St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-18
DAKOTA DOTS AND DASHES.
News Notes of Interest TO the PeO.
nIe of the Great Territory.

Dr. Coomes, of Plankinton, has been under
arrest charged with crooked practices in try
ing to get possession of the property OF his
wife, who is somewhat infirm in health and
mind. He left her and was brought back, but
has been released on deciding to her two busi-
ness lots more and paying all costs. He is
alleged to have neglected and abused her, and
popular feeling is against him. Another
woman is said TO be in the trouble.
The annual meeting of the Farmers Mu-
tual Protective association is to be held at
Plankinton Jan. IL, and the citizens have APP
pointed committees TO arrange for banquet,
dance music and whatever else will make the
occasion attractive. This organization is
said to be strong and effective in that section.
A local paper says the pOstoffce at Plankin-
ton has in the past ninety days paid orders
for it to the amount of $4,000.
A committee of the most charming and per
suasive of the fair champions of female suf
frage is to brighten the dreary halls OF legis
lation at Bismarck this winter to plead their
cause. Their ablest and most gallant cham
pion OF two years ago, Maj Pichler, has been
left at home. but it is probable they will be
able to again put the measure through the
legislature for the governor to Veto-uniess
there is a new governor.
At the new railroad town of Chureh's
Ferry, although flour is cheap, milk but
cents a quart, porterhouse steak but 12%
the high price of whisky-25 cents drink.
Mr.. Day promised the jamestown people TO
work for the establishment of u land office al
that place. 1t would be a great convenience
to hundreds of settlers, as it would save them
a hundred or more miles of travel to Bis
marck or Fargo.
It is claimed that the unusual fall of snow
means a good crop Of wheat next year. Some
say that every inch of snow means one more
elaIr
undoubtedly be a big one.
Buffalo Gap is a town but one year old,
but is investing $4,000 in an artesan well.
If it obtains an abundance of good flowing
water the future Of the place will be assured.
The edif1ce of the normal school at Madison,
which was burned, has been rebuilt by the
citizens and occupied, and now they expect
the legislature to assume the bonds.
Many in South Dakota will be pleased to
learn that ]. E. Rutan, the pioneer editor OF
the Salem Register, who went to Florida for
his health, is improving.
couple of city young men from the East
went out on the new railroad in McHenry
county to hunt deer, and the first one they
shot proved to be an OK and cost them $40,
but they have learned the difference between
the game.
There are seven members of the territorial
legislature who are also members Of the
state legislature. They are all Republic
ans, of course. as no other kind were allowed
in the state arrangement.
The local papers claim that a wife in
Kingsbury county lately gave birth to d
twenty-four-p pound child. Those figures are
rare enough even In Dakota to be note.
worthy.
Before Gov. Church leaves the bench sew.
eral counties would like to have him hold
court long enough to go for the gamblers as
he did in Brown-S500 clip.
A rancher in one of the Black Hills valleys
is said to have lost 600 out of $50 sheep in O
recent storm.