The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-16

Henry Morgan a well known contrac-
tor, died at Mandan, of pneumonia.

pachlHS 6SbaDllSnmenI Win u capacity
OF 1000 hogs a day.
The next annual e,lcampment of the
Grand Army of Dakota will be held al
Huron.
Work on the Dakota &c Great South
ern railroad is already begun near the
center OF Sargent county, and viii be
pushed as rapidly as possible,
George Bamlett, who was for eighteen
years connected with the postal service
IN Detroit, died suddenly in La Moure
county.
Mrs. Carrie M. Pierce, wife Of Joseph
L. Pierce of Mitchell, who was killed
by Hank Lewis, has returned to her
former home in Manchester, Iowa.
tier suit against Lewis for $25, 900 will
be prosecuted.
Huron has .he Dakota Sunday school
convention June 3.
The Sioux falls penitentiary has
eighty prisoners.
At the last meeting of the Sioux Falls
bar appropriate action was taken on the
death of Judge Kidder.
Warren Whitney, q young man living
five miles from Bartlett, was killed by
lightning while chopping wood and Iv-
ing alone IN a claim.
1t is denied by army officers that Forts
Lincoln and Assinaboine are to be aban-
doned. Assinaboine is one Of the finest
points in the country.
The Father De Smet Consolidated
Gold Mining company declared last
month a dividend of 20 cents a share,
a~ggregating $50 900. The amount al
ready paid in dividends this year is
$4,000.
G. G.. Beardsley, government survey
or, will begin work in the Turtle noun
tain district in June.
The Presbyterian and Congregation
al churches at Columbia have CONSOLE
dated.
S. M. Webster, a ~lunatic, was arrest
cd at Grand Forks by Sheriff jerks and
lodged in jail. Formerly he was an of
icer at Winnipeg, and the cause of his
malady is attributed to his service there
and difficulties in business. He had
become dangerous to his family.
Leroy Bulls, mail carrier from Brook
ings to Gary, started on his first trip,
and died sitting on the seat Of the mail
wagon on the way home, a few miles
north of Gary. He had been troubled
with asthma for some time.
J. f. Watson, a Pierre lawyer, who
was injured by a knife thrown by l.. G.
Seals some time since, appeared before
Justice Ferris, and asked that the bond
of Seals be increased. as there were in
dications o. danger from blood poison
ing from the effects of the wound. The
petition was not granted.
The cost Of the cold storage house Of
the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car
company, just completed in Miles City,
is $4,000. It has special apartments
for the storage of butter, eggs, fruits,
vegetables, beer, etc, besides beef.
w. w. Whitney was found dead on
his claim near Lakota. 1t is supposed
he was struck by lightning Sunday,
while splitting wood near his shack, us
the only mark on his body was a slight
burn on the buck OF his head aTidi-nechk.
There was no indication of foul play, as
his money and watch were on his per-
son.
Deputy Sheriff Jown Lowell was n
gagged to be married to Miss Ida Law
ton, Of Washington Springs, on the Both
inst, but a few days ago the family was
stricken with diptheria, and as none of
the neigllbors would come near, being
afraid of taking the disease, Lowell at
tended the family nd was compelled,
unaided, to place his afiianeed in her
coffin.
Burglars visited the store of Kelly &
Jones at FIandreau, and attempted to
break open the safe with an ak. Though
not successful, the safe was considerab-
ly damaged. About fivedollars was OBJ
tanned from the money drawer. The
saloon of Tobin 81 Erickson was also
visited, presumably by the same parties,
and about six dollars taken. No clue to
the perpetrators.
Al we'll of water at Diana, Sanborn
county, has been struck which as esti-
mated to flow 1000 barrels per hour.
An excavation fifty feet deep and ten
feet in diameter yas first made, and
then a hole was bored sixty feet deeper
still. The water flowed up, filing the
excavation in three hours, and a large
volume continues to flow over the top.
The old and popular firm of Magnus-
sen & Wilson, general dealers at Grand
Forks, have failed.
A private letter from Hon. N. e. Nell
son of Pembina, one of the delegates
from Dakota to the Chicago convention,
sets at rest the claim that has been