The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
from Ls h1gsy, h:4 taaApGcs 9
and seriously if not fatally hurt,

charged with selling liquor to Indians
Two parties of Devils Lake farmers
met in the Mouse river country, each
thinking the other was a gang of horse
thieves, and several shots were ex-
changed, but without harm.
Thomas Catherwood, Bruce and Fred
Robb appeared before Justice Yorkey,
Grafton, having been charged with a
riot in connection with the burning of
the house of Betsey Gunderson, and
were held in 81 800 each to the district
court.
Marshal Foster of Sanborn Oak, has
arrested a man giving his name as Char
les A. Conrad, who stole a horse, bug
gy and harness from a Mr.. George Gull
bert, who lives north of Waterbury.
Conrad threw the buggy and harness
over the bluff a mile and a half above
town and turned the mare loose on the
reservation. ,'a---
At Mandan, T. G. Brown, formerly
from Philadelphia, andlate government
teamster at Port Lincoln, was run over
by q train at the Mandan stock yards.
He was brought into Mandan and the
right leg was amputated above the
ankle.
Albert G. Barnes, William F. Simrall
and l.. d. Dana have been appointed
commissioners to organize Bottineau
county on the northern boundry line OF
the territory.
A man by the name of Mcguire, sup,
posed to belong to st. Paul, dropped
dead while at work with the surfacing
gang near Larimore.
The wool clip OF tthae Bitter Root val
ley amounts to 100, 900 pounds.
Frank Ranch, an odd character
around Pierre and Yankton, has been
placed in the asylum at the latter place.
He had an Indian wife, and ner father
took her away from him. This made
him crazy.
Otto Rudgart shot himself In Dead
wood after a long spree. He was the
son of a rich Philadelphia ieweler, and
had been in the navy and the regular
army.
Near Valley City gophers have near
ly ruined a field of wheat.
A man named Wood stepped into the
telegraph Office at Oriska while the OPP
orator was out and telegraphed the
First National bank of Valley City to
Honor Charles D. Tenney's draft on
you for $780," This was signed vii
liam Tenney, Security bank, Minneap-
oils" Wood her sent a message di-
rected TO Charles ID. Tenney. Valley
City y SAVING, Draw on First National
bank of Valley City for $780," The
Valley City cashier suspected and re-
fused TO cash his draft. TO get ont oi
town Wood stole two tickets to Port
land, Or, for which he was arrested at
jamestown.
The capitol building as it now stands
has cost the contractor $133, 900, and
he has $1,000 worth of work to do tx
complete his contract, which he is now
proceeding to do. He has received from
the commission in cash $1O3, 900, and il
the way of accounts assumed OF guaren
teed by the commission $13, 900, max.
ing the amount actually paid on th,
building by the commission $l16 900
The contractors loss ON the building
will be about 100000.
Still another chapter has been added
to the much-noted Schmidt mystery a
Mitchell, q farmer named John r. Tow
ell, who has lived in Hanson count.
near Rockport since 1878, went to til
drug store in Alexandria and purchase,
a quantity Of arsenic, which he swal
lowed. Death followed Tuesday night
1T is rumored that he was laboring I'M
der q haiiucinSsion That he would b
hanged for the lynching of Michas
Bechtel, who was accused of murderin
John Schmidt.
At Watertown, Mrs. ID. B. Stafford
. woman Of responsibility, was arreste
recently upon a warrant sworn out b,
her husband, charging her with chill
stealing. Stafford and his wife hay
lived apsrt for several months and I'll
husband has possession of the children