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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1885
Page
4
The Inter Ocean notes Washington patronage battles, civil service tone at the St Paul Globe, and the push by Dan Maratta for governor. It covers departmental postmastership filings, legislative corruption probes, Rolette county election plans, and editorials on Brick Pomeroy and Cleveland policy as Republicans debate loyalty and reform.
The Buffalo Courier reports President Cleveland pressed Alabama lawmakers to honor civil service reform and curb patronage. He warned removal of four year officers should be for cause, and urged Democrats to stand between administration and office seekers. Two Minnesota Democrats visited the White House for informal policy discussion. Time will tell.
The river long known as the Moose River faced a misnaming by French travelers mishearing the creature called moose as mouse. Early maps reflected the error Souris river, later shifted back when English maps translated souris to mouse, distorting the river’s rightful title and its geographic significance.
Minneapolis millers interviewed by the Journal see a Russia England war as a tonic for U S trade. F C Pillsbury predicts higher prices and tighter supplies boosting wheat and breadstuffs. H W Holmes says war would lift wheat and flour, with stocks thin and prices possible to rise. Mxwine appointment to treasury sits amid Democratic discontent and Mugwump silence signaling a reform setback.
In Washington and Dakotas items, Democrats bemoan slow spoils distribution with names like Hubert Q. Thompson and Col. Baudinol linked to federal offices. Reports note Secretary Manning opposition and prospects of Thompson replacing Robertson as collector of customs. Also covered are local judicial district subdivision bills, Afghan frontier tensions, Grant’s improving condition, starving Chippewa relief, and state political maneuvers.
Army circles in St Paul report upcoming changes in the Dakota department. Montana stockmen meet at Guexpive reporting season losses. Hartley to leave Duluth office, Kimball to take charge. Newark area coal vein discovery excites Roway. Gen Hazen trial opens in Washington. French victory at Thuyenquan praised, siege ended after eighteen days. North Dakota appropriation bill funds insane hospitals, universities, reform school, and other institutions totaling about 370,320 with various compliance. A Holstein cow in New York births triplets and dies. owner sought high bids for the cow and calf.
Dakota's Wonderful Progress outlines rapid growth across the region. It cites Hazen's early war department report calling the area an alkali desert and recalls Custer's 7th Cavalry tragedy, contrasting past hardship with modern urban development. It highlights electric lights, railroads, churches, schools, banks, and daily papers transforming the prairie.
Special correspondence notes Dakota's display featuring a park area with mounted wildlife and fossils, a collection of pelts and robes, and a cabin housing several live Sioux Indians. The piece praises Dakota as a leading show state, mentions a church day with 23 attendees, and notes local updates on school interests and spring farming preparations.
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