The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-21

and six feet in diameter zeal tsle small
end, and some of the teeth were at least
four feet long. One. man was offered
$50 for a tooth, but he declined to sell
it.
Miss Nellie Fitch, daughter Of E. @.
Fitch of F~reeport, ILL.,, was married re-.
Gently to John Wells, q prominent
young banker of Ipswich.
-Four attempts were in one night made
to burn Huron by unknown parties.
Small injury was done, thanks to the
firemen. = j.gEsS gasiA
Seven car loads of exhibits for the
New Orleans exhibition left Fargo last
week, and one car load viii follow this
week. The exhibit is expected to be
the most complete of any territory rep
resented. The work of preparation has
been going on untiringly for many
weeks, and everything in the shape Of
vegetable or curiosity which the terri.
tory produces has been included in the
articles. A
Eau Claire, Wis, Speculative
young men named Fred Mitchell and
Frank Bishee, whose homes are at Park
River, Walsh county, Oak, were ar
rested here to-day, charged with rum
ring away with three span of fine
horses, harness, and two farm wagons,
the aggregase value of the property
being over 80, 900. They were traced
to this city by M. w. Blake and J.
Johnson, of the place where the horses
were run off, who had mortgages on the
property to the amount Of 1880. The
prisoners are alleged to have sold 2,000
bushels of wheat in that section, receiy.
ing cash. They are safely locked up to
await a requisition from the goyerne,
of Dakota.
A prairie fire at Menoken destroyed
81, 200 worth of buildings and 5000
bushels of oats.
Bismarck Tribune: Major William
Mckee Dunn, jr., United States army,
aid de camp to Major General John
Pope, commanding military division OF
the Pacific, passed through the city en-
route to San Francisco. The major has
travelled over the Southern and Union
Pacific railways in his journeys to and
from the Pacific, and is now on his
tour to the Northern line. He says
that as far as he has seen it the Northern
Pacific takes the bun, the biscuit, the
cake and the whole bakery" in point
of scenery, comfort, rolling stock and
politeness on the part of employees and
officials.
On account of recent attempts to fire
Huron, citizens have raised a prise Of
$500 and placed it at the disposal ofthe
mayor. who offers it as q reward for In
formation as to who the ire-bugs are.
1t was a~scertained yesterday that some
water mains had been tempered with
which makes the people uneasy. a
large force of extra police guard the
town nightly.
Henry Dysart, who has been a labor
er on the Grandin farm the past sum
mer, became sick and was brought to-
Fargo for treatment. While the nurse
was absent he drank an entire bottle
Of dangerous drugs at once. This pro-
duced delirium and about o he
plunged q knife into his bowels and
died.
The city of Ashton has deposited $l5,-
900 in the Security Bank of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, and has assigned the GER
tifoate of deposit to the county COLI
missioners for the benefit OF SPHINX
county. to be used in erecting county
buildings in case the county seat is To-
Gated at Ashton this fall. This is, per-
haps, the most liberal donation ever
made in Dakota for the county seat.
The Russian thistle, the seeds OF
which were brought to the territory by
the early Russian immigrants, is spread
ing with a rapidity which calls fo1
prompt suppressive action on the part
of city and county authorities.
A three-year-old daughter OF MI.
Asmus Of Aurora county, was burned
to death. A prairie fire threatened the
destruction Of Mr.. Asmus' home and
outbuildings, the barn was blazing, the