Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-21
Barred Out of the Courts.

Burlington Gazette: When a church
member in Iowa is suspended or dis
missed it is no use for him to try to get
the civil courts to interfere, according
to u supreme court. A woman was
suspended from membership of a Bap-
fist church and brought action of man
damus to compel her restoration, on
the ground that the church was a cor
poration; as a member of such corpo-
ration she had vested rights of which
she could not be Invested. The court
says: The cooperative powers Of a
church are vested in trustees. A mem
bership of such corporation only gives
the rights and privileges for ecclesias-
tical purposes. No such property in
%terest, profit, OF civil rights accrues to
a member as to be effected by eNpul-
sion, nor are civil damages suffered
thereby. The rights involved are pure
ly ecclesiastical, into which courts
have no rights to inquire.
TO make paint for outdoor work the.
Iowa Agricultural College gives the
following receipt: To three parts cruee.
petroleum and one part linseed oil add
sufficient mineral paint to give the de-
sired body, and apply with a brush.
For better buildings, white lead may
be added in the proportion of one
pound of lead to five of mineral paint.
Crude petroleu5 costs only from six to
eight cents per gallon by the barrel,
and can be easily obtained through any
druggist or dealer in oil in any town or
village. A barrel would be handy to
have in the house of any farmer, who
could then do a world of painting at
odd spells. Not only ought barns, hog
pens and stables to be painted, but the
roofs and floors of these buildings as
well.
A company called the North Dakota
Coal Mining Go. has been formed for
the purpose of mining coal discovered
near Fort Stevenson, about IS miles
north of Bismarck. The company is
composed of capitalists of Usage and
DEBORAH, Iowa. We clip the following
from the Bismarck Capital:
"This is the name of 4 corporation
organized under the laws Of Minneso-
TIA, the articles of which are filed with
the secretary Of the territory. The
coal being mined by this company is
the best yet discovered in Dakota. The
mine has a river frontage of one and
one-half miles, a good landing, and
over 125 feet Of earth and clay cover
ing. The location OF the miae is sixty
five miles north Of Bismarck, on the
east bank Of the Missouri, and eighty
miles below Fort Stevenson 1ear Vic
toria or Coal Uarbor, in McLeln coun-
ty. The company has already COM
menced to get out coal, and will mine
enough to supply settlers during the
winter. The capital of the companyis
100000, and they will buy or build
barges to ship the splendid fuel to I'LL
points on the Missouri river, coming 10
Bismarck and all points below as far
south as Pierre, Chamberlain, or b.
You'd. They have a promise of a raj
road at an early date, which will addto
their facilities for transportation, AMI
aside from the coal business, they con.
template the manufacture of brick
terra Gotta ornaments and pottery. The
very finest quality Of terra Gotta clay.
brick clay and fire clay abounds, al,
will be converted into building mater
ial as soon as facilities a beprovided.
The feasibility Of this scheme can b.
seen at a glance as the coal for fuel and
water for steam are both at hand.
1t transpires that the Northwestern