The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26
Dakota TERRITORIAL NEWS.

SDink county, OAK, must pay the
oiper to the tune of at least $4,000.
Okoboji will o have D first-class
douring mill, the first in Sully county,
The town of Fountain, in Brookings
county, had two deaths from smallpox
recently.
During the past year Devils Lake
mas invested $95, 165 in buildings and
improvements.
Building improvements in Madison
the past year totaled forty-three new
buildings, costing $3.50 600.
Petitions are circulating at Huron.
and vicinity asking the legislature to
grant woman suffrage.
Capt. Isaac Stockwell, al old and
prominent citizen Of Yankton, died in
that city from the effects of a cancer.
Hank Lewis, charged with the murder
of City Marshal Pierce of Mitchell has
been granted a change of venue to Au-
rora county.
Stahl's hotel, Neche, burned and sew
eral railroad men who were staying there
over night had a narr wv escape from be.
ing burned to death.
A recent fire in jamestown destroyed
property to the amount of $1,000, aud
not $18, 600, as at first reported-which
was largely covered by insurance.
Among the prominent candidates for
for speaker of the next house are Mark
Ward, of Mitchell, Williams of Bis.
marck, and Martin of the Black Hills.
Ex-Vice President Colfax will deliver
In Grafton at the sixty-sixth anniversary
celebration to be held by the Odd Eel
lows of South Dakota, in Huron, OF
Monday, April 27.
Holabird, on the Dakota division OF
the North western, and Porterville, Wis,
on the Chippeway Valley division of the
Milwaukee g. st. Paul, have been made
regular stations.
K. Thompson, E. Estenson, J.. j..
Y Gunderson, S. o. Henjum and J. w.
Walters were arrested for removing
stone from a school section at Dell Rap
ids, and taken to Yankton.
Capt. Rockwell of Fort Lincoln has
been appointed chief ordnance officer
of the department of Dakota, vice Cap
tain Bennett who goes to Washington
as inspector of rifle practice.
A deputy United States marshal at
tempted to arrest Lean Elk, Red Shirt
and other Indians at Cheyenne agency,
for horse stealing, but Agent Swan re-
fused to give up the redskins.
The we'll known Towner farm. near
Mapes, comprising 2,240 acres, 1000 Of
which is broken, and upon which there
are some frst-class buildings, was pur-
chased by John s.. Sinclair, a Scotch
capitalist.
Claus Slegiman, formerly agent oil
the st. Paul harvester works at Andoy-
er, has been convicted of robbing
George Humphrey Of $103, the money
being found under the floor of Slegi-
mans claim shanty.
E. J. Travis, formerly agent of the
Gilmer & Salisbury stages, of the Fort
Benton steamer line, while suffering
from mania potu at Deadwood, attempt
ed to kill himself with a knife. Travis
had been sheriff of Lincoln county,
New, but lost friends and standing
through gambling.
The Episcopal Indian women Of Elan
drau have established a guild on the
sewing society plan. They not only
manufacture fancy articles with the nee
die, but make pipes, ornaments OF
pipestone and retail the latest gossip,
according to the most approved fashion
Of their white SISTERS.
A board Of officers has been appoint
ed at each of the posts of Fort Magin-
mis-, A. Lincoln, Meade, Totten, Ran
dali, Ellis, Bennett and Pembina to ex-
anime and report upon the ~qualiica-
tons Of enlisted men for appointment
as post quartermaster ~sergeants. The
pay and allowances which attach to the
position of post quartcrmaster sergeant
make it a very desirable one, and the
appointment is much sought after by
those who consider themselves eligible.