St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-11
witnesses. 1t is contest between the east
and west side of that county.
Dakota Notes.

The Presbyterian church at Bathgate was
dedicated April 6, with three services.
High license, just put in force at Scotland,
has reduced the number of saloons material
ly. 1t has that effect uniformly in Dakota,
and possibly might in Minnesota.
A new paper is to be started at Darlington
shortly. There is one very good sheet there,
and outside of Dakota it would not be
thought that second paper was demanded
in town no larger.
Rev. C. S. Lane, so well known in CARING
ton, has accepted call to a $50, 900 church
at Unionville, Connecticut. Dakota is able
to supply pulpits in the east, provided the
figures are robust enough.
Washburn, the county seat OF Mclean,
north of Bismarck, has no railway, but has
the Missouri river, telegraph and good
newspaper. 1t modestly listens TO statements
that the town discounts any other commun-
ity in Dakota in the matter of enterprise"
The NJ. E. society at Scotland sold their
church to build a larger one, but incurred a
law suit in consequence, as Mr. Grant
claimed that he donated the land upon which
the building stood for that use only, and
that when the building was devoted to other
uses the land should revert to him. The case
has not yet been decided.
At the recent city election in Bismarck
there were ], 1S4 votes cast for mayor, which
in the usual way of computation indicates a
population of about 5000. But the proven
bal modesty of the citizens of that place
puts the figures 700 or 500 lower, due to the
large number of men temporarily upon pub
lie and other works.
The township of Alpha in Hand county
voted to build fine school house and bond
the town for 5000. The law only allows in
such cases 81, 800 for one house. Non resi-
dents hold a good deal of land in the town
ship and they kick at the taxation caused.
There are numerous instances where the as
SCISSORS place high valuation upon lands held
by non resident spectators.
The following are the names of the gen
tlemen who wear the municipal honOrs at
jamestown since the election last week:
Mayor, Thomas B. Lloyd. Aldermen First
Ward, w. w. Dudley, L. S. Miller. Alder
men Second Ward, John f. Vennum, John
Dee Aldermen Third Ward, John McGin-
mis-, Dennis NJ. Keleher. Aldermen Fourth
Ward, Cassius NJ. Carr, ThOs. j. Collins.
The Tyndall Tribune: Last Wednesday
while couple of Hollanders were attempting
to cross the main branch of the Choteau creek
near John Rouse's farm they met with a sad
misfortune One of the men was standing
on the seat holding five-year-old boy on a
feather bed, and in crossing the creek he
accidentally slipped off into the water and
was drowned. He was found dead a short
distance below.
The Devils Lake Inter Ocean says: 'Mar-
tin j. Bennett, the man who froze to death,
and whose wife met similar fate, and whose
four children also froze to death, and whose
oxen "passed in their chips" according to
divers eastern papers, whose editors are in
terested in defaming Dakota), was in to see
us Tuesday He is very active corpse, and
he says his wife and children don't mind a
bit of freeze to death; and his oxen are also
in most amiable frame of mind. Eastern
papers must invent some new kind of lie"
Quite number OF bachelors who are Sc
curing claims near Union, one of the newest
towns in Potter county, on the Missouri
river, have formed a league to secure wives
for the whole number from the states. 1t is
proposed to send one of the members, prob
ably Geo. Houtz, to act as proxy Tor the
league, and visit some of the sections where
there is surplus of femininity and inaugu-
rate matters. The officers of the league are
A. G. Roll, L. A. Drummond, A L. Mol,
Christel Kohlkepp and Geo. Heron. They
are all reputable young men, and will make
good average family pillars, and are young
enough to be moulded by smart young
women.