWER, Secretary and Treasurer. DR. JOS. LICK-— OCULIST! Treats successfully all kinds of Sore Eye» paiticularly Kranulation of the eyelids. East Seven t_. St., Corner Cedar NOTICE To the Public! The Edison Electric Light and Power Company or St. Paul, • Is now ready to enter into contracts for furnishing Incandescent Lamps, in stores, I saloons, offices, the*., halls and dwellings. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. WIRING FREE. No danger from fire: no vitiating of the at mosphere; no harm to life, health or person, from the Edison current. :. \, MOTIVE POWER, From half-horse power to 15-horse power furnished. For rates and contracts, apply to J. R. MqMURRAN, German-American Bank build J.J. PARKER, Manager New York Life In surance. Chamber of Commerce building. L. L. KINGSBURY, 56» Cedar street, or to tho undersigned, Hotel Ryan. DONNELL EOCKWELL, 331-360 Secretary. CITY NOTICE. - Office of the Citt Tbkasu ttE.l, I St. Paul, Minn.. Nov. 27. 1886. J All persons interested in the assessments for y.-.yyyA. Grading Taylor Avenue, from Aldine Avenue (Formerly Wright Avenue) to Hamline Avenue (Formerly Simpson. Avenue). WILL TAKE NOTICE That on the lyth day of September, ISSG, 1 did receive 'afferent warrants from the City Comptroller of the City of St. Paul for the collection of the above-named assessments. ihe nature of these warrants is, that if you fail to pay the assessment within THIRTY DAYS alter the first publication of this notice, X shall report you and your real estate so a* sewed as delinquent, and apply to the Dis trict Court of the County of Ramsey, Minne sota, for juugment against your lauds, lota, blocks or parcels thereof so assessed, in cludiag interest, costs and expenses. and tot an order of the Court to sell the same for tha payment thereof ' GEORGE REIS, City Treasurer. .-•■■" • """ 3«2-3_s a