St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-29
DAKOTA DOTs AND DAsHEs.
News Notes of Interest to the People
of the Great Territory.


1t has been supposed that the mainly ver-
bal duels fought by Col. DOMAIN in the Black
Hills were the only recognition of the code of
honor found in the history of the territory
but the Cay Republican recalls the passage of
Col Jonathan Kimball. 1t says: '1n the
early days of the Black Hills excitement. in
one of the crude towns of Dakota's Eidorado
gentleman of honor ran feminist the
colonel and demanded satisfaction. The
choice of weapons rested with the colonel and
he designated 100 pound anvis at fifty PAGES,
or fifty pound anvi!s at 100 PAGES. This so
broke up the belIigerent fellow that he
shortly died from grief at not being able to
heave the anvil over score of feet. or prob
ably, in fact, OF not being able TO make q
score. The colonei still lives and is able to ac-
cept many more challenges on the same
terms"
The government rather played off on
MessrS. J. NJ. Tuohy and +. ID. Harrison, of
Pembina, recently. The latter, wanting to
make vacancies in the custom house at ST.
Vincent for friends, preferred charges for
alleged irregular conduct against n. h. Mel
son and F. C. Myrick. departure was
made from the usual custom, and copies of
the charges. with names of accusers. were
furnished the accused, and an investigation
ordered at ST. Vincent. This was q sumner
for the young men who made the charges.
The accused were on hand defiant and ready
to refute all accusations, but the accusers
were not there.
young man who came to Dakota few
years ago, as he crossed the line, declared
that he came for the sole purpose of becom-
ing "a great statesman who would rise to the
front rank of political life.' He has wor ked
steadily and untirinely to that end, and now
has the proud satisfaction of being addressed
as Hon" He is a member of the Huronf at
legislature. His example is an encouraging
one to young men who are ambitious. 1t was
from Kansas, not Dakota, that the young
man elected TO the Legislature wrote East to
his friends that mighty small men could get
Office there.
The Clark papers differ as to the propriety
of the discipline administered TO the eXpunged
city marshal, c. J. Berdan. in taking him
from the hands of the officers at midnight and
administering tar and feathers on account of
alleged attempts TO debauch young girls. One
defends il and another pronounceS it a gross
outrage. Most of the citizens are reticient
over the unlawful action of the mob, but are
free to say they are glad the community is
rid of the fellow.
Gov Pennington, in his Yankton telegram,
has in mind former legislatures when he takes
this view of the pliancy of members OF the
coming legislature: lone North Dakota menu
Der will 20 into the Bismarck legislature with
bill of forty-two pages TO regulate rallr loads
and elevators. This kind of spasm seizes
some of the Dakota lawmakers every two
years, and the roads have TO make a liberal
distribution of passes to stay the cyclone of
reform"
The members elected TO the Bismarck legis-
lature from the First district lately had q
caucus at Canton to investigate the affairs of
VermiIlion university, which was found all
right and prosperous. and to decide what ap-
preparations TO work for in the legislature.
TIE notable feature of tie gathering was that
lch of the members claimed to have paid
railroad fare there. They were new law
md hQu M n
marck.
The beautifully located town of Minnewau-
kan, on the west end of DEVILS lake, finds its
development hampered by the occupation of
a half dozen or so of the adjacent townships
by band of Indians who use only few little
patches for gard truck. 1t is insisted that
they should have no more land than white
folks and the rest should be sold and culti-
waited. Congress win be petiuoned in the
matter.
The yermillion Republican, the r publican
organ of Clay county, completes Its twenty
sixth volume next week, and has but oae or
two superiors ia the territory. Although on
the south line, it is strongly opposed to divis-