The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-01

mmitcnell church, $1,000 nearly: Dell
aapids, S4s0G1 Columbia. 81 Sun. Hurley,
gf,v9Vi brooKings Scandinavian, 81 ,09C;
LOO Danish, 5000; Centerville, to cost
82,OOn; Frederick. 81, 200; Estaline, ST.
OO9; Fusion 500; and for improvements
there was expended by the church ct
bfGokings, $1,000; Huron, $500, and
Vermillion, $500,
Mr.. Reid ofSt. Paul has declined the
presidency of the First National bank of
ted.
Timothy Long has disappeared from
Fargo, leaving CREDITORS to the amount
of $500.
Proprietors of two Valley CITY gam
fined.
MAJ. Howard White, from Pine Ridge
agency, says that the winter so far has
been favorable for range stock, and cattle
are looking well. There is not much snow
though more than In some parts. There
have been no bad blowing storms.
Bradstreets agency is advised of the
assignment OF M. l.. Arnold, Redield,
D dealt IN groceries and drugs in a
small way. Arnold is listed as worth
$1,000 to $1,000.
Mitchell, had trouble in arresting a
b~elligerent gin seller.
Four Niobrara vigilaats arrived at
Yankton recently, having in custody
Kid Vale, the captain of the Niobrara
gang OF horse thieves, captured by them
at lie Mars, Iowa. Vigilants have been
on his track since last fall and will pro-
coed to Niobrara as soon as reinforce
ments arrive.
A party OF roughs fred some random
shots at Engineer Haines, who was at
the time managing his engine on the
train between Memo and the crossing
OF the James River, while the train was
at full speed. One bullet passed through
the middle of the cab of the engine, but
failed to nit the engineer. 1t is not
known who they were.
1t will be a surprise to business men
in general to learn that the firm of w.
Yerxa & Co., general dealers, probably
the largest in Fargo, recently became
embarrassed and were compelled to ask
an extension. The affair was conducted
with an unusual degree of secrecy and
success. The firm recently made a care
full inventory and from it learned that
their liabilities footed $3.50, ono. OF as
sets they showed their creditors $685.
600 net-that is exclusive of all debts.
The embarrassme nt was caused by large
real estate holdings which could not be
realized upon at present without much
sacrifice. The creditors unanimously
agreed, therefore, to grant extensions
ranging from sixty days to fifteen
months. All creditors whose claims
were less than $500 were paid in cash.
E. M. Raworth received through the
Bank of Faro for collection a,
draft for $3.50, which purported to have
been drawn by himself upon the firm of
e. M. Raworth & Co., wholesale grocers
OF Fargo. The forgery, for such it was,
was a bold one, no attempt having been
made to disguise the signature, and it
bearing no resemblance to Mr.. Ra-
worth's. Inquiry by wire of the Cincin-
natl bank, from which the note was re-
ceived, brought to light the fact thai the
bogus paper had been negotiated In Gin
cinnati by Charles j. Pitkin.
At Yankton James Johnson, vino stole
a horse, was given a year and four
months. Joseph Sues, convicted for
rape, was sentenced twenty-five years
and four months. As he is already about
forty-ive years old, this is equivalent to
q life sentence.
The adjusters of losses by the fire at
Tower City have made their awards as
follows: S. HI. & E. J.. Stearns, stock,
s. ,137; S. III. & E. =. Stearns, building,
81, 700; Kif & Lon, building, ST. 900;
Ward Brothers, building, 5000; Ellis
bury, building, $500; Toulmin, building,
$500; Pierce, building, 5000; Ward Broth
ers, stock, $3.50, Stearns. household
goods, $134; Whittlesey & Co., damages,
$40; Patton, damages 500.
The following is a statement the bust
ness transacted at the United States
laid office at Bismarck, from Jan l. to
Dec. 81, 1888: Homesteads, 1884, 1885,
DOLLY acres, $22 1000, 40: homesteads
proof, 35,5 ,242.97 acres, 1894; timber cnl-
ture. 1903, 127, $3.50 acres, $~11,242.08;
redemption filings, 638, I02, $50 acres,
Sl.276: homesteads, (declaratory state
ment) ZIG, Il, 100 acres $152; cash entries,
$50, 16. 754.6 8 acres, $72,33l; railroad Sc
lections, I~,S30618.40 arces, 81, S22.73;
warrant locations, $500, making a grand
total Of 2,075 entries, 2,z02,363.S2 acres,
and $l30,638.3O.