The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-09
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

graphs Agent Gassman at Grow Creek,
wanting to know why he doesn't re-
port progress in removing settlers.
The new grain warehouse at Grand
Rapids will have a capacity of over
10000 bushels.
The Odd Fellows in Bismarck will be-
gin the erection of a building.
w. T. Cook is the newly appointed
Methodist minister for Fargo at the
Wahpeton conference.
Rev. J. 2. Jenkins preached his fare
we'll sermon in Montrose. He is going
to Mitchell.
A farmer near Grand Rapids saved
his house from the prairie fires by TAX
ing off his brooches and fighting the
fire with them.
The Presbyterian synod OF the Red
river valley will meet at the Pres
byterian church in Fargo, Oct. 8. 1t
is expected that there will be some
fifty members of the body present.
Mr.. Nordvold, of the Sioux Falls
Vesterheimen, will translate the new
constitution into the Norwegian Ian
guage and print ten thousand copies
of that instrument for distribution
among our Norwegian citizens.
The members Of the territorial re-
publican committee, living south of
~ fortv-sixth parallel, held a meet
ing at Huron and called a c%on>sention
to nominate state officers in Huron,
Oct. 2l; each county to have onedele-
gate to, every 1000 inhabitants, or
major fraction thereof, as shown by
the June census; each organized coun-
ty to have at least one delegate. Dele
gate Clifford, MessrS. Mellette, Petit
grew, Bemet, and Others were present.
A large meeting of the bar was held
at Huron to petition congress to di-
vide the district and give an addition
al Judge. One Judge now attends to
all the business in the district oftwen-
ty-five counties with a population of
$4,000. A petitiongto this effect was
signed by the attorneys present and
given to Delegate Clifford.
The North side schoolhouse at Far.
go was damaged $4,000 by fire.
8 Frank Pollard, son of r. B. Pollard,
the Indiana swindler, was the swell
dude of Mitchell, and went about with
his pockets stuffed full Of money,
which he threw around in the most
reckless ann
Prairie fires r.the vicinity OF Memo
ken, destroyed seven stacks of
wheat and fifty acres OF oats of Mr..
Feagles, and fifty acres of wheat be-
longing to his brother, part of the
buildings, grain and machinery Of
John Rodgers, lao acres of wheat
owned by G.. A. Feagles. The loss IN
that vicinity is estimated at $4,000.
Fort Yates was seriously threaten
ed by prairie fires, but was saved by
strenuous exertions of the garrison.
Ground was plowed around the fort
and back fires set.
Northwest of Ipswich prairie fires
traversed the prairie for miles, burn
ing the prairie clean, and destroying
several stacks of hay and grain. The
heaviest loser was Henry b. Smith,
1000 bushels of wheat; B. Hayden
also lost about 600 bushels, and ID. M.
Donahey 500 bushels.
The Aberdeen brewery, owned by R.
E. Carton, was burned. Loss, Sc, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
Slxtv-three new postoffices have
been established in the territory since
Jan. l..
Near Mitchellthe fve-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fullerton
was accidently shot and killed by an
e~ight-year7old Son OF Theodore David,
who did not know it was loaded.
Attorney Westover of Chicago, Sc
cured a verdict giving Judgment for
1925 against Mai. Edwards of the
Fargo Argus, for libel. The defense
claimed that Edwards did not own
the paper and wasnot responsible for
the article in question.
Judge Francis has granted leave to
institute quo warranto proceedingsto
GUST II. r. Tillotson from the Office OF
district attorney of Rolette county.
Mr. Tillotson claims to hold the office
both by election and appointment.
w. III. Grow claims the Office by APP
pointment.
Prairie fires worked great destruc-
ton north OF Mandan in the knife
river valley. McGrath Bros, ofStan-
ton, lost 1000 bushels of wheat. 9th
er farmers lost large quantities. The
country was burned over twenty miles
north Of Mandan, but many farmers