The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-06
MILWAUKEE & sT. PAUL Rally.
GOING SOUTH,
SUNBEAMS.

Mics Clara Amley is on the sick lis. this
week.
Farm produce taken on subscription ct this
office.
Try few acres of fax this year by way of
experiment.
John Wilson is the proud father Of bonnc-
ing baby boy.
old residents expect to begin seeding in
about two weeks.
-LosT-In Warner, ON Tuesday last, pocket
ledger. Finder please return to this office.
Farmers are generally cleaning their seed
wheat and otherwise preparing for spring.
Mrs. Fred Fisher was i'll during the past
week, but has now almost entirely recovered
Mart Kile, mine host Of the Union honse,
is under tha weather with an aggravated attack
of asthma.
-Dr. Jennings will be at the Union house
next week from Thursday until Saturday to
attend to professional duty in the dental line.
The st. Paul plow works were burned to
the gfound Tuesday night. ,t2,50o harrows man
ufactured for the spring trade are a total loss.
"A colony of new settlers from Roumania, on
the upper Danube, is on the way to locate in
Foster county. They are the advance guard of a
large immigration
The Territorial District Sunday School asso-
citation will convene at the Presbyterian church
in Huron, Tuesday evening, March 10, and con-
tinue through Wednesday
IAN extra edi ion Of THE Sun will be issued
next week containing historical and other infor-
nation concerning the promising town of Ron,
dell. The history of the town dates back to l842.
lin anticipation Of the opening of the Sioux
reservation, several parties organizing for the
purpose of attempting the coal exploration of
the Moreau and Grand River countries with the
opening of spring.
Saltwater (Iinn. Messenger: f. p. Swan
son, formerly book-keeper at Torinus' hardware
store, who is now engaged in the hardware busi-
ness, farming, etc., at Warner, OAK, is spending
some time in the city, renewing pleasant ac-
qua.htances.
The board ct supervisors has made move
in the right direction by Publishing an itemized
statement of receipts and expenditures for the
year. BY reference to the reports published in
another column you can see the exact disposi-
ton made Of the funds and the financial stand
ing of the township. The example shonld be
generally followed.
1t is rather difficult to ascertain the motives
prompting those who voted against the cemetery
proposition Tuesday, unless it is downright
opposition to public improvements of whatever
kind. The probability is that the opponents Of
the measure are located in the northwestern por-
ton of the township. They evidently forgot
that Aberdeen has now no cemeS-y aEGGhat the
nearest is at Rondell, distance Of about fifteen
miles.
Tho electors of Gem township had quite an
interesting time Tuesday. Three tickets were
in the field and eighty-four votes were cast.
Several Aberdeen parties offered their ballots at
the polls, but refused to swear them in when
challenged. Following are the officers elected:
Supervisors, A. J. Smith, A. l.. Kingston and
August Thiemann; clerk, john Waller; treasurer,
Peter G. Erickson; assessor, John 'Schlez; road
overseers, James Mahood, Peter Holvorson,
E. w. Anderson, Henry Ceapke and o. I. Tan
berg.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
caucus Saturday evening N. I. Gilbert, chairman
Of the cemetery committee, recalled Che meeting
to order and reported that the COMMITTEES had
tried in vain to procure cemetery site by gift
and recommended that the township take the
matter in hand. After considerable discussion
ii was decided to leave it to the supervisors, and
A. Green, o. a.. Swanson and w. B. Burdick
were appointed a committee to confer with the
board as TO location and to assist in raising sub
scriptions 1t was the sense 81 the meeting that
the cost be betrayed by subscriptions as far ais
possible and that the balance be taken from the
proper town fund. This is an eminently proper
disposition OF the matter and we hope to report
shortly that good location has been secured.
About the average number Of voters attended
the caucus Saturday evening and throughout the
the utmost harmony prevailed
G. r.. G. Macleod and o. A. Swanson were elected
chsirman and secretary respectively. The only
ballot taken was for chairman of the board Of
supervisors. which tested the feeling OF the eau
and resulted in the nomination OF Fred Fisher.
The other nominations were made by acclamation
as follows: For supervisors, G. + Dawes and
= w. Porter; clerk, W. P. Kingston; treasurer,
y. w. Cook; assessor, A.. o. Titus; road over
seers and poundnAsters, ". D. Fisher and Swan
Nelson; constable, john W. Kennedy; orerseer
Of the poor i. 9. Turner. rhe caucus then ad-
journed after electing g. ! G. Macleod, II. I
Gilbert and Q. A. Swanson The township CON-
rhittee for the ensuing scar