The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-06-12
Items From Armadale.

Mr.. o. G. Berg, of Worthwhile, as census ens
umerator, is ''getting in his work" In the
northern part of the county.
On the I'd inst. we received visit from
Green & Macleod, publishers of The Sun. These
gentlemen were following a Runaway horse
which from this point went in sJutheasterly
direction. We have not heard whether or not
the beast was captured. Come again, gentle
men, when you have less driving business and
can make longer stay.
Miss Stephens, sister Of J.. b. Churchill, &C.
companied by lady friend, Miss Honuicutt,
arrived last week. Miss s. is graduate Of a
school Of nurses in Chicago, where she practices
her profession, and the ladies are enjoying a va
cation away from the crowded city and hospi-
tails to breathe for a short time the inyigorating
and health giving atmosphere Of Dakota. Their
stay here viii be altogether too short for our
wishes and pleasure. ~
We have to record serious accident that oc-
Cured here on the 4th INST, IN which Mrs. J..
B. Churchill was injured. On that day Mrs.
O. went to Mellettc in single buggy and on
her return the shafts or fills becoming detached
by the loss Of bolt the horse ran, the buggy up
set and the woman was thrown out striking up
on her head and shoulders, injuring her severely
though providentialiy not fatally Mr.. @. is
now rapidly improving and win probably soon
recover her usual good health. Mrs. G.. is a
splendid horsewoman and no one could have
managed the brute better.
The trial of the murderers Of Homer Hackett,
at Glendale, has terminated and the verdict
rendered was mansaughter in the second de-
gree and the sentence was seven years each in tho
territorial penitentiary. The guilty parties are
John Ollie and Hattie his reputed wife. The
sentence here is not thought to be commeusur-
ate with the crime. OF this trial and it's results
we shall wish to speak further In future issue.
The mill dam at Clyde broke away during
our heavy rains, and as consequence the water
in tbs Jim river has fallen nearly four feetr-4
proving conclusiyely that the damming of the
river causes the overflow and spoilation OF the
bottom lands. No man or corporation should
be allowed to stop the free passage Of water in
this river.
In our somewhat extensive correspondence
with eastern papers and friends we have given
as our main objection to this country, the light
rainfall--the small amount Of moisture deposit
ed on the grounds but now this objection does
not hold good and we feel like taking it all back,
and declaring we never said it. In no one oi
the seventeen states that we have resided in and
visited have we ever seen better supply Of
rain at the needed time than we have experienced
here this spring During the months Of April
and May large volume Of water felt; but moi
enough to do any injury to the soil or to pre-.
vent working it to advantage indeed our Da.
kota soil will absorb all the moisture that il
likely to fall in any season, and at the same
time 1t viii stand longer droath than any land
in the United States. In consequence Of the
large amount Of rain this spring, crops of all
kinds are looking splendid never better at this
time Of year ard nothing very remarkable hap
pening we shall have the Dakota crop Of 1881
duplicated and perhaps excelled.
EJune 9, 1885. LORENZO,