St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-01

house every time. Smoking not allowed in
the hall, as there were combustibles under the
building, which leads to suspicion that Alex
Mckenzie had made up his mind to carry the
convention, if he had TO carry il TO hades with
him.
Minor, in Sargent county, is putting up fine
rink for roller skating, 4Oxs0 1t is becoming
the practice in new towns to put up a rink even
before they have church. In fact reliance is
had very largely upon some eastern building So
| ciety to furnish the main cost of churches
! There very few churches in the territory that
! have not received aid from the east. These aid
! societies generally furnish about half the money
and take mortgage upon the house, only to be
foreclosed in case the building is diverted from
its original purpose.
The Aberdeen Pioneer says: W. r. Ruggles,
clerk of the court of Edmunds county, and edi-
] tor of the Ipswich Gazette, was held in 81 900
bail by Judge Fowler, on Monday last, on
charge of having falsifiid the records of his Office
The penalty for such an offense is five years in
prison. Mr.. Ruggies the delegate FROM
Edmunds county, Woo voted twelve times for
Raymond, after having pledged himself TO his
/ commitments to vote for a south Dakota man
after the second ballot
! The Sioux Indians, once the most war-like of
! the tribes in the west, now making encouraging
advances in the arts of peace, at the recent con-
vention at Pierre, made quite display of pro-
ducts. The Press says: They had a fine display
| of corn raised by Eagle Shield, Cloud Eagle,
Black Tomahawk, Urn Nest on Moreau Hawk on
/ Bad River, Red Plume OF the Two Kettle Mis-
sion, Fred Fry, Eagle Wing, Mrs. Narcell OF
Antelope Creek, Swan on the Cheyenne, King
Nan on the Chey anne, First Hawk and others,
and fine cucumbers and other vegetables by the
celebrated chief Hump, onions and squashes by
Antoine LeBeau, potatoes and other vegetables
from other parties.
The Bismarck Tribune says Of the tourna-
ment which promises so much nnless the
weather should prove unfavorable: Everything
points to a good time at the fremen's tourna-
ment at Fargo, beginning next Thursday. Mr.
Corners, Of this city, received letter yesterday
from Chief Fenton, OF the Fargo department,
saying that everything working saJisfac-
toily. Extremely low rates have been Sc
cured the railroads and at the hotels for visit
ing iremen. militia and bands. Grand Forks
wi.l send two hose companies with one cart
One IL the champion hose company Of the north
west having run 50 yards and Land fifty ards Of
nose in twenty nine seconds. II is expected
This company will take first prize at the tourna-
ment. Brainerd VIII send forty TO i.ty men, and
jamestown and Mandan viii also be to the front.
q. is expected the Garfield Light guard of this
city, will attend and participate in the drill
In Sphinx county the sixty indictments brou zht
in by the grand jury were nearly ali for liquor
selling There is good deal of complaint at
the methods pursued by the temperance alliance
agents to secure these. One of the papers
states the matter in this way: 4 detective was
brought into the county few days before the
court convened, and under representations Of
being sick WAS able to procure liquor at the drug
stores and in some cases received il gratuitOusly
OF individuals who never sold drop of liquor,
but are engaged in legitimate employment ct,
; upon the evidence of tho detective. ne rgOu :
were indicted. In one case a person had pur-
chased case of beer for a sick wife, and another
I person under plea Of sickness begged a bottle
of it and went Immediately before the grand jury
and had the person indicted. -Four indictments
against saloonkeepers haye been tried and a
verdict OF guilty found il each case. Each case
Z will be appealed TO the supreme court on ques-
tions Of law.
Capt H. s. Harcourt, the veteran journalist
wealthy capitalist of Lisbon, disting uished him
self as a member Of the Republican convention
at Pierre, and will now help nominate a good
/ Democrat. lie has arrangements about made for
his Democratic paper, the Herdtd. lie will insist
that as a matter Of policy Democrat should be
. sent to congress, as it is absurd to suppose that
that The Republicans can overcome the seventy
five majority in the present house. This he
figures viii not be reduced below forty or fifty.
lie takes the view that even with the election OF
JuuEc GluOrd ny the vote OF the SOUTH the north
should be able to point to Democratic majority
In the counties north of the forty-sixth parallel
US evidence to the majority OF Democrats In CON
grass, that when it comes in state il will of
set the Republican state OF the south In this
way he says there will be little trouble in secur-
ing division by the next congress- No action is
anticipated at the short session OF the present
| one this winter With the nearly equal division
! in the senate the Democrats cannot be expected
/ TO allow it to be controlled by the new senators
from Dakota
! Pierre paper reports that the Raymond stall
warts from the north, Nickeus. Tyner, Twooing
and others attended a Republican love feast after
! their defeat and professed the most astonishing
zeal for the nominee, and pledged themselves to
strip to the interior linen for the fray. They evil
IDENTITY lost their love feast temper on their way
home, for they are still boiling over and threaten
to lead in a crusade against bismarck, the lass
county members especially. They propose to
demand Of candidates for the legislature great
round oaths OF hatred against the capital city,
bismarck est delendum il on their banners in
large letters. They expect all the north 70 unite
with them. They going TO split the territory
suddenly under the lead of capt Raymond and
then have their enemies at their mercy. They
say there is no precedent for the indignity of
! having members OF the territory committee
selected from their county over their protests
/ There is an organization of the committee from
the north with a view TO diversion, aud il is al
most unanimously opposed to Raymond. This
| is remarkable in view OF the vote AT Pierre II
/ IL doubtful if many other counties viii continue
TO follow their wraJhful lead.