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have a fuel at "R..V) a lob, which willbe'the cheapest they can possibly get. Thecoal barons of the Keystone state willnot be able to compete with such a fuel.There should not be a town in all SouthDakota 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 tohaul eighteen cars of twelve tons each.There you have SIB tons. A dollar aton for hauling this train from west ofthe Missouri a little way to Aberdeenwill net the roads that do the work thenet sum of KtC Perhaps this trainload ofcoal will be hauled partly by theNorthern Pacific and partly by our road.That will be all right. The NorthernPacific willrealize that such work willbe so much ahead lor them, lor if theydid not haul this lignite they would nothave the chance to haul hard coal fortin- South Dakota people to burn. Thesame with the Aberdeen & Northwest-ern. They will not have a whack at thehard coal business for the South Dakotatowns that they

I'ltoroSE TO I '.Kit WITH LIGNITE."I tell you that the coal-mining in-

dustry will he an Important one. for thepeople of the West Missouri country inthe near future."

"Do you suggest," queried the writer,"that the people along your road usethis lignite for every purpose lor whichthey use coal?"

'•Yes, Indeed," was the reply. "It is

not so desirable a fuel tor stoves in ahouse as anthracite, but what manwant**** stove In his bouse, anyway?The only decent and comfortable wayto heat a house Is by a furnace. Thereis no coat in the world that is betteradapted for furnace heat than this lig-nite. In Bismarck and Mandan thereare a number of houses that are heatedby tarn-aces, and they work to perfec-tion. Coal at *""' a ton. to burn in \u25a0 fur-nace under a house, will heat for one-third the price you can heatit with anthracite. Then, too,office buildings that use steam heat canbe heated with this fuel very cheaply.The capitol at Bismarck uses it ex-clusively, and >o do ail the buildings inMandan and Bismarck that use steam."The flouring mills at Mandan and Bis-marck use it. and they can compete withthe dour of the world because of thecheapness of their fuel. It is only thisyear that the people of the territory-have begun to fullyrealize the greatvalue of this fuel that lies at theirvery doors, and the Aberdeen &North western proposes to make themost of it. Of course, as soon aswe gel down to business the North-ern Pacific will begiu to haul this coalto points along its branch south ofJamestown, and Will turn train load- ofit over to the Northwestern at DakesTor the towns in that locality. The de-velopment of the coal mines west of theMissouri will be a bonanza for you. andit will be a greater bonanza for thosepeople who willget 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 andthriving a little town as exists in Dakotato-day. Probably more than to anyother one cause this condition is due tothe excellent wheat market that unre-strained competition affords the farmersof this vicinity. La Moure, Oakes andEllendale, all older and larger towns,were Edgeley's competitors tor thewheat of this vicinity, but the streetwheat buyer appeared on the scene,forced the market from 57 cents to63 cents, kept it there, and madeEdgeley a prosperous and boominglittle town, at least during last fall.This street wheat buyer, Mr. Dealy*.bought grain at l cent margin, and paidfrom 4 to 6 cents above the price neigh-boring elevators offered. The resultwhs the drawing of farmers from a ra-dius ofthirty miles in every direction tosell their wheat and buy their supplies.A Jamestown paper, commenting uponthis matter.com pared their market withEdgeley's, which

PAID FIVE CENTS MOREforwheat than Jamestown.and referredto the notoriously poor local market atthat place, and intimated that the exten-sion ofthe Chicago.Milwaukee &St.Paulrailroad would bring about the same re-sult there. Mr. Dealy 's attention wascalled to the article, a"perusal of whichprompted him to write a letter, whichis of great interest to the economists ofthe territory, containing the practicalviews of an independent wheat buyer,whom experience has qualified to speak.Mr. Dealy takes exception to the state-ment that the extension to Jamestownof the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paulroad will raise the price' of wheat, liesays: "Keeping the price of wheat nighor low doesn't depend upon whetherthe Chicago. Milwaukee & St.Paul extends to Jamestown ornot. They opposed me by everymeans in their power when 1came toEdgeley to buy wheat from the suffer-ing farmers. The solution of the wheatquestion is simply this: IfJamestowncan get an independent buyer ot wheatat that point she will have a higherprice for wheat. For instance, if theyintend to give a big bonus to the Chi-cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road andalmost build the road for them, why nottake that bonus and put it in the handsofa competent man in Jamestown withinstructions to buy the fanners' wheat

ONE CENT MARGINOX A BV.SIIEI,."Then Iwillguarantee to the people of

Jamestown and vicinity that trier willget wheat from twenty miles around.All the farmers willbe satisfied to allowa buyer ofwheat 1 cent margin, but theway the farmers have been treated is acrying shame. Itis needless forme tosay that the farmers know that from 5to 7 cents profit is made on every bushelof wheat that goes into the elevatorsalong the line of the Chicago, Milwau-kee & St. Paul road. Now, if that bethe case, let the people of Jamestowngive that road to understand that if theyintend to extend their road they mustdo so at their own expense."

Mr. Dealy says further: "In regardto the .statement about my be-in? in the interest of the North-ern Pacific, that is a mistake, as Ishipped the first load I bought over theChicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul ' Pre-suming from their treatment ofme thatthey were working in the interest of theelevators, 1 applied to the Northern Pa-cific for permission to ship grain overtheir road. Hence the high price forwheat at Edgelcy. for which farmersheartily thank the Northern Pacific."

A SLANDER NAILED.Reiutal ofthe Insane Charge That

Territorial Affairs Are BeingRecklessly Managed. **The following letters arc self-explan-

atory and show the depths to which aman can stoop to further his personaland political schemes by misrepresenta-tion:To the Editor of (he Globe.

Office of the Board of Trustees of theDakota School of Mines—Rapid CityDak.. Jan. 25.—My attention has beendrawn to attacks made upon GovChurch's administration, charging himwithreckless management ofterritorialaffairs. So far as my knowledge ex-tends 1 most decidedly dissent fromsuch views, for the reasons following-

he board of trustees of the DakotaSchool of Mines applied to the governorasking him to allow a transfer ofcertain funds from a better equippedfund for the purpose of com-pleting the metallurgical labora-tory of the School of Mines. Thisapplication was denied by the gov-ernor. Six months ago a similar appli-cation was made by the board, and thatwas also denied. These rulings ofthegovernor have been accepted by theboard as conservative aud as indicatinga desire to manage the public businessin the safest possible manner, eventhough their own wishes were over-ruled in the matter and considerable in-convenience experienced on account ofthis position being assumed by the gov-ernor. In this section we have everyreason 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. Spelman, Esq., Bapid City, Dak.,—Dear

Sir: Yours of 18th at hand * and . con-tents noted. Idecline to allow transferofany fund from the purpose for whichit was appropriated. I am surprisedthat such a request should be made.The appropriation for contemplated im-provements made at last session of thelegislature were generous, and yourboard will held to a strict account-ability. You say the next legislaturewill doubtless make an appropriation,etc. Allow me to say that no such ap-propriation willbe made ifmy veto canprevent it. Four board received noticeseveral months ago they ninist keepwithin their appropriations, and 1 shallinsist on this in every ease. Truly,

1.. K. Ciun-.ii.

Miss FI'NTOVS version.

She Denies Any Attempt at Sui-cide—The Members ofthe Com-pany Indorse Manager Foote—I-M'tor Garicd Speaks a GoodWord'

To the Editor ofthe 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, andwhile in Fargo, 1 attempted to commitsuicide by taking morphine. In addi-tion to this there was alsosome sensational flavor concerningmyself and Mr. Foote, which was as-signed as my motive for the act. Mow,as 1 am the one who knows more aboutthis than any one else. I hope you willtake my word as the truth and publishthe same at your very earliest oppor-tunity. The * taking of the morphinewas a mistake, "so far as anysuicidal motive was concerned. Iwished to take some fora purely medic-inal purpose, and, never having takenit before, took too much. The sensa-tional part of the story is also withoutany foundation whatever — Mr.Foote only being a very goodfriend of* mine, one who hasdone all in his power to put me to thefront, and to his kindness and coaching1 owe all the success I have so farachieved in the dramatic profession.My home is in Minnesota, and my manyfriends in the West, and also all thosewhom 1 know in the East will, 1 know,cheerfully

COBB BORATE all i have said,as they have all been cognizant of mywork and actions, especially during thepast two years.

The trouble which Mr. Foote hassince been having with \V. Percy Cren-shaw, manager of the Fargo* operahouse, is the direct result of my actions,which, although unintentional, hascaused both Mr. Foote and myself muchexpense and annoyance. 1 say thistrouble is the direct result, and yet it isunjustly so, for l was too ill to play Sat-urday evening, and serious sicknesswill, throughout the world, be accepted,by any just manager, as sufficient ex-cuse for non-performance. Mr. Cren-shaw, however, refused to accept suchexcuse, and made no effort to find outwhether the company could or not give aperformance without me. He did notlight or heat the opera house, and,whenthe entire company excepting myself,came to enter, he not only refused toopen the doors, but made chargesagainst Mr. Foote which were utterlyfalse, as all the members of the companywill testify. Mr. Crenshaw has contin-ued to follow us up since we left Fargo,nearly three weeks ago, and claims ofMr. toote damages ofnearly a hundreddollars. This Mr. Foote refuses to pay,and 1 think he is right in so doing, and1 really believe that Mr. Crenshawwill have lived many more years beforehe gains his point in this respect.

THE HORSE-WHIPPING I GAVE HIMlast week, In the office ofthe St. Louishotel in Crookston. was, 1 think, justlydeserved, and, as some of the mostprominent men of Crookston gave me atestimonial and paid my fine and costs,Ithink 1 am right in believing that theyalso think my action just. 1 dislike sen-sational "trash," and have the greatestregret that any act of mine— eventhough unintentional— should causetrouble orreflect in the least upon Mr.Foote, as he does not deserve it,and hasdone nothing to cause any derogatoryremarks concerning him. Hoping youwill, ifpossible, publish this letter en-tire and so justify me in the minds ofthe public, Iremain, 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 theabove statements in the letter of MissFentou, and also to say that, regardingMr. Foote, he has paid all our salariespromptly and in every way treated usas courteously and gentlemanly as anyone could do: and we wish to* sustainhim heartily in the action he is takingconcerning 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 thefacts in this case as far as possible. Theforegoing letter is correct. The com-pany was able and anxious to give theentertainment at Fargo, but instead ofthis, Crenshaw sought damages, whichFoote indignantly refused to pay.Foote employed an attorney to lookafter 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 toget a postponement before Justice Plum-mer's court, and what Mr. Foote calls asnap judgment was rendered againsthim, widen, with costs, amount to about$100, which latter he declares he willnever pay.

The company opened at WahpetonMonday evening for a week's en-gagement. Tuesday evening's per-formance was considerably disturbedby officers coming in and attempting toattach receipts and the goods of thecompany. But, through the courtesyofSheriff Miller, the performance wenton, and the sheriff has allowed the com-pany to continue with its repertoireand will not take any of its goods tillafter the close here Saturday night.

Mr. Foots feels that he is beingmaliciously persecuted and will fightthe case to the bitter end.

George P. Garret*.A VERY COSTLY MEAL.

How the Eccentric Judge FrancisPut an Expense ofSeveral 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 riseto much complaint in the past and vig-orous efforts for his removal, but it hasseemed probable that the remarkableleniency in vogue at Washington wouldallow him to continue to the expirationofhis term next summer. The judgehas a weakness for the good things ofthe table. While absorbed in its grati-fication he is oblivious to all passingevents. During the recent stormyperiod he journeyed around by the wayof Fargo and Grand Forks* to hold aterm of court at Minnewauhan, onDevil's lake. At Grand Forks his appe-tite became so imperative that hechartered a restaurant, and was leis-urely absorbing its contents whenthe train departed without him.After he had completed his report, hediscovered this fact, and, finding thaton account of the storm, no other trainwould go out forseveral days, he tele-graphed to have court adjourned tillspring and returned to Bismarck. Alocal paper says this meal of the hungryjurist cost Benson county several thou-sand dollars in the wayof mileage forofficers, jurors and witnesses, besideskeeping prisoners in jail for an indefi-nite period. This was certainly a costlymeal. A judge who cannot get alongwithout eating, or replenish the physi-cal waste with railroad eatinghousedoughnuts, witn the aid of pocket lu-bricants, has no business on the benchin Dakota, at least in the period of bliz-zards.

Ifyou are run downby overwork usethe "Best" Tonic in preference of anyother article. ":*.,: ;*

CALM, THEN STORMY.Political Matters In a State of

Lethargy Throughout theTerritory.

But When There Is an Awak-ening: Lively Times Will

Surely Ensue.

The Democrats Will Make aFight on the Tariff and

Railroad Issues.

Pronounced Success of theScheme to Filch $20,000

From the Treasury.

From the Globe's Special StaffContributor.Wateutow.v, Jan. 26.—Political mat-

ters in the territory appear to be just alittle quiet at the present time. Itmaybe the mid-winter holiday that they aretaking. However it may be accountedfor, the fact remains just the same, thatpolitically speaking " all is quiet on thePotomac." It may be that the big bliz-zard last week has knocked the politicalaspirations all out ofour "high-flyers,"as Denny Hannafin calls them. Itwillnot be necessary forme to go much intothe details of the late blizzard storm.They have been well dished up in alltheir horrors by the Globe's able corpsof correspondents, scattered from onepart of the country to the other. Iwill simply say that the stormought to teach us a lesson,and that is at all times tobe prepared for changes in the weather,in this country— in this world, forthat matter— for there are sunny andcloudy days, calms and storms in all ouraffairs. So it is that the present calmin our political matters may foretokenthe storm that is about to break uponus. ***>hat are the indications of thiscalm? They are few, but comprehen-sive.

V\ ith the Democratic party— aregetting ready forthe fight, and they pro-pose to make things mighty warm be-fore next fall's polls are closed. Theywill go before the people with their

RECORD OX THE TARIFF QUESTIONand they will show that this is a reallive issue, to the people of this part ofthe country at least, they belonginglargely to the producing class; they willtake up their record on the railroadquestion and show what they have triedto do to curb and control this overbear-ing power inour laud. These are amongsome of the important matters that willconstitute the issue that is now beingmade between the two parties. Theywill be sharply contested points, andwillbe settled by the good sense of thepeople ofthis country.

Outside of parties there are other in-dications that this is the "calm beforethe storm." These are the results ofthat Aberdeen convention, which 1 havepredicted would be the means of secur-ing an enabling act for Dakota. L. G.Johnson and his crowd of workers arein Washington. They are "whoopingthings up" there, so to speak. They area lively lot of workers, and will leaveno stone unturned to do what they canto make Dakota's influence felt. Theyare all thoroughly in earnest in beingtired of this territorial condition andwishing statehood at as early a date aspossible. Some question what goodwill be done by this delegationat Washington, True, they maynot make much" difference withthe outcome, and it may be that Dakotawould be admitted into the Unionthrough an enabling act sooner if theystayed at home and congress was al-lowed to act alone on the request of theAberdeen convention. But, be this asit may be, they are there and will beheard from. It seems like quite theproper thing, when a convention hasprepared a memorial to congress, tosend a delegation to present it to thathonorable body in the proper form andwith due ceremony. This is what hasbeen done: this is what that committeeis at Washington for— present theAberdeen convention memorial to con-gress. Why this willnot do some goodand why it is not necessary I am at aloss to understand.

THE CROAKERS TO THE CONTRARYnotwithstanding. It seems to me likethe very proper thing, and necessaryunder the people's action in the Aber-deen convention, in asking for an en-abling act. When those who didn't geton that Washington delegation of fif-teen say that they don't see what goodit will do, a sufficient answer for themis that it is carrying out the provisionsofthe call for the Aberdeen convention

.that was so loudly praised and extolledby them. Then there is another littlematter that shows the way this storm,figuratively speaking, is gathering. Thelast remnant of the old Sioux Fallsconstitutional convention met at Huronlast week and declared that they werestill for the same old scheme ofdivision—which was exploded in' congress ayear ago. Knowing ones say that the.object of the Huron meeting was not,for "division," which is a thing of thepast, but for the purpose of spendingthe balance of the $20,000 appropriationsof the people's good money for the hold-ing of this convention— about $1,000 ofthis money remained, and some few ofthe members, business being a littleslow In the dead of winter, thought thatthe mileage and per diem forattendancewould not come amiss. Idon't knowhow true this is, and don't care to vouchfor it, but such is the report, and I giveitfor what it is worth. If the few whoattended the Huron meeting were seek-ing for any further dictinction from thisconstitutional convention farce, theymust have been very much disappointetin their efforts, for it fell about asfiat as anything well could, evenin this country where suchfiascoes are not uncommon.

Here I would like to lay down a fewgeneral principles. It is a "good say-ing and worthy of all acceptation:Whatsoever ye sow, that shall yereap." These men who are makingsuch gigantic asses of themselves in theearly politics of our territory must ex-pect

TO STJTFER THE CONSEQUENCESin after times. He who makes himselfprominent in movements now, that inafter years are shown to have been gi-gantic frauds on the people, must ex-pect that he willbe politically dead. Itis generally true that men who seek tobe prominent in political matterswhen they are in a formativestate, do so at the expense of theirfuture aspirations. There are plentyof bright, keen men in the territory,who have kept out of politics so far forthis reason. They are simply waitingtheir time, which is not far distant.They are the coming men, and on themin the future willrest the affairs of gov-ernment. The old stagers will stepdown and out then; they will haveserved their time and usefulness, andwill be left out for the one, but goodreason, that they could not "standtheir records." Theie are very few ofthe present Dakota politicians who canbear an investigation of their publicacts. They cannot stand the applica-tion ofthe calcium test, whether theyhave served faithfully or not. So myadvice to would-be-politicians is—notto be in too much of a hurry to mixyourselves up in political matters; bideyour time, wait until you are called andthen step forward and do your partnobly, and your days will be longenough to enjoy all the duties and hon-ors that your fellow citizens care to be-stow upon you. This is the picture ofthe coming Dakota politician. Thereare some who doubtless think it over-drawn, but time will decide betweenthem and me. Ibelieve that the timewill come when men will have to be ashonorable in political matters as theyare in business.

The Lookek-In.

The Prevailing Sentiment..Aprominent Republican politician of

Dakota, says the Minneapolis Evening

.Star, . mot one of . its reporters at theWest hotel yesterday, and the followingconversation ensued :

"Bythe 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 startedout it contained good matter, spicy ed-itorial paragraphs and not loss thanfour pages of news. It was a papertaken alone that I could mail to myEastern friends with some inherentDakota pride. Here Ihave a copy inmy pocket. Look at it— regular•sawed-off.' See, there are one, two,three, four—fifteen editorial paragraphssigned "G. A. P." Thirteen relate to adefense of Pierce from the charges madeby the Glouk— just as though all weRepublicans were stuck on Pierce andcared anything about him. Now lamnot at all stuck on Pierce, as you know,but 1 don't like to see a Democratic pa-per like the Globe getting away withthe old, reliable Pioneer Press. But wemust admit that the Globe's Dakotaedition is far ahead of Pierce s paper."

"1 understand that Pierce is not re-sponsible for that. He wants to make abetter showing, but is restricted by theSt. Paul office."

"That may be, but there certainly isno excuse for him in writing a columnor twoevery week of personal puffsabout himself. Let him give us liveDakota news."

POLITICAL. HISTORY.A Story, Which Is Alleged to Be

the Only True Version, AboutKidder's Nomination at ElkPoint in 1873.In "Lounsberry's Reminiscences"

concerning the scheme of division, pub-lished in a recent number of the Trib-une, is the following:

"Itwas in 1873 I mounted the hobby.Judge Barnes and I were the delegatesfrom North Dakota to the territorialRepublican convention,, and between uswe Md ten votes. We held the balanceofpower 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 orderto state that up to the morning of theconvention was understood that JudgeKidder positively refused to be consid-ered as a candidate for nomination asdelegate. Having been often approachedupon the subject by his most intimatepolitical and personal frienis, he hadas often declined the proposed honor,writes "E. M. B." to the Bismarck Trib-une. The night preceding the conven-tion Kidder was at the Merchantshotel 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 thenomination ofJohn Lawrence, intimatepersonal friend of Judge Kidder, whodesired the nomination of the latter. Itwill be well to bear in mind that at thattime—fourteen years ago last fall—Yankton carried the largest delegationof any county in the territory, and, sofar as conventions were concerned, wasthe territory. But to return to theMerchants hotel. Kidder was not therefoj any political purpose. He wascalled upon by a few friends, socially,and the subject of the convention atElk Point was not broached until latein the evening, when a friend—not a del-egate, or even a partisan— leftalone with the judge, mentioned thematter, aud expressed surprise that hewould not accept the nomination. Hegave such reasons for his refusal asseemed satisfactory to him, but notequally convincing to his friend.Among others, in the uncertainty andfickleness of"THE AVERAOE DAKOTA POLITICIAN,so far as the decision of the conventionwas concerned and his ability to contrib-ute to an outcome just the opposite ofhis convention convictions, there was aglorious \u25a0 uncertainty involved not at-tractive to a man out'of politics and will-ing to keep out. And, again,it should beremembered 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 andcrookedness in conventions and at ballotboxes, until the high moral standard inpolitics ofto-day. has been attained. .

Judge Kidder's friend left him withthe impression that with a fair bona fidenomination and a reasonably honestcanvass assured, a nomination might beconsidered, everything depending onthe tone of the convention and the char-acter of its proceedings. As the unpre-meditated interviewer came out of thehotel at the Third street entrance, G. C.Moody, Esq., later Judge Moody, and"senator-elect," was coming down hisoffice stairs on the opposite side of thestreet. A collision and a conversationensued. Moody being a delegate to theElk Point convention, and the situationvoted favorable for the nomination ofJudge Kidder, the Yankton delegationto vote, first for John Lawrence asagreed. :

• ATTHE CONVENTIONJudge Barnes was elected president. Inthe course of the proceedings when itcame to the nomination of a candidatefor delegate, several names were pro-posed, and an informal ballot developedno decided preference. Aformal ballotwas then taken, which resulted in nochoice. Before proceeding .to anotherballot Mr. Moody, who was chairman ofthe Yankton delegation, asked permis-sion for the delegation to retire for con-sultation before voting, which wasgranted. On returning to the conven-tion, when Burleigh county was called.Mr . Moody arose, and in a most grace-fubwell phrased speech announced thatafter consultation the delegation haddecided, and he was so instructed, tocast their vote for Jefferson P. Kidderfor delegate to congress. And so theballot continued to the end of the list.When the vote was "sumated," as CalebGushing once expressed it, the resultwas found to be all for Kidder,with the exception of one vote,or seventy-five . out of seventy-sixvotes cast. The "minority"refused tomake it unanimous, and his very goodreason was that he had recently been onthe wrong side in a law suit beforeJudge Kidder, and this was his first op-portunity to

GET -EVENIwiTIITHE JUDGE.Where the "balance of power" field

by Col. Lounsberry and Judge Barnescame in does not seem sufficiently clearto warrant the assertion. The Yanktondelegation certainly set the Kidder ballIn motion, and the ten votes cast by theNorth Dakota representatives helped toswell the sum total the same as anyother ten votes. There was a little op-position outside of the convention toJudge Kidder's nomination.notably thatofDr. Burleigh, one of Kidder's warm-est personal friends, whoexpressed it inthe strong language characteristic ofthedoctor, that he wished to "keep somebrains on the bench, and Kidder couldnot be spared." That Judge Kidder, asa delegate in congress, favored hisNorth Dakota friends in their divisionefforts is not to be denied, and that Col.Lounsberry, on Feb. 27, 1883. wrote aletter from Washington, as he states,predicting that "Dakota never would bedivided," is presumably true.

Sale ofBlooded Stock.Special to the Globe.

Jamestown, Jan. 27.— an earlymeeting 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. Thereare members "in the association whorepresent a large number of valuableherds. The sale willbe extensively ad-vertised abroad, and will draw some ofthe best young stock in the country forthe inspection of purchasers. On ac-count ofthe central location and rail-road facilities of Jamestown, the salewill probably beheld here. •

Jamestown's Bright Prospects. -Special to the Globe. .. Jamestown, Jan. Figuring on

spring building has already begun. Lastyear- considerable more than $200,000was put into. building, aud this year, itis thought, that about the same sum willbe expended, on a very conservative es-timate. Afew days ago a considerablestir was made by the announcement thatB. W. Fuller had concluded to erect afine brick block . on his ;Fifth avenueproperty. Quite a number, of partiesare making - inquiries of< contractors.The new opera house which PostmasterClaus is credited with the * intention ofbuilding, while not an absolute surety,is among the most likely probabilities.

DISGUISED HER SEX.A Strange Story Told by "Big:

Dan" Yonkers ofDakota.

He Protects a Settler Fromthe Hands of Claim

Jumpers.

His Beneficiary Lost in aBlizzard and Frozen

to Death.

The Discovery That He Is Nota Man but a Young1

Woman.

11l Ml ail IIAN YONKERS drifted inj_*^..^Hfrom the North country yes-HAN Dan's stamping

from the North country yes-terday. Dan's sI a m ping

\u25a0 '••" • Js ground for the past ten yearsH

_ i___| has been among the foot hillsof the Turtle mountains in

North Dakota, where he has earnedmany a dollar in the honest but pre-carious vocation of protecting the prop-erty of tenderfoot settlers against thelawless claim-jumper. He is known as"Big Dan" in .his bailiwick, and he islooked upon by the settlers of that wildregion in about the same light that thecitizens of the United States look uponthe standing army. The title of "BigDan" is not a misnomer, for he standsthree inches more than six feet in hismsccasins, and girts nearly five feetaround the chest. His legs are like thelimbs of an elephant and his neck is asthick as that of a Texas steer. His facewas never touched by a razor, nor hislocks shorn by shears, and around hisface and over his head hangs a shaggymass of carroty hair that has beenkept within bounds by Dan himself,who has periodically sawed off thestraying hair with the" keen edge of hishunting-knife that he carries beltedaround his ample waist, sleeping orwaking. This peculiar individual wasborn in the northeast corner of Oregonthirty years ago, according to his owntestimony, and gradually worked hisway 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 slidover the frozen prairie on snow-shoes to Devil's Lake City,and, clad in his quaint garb ofpoorly tanned deerskin, boarded thetrain that eventually landed him in St.Paul. It was no ordinary circumstancethat led this queer man to undertakesuch a trip, and the story he told theGlobe correspondent was interestingas well as pathetic. In his poor Englishhe told why he was here and why he in-tended to continue his journey, to WestVirginia. As he finished his 'story, -hebrought his heavy fist down on the barby which he stood, with, a force thatmade the glasses rattle and the bar-tender look nervous, and said, with alook of dogged determination in hiseyes, "I'm er goin' ter find whut -I'm*after, if it takes me till h—l freezesover."

Three years ago, according to Dan'sstory, information was- brought to himthat claim jumpers were ' making it hotfor a young fellowin the northern partof Tower county and he started for thescene of the trouble^ as he put 5 it."Spilin' fur er chance ter do up thesquaw-faced land hoppers.'' The claimin question was in an" uninhabited partof the country, and when he arrived hefound it in possession of twowellknownand:: \u25a0-'.. .

DESPERATE CHARACTERS .who had driven the rightful owneroffand were holding the fort with riflesand revolvers against the protests andthreats ofa weak-looking young fellowwho had filed upon the land and at con-siderable expense 'built a comfortableshack upon it and was preparing to im-prove.it by cultivating the soil. WhenDan arrived, the young fellow waswandering around the claim sleepingon the prairie and endeavoring to maketerms with the usurpers who onlylaughed at him.

Dan said he took "sort ov or shine tother young feller on the start.'' andwhen he saw how the land lay he laidhimself out to do up the jumpers atshort order. They had heard of himand knew he was not to be trifledwith,so when Dan walked over to the shackhe was met at the door by Tom Wolf-land, the most desperate ofthe two men,who shoved a revolver under Dan'snose and told him ifhe didn't "vamoose"instanter he would shoot a hole throughhim. Dan wasn't built that way, audyanking out his revolver he fired at thejumper, who dropped with a holethrough his right side. Wolfland's com-panion, seeing his partner go down,opened fire on Dan, who got a bulletthrough his left arm and had a furrowtorn through his scalp, but the jumpergot a bullet fromDan's revolver throughthe jaw, and signified his willingness toquit the claim if Dan would stop shoot-ing. The wounded jumpers were loadedinto a buckboard that was their prop-erty, and behind a pair of mules thatthey had brought to the claim withthem, were set adrift and were neverheard of by Dan or the man he had be-friended thereafter. **•-

The young fellow whose claim Danhad saved was exceedingly grateful anddressed the wounds of his benefactorwith unusual skill. He told Dan thathe hadn't money to pay him for hisservice then, but when he could raisethe funds he would settle. " He said hisname was Daniel Furness and he camefrom Randolph county, near the head ofCheat river, West \ irginia, where hismother lived. His father and twobrothers had been killed while servingin the confederate army, and the sup-port ofhis mother having fallen uponhis shoulders he had come up into NorthDakota with the intention ofbuilding aHome forhis mother and himself. Therewere a few hundred dollars left to thewife and son when his father went downunder fire of

THE FEDERAL FORCESand this money he left in a Wheelingbank to be used by his mother while hewas establishing a home in the North.

This story told by Furness enlistedthe sympathy of Dan at once, and theirchance acquaintance grew into a sort ofa brotherly attachment that lastedthrough the three years that Furnesswas busily engaged in cultivating hisclaim. With Dan's assistance he gotalong famously*. He had proved up onhis tree claim and a homestead, and be-sides had managed to purchase 820acres, so that last spring found him inpossession of040 acres ofsplendid land,Big Dan had come to lookupon Furnessas a sort of a protege of his, and thepeople who had settled around the Fur-ness claim dubbed them Big and LittleDan. They were almost inseparablecompanions, and a year ago, when BigDan was stricken with fever, Furnessnursed him so tenderly that he pulledthrough and came out all right.

"He wus ez smart er young duck e*sever got rained on," said Dan, with amoisture in his eye. "I'llnever forgethim ez long ez I'm on top ov earth. Ithought er darned sight more ov himthan Idid my own carcass."

Furness was making preparations togo East and return with his mothernext spring to his Dakota possessions.He had bargained with Big Dan to lookafter the farm while he was absent, andhe was to have started : East Feb. 1. Aweek ago last Tuesday Furness went toChurch's Ferry to make a purchase ofprovisions to carry Big Dan through thewinter. He remained in Church'sFerry Tuesday night and started forhome Wednesday noon. That afternoona terrible blizzard came up and Furnessmust have become bewildered, for hedid not reach home, but Big Dan think-ing he had concluded to remain at theferry until the blizzard was ended gavehimself no uneasiness about his youngfriend. Allday Thursday the gale blewand still Dan was confident that Fur-ness had remained in town, but whenFriday and Saturday 1 passed and he didnot return Dan began to- fear that there,was something wrong, and buckling on

his snowahoes ho . started across * theprairie for the ferry. He had gonebarely more than two miles from thehouse when a dark object lying on theprairie caught his eye, and goings, overto it he found the sleeve of a buffalocoat. He dug down into the snow andfound the .-.*-";

BODY OF A MAX •;'---lying on his face, as though he hadfallen while struggling against thestorm. Dan lifted the corpse out of thedriftand turning it over looked into therigid features of Furness.

The strange part of tlfe story has notyet been told. His great heart strickenwith grief, Dan lifted the form of Fur-ness in his arms and carried it back tothe shack, laying it on the bed. He wasso unnerved by the terrible fate of hisfriend that for a day he could do noth-ing. When he at last pulled himselftogether he went about prepar-ing the remains of his friendfor burial. In attempting toremove the clothing from the upper partof his body, much to his consternation,Dan laid bare the white bosom of awoman. He immediately drove to thehouse of a neighbor and notified thewoman of his suspicions, which wereafterwards verified. The remains weregiven 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 theright name of the masquerader. Theonly theory advanced for the womanconcealing her sex is that she concludedshe could thus protect herself againstinsult and indignity in the wild countryto which she was going.

Big Dan, after the funeral, started forWest Virginia, for the purpose of find-ing his friend's mother and bringingher back to the home her daughter hadprepared for her, if she chooses tocome, and he swears he will stand byher as long as he is able to lift a handifhe 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 manyof them are located in this region.Some time ago the young people of thecity obtained permission from the city-council to use water from the artesianwell, for the purpose of flooding certainvacant lots for ice rinks, and the at-tempt was accordingly made a few daysago. Water was turned on and allowedto run for some time, but an unexpecteddifficulty was encountered. The artesianwater is ofa temperature of about 7*' de-greesFahrenheit. Running from the wellat that degree of warmth it soon meltedthe snow, of which there was an abun-dance, thawed the ground and ran off,furnishing the unusual spectacle of afailure to freeze water with the ther-mometer about a dozen points belowzero. There is now considerable specu-la tiou as to what method will be under-taken to circumvent the difficulty, andthe general opinion is that the votingpeople will have to await a cold daywhen the water will cool more readily.

War on the Gophers.Special to the Globe.

Jamestown, Jan. 27.—The bids forthe **,880 drachm bottles of strychnine,which the county commissioners adver-tised for. for the purpose of furnishingthe farmers for use in the war of exter-mination against the gopher, wereopened and the contract awarded toChurchill & Webster, of this city, whowere the lowest bidders. The prepara-tion willbe ready for distribution aboutthe Ist of March, when an organizedand united effort will be inaugurated torid the county of these little pests,which have been more disastrous to thecrops of this vicinity than drouths anddry winds.

Arrested Again.Special to the Globe.

Bismarck, Dak.. Jan. 27—Last weekJustice Lambert acquitted Messrs. Will-iamson aud Rapelje, tried under acharge of assault and battery of Photo-grapher D. F. Barry with a blacksnakewhip. Barry then begun a civil actionfor damages, and to-day Williamson andRapelje were arrested by order of JudgeFrancis and held in $1,000 each to theMarch term [of court. Barry sues for$5,000.

FARGO NOTES.Special to the Globe.

Fargo, Jan. 27.—Arrangements arebeing perfected for a base ball leaguethe coming season, to comprise Fargo,Grand Forks, Winnipeg, iSt. Cloud,Brainerd and Duluth.

A committee of the Catholic societyhas been prospecting this week for asite for cathedral and Catholic bishopheadquarters. The Sweatt grounds,which are the ones desired, are held at$14,000,, which is more than can beraised by the citizens as a bonus in thelocal option era.

The gentle horse whipping of theamiable young manager of the operahouse by Miss Fenton, is disapprovedgenerally in Fargo. The lady supposedthe Globe account of the attemptedsuicide and its cause was inspired by-Mr. Crenshaw. The statements, how-ever, were not disputed. Crenshaw isfollowing the company in the delusivehope that money can be extracted fromFoote.It is conceded that Judge McConncll

was hasty in thinking he could turnover the contempt case to Judge Tripp.He could not afford to do that.

About all of the Fargo people whocould spare or borrow the funds need-ful have gone down to the Carnival thisweek.

The hackmen say that they are nowdriving day and night, but complainthat it is too cold to walk their horsesup the long approach to the Moorheadbridge A street car line is badly-needed.

Two ofthe lady teachers in one oftherural districts of this cuonty kept thechildren in all night during the bliz-zard, which is the only safe way.

Judge (iuptill, whodistinguished him-self in New York by his -flowing ac-counts of the Fargo Republican club,which lie represented, held a meetingThursday night, and he still constitutesthe 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 sincethe early fall,

He's got rather badly smitten with the wishto write his name *

As our delegate to congress on the flowingscroll 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 thingBut 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 forcongress is ME.

I sometimes think it would be queer ifweourselves could see -The way that others see us, how astonishedwe should be, —Though Gilbert may be capable of runningthe P. P.—

Yet Bismarck's quite a different place toWashington, D. C.

And yet we shall seeE~- That the Pioneer P.

Will keep booming forDelegate Gilbert A. P.Yet even ifwe 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 ifmy principles don't suit, I'llchange

'em right away.'"

Yet Ex-Governor P..Of Jamestown. D.T.,

Thinks the right man to elect to congress isME.

lie prints interviews in Washington whichwere not held at all,

Aud telegrams from Bismarck which werewritten in St. Paul,

And when the Globe "scooped"' all hisnews, we all remember well. -.-; --How he sent that famous telegram, begin-ning "Why the H—ll."

And vet Gilbert A. P.,•• '.-,?\u25a0\u25a0-}. Of Jamestown, P. 1.. 2. ''-\u25a0":\u25a0•-'•.

Thinks the best man you can choose for con-\u25a0\u25a0 . gress is ME.! —Lignite in Eddy County (Dak.) New Era.

MINNESOTA.Albert Lea.

Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Knatvold gave acard party on Wednesday evening.Whist was the principal game. Amongthe guests were the following ladies andgentlemen: Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Todel,Mr. and Mrs. C. C. I)wight, Mr. andMrs. 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, MamieGates and Carrie Gates, and Messrs.Dwire, Morin, Crane, Chapman, Arm-strong, Barness, Brown, and Dr. Mer-rill.

Last Monday evening several partiestook advantage of the pleasant moon-light evening for sleigh rides. Oneparty consisted of Misses Josie Bachel-dor. Biach Todel, Lelie Forbes, KittieTruesdell, Pearl Day and a number ofyoung gentlemen.

Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson en-tertained a party of friends Wednesday-afternoon and evening. The occasionbeing their tenth wedding anniversaryor "tin wedding."

A leap year party drove out to theresidence of Mrs. John Ruble last Fri-day night and passed a very pleasantevening.

The members ofMrs. Uazleton's classwill give a salad sociable at the home ofMrs. W. S. Krebbs next Monday even-ing.

Anumber of the friends of Mr. andMrs. 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. Stocker, of Farmington,and her little son, are the guests of Mr.and Mrs. Becker.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Case returnedhome last week from a trip throughSouthern lowa.

Mrs. H. Griuager has been entertain-ing her brother, N. W. Peterson, of St.Louis, Mo.

Mrs. S. Terris, of Windsor, 10., is theguest of her daughter, Mrs. FrankBecker.

The Episcopal ladies gave a social atthe home of Mrs. Erping Tuesday even-ing.

The Y. L. I. society met with MissPearl Day last Saturday afternoon.

Miss Williams, ofAneena, 111., visitedat the college last week.

Preston.Friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. Webb

gave them a pleasant surprise Fridayevening. It being their twelfth anni-versary. Among those present were:Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Farrington, Mr. andMrs. 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 thesocial entertainment given by the I. O.G. T. at their hall. The company wasentertained with speaking, reading andmusical selections. Quartette by-Messrs. J. Johnson, A. Nelson, MissesBird Ford, and Jennie Hayes. Solo byMiss Fannie Loomis, duet by. Mrs. G.Mann and Miss G. Mann. Solo by MissNellie Wheeler. Quartette, Mrs. G.Mann, Miss Laura Read, Messrs. J.Hopp and H. Hayes. Reading by MissFloy Barnes.

The following young ladies gave aleap year party at the home of Miss Es-tella Weeks Friday evening: MissesEstella Gray, Lucy Gray, Laura Read,Nellie Read, Leha Cooley, LeliaTaylor,Estella Sherrard, Bird Ford, FloyBarnes, Nina Day.

On Tuesday evening quite a numberof lady friends of Mrs. W. E. Bigelowtook possession of her homefor thepurpose of having a maple sugar candy-party.

There was a pleasant gathering ofladies of the M. A. B. society at thehome of Mrs. W. A. McGowen Wednes-day afternoon.

Mrs. M. McCollum went to La Crosse,Wis., Saturday to spend a few weekswith her friend, Mrs. George Shaw, ofthat city.

The parlor of Mrs. J. Weeks wasfilled with busy workers of the Metho-dist Aid society Friday afternoon.

Mrs. G. A. Bassett is entertaining herson, 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, thefollowing ladies and gentlemen beingpresent: 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. andMrs. John Flindt, Mr. and Mrs. S. At-kinson, Mrs. James House, Anna Sin-gleton, Misses Sallie McLarty, JennieDurgin and Toney Bauer. Messrs.Bauer, Atchison, Fairbanks. Wells.White and Austin. Mrs. James Sander-son and John Wright won the headprizes. Miss Tony Bauer aud JamesSanderson the foot prizes.

The ladies ofthe M. E. church gave a jdonation party at Glissman's hall Tues-day evening for the benefit of Rev. andMrs. King. Refreshments .were servedby the following ladies: Misses AliceStephens; Mattie Furgeson, Ella Bow-dish, Clara Higley and Emma Sackett.

Mr. and Mis. W. L. King started forWisconsin Thursday, where they willvisit a few weeks and then go to Indiato engage in missionary work.

Mrs. J. and Miss Medora O'Ferrel arcvisiting friends in Chicago as theguests of Mrs. O'Ferrcl's sister, Mrs.Charles Trego.

Miss Clara Edward, after a pleasantvisit here of a few weeks, has returnedto her home in Austin.

Miss Amanda Glissman spent lastweek 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 theweek with friends in St. Paul.

Miss Effie Frost has returned fromher visit to Minneapolis.

Fairmont.Mrs. C. F. Lirename and Mrs. St.

John invited in some of the old settlersto meet their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Armstrong, who have been visitinghere this winter. The following ladieswere 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, Willardand lloughtaling. and Messrs. Canrlght,Coultand lloughtaling, took a sleighride into the country Tuesday eveningand visited Miss Mary. Wade.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter McLaughlin havereturned from ; their visit to Maroon

City, 10. Mr. McLaughlin's sister ac-companied them, and will spend thewinter in town.

Miss May Ward gave a surprise partyfor her brother, Forey, on Mondayevening.- Dancing was indulged in,and a very pleasant time was enjoyed.

Mrs. J. D. Young entertained theProgressive Euchre club at lis lastmeeting. Mrs. William Vrisseimau andC. N. Petersen won the first prizes.

Mrs. Malcoru Aldrich entertained theReading circle last week. The "Revo-lutionary War" was discussed by themembers.

Mrs. N. L. Stowe gave a party at herresidence last Friday evening in honorofher brother, Paul Matson.. Miss Maud Armstrong, of Bathgate,more" her sister, Mrs. 0. F. Liver-

Miss Lulu Hill entertained a numberof her young friends on Tuesday even---iff*. Miss Rattrey is visiting her brotherin St. James this week.

Anoka.The most elaborate affairof the sea.

son was the "Carnival of Nations." nffidcr the auspices of the Anoka Musicalunion, at the elegant home of Mrs. E.1.. Reed, on Tuesday evening. About135 were present. Solos were renderedby Miss Edith Mayhew, ofSt. Paul, andMrs. George _. Eldridge; Mr. ThomasMagson and Miss Agnes Jordan gave arecitation. 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;" MissMina Bugbee, "Spain '" Miss StellaStorms, -Bed. White and Blue;" MissOlive Graham, "Mexico;" Miss AgnesJordan, "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 nextMonday evening, Jan. 30, with MissesEnter Huntley and Ella Kelsey at thelatter s home on Jackson street.

Miss Mary Woodbury entertained aselect company of young people iehonor of Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Niles lav,Thursday evening.

Rev. Mrs. A. D. Stowe, who has beerconfined to the house for a week pastwith a severe indisposition, is able to b«out again.

Miss M. Blanche Daniels returned toher home at Superior, Wis., Wednes-day.

Mr. aim Mrs. C. C. Chamberlain willleave for Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., to-day.

Miss Edith Mayhew. of St. Paul, is aguest of Mrs. Edward L. Reed.

Mrs. D. S. Coleman gave a tea partyluesday evening.

Hastings.Mrs. M. E. Leakliter returned to Ca

dott. Wis., yesterday, after making avisit with Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Kelly.

The Woman's Christian TemperanctUnion met with Mrs. N. M. Talraadgdyesterday afternoon.

Mrs. Lyell Mead left Monday morn-ing upon a visit with friends in Chip-pewa Falls, Wis.

The "Out For Fun" club will meetnext 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, wasthe guest of friends here this week.

Mrs. James MacDnff, of Chicago, isthe guest of Mrs. W. H. De Kay.

Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Johnson came infrom Aberdeen Sunday night.

The Atlantis circle met on Wednes-day with Mrs. J. H. Lewis.

Miss Julia M. Sondermann is visitingfriends in Minneapolis.

Mrs. L. X. Martell is down fro m Minneapolis upon a visit.

Mrs. D. C. Conklin, of Minneapolis, is .visiting friends here.

Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Sondermauu arehere from Fargo.

Mrs. H. J. Doten has returned fromLa Crosse.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gunn are in St.Paul.

Fountain.G. S. Horton and his mother, Mrs. G.

W. Horton, of.Preston, withMiss Mag-gie Kerwin, ofCarmonia, A. C. Crosbyand his sister. Miss Cornelia, ArthurHaupin. of Chatfield, and bride, neeMiss Ada J. Thacher, of Preston, wereentertained during the past two weeksby Mrs. James Moore.

Mrs. E. Lewis, of Hartford. Wis., wasthe guest of Mrs. P. Colby a week ago.Also Mrs. Thomas Murphy, ofSt. Paul,was a visitor of Mrs. Colby the pastweek.

Miss Mary T. Thompson, after a pro-tracted sojourn among friends in thisvicinity, returned to her home in Alex-andria last Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Sorenson, of PilotMound, have been storm-bound withtheir sons, Theodore and Julius, thepast week.

Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Case and daugh-ter, Mabel, attended the installation ofofficers of the I. O. O. F. at Preston aweek ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Case, of PilotMound, were guests of relatives in thisplace last Monday and Tuesday.

Mrs. Patrick floyt, of Frandreau. isthe guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.M. Rice, ofChatfield.

Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Shaw, ofAustin,are being entertained by his brother,Timothy Shaw. .

Mr. and Mrs. David Shears have re-turned from Pilot Mound.

Miss Edna Twitchell is home fromFlaudreau.

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 LillianClark, of Windom, Minn.

The ladies present at the weekly re-ception of the Fergus Falls club lastFriday 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 theresidence of Mrs. James ComptonWednesday evening.

Mrs. Russell, of lVlavan, Wis., whohas been a guest of Mrs. A. Potter forsome tiine.returnea to her home Wednes-day. \u25a0'„\u25a0'-;;: ..--..

A number of friends surprised MissBessie Basye Saturday evening, theoccasion 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 EllenMcArthur Monday evening.

Mrs. Basye, of Platteville, Wis., is aguest of Mrs. E. A. Jewett.

Miss Maud Dampier iias returnedfrom Crookston.

Mrs. Balmot is visiting friends atMinneapolis.

Rose mount.Miss Julia Ryan, of St. Paul, spent **\u25a0

few days with her sister.Mrs. M. J. Mul-rooney, and Mrs. Mulrooncy returnedto the city to spend the Carnival withher parents. •_

Mrs. T. McCarthy left for NotreDame, Ind., where she will enter theconveut to devote her life to a holycause.

Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Browers, of Miu-neapolls,are the guests of Mrs. BrowetVparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Harper.

Mrs. M. Nule, of Belle Plaine, re-turned after a long stay with herdaughter, Mrs. M. Hyland.

Miss Alley O'Keefe will spend Fridayand 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