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have a fuel at "R..V) a lob, which will be'
the cheapest they can possibly get. The
coal barons of the Keystone state will
not be able to compete with such a fuel.
There should not be a town in all South
Dakota that should not lie able to get
th.i- cheap Dakota fuel laid down for J*;'.
a ton. On a road with a grade that is at
all reasonable, a train should be able to
haul eighteen cars of twelve tons each.
There you have SIB tons. A dollar a
ton for hauling this train from west of
the Missouri a little way to Aberdeen
will net the roads that do the work the
net sum of KtC Perhaps this train
load of coal will be hauled partly by the
Northern Pacific and partly by our road.
That will be all right. The Northern
Pacific will realize that such work will
be so much ahead lor them, lor if they
did not haul this lignite they would not
have the chance to haul hard coal for
tin- South Dakota people to burn. The
same with the Aberdeen & Northwest
ern. They will not have a whack at the
hard coal business for the South Dakota
towns that they
I'ltoroSE TO I '.Kit WITH LIGNITE.
"I tell you that the coal-mining in
dustry will he an Important one. for the
people of the West Missouri country in
the near future."
"Do you suggest," queried the writer,
"that the people along your road use
this lignite for every purpose lor which
they use coal?"
'•Yes, Indeed," was the reply. "It is
not so desirable a fuel tor stoves in a
house as anthracite, but what man
want**** stove In his bouse, any way?
The only decent and comfortable way
to heat a house Is by a furnace. There
is no coat in the world that is better
adapted for furnace heat than this lig
nite. In Bismarck and Mandan there
are a number of houses that are heated
by tarn-aces, and they work to perfec
tion. Coal at *""' a ton. to burn in ■ fur
nace under a house, will heat for one
third the price you can heat
it with anthracite. Then, too,
office buildings that use steam heat can
be heated with this fuel very cheaply.
The capitol at Bismarck uses it ex
clusively, and >o do ail the buildings in
Mandan and Bismarck that use steam.
"The flouring mills at Mandan and Bis
marck use it. and they can compete with
the dour of the world because of the
cheapness of their fuel. It is only this
year that the people of the territory
have begun to fully realize the great
value of this fuel that lies at their
very doors, and the Aberdeen &
North western proposes to make the
most of it. Of course, as soon as
we gel down to business the North
ern Pacific will begiu to haul this coal
to points along its branch south of
Jamestown, and Will turn train load- of
it over to the Northwestern at Dakes
Tor the towns in that locality. The de
velopment of the coal mines west of the
Missouri will be a bonanza for you. and
it will be a greater bonanza for those
people who will get the coal."
THE GRAIN PROBLEM.
The Independent Buyer Will Al
ways Insure Better Prices for
"Wheat.
special to the Globe.
Edgeley, Dak.. Jan. 27.— Edgeley,
La Moure county, is as prosperous and
thriving a little town as exists in Dakota
to-day. Probably more than to any
other one cause this condition is due to
the excellent wheat market that unre
strained competition affords the farmers
of this vicinity. La Moure, Oakes and
Ellendale, all older and larger towns,
were Edgeley's competitors tor the
wheat of this vicinity, but the street
wheat buyer appeared on the scene,
forced the market from 57 cents to
63 cents, kept it there, and made
Edgeley a prosperous and booming
little town, at least during last fall.
This street wheat buyer, Mr. Dealy*.
bought grain at l cent margin, and paid
from 4 to 6 cents above the price neigh
boring elevators offered. The result
whs the drawing of farmers from a ra
dius of thirty miles in every direction to
sell their wheat and buy their supplies.
A Jamestown paper, commenting upon
this matter.com pared their market with
Edgeley's, which
PAID FIVE CENTS MORE
for wheat than Jamestown.and referred
to the notoriously poor local market at
that place, and intimated that the exten
sion of the Chicago.Milwaukee & St.Paul
railroad would bring about the same re
sult there. Mr. Dealy 's attention was
called to the article, a"perusal of which
prompted him to write a letter, which
is of great interest to the economists of
the territory, containing the practical
views of an independent wheat buyer,
whom experience has qualified to speak.
Mr. Dealy takes exception to the state
ment that the extension to Jamestown
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
road will raise the price' of wheat, lie
says: "Keeping the price of wheat nigh
or low doesn't depend upon whether
the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul extends to Jamestown or
not. They opposed me by every
means in their power when 1 came to
Edgeley to buy wheat from the suffer
ing farmers. The solution of the wheat
question is simply this: If Jamestown
can get an independent buyer ot wheat
at that point she will have a higher
price for wheat. For instance, if they
intend to give a big bonus to the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road and
almost build the road for them, why not
take that bonus and put it in the hands
of a competent man in Jamestown with
instructions to buy the fanners' wheat
ONE CENT MARGIN OX A BV.SIIEI,.
"Then I will guarantee to the people of
Jamestown and vicinity that trier will
get wheat from twenty miles around.
All the farmers will be satisfied to allow
a buyer of wheat 1 cent margin, but the
way the farmers have been treated is a
crying shame. It is needless for me to
say that the farmers know that from 5
to 7 cents profit is made on every bushel
of wheat that goes into the elevators
along the line of the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul road. Now, if that be
the case, let the people of Jamestown
give that road to understand that if they
intend to extend their road they must
do so at their own expense."
Mr. Dealy says further: "In regard
to the .statement about my be
in? in the interest of the North
ern Pacific, that is a mistake, as I
shipped the first load I bought over the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul ' Pre
suming from their treatment of me that
they were working in the interest of the
elevators, 1 applied to the Northern Pa
cific for permission to ship grain over
their road. Hence the high price for
wheat at Edgelcy. for which farmers
heartily thank the Northern Pacific."
A SLANDER NAILED.
Reiutal of the Insane Charge That
Territorial Affairs Are Being
Recklessly Managed. **
The following letters arc self-explan
atory and show the depths to which a
man can stoop to further his personal
and political schemes by misrepresenta
tion:
To the Editor of (he Globe.
Office of the Board of Trustees of the
Dakota School of Mines— Rapid City
Dak.. Jan. 25.— My attention has been
drawn to attacks made upon Gov
Church's administration, charging him
with reckless management of territorial
affairs. So far as my knowledge ex
tends 1 most decidedly dissent from
such views, for the reasons following
he board of trustees of the Dakota
School of Mines applied to the governor
asking him to allow a transfer of
certain funds from a better equipped
fund for the purpose of com
pleting the metallurgical labora
tory of the School of Mines. This
application was denied by the gov
ernor. Six months ago a similar appli
cation was made by the board, and that
was also denied. These rulings of the
governor have been accepted by the
board as conservative aud as indicating
a desire to manage the public business
in the safest possible manner, even
though their own wishes were over
ruled in the matter and considerable in
convenience experienced on account of
this position being assumed by the gov
ernor. In this section we have every
reason for believing that the adminis
tration of Gov. Church is a safe and
"•yen cautious one. Truly yours,
E. G. SriLMAN'.
GOV. CHURCH'S LETTER.
Bismarck, Jan. 28, 1887.— E. G. Spel
man, Esq., Bapid City, Dak.,— Dear
Sir: Yours of 18th at hand * and . con
tents noted. I decline to allow transfer
of any fund from the purpose for which
it was appropriated. I am surprised
that such a request should be made.
The appropriation for contemplated im
provements made at last session of the
legislature were generous, and your
board will held to a strict account
ability. You say the next legislature
will doubtless make an appropriation,
etc. Allow me to say that no such ap
propriation will be made if my veto can
prevent it. Four board received notice
several months ago they ninist keep
within their appropriations, and 1 shall
insist on this in every ease. Truly,
1.. K. Ciun-.ii.
Miss FI'NTOVS version.
She Denies Any Attempt at Sui
cide—The Members of the Com
pany Indorse Manager Foote—
I-M'tor Garicd Speaks a Good
Word'
To the Editor of the Globe.
In your paper of Saturday, Jan. 7—
about that date— l saw an article pur
posing that, while traveling with Rich
ard Foote's Dramatic company, and
while in Fargo, 1 attempted to commit
suicide by taking morphine. In addi
tion to this there was also
some sensational flavor concerning
myself and Mr. Foote, which was as
signed as my motive for the act. Mow,
as 1 am the one who knows more about
this than any one else. I hope you will
take my word as the truth and publish
the same at your very earliest oppor
tunity. The * taking of the morphine
was a mistake, "so far as any
suicidal motive was concerned. I
wished to take some for a purely medic
inal purpose, and, never having taken
it before, took too much. The sensa
tional part of the story is also without
any foundation whatever — Mr.
Foote only being a very good
friend of* mine, one who has
done all in his power to put me to the
front, and to his kindness and coaching
1 owe all the success I have so far
achieved in the dramatic profession.
My home is in Minnesota, and my many
friends in the West, and also all those
whom 1 know in the East will, 1 know,
cheerfully
COBB BORATE all i have said,
as they have all been cognizant of my
work and actions, especially during the
past two years.
The trouble which Mr. Foote has
since been having with \V. Percy Cren
shaw, manager of the Fargo* opera
house, is the direct result of my actions,
which, although unintentional, has
caused both Mr. Foote and myself much
expense and annoyance. 1 say this
trouble is the direct result, and yet it is
unjustly so, for l was too ill to play Sat
urday evening, and serious sickness
will, throughout the world, be accepted,
by any just manager, as sufficient ex
cuse for non-performance. Mr. Cren
shaw, however, refused to accept such
excuse, and made no effort to find out
whether the company could or not give a
performance without me. He did not
light or heat the opera house, and, when
the entire company excepting myself,
came to enter, he not only refused to
open the doors, but made charges
against Mr. Foote which were utterly
false, as all the members of the company
will testify. Mr. Crenshaw has contin
ued to follow us up since we left Fargo,
nearly three weeks ago, and claims of
Mr. toote damages of nearly a hundred
dollars. This Mr. Foote refuses to pay,
and 1 think he is right in so doing, and
1 really believe that Mr. Crenshaw
will have lived many more years before
he gains his point in this respect.
THE HORSE-WHIPPING I GAVE HIM
last week, In the office of the St. Louis
hotel in Crookston. was, 1 think, justly
deserved, and, as some of the most
prominent men of Crookston gave me a
testimonial and paid my fine and costs,
I think 1 am right in believing that they
also think my action just. 1 dislike sen
sational "trash," and have the greatest
regret that any act of mine— even
though unintentional— should cause
trouble or reflect in the least upon Mr.
Foote, as he does not deserve it, and has
done nothing to cause any derogatory
remarks concerning him. Hoping you
will, if possible, publish this letter en
tire and so justify me in the minds of
the public, I remain, sir, very truly,
Eva Fenton.
Wahpeton, Dak., Jan. 26.
WHAT THE MEMBERS SAY.
We. the undersigned, as members of
Mr. Richard Foote's Dramatic company,
wish to testily as to the truth of the
above statements in the letter of Miss
Fentou, and also to say that, regarding
Mr. Foote, he has paid all our salaries
promptly and in every way treated us
as courteously and gentlemanly as any
one could do: and we wish to* sustain
him heartily in the action he is taking
concerning the trouble with Mr. Cren
shaw, of Fargo.
Miss Annie Plitxkett,
Mrs. J. O. Remmey,
J. O. Remmey,
F.J.Arnold,
R. L. Abbott,
Joseph Hoaglin.
from the globe correspondent.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Your corresponnent at Wahpeton has
been to some trouble to look up the
facts in this case as far as possible. The
foregoing letter is correct. The com
pany was able and anxious to give the
entertainment at Fargo, but instead of
this, Crenshaw sought damages, which
Foote indignantly refused to pay.
Foote employed an attorney to look
after the case, and went on to meet en
gagements, hoping to have the case
{-oitponed till he could attend toil.
Jut. through unaccountable mis
fortune, Mr. Foote's lawyer failed to
get a postponement before Justice Plum
mer's court, and what Mr. Foote calls a
snap judgment was rendered against
him, widen, with costs, amount to about
$100, which latter he declares he will
never pay.
The company opened at Wahpeton
Monday evening for a week's en
gagement. Tuesday evening's per
formance was considerably disturbed
by officers coming in and attempting to
attach receipts and the goods of the
company. But, through the courtesy
of Sheriff Miller, the performance went
on, and the sheriff has allowed the com
pany to continue with its repertoire
and will not take any of its goods till
after the close here Saturday night.
Mr. Foots feels that he is being
maliciously persecuted and will fight
the case to the bitter end.
George P. Garret*.
A VERY COSTLY MEAL.
How the Eccentric Judge Francis
Put an Expense of Several Thou
sand Dollars On Benson County..
Special to the Globe.
Grand Forks, Jan. 27.— The 'eccen
tricities of Judge Francis, of the Bis
marck judicial district, have given rise
to much complaint in the past and vig
orous efforts for his removal, but it has
seemed probable that the remarkable
leniency in vogue at Washington would
allow him to continue to the expiration
of his term next summer. The judge
has a weakness for the good things of
the table. While absorbed in its grati
fication he is oblivious to all passing
events. During the recent stormy
period he journeyed around by the way
of Fargo and Grand Forks* to hold a
term of court at Minnewauhan, on
Devil's lake. At Grand Forks his appe
tite became so imperative that he
chartered a restaurant, and was leis
urely absorbing its contents when
the train departed without him.
After he had completed his report, he
discovered this fact, and, finding that
on account of the storm, no other train
would go out for several days, he tele
graphed to have court adjourned till
spring and returned to Bismarck. A
local paper says this meal of the hungry
jurist cost Benson county several thou
sand dollars in the way of mileage for
officers, jurors and witnesses, besides
keeping prisoners in jail for an indefi
nite period. This was certainly a costly
meal. A judge who cannot get along
without eating, or replenish the physi
cal waste with railroad eatinghouse
doughnuts, witn the aid of pocket lu
bricants, has no business on the bench
in Dakota, at least in the period of bliz
zards.
If you are run down by overwork use
the "Best" Tonic in preference of any
other article. ":* .,: ;*
T-a-T.^*^^ _______ _j__ij_- u±.uuu: fcAiuJKDAY. MOKXING, JANUARY 28. ISSB .--TWELVE PACES.
CALM, THEN STORMY.
Political Matters In a State of
Lethargy Throughout the
Territory.
But When There Is an Awak
ening: Lively Times Will
Surely Ensue.
The Democrats Will Make a
Fight on the Tariff and
Railroad Issues.
Pronounced Success of the
Scheme to Filch $20,000
From the Treasury.
From the Globe's Special Staff Contributor.
Wateutow.v, Jan. 26.— Political mat
ters in the territory appear to be just a
little quiet at the present time. It may
be the mid-winter holiday that they are
taking. However it may be accounted
for, the fact remains just the same, that
politically speaking " all is quiet on the
Potomac." It may be that the big bliz
zard last week has knocked the political
aspirations all out of our "high-flyers,"
as Denny Hannafin calls them. It will
not be necessary for me to go much into
the details of the late blizzard storm.
They have been well dished up in all
their horrors by the Globe's able corps
of correspondents, scattered from one
part of the country to the other. I
will simply say that the storm
ought to teach us a lesson,
and that is at all times to
be prepared for changes in the weather,
in this country— in this world, for
that matter— for there are sunny and
cloudy days, calms and storms in all our
affairs. So it is that the present calm
in our political matters may foretoken
the storm that is about to break upon
us. ***> hat are the indications of this
calm? They are few, but comprehen
sive.
V\ ith the Democratic party— are
getting ready for the fight, and they pro
pose to make things mighty warm be
fore next fall's polls are closed. They
will go before the people with their
RECORD OX THE TARIFF QUESTION
and they will show that this is a real
live issue, to the people of this part of
the country at least, they belonging
largely to the producing class; they will
take up their record on the railroad
question and show what they have tried
to do to curb and control this overbear
ing power in our laud. These are among
some of the important matters that will
constitute the issue that is now being
made between the two parties. They
will be sharply contested points, and
will be settled by the good sense of the
people of this country.
Outside of parties there are other in
dications that this is the "calm before
the storm." These are the results of
that Aberdeen convention, which 1 have
predicted would be the means of secur
ing an enabling act for Dakota. L. G.
Johnson and his crowd of workers are
in Washington. They are "whooping
things up" there, so to speak. They are
a lively lot of workers, and will leave
no stone unturned to do what they can
to make Dakota's influence felt. They
are all thoroughly in earnest in being
tired of this territorial condition and
wishing statehood at as early a date as
possible. Some question what good
will be done by this delegation
at Washington, True, they may
not make much" difference with
the outcome, and it may be that Dakota
would be admitted into the Union
through an enabling act sooner if they
stayed at home and congress was al
lowed to act alone on the request of the
Aberdeen convention. But, be this as
it may be, they are there and will be
heard from. It seems like quite the
proper thing, when a convention has
prepared a memorial to congress, to
send a delegation to present it to that
honorable body in the proper form and
with due ceremony. This is what has
been done: this is what that committee
is at Washington for— present the
Aberdeen convention memorial to con
gress. Why this will not do some good
and why it is not necessary I am at a
loss to understand.
THE CROAKERS TO THE CONTRARY
notwithstanding. It seems to me like
the very proper thing, and necessary
under the people's action in the Aber
deen convention, in asking for an en
abling act. When those who didn't get
on that Washington delegation of fif
teen say that they don't see what good
it will do, a sufficient answer for them
is that it is carrying out the provisions
of the call for the Aberdeen convention
.that was so loudly praised and extolled
by them. Then there is another little
matter that shows the way this storm,
figuratively speaking, is gathering. The
last remnant of the old Sioux Falls
constitutional convention met at Huron
last week and declared that they were
still for the same old scheme of division
—which was exploded in' congress a
year ago. Knowing ones say that the
. object of the Huron meeting was not,
for "division," which is a thing of the
past, but for the purpose of spending
the balance of the $20,000 appropriations
of the people's good money for the hold
ing of this convention— about $1,000 of
this money remained, and some few of
the members, business being a little
slow In the dead of winter, thought that
the mileage and per diem for attendance
would not come amiss. I don't know
how true this is, and don't care to vouch
for it, but such is the report, and I give
it for what it is worth. If the few who
attended the Huron meeting were seek
ing for any further dictinction from this
constitutional convention farce, they
must have been very much disappointet
in their efforts, for it fell about as
fiat as anything well could, even
in this country where such
fiascoes are not uncommon.
Here I would like to lay down a few
general principles. It is a "good say
ing and worthy of all acceptation:
Whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye
reap." These men who are making
such gigantic asses of themselves in the
early politics of our territory must ex
pect
TO STJTFER THE CONSEQUENCES
in after times. He who makes himself
prominent in movements now, that in
after years are shown to have been gi
gantic frauds on the people, must ex
pect that he will be politically dead. It
is generally true that men who seek to
be prominent in political matters
when they are in a formative
state, do so at the expense of their
future aspirations. There are plenty
of bright, keen men in the territory,
who have kept out of politics so far for
this reason. They are simply waiting
their time, which is not far distant.
They are the coming men, and on them
in the future will rest the affairs of gov
ernment. The old stagers will step
down and out then; they will have
served their time and usefulness, and
will be left out for the one, but good
reason, that they could not "stand
their records." Theie are very few of
the present Dakota politicians who can
bear an investigation of their public
acts. They cannot stand the applica
tion of the calcium test, whether they
have served faithfully or not. So my
advice to would-be-politicians is— not
to be in too much of a hurry to mix
yourselves up in political matters; bide
your time, wait until you are called and
then step forward and do your part
nobly, and your days will be long
enough to enjoy all the duties and hon
ors that your fellow citizens care to be
stow upon you. This is the picture of
the coming Dakota politician. There
are some who doubtless think it over
drawn, but time will decide between
them and me. I believe that the time
will come when men will have to be as
honorable in political matters as they
are in business.
The Lookek-In.
The Prevailing Sentiment..
A prominent Republican politician of
Dakota, says the Minneapolis Evening
. Star, . mot one of . its reporters at the
West hotel yesterday, and the following
conversation ensued :
"By the way, have you been observ
ing Pierces 'Dakota Edition' lately?"
"No, not particularly."
"Well, it is absolutely mortifying to
mo to see how it is run. When It started
out it contained good matter, spicy ed
itorial paragraphs and not loss than
four pages of news. It was a paper
taken alone that I could mail to my
Eastern friends with some inherent
Dakota pride. Here I have a copy in
my pocket. Look at it— regular
•sawed-off.' See, there are one, two,
three, four— fifteen editorial paragraphs
signed "G. A. P." Thirteen relate to a
defense of Pierce from the charges made
by the Glouk— just as though all we
Republicans were stuck on Pierce and
cared anything about him. Now lam
not at all stuck on Pierce, as you know,
but 1 don't like to see a Democratic pa
per like the Globe getting away with
the old, reliable Pioneer Press. But we
must admit that the Globe's Dakota
edition is far ahead of Pierce s paper."
"1 understand that Pierce is not re
sponsible for that. He wants to make a
better showing, but is restricted by the
St. Paul office."
"That may be, but there certainly is
no excuse for him in writing a column
or two every week of personal puffs
about himself. Let him give us live
Dakota news."
POLITICAL. HISTORY.
A Story, Which Is Alleged to Be
the Only True Version, About
Kidder's Nomination at Elk
Point in 1873.
In "Lounsberry's Reminiscences"
concerning the scheme of division, pub
lished in a recent number of the Trib
une, is the following:
"It was in 1873 I mounted the hobby.
Judge Barnes and I were the delegates
from North Dakota to the territorial
Republican convention,, and between us
we Md ten votes. We held the balance
of power and nominated Kidder."
The story of Judge Kidder's nomina
tion by the Elk Point convention in 187;*
is briefly told. And it is first in order
to state that up to the morning of the
convention was understood that Judge
Kidder positively refused to be consid
ered as a candidate for nomination as
delegate. Having been often approached
upon the subject by his most intimate
political and personal frienis, he had
as often declined the proposed honor,
writes "E. M. B." to the Bismarck Trib
une. The night preceding the conven
tion Kidder was at the Merchants
hotel in Yankton. It being so well set
tled that he would not be a candidate,
the Yankton delegation had been se
lected and elected with reference to the
nomination of John Lawrence, intimate
personal friend of Judge Kidder, who
desired the nomination of the latter. It
will be well to bear in mind that at that
time— fourteen years ago last fall—
Yankton carried the largest delegation
of any county in the territory, and, so
far as conventions were concerned, was
the territory. But to return to the
Merchants hotel. Kidder was not there
foj any political purpose. He was
called upon by a few friends, socially,
and the subject of the convention at
Elk Point was not broached until late
in the evening, when a friend— not a del
egate, or even a partisan— left
alone with the judge, mentioned the
matter, aud expressed surprise that he
would not accept the nomination. He
gave such reasons for his refusal as
seemed satisfactory to him, but not
equally convincing to his friend.
Among others, in the uncertainty and
fickleness of"
THE AVERAOE DAKOTA POLITICIAN,
so far as the decision of the convention
was concerned and his ability to contrib
ute to an outcome just the opposite of
his convention convictions, there was a
glorious ■ uncertainty involved not at
tractive to a man out'of politics and will
ing to keep out. And, again,it should be
remembered that this was before the ar
rival of colonies and carloads of politi
cal purity from the old states to perme
ate the body politic with, fresh patriot
ism, and eradicate double-dealing and
crookedness in conventions and at ballot
boxes, until the high moral standard in
politics of to-day. has been attained. .
Judge Kidder's friend left him with
the impression that with a fair bona fide
nomination and a reasonably honest
canvass assured, a nomination might be
considered, everything depending on
the tone of the convention and the char
acter of its proceedings. As the unpre
meditated interviewer came out of the
hotel at the Third street entrance, G. C.
Moody, Esq., later Judge Moody, and
"senator-elect," was coming down his
office stairs on the opposite side of the
street. A collision and a conversation
ensued. Moody being a delegate to the
Elk Point convention, and the situation
voted favorable for the nomination of
Judge Kidder, the Yankton delegation
to vote, first for John Lawrence as
agreed. :
• AT THE CONVENTION
Judge Barnes was elected president. In
the course of the proceedings when it
came to the nomination of a candidate
for delegate, several names were pro
posed, and an informal ballot developed
no decided preference. A formal ballot
was then taken, which resulted in no
choice. Before proceeding .to another
ballot Mr. Moody, who was chairman of
the Yankton delegation, asked permis
sion for the delegation to retire for con
sultation before voting, which was
granted. On returning to the conven
tion, when Burleigh county was called.
Mr . Moody arose, and in a most grace
fubwell phrased speech announced that
after consultation the delegation had
decided, and he was so instructed, to
cast their vote for Jefferson P. Kidder
for delegate to congress. And so the
ballot continued to the end of the list.
When the vote was "sumated," as Caleb
Gushing once expressed it, the result
was found to be all for Kidder,
with the exception of one vote,
or seventy-five . out of seventy-six
votes cast. The "minority" refused to
make it unanimous, and his very good
reason was that he had recently been on
the wrong side in a law suit before
Judge Kidder, and this was his first op
portunity to
GET -EVENIwiTII THE JUDGE.
Where the "balance of power" field
by Col. Lounsberry and Judge Barnes
came in does not seem sufficiently clear
to warrant the assertion. The Yankton
delegation certainly set the Kidder ball
In motion, and the ten votes cast by the
North Dakota representatives helped to
swell the sum total the same as any
other ten votes. There was a little op
position outside of the convention to
Judge Kidder's nomination.notably that
of Dr. Burleigh, one of Kidder's warm
est personal friends, who expressed it in
the strong language characteristic of the
doctor, that he wished to "keep some
brains on the bench, and Kidder could
not be spared." That Judge Kidder, as
a delegate in congress, favored his
North Dakota friends in their division
efforts is not to be denied, and that Col.
Lounsberry, on Feb. 27, 1883. wrote a
letter from Washington, as he states,
predicting that "Dakota never would be
divided," is presumably true.
Sale of Blooded Stock.
Special to the Globe.
Jamestown, Jan. 27.— an early
meeting of the Dakota Stock Breeders'
association efforts will- be made to or
ganize a grand sale of blooded stock be
longing to herds in the territory. There
are members "in the association who
represent a large number of valuable
herds. The sale will be extensively ad
vertised abroad, and will draw some of
the best young stock in the country for
the inspection of purchasers. On ac
count of the central location and rail
road facilities of Jamestown, the sale
will probably beheld here. •
Jamestown's Bright Prospects. -
Special to the Globe. .
. Jamestown, Jan. Figuring on
spring building has already begun. Last
year- considerable more than $200,000
was put into. building, aud this year, it
is thought, that about the same sum will
be expended, on a very conservative es
timate. A few days ago a considerable
stir was made by the announcement that
B. W. Fuller had concluded to erect a
fine brick block . on his ; Fifth avenue
property. Quite a number, of parties
are making - inquiries of < contractors.
The new opera house which Postmaster
Claus is credited with the * intention of
building, while not an absolute surety,
is among the most likely probabilities.
DISGUISED HER SEX.
A Strange Story Told by "Big:
Dan" Yonkers of
Dakota.
He Protects a Settler From
the Hands of Claim
Jumpers.
His Beneficiary Lost in a
Blizzard and Frozen
to Death.
The Discovery That He Is Not
a Man but a Young 1
Woman.
11l Ml ail II AN YONKERS drifted in
j_*^..^H from the North country yes-
HAN Dan's stamping
from the North country yes
terday. Dan's sI a m ping
■ '••" • Js ground for the past ten years
H _ i___| has been among the foot hills
of the Turtle mountains in
North Dakota, where he has earned
many a dollar in the honest but pre
carious vocation of protecting the prop
erty of tenderfoot settlers against the
lawless claim-jumper. He is known as
"Big Dan" in .his bailiwick, and he is
looked upon by the settlers of that wild
region in about the same light that the
citizens of the United States look upon
the standing army. The title of "Big
Dan" is not a misnomer, for he stands
three inches more than six feet in his
msccasins, and girts nearly five feet
around the chest. His legs are like the
limbs of an elephant and his neck is as
thick as that of a Texas steer. His face
was never touched by a razor, nor his
locks shorn by shears, and around his
face and over his head hangs a shaggy
mass of carroty hair that has been
kept within bounds by Dan himself,
who has periodically sawed off the
straying hair with the" keen edge of his
hunting-knife that he carries belted
around his ample waist, sleeping or
waking. This peculiar individual was
born in the northeast corner of Oregon
thirty years ago, according to his own
testimony, and gradually worked his
way across the Rockies into the terri
tory of Dakota, never once having rid
den on a railroad or approached civil
ization until a week ago, when he slid
over the frozen prairie on snow
shoes to Devil's Lake City,
and, clad in his quaint garb of
poorly tanned deerskin, boarded the
train that eventually landed him in St.
Paul. It was no ordinary circumstance
that led this queer man to undertake
such a trip, and the story he told the
Globe correspondent was interesting
as well as pathetic. In his poor English
he told why he was here and why he in
tended to continue his journey, to West
Virginia. As he finished his 'story, -he
brought his heavy fist down on the bar
by which he stood, with, a force that
made the glasses rattle and the bar
tender look nervous, and said, with a
look of dogged determination in his
eyes, "I'm er goin' ter find whut -I'm*
after, if it takes me till h— l freezes
over."
Three years ago, according to Dan's
story, information was- brought to him
that claim jumpers were ' making it hot
for a young fellow in the northern part
of Tower county and he started for the
scene of the trouble^ as he put 5 it.
"Spilin' fur er chance ter do up the
squaw-faced land hoppers.'' The claim
in question was in an" uninhabited part
of the country, and when he arrived he
found it in possession of two well known
and:: ■-'.. .
DESPERATE CHARACTERS .
who had driven the rightful owner off
and were holding the fort with rifles
and revolvers against the protests and
threats of a weak-looking young fellow
who had filed upon the land and at con
siderable expense 'built a comfortable
shack upon it and was preparing to im
prove.it by cultivating the soil. When
Dan arrived, the young fellow was
wandering around the claim sleeping
on the prairie and endeavoring to make
terms with the usurpers who only
laughed at him.
Dan said he took "sort ov or shine to
ther young feller on the start.'' and
when he saw how the land lay he laid
himself out to do up the jumpers at
short order. They had heard of him
and knew he was not to be trifled with,
so when Dan walked over to the shack
he was met at the door by Tom Wolf
land, the most desperate of the two men,
who shoved a revolver under Dan's
nose and told him if he didn't "vamoose"
instanter he would shoot a hole through
him. Dan wasn't built that way, aud
yanking out his revolver he fired at the
jumper, who dropped with a hole
through his right side. Wolf land's com
panion, seeing his partner go down,
opened fire on Dan, who got a bullet
through his left arm and had a furrow
torn through his scalp, but the jumper
got a bullet from Dan's revolver through
the jaw, and signified his willingness to
quit the claim if Dan would stop shoot
ing. The wounded jumpers were loaded
into a buckboard that was their prop
erty, and behind a pair of mules that
they had brought to the claim with
them, were set adrift and were never
heard of by Dan or the man he had be
friended thereafter. ** •-
The young fellow whose claim Dan
had saved was exceedingly grateful and
dressed the wounds of his benefactor
with unusual skill. He told Dan that
he hadn't money to pay him for his
service then, but when he could raise
the funds he would settle. " He said his
name was Daniel Furness and he came
from Randolph county, near the head of
Cheat river, West \ irginia, where his
mother lived. His father and two
brothers had been killed while serving
in the confederate army, and the sup
port of his mother having fallen upon
his shoulders he had come up into North
Dakota with the intention of building a
Home for his mother and himself. There
were a few hundred dollars left to the
wife and son when his father went down
under fire of
THE FEDERAL FORCES
and this money he left in a Wheeling
bank to be used by his mother while he
was establishing a home in the North.
This story told by Furness enlisted
the sympathy of Dan at once, and their
chance acquaintance grew into a sort of
a brotherly attachment that lasted
through the three years that Furness
was busily engaged in cultivating his
claim. With Dan's assistance he got
along famously*. He had proved up on
his tree claim and a homestead, and be
sides had managed to purchase 820
acres, so that last spring found him in
possession of 040 acres of splendid land,
Big Dan had come to look upon Furness
as a sort of a protege of his, and the
people who had settled around the Fur
ness claim dubbed them Big and Little
Dan. They were almost inseparable
companions, and a year ago, when Big
Dan was stricken with fever, Furness
nursed him so tenderly that he pulled
through and came out all right.
"He wus ez smart er young duck e*s
ever got rained on," said Dan, with a
moisture in his eye. "I'll never forget
him ez long ez I'm on top ov earth. I
thought er darned sight more ov him
than I did my own carcass."
Furness was making preparations to
go East and return with his mother
next spring to his Dakota possessions.
He had bargained with Big Dan to look
after the farm while he was absent, and
he was to have started : East Feb. 1. A
week ago last Tuesday Furness went to
Church's Ferry to make a purchase of
provisions to carry Big Dan through the
winter. He remained in Church's
Ferry Tuesday night and started for
home Wednesday noon. That afternoon
a terrible blizzard came up and Furness
must have become bewildered, for he
did not reach home, but Big Dan think
ing he had concluded to remain at the
ferry until the blizzard was ended gave
himself no uneasiness about his young
friend. All day Thursday the gale blew
and still Dan was confident that Fur
ness had remained in town, but when
Friday and Saturday 1 passed and he did
not return Dan began to- fear that there,
was something wrong, and buckling on
his snowahoes ho . started across * the
prairie for the ferry. He had gone
barely more than two miles from the
house when a dark object lying on the
prairie caught his eye, and goings, over
to it he found the sleeve of a buffalo
coat. He dug down into the snow and
found the .-.*-";
BODY OF A MAX •;'
--lying on his face, as though he had
fallen while struggling against the
storm. Dan lifted the corpse out of the
drift and turning it over looked into the
rigid features of Furness.
The strange part of tlfe story has not
yet been told. His great heart stricken
with grief, Dan lifted the form of Fur
ness in his arms and carried it back to
the shack, laying it on the bed. He was
so unnerved by the terrible fate of his
friend that for a day he could do noth
ing. When he at last pulled himself
together he went about prepar
ing the remains of his friend
for burial. In attempting to
remove the clothing from the upper part
of his body, much to his consternation,
Dan laid bare the white bosom of a
woman. He immediately drove to the
house of a neighbor and notified the
woman of his suspicions, which were
afterwards verified. The remains were
given a careful burial in the little cem
etery at Church's Ferry.
Among the girl's effects, in her trunk,
were found letters from her mother ad
dressed to Cora, which was probably the
right name of the masquerader. The
only theory advanced for the woman
concealing her sex is that she concluded
she could thus protect herself against
insult and indignity in the wild country
to which she was going.
Big Dan, after the funeral, started for
West Virginia, for the purpose of find
ing his friend's mother and bringing
her back to the home her daughter had
prepared for her, if she chooses to
come, and he swears he will stand by
her as long as he is able to lift a hand
if he finds her.
Water That Would Not Freeze.
Special to the Globe.
Jamestown, Jan. 27.— Dakota is in
deed a country of wonders, and the peo
ple of Jamestown think a great many
of them are located in this region.
Some time ago the young people of the
city obtained permission from the city
council to use water from the artesian
well, for the purpose of flooding certain
vacant lots for ice rinks, and the at
tempt was accordingly made a few days
ago. Water was turned on and allowed
to run for some time, but an unexpected
difficulty was encountered. The artesian
water is of a temperature of about 7*' de
grees Fahrenheit. Running from the well
at that degree of warmth it soon melted
the snow, of which there was an abun
dance, thawed the ground and ran off,
furnishing the unusual spectacle of a
failure to freeze water with the ther
mometer about a dozen points below
zero. There is now considerable specu
la tiou as to what method will be under
taken to circumvent the difficulty, and
the general opinion is that the voting
people will have to await a cold day
when the water will cool more readily.
War on the Gophers.
Special to the Globe.
Jamestown, Jan. 27.— The bids for
the **,880 drachm bottles of strychnine,
which the county commissioners adver
tised for. for the purpose of furnishing
the farmers for use in the war of exter
mination against the gopher, were
opened and the contract awarded to
Churchill & Webster, of this city, who
were the lowest bidders. The prepara
tion will be ready for distribution about
the Ist of March, when an organized
and united effort will be inaugurated to
rid the county of these little pests,
which have been more disastrous to the
crops of this vicinity than drouths and
dry winds.
Arrested Again.
Special to the Globe.
Bismarck, Dak.. Jan. 27— Last week
Justice Lambert acquitted Messrs. Will
iamson aud Rapelje, tried under a
charge of assault and battery of Photo
grapher D. F. Barry with a blacksnake
whip. Barry then begun a civil action
for damages, and to-day Williamson and
Rapelje were arrested by order of Judge
Francis and held in $1,000 each to the
March term [of court. Barry sues for
$5,000.
FARGO NOTES.
Special to the Globe.
Fargo, Jan. 27.— Arrangements are
being perfected for a base ball league
the coming season, to comprise Fargo,
Grand Forks, Winnipeg, iSt. Cloud,
Brainerd and Duluth.
A committee of the Catholic society
has been prospecting this week for a
site for cathedral and Catholic bishop
headquarters. The Sweatt grounds,
which are the ones desired, are held at
$14,000,, which is more than can be
raised by the citizens as a bonus in the
local option era.
The gentle horse whipping of the
amiable young manager of the opera
house by Miss Fenton, is disapproved
generally in Fargo. The lady supposed
the Globe account of the attempted
suicide and its cause was inspired by-
Mr. Crenshaw. The statements, how
ever, were not disputed. Crenshaw is
following the company in the delusive
hope that money can be extracted from
Foote.
It is conceded that Judge McConncll
was hasty in thinking he could turn
over the contempt case to Judge Tripp.
He could not afford to do that.
About all of the Fargo people who
could spare or borrow the funds need
ful have gone down to the Carnival this
week.
The hackmen say that they are now
driving day and night, but complain
that it is too cold to walk their horses
up the long approach to the Moorhead
bridge A street car line is badly
needed.
Two of the lady teachers in one of the
rural districts of this cuonty kept the
children in all night during the bliz
zard, which is the only safe way.
Judge (iuptill, who distinguished him
self in New York by his -flowing ac
counts of the Fargo Republican club,
which lie represented, held a meeting
Thursday night, and he still constitutes
the club.
GOT A BEE IN HIS BONNET.
There's a writer in a paper of the city of St.
Paul.
Who's been cutting quite a caper ever since
the early fall,
He's got rather badly smitten with the wish
to write his name *
As our delegate to congress on the flowing
scroll of tame.
His name it is P—
1— -K-C-E,
And he edits the Weekly Dakota P. P.
He thinks that Edwards is too stout, and
Allen is too thin.
While Campbell's only good to shout, and
Thomson has no tin ;
That ('lfford's had a double turn, and hasn't
done a thing
But draw his monthly pay, and take his
orders from the King,—
So Ex-Governor P.,
Of Jamestown, D. T..
Thinks the best man you could choose for
congress is ME.
I sometimes think it would be queer if we
ourselves could see -
The way that others see us, how astonished
we should be, —
Though Gilbert may be capable of running
the P. P.—
Yet Bismarck's quite a different place to
Washington, D. C.
And yet we shall see
E~- That the Pioneer P.
Will keep booming for Delegate Gilbert A. P.
Yet even if we granted that he had the com-
mon sense,
The people do not want a man who's always
on the fence :
He reminds me of the candidate who said he
wished to say,
"That if my principles don't suit, I'll change
'em right away.'"
Yet Ex-Governor P..
Of Jamestown. D.T.,
Thinks the right man to elect to congress is
ME.
lie prints interviews in Washington which
were not held at all,
Aud telegrams from Bismarck which were
written in St. Paul,
And when the Globe "scooped"' all his
news, we all remember well. -.-; --
How he sent that famous telegram, begin
ning "Why the H— ll."
And vet Gilbert A. P.,
•• '.-, ?■■-}. Of Jamestown, P. 1.. 2. ''-■":■•-'•.
Thinks the best man you can choose for con
■■ . gress is ME.
! —Lignite in Eddy County (Dak.) New Era.
MINNESOTA.
Albert Lea.
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Knatvold gave a
card party on Wednesday evening.
Whist was the principal game. Among
the guests were the following ladies and
gentlemen: Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Todel,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. I) wight, Mr. and
Mrs. D. P. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. F. (1.
Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Truesdell,
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Day, Mrs. Lunn,
Mrs. Powell, Misses Rankin, Bates,
Helen Todd, Ettie Armstrong, Mamie
Gates and Carrie Gates, and Messrs.
Dwire, Morin, Crane, Chapman, Arm
strong, Barness, Brown, and Dr. Mer
rill.
Last Monday evening several parties
took advantage of the pleasant moon
light evening for sleigh rides. One
party consisted of Misses Josie Bachel
dor. Biach Todel, Lelie Forbes, Kittie
Truesdell, Pearl Day and a number of
young gentlemen.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson en
tertained a party of friends Wednesday
afternoon and evening. The occasion
being their tenth wedding anniversary
or "tin wedding."
A leap year party drove out to the
residence of Mrs. John Ruble last Fri
day night and passed a very pleasant
evening.
The members of Mrs. Uazleton's class
will give a salad sociable at the home of
Mrs. W. S. Krebbs next Monday even
ing.
A number of the friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Haslow Langdon gave them a sur
prise party one evening last week.
Miss Maud Ingham, of Waverly, 10.,
is the guest of her grand parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gibson.
Mrs. D. E. Stock er, of Farmington,
and her little son, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Becker.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Case returned
home last week from a trip through
Southern lowa.
Mrs. H. Griuager has been entertain
ing her brother, N. W. Peterson, of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mrs. S. Terris, of Windsor, 10., is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Becker.
The Episcopal ladies gave a social at
the home of Mrs. Erping Tuesday even
ing.
The Y. L. I. society met with Miss
Pearl Day last Saturday afternoon.
Miss Williams, of Aneena, 111., visited
at the college last week.
Preston.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. Webb
gave them a pleasant surprise Friday
evening. It being their twelfth anni
versary. Among those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Farrington, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Weiser, Mr. and Mrs. 11. E.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Mann, Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Bassett, Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mc-
Kinley, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mahoney.
Mesdames G. Horton, W. A. Nelson,
M. McCollum, Misses Winnie Wells.
Fannie Loomis, Maggie Kerwiu.
A very pleasant time was had at the
social entertainment given by the I. O.
G. T. at their hall. The company was
entertained with speaking, reading and
musical selections. Quartette by-
Messrs. J. Johnson, A. Nelson, Misses
Bird Ford, and Jennie Hayes. Solo by
Miss Fannie Loomis, duet by. Mrs. G.
Mann and Miss G. Mann. Solo by Miss
Nellie Wheeler. Quartette, Mrs. G.
Mann, Miss Laura Read, Messrs. J.
Hopp and H. Hayes. Reading by Miss
Floy Barnes.
The following young ladies gave a
leap year party at the home of Miss Es
tella Weeks Friday evening: Misses
Estella Gray, Lucy Gray, Laura Read,
Nellie Read, Leha Cooley, Lelia Taylor,
Estella Sherrard, Bird Ford, Floy
Barnes, Nina Day.
On Tuesday evening quite a number
of lady friends of Mrs. W. E. Bigelow
took possession of her homefor the
purpose of having a maple sugar candy
party.
There was a pleasant gathering of
ladies of the M. A. B. society at the
home of Mrs. W. A. McGowen Wednes
day afternoon.
Mrs. M. McCollum went to La Crosse,
Wis., Saturday to spend a few weeks
with her friend, Mrs. George Shaw, of
that city.
The parlor of Mrs. J. Weeks was
filled with busy workers of the Metho
dist Aid society Friday afternoon.
Mrs. G. A. Bassett is entertaining her
son, E. R. Smith, of the Northern Pa
cific country.
Mrs. A. Murrel and little son. of Mill
bank, Dale, are the guests of Mrs. S. B.
Murrel.
Chatfield.
The Progressive Euchre club were
pleasantly entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Dickson Wednesday evening, the
following ladies and gentlemen being
present: Mr. and Mrs. J. Sawyer, Mr.
and Mrs. P. Bandle. Mr. and Mrs. J.
Wright, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Woodruff,
Mr. and Mrs. James Sanderson, Mr. and
Mrs. John Flindt, Mr. and Mrs. S. At
kinson, Mrs. James House, Anna Sin
gleton, Misses Sallie McLarty, Jennie
Durgin and Toney Bauer. Messrs.
Bauer, Atchison, Fairbanks. Wells.
White and Austin. Mrs. James Sander
son and John Wright won the head
prizes. Miss Tony Bauer aud James
Sanderson the foot prizes.
The ladies of the M. E. church gave a j
donation party at Glissman's hall Tues
day evening for the benefit of Rev. and
Mrs. King. Refreshments .were served
by the following ladies: Misses Alice
Stephens; Mattie Furgeson, Ella Bow
dish, Clara Higley and Emma Sackett.
Mr. and Mis. W. L. King started for
Wisconsin Thursday, where they will
visit a few weeks and then go to India
to engage in missionary work.
Mrs. J. and Miss Medora O'Ferrel arc
visiting friends in Chicago as the
guests of Mrs. O'Ferrcl's sister, Mrs.
Charles Trego.
Miss Clara Edward, after a pleasant
visit here of a few weeks, has returned
to her home in Austin.
Miss Amanda Glissman spent last
week in Austin, the guest of her sister,
Mrs. J. F. Giles.
The W. C. T. U. spent a pleasant aft
ernoon with "Mrs. M. L. Uamline Tues
day.
Mrs. E. J. Bowdish is spending the
week with friends in St. Paul.
Miss Effie Frost has returned from
her visit to Minneapolis.
Fairmont.
Mrs. C. F. Li rename and Mrs. St.
John invited in some of the old settlers
to meet their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Armstrong, who have been visiting
here this winter. The following ladies
were present: Mesdames R. M. "Ward,
C. F. Bollard, Shanks. Nyatt, Humph
rey, Piatt, Cad well and Hunt.
A merry party of young people, con
sisting of Misses Moran, Mann, Willard
and lloughtaling. and Messrs. Canrlght,
Coultand lloughtaling, took a sleigh
ride into the country Tuesday evening
and visited Miss Mary . Wade.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter McLaughlin have
returned from ; their visit to Maroon
City, 10. Mr. McLaughlin's sister ac
companied them, and will spend the
winter in town.
Miss May Ward gave a surprise party
for her brother, Forey, on Monday
evening.- Dancing was indulged in,
and a very pleasant time was enjoyed.
Mrs. J. D. Young entertained the
Progressive Euchre club at lis last
meeting. Mrs. William Vrisseimau and
C. N. Petersen won the first prizes.
Mrs. Malcoru Aldrich entertained the
Reading circle last week. The "Revo
lutionary War" was discussed by the
members.
Mrs. N. L. Stowe gave a party at her
residence last Friday evening in honor
of her brother, Paul Matson.
. Miss Maud Armstrong, of Bathgate,
more" her sister, Mrs. 0. F. Liver-
Miss Lulu Hill entertained a number
of her young friends on Tuesday even
--iff*
. Miss Rattrey is visiting her brother
in St. James this week.
Anoka.
The most elaborate affair of the sea.
son was the "Carnival of Nations." nffi
dcr the auspices of the Anoka Musical
union, at the elegant home of Mrs. E.
1.. Reed, on Tuesday evening. About
135 were present. Solos were rendered
by Miss Edith Mayhew, of St. Paul, and
Mrs. George _. Eldridge; Mr. Thomas
Magson and Miss Agnes Jordan gave a
recitation. The following ladies ap
peared in costumes; Mrs. E. L. Reed,
"Goddess of Liberty;" Mrs. G. F. El
dridge, "Spain:" Mrs.Sleeper, "Snow;"
Miss May Giddings, "Quakeress;" Miss
Mina Bugbee, "Spain '" Miss Stella
Storms, -Bed. White and Blue;" Miss
Olive Graham, "Mexico;" Miss Agnes
Jordan, "Italy;" Miss Lotta Stockwell,
"Germany;" Miss Jennie Russell, "Po
cahontas;" Miss Mable Hughes, "Ori
ental;" Miss Jessie Whiteman, "Ori-
S__2 ? Miss Maud Kerr, "Japan;" Mi-,*
Nettie Fitch, "China."
The Musical union will meet next
Monday evening, Jan. 30, with Misses
Enter Huntley and Ella Kelsey at the
latter s home on Jackson street.
Miss Mary Woodbury entertained a
select company of young people ie
honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Niles lav,
Thursday evening.
Rev. Mrs. A. D. Stowe, who has beer
confined to the house for a week past
with a severe indisposition, is able to b«
out again.
Miss M. Blanche Daniels returned to
her home at Superior, Wis., Wednes
day.
Mr. aim Mrs. C. C. Chamberlain will
leave for Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., to
day.
Miss Edith May hew. of St. Paul, is a
guest of Mrs. Edward L. Reed.
Mrs. D. S. Coleman gave a tea party
luesday evening.
Hastings.
Mrs. M. E. Leakliter returned to Ca
dott. Wis., yesterday, after making a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Kelly.
The Woman's Christian Temperanct
Union met with Mrs. N. M. Talraadgd
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Lyell Mead left Monday morn
ing upon a visit with friends in Chip
pewa Falls, Wis.
The "Out For Fun" club will meet
next Wednesday evening with Mrs.
B. F. Torrence.
Mrs. C. T. Morse and daughter de
parted for Milbank. D. T., Saturday.
Mrs. J. P. Schmitz. of St. Paul, was
the guest of friends here this week.
Mrs. James MacDnff, of Chicago, is
the guest of Mrs. W. H. De Kay.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Johnson came in
from Aberdeen Sunday night.
The Atlantis circle met on Wednes
day with Mrs. J. H. Lewis.
Miss Julia M. Sondermann is visiting
friends in Minneapolis.
Mrs. L. X. Martell is down fro m Mi n
neapolis upon a visit.
Mrs. D. C. Conklin, of Minneapolis, is .
visiting friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Sondermauu are
here from Fargo.
Mrs. H. J. Doten has returned from
La Crosse.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gunn are in St.
Paul.
Fountain.
G. S. Horton and his mother, Mrs. G.
W. Horton, of. Preston, with Miss Mag
gie Kerwin, of Carmonia, A. C. Crosby
and his sister. Miss Cornelia, Arthur
Haupin. of Chatfield, and bride, nee
Miss Ada J. Thacher, of Preston, were
entertained during the past two weeks
by Mrs. James Moore.
Mrs. E. Lewis, of Hartford. Wis., was
the guest of Mrs. P. Colby a week ago.
Also Mrs. Thomas Murphy, of St. Paul,
was a visitor of Mrs. Colby the past
week.
Miss Mary T. Thompson, after a pro
tracted sojourn among friends in this
vicinity, returned to her home in Alex
andria last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Sorenson, of Pilot
Mound, have been storm-bound with
their sons, Theodore and Julius, the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Case and daugh
ter, Mabel, attended the installation of
officers of the I. O. O. F. at Preston a
week ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Case, of Pilot
Mound, were guests of relatives in this
place last Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Patrick floyt, of Frandreau. is
the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. Rice, of Chatfield.
Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Shaw, of Austin,
are being entertained by his brother,
Timothy Shaw. .
Mr. and Mrs. David Shears have re
turned from Pilot Mound.
Miss Edna Twitchell is home from
Flaudreau.
Fergns Falls.
Miss May Compton entertained a
gathering of friendsat a wishbone party-
Wednesday evening. The ladies pres
ent were: Mesdames Wartield, Hunter,
Lowry; Misses Basye, Vanderzee, Un
derwood, Greening, Tyler, Burbank,
Kilbourne, Reynolds. Stewart. Nlebels,
Phillips, Jordan, Nichols, McDonald,
Covvles, Bessie Mitchell and Lillian
Clark, of Windom, Minn.
The ladies present at the weekly re
ception of the Fergus Falls club last
Friday evening were Mesdames Weath
erston, Cole, Mason, Wheelock, Comp
ton and Wartield.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church held a social at the
residence of Mrs. James Compton
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Russell, of lVlavan, Wis., who
has been a guest of Mrs. A. Potter for
some tiine.returnea to her home Wednes
day. ■'„■'-;;: ..--..
A number of friends surprised Miss
Bessie Basye Saturday evening, the
occasion being the young lady's birth
day.
The St. Cecilia society met with Mrs.
James A. Brown Saturday afternoon.
Mesdames J. W. Mason and W. J.
Holmes went to St. Paul Tuesday.
The Whist club met with Miss Ellen
McArthur Monday evening.
Mrs. Basye, of Platteville, Wis., is a
guest of Mrs. E. A. Jewett.
Miss Maud Dampier iias returned
from Crookston.
Mrs. Balmot is visiting friends at
Minneapolis.
Rose mount.
Miss Julia Ryan, of St. Paul, spent **■
few days with her sister.Mrs. M. J. Mul
rooney, and Mrs. Mulrooncy returned
to the city to spend the Carnival with
her parents. •_
Mrs. T. McCarthy left for Notre
Dame, Ind., where she will enter the
conveut to devote her life to a holy
cause.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Browers, of Miu
neapolls,are the guests of Mrs. BrowetV
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Harper.
Mrs. M. Nule, of Belle Plaine, re
turned after a long stay with her
daughter, Mrs. M. Hyland.
Miss Alley O'Keefe will spend Friday
and Saturday wilh Miss Alice McQuil
lan, of St. Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Johnston enter- '
tamed a large number of friends Sun
day evening. ••-.
Miss Julia Gibbons returned after a