The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

contractor committed suicide at
jamestown by shooting himself. He
had heen addicted to drink of late,
and loss in business matters caused
him to do the deed.
The pension commission appointed
the following board of pension exam
iners at Pierre: e. L. Siggine, A. ID.
Brown and w. B. Steere, the latter
being an old member.
w. H.. Simpson, formerly of Anoka,
reports that his residence, two and
one-half miles north of Bismarck,
burned, caught fire from a lamp, and
that nothing was saved.
Samuel R. Fellows and r. Chandler
have been arrested at Castlewood for
extensive thlevery of grain.
John Scott of Easily tried to inflict
a death wound on himself with a
butcher knife.
Fifty settlers have recently taken up
land between Geneva and Sterling.
Clark is discussing the policy of in
cooperating under the general law, as
the most advisable method of putting
the town in shape to secure immunity
from fires.
The mayor OF Valley City has or
dered the enforcement of all city ordi-
nanCes relating to closing saloons on
Sunday and prohibiting gambling.
L. Leppelman, father of the owner
of the Hat Creek ranch, neal Dead
wood, while cleaning a gun, accidental
ly shot and instantly killed Frank
Haven.
A new and richly-equipped Congre-
g~ational church at Grand Forks was
dedicated. 1t cost $4,300 and the
money has nearly all been raised
by the local society.
The first furrow ever turned over in
Turner county was byD. w. McCanna
in May, 1888. Henowhas a fine farm,
and his crops this year were 10000
bushels OF grain.
At Larimore the bakery and res
taurant of C. w. Ring was burned.
Loss, So, 500; insurance, $1,000.
In view of the spreading ofsmallpox
in the United States and Canada, the
board of public health at Bismarck
has ordered that all school children
be Vaccinated.
A man named N. Goble was run over
near Canton and killed.
Rev. G. B. austin resigns the pastor
ate to the Bismarck Presbyterian
church because offailure to raise funds
for a new building.
Mrs. Fleury, wife of Interpreter
Fleury, killed at Fort Buford a short
time ago by Private Wood, of the
Seventh cavalry, went to Bismarck
accompanied by Gen. Whistler, COM
mander ofthe post, and Sergt. O'Brien.
1t is thought that Wood is guilty OF
murder in the first degree.
There is growing up among ourfarm-
ers, says the Sioux Falls Press, a feel
ing that in the near future the plant
ing of fax will be the exception and
not the rule. AS is well known, flax
wears out the land and fills it with
weeds. Corn" Jones and a number
OF our most successful agriculturists
denounce flax as a public enemy.
Navigation on the Mississippi river
is practically closed.
There is a big fight in Turner county
ove the location of the county seat.
An aggregate bonus Of $61720is offer.
ed by Parker, while Hurley bids $lO,-
900.
Messrs. Kent and Mumford have
about completed their arrangements
for the foundry building at Fargo.
Mrs: w. G. Nye escaped from the in.
sane asylum a few days ago and was
caught at Parker.
Rev. Mr.. Peterson has just closed
his work as synodical missionary for
Presbyterians in South Dakota. He
Is wanted to labor in the Black Hills
but is undecided as to thefuture.
w. B. Dean & Co. of Wahpeton fail
ed with liabilities of ebcut $4,000; as.
sets, $4,000 and upward.
J. s. Mcfarland assumed the duties
OF register Of the United States land
office at Huron.
Mr.. Heith, near Valley Springs, kept
his Bible near him as he threshed
grain. The machine stopped sudden
ly, and he found that the sacred vol
ume had gone through the thresher,
tearing eight teeth out of the cylinder
Rev. J. J. Hill is trying to raise