The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-06-12
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NOTES.

me gray sandstone in great quaint.
.iaa has been found near Dunseith.
\ Miss Il. A. Watson has been appoint.
ed postmaster at Wolsey, Beadle
county, and John A. Ziegler at Harold,
Hughes county.
A young man named Ed Mccormick,
whorecently came from Oneida
ty, N. Y, was drowned neal Mitchell,
while bathing.
Two strangers attempted to steal the
gold and silver communion service Of
Che st. James Catholic chufch, in Keno
sha, but we're f0iled.
OF the 196 mineral entries made in
the Deadwoodi land Office since its es-
adjustment, 81 have been placers and
I39 lode claims, and the total number
If acres has been less than $500, snter-
sd as mineral land.
TIE banquet given nc Fargo, to Jadge
hudson on his retiracy from the bench
1esthe Third judicial district was a very
successful affair. Distinguished meras
bers of she bar frorapmaHT parts OF the
district were present.
The grand lodge A.. r. and Am.
will meet in Fargo June 8, 8 and 10.
About two hundred oSthe most promi-
nent members of the order an9 expected
to be present. Preparations are max
ing to extend a hearty welcomes.
A young ma nance Otto Eartranl
took dinner with JamesSDowns who
lives twenty miles NORTH of lie, Smet,
and borrowing q reyolyer} retired toa
barn and shot himself twice, both balls
entering h1sAbrain. He die@dalnlost in
stantly.
Government Snrvsyor'G. G.. Bsardls-
ley says theSTurtle MountaGn Times,
has the contract for surveying several
eowns in the Fort Tosten Ind ian resers-
vati0D this summer. I'm all probability
the Indians will be- allotted .landsSinl
seyeralty. i
Mr.. Frank Hansen Of Duns 9TH had
just finished hisedianer when hes saw a.
streak of lightning almost at hissclbowY
and he was forced dowr so the flocs.
dazed for a fews minutes and his arm
twisted. The ne2t night the house was
struck again while Mr. Hanse1c was
away.
A Cheyenne company prospecting
near Buffalo, astthe foot Of tho Big
Horn mountainss.recently receivedaan
offer of $3.50. 900 for rs property con-
tingent upon tapping o. twenty-five
barrel well. Work WIS vigorously
pushed. and at adepth OF eighty feet.a
fow Of fifty barrels o day WAS secured.
H. eastman of SIOUX Tails has i'm
vented . contrivznce. EsE planting sod
corn. 1t is attacked. tn the handles Of
the breaker, and drops frozen three TO
five. kernels ~everysthree feet. 1t is air
so.se construotedhs ,to drop the kernels
CLOSE mp against the sod side Of the fur
row, SO as to place the conn immediately
under the seam oSfthe sod
The eastern pagers. e0DEain the fob
lowing: "a Dakota papes has the fol-
lowing funeral nosics. As she conclu.i
sion Of the services alb the church, the
procession will ait once proceed to the
grave, where all that remains of the lax
mented deceasedFwill BIZ laid at rest
The hearse will be dhawrl by FastboN
the we'll known ivs-ysar-Old Handles
tonian, who has but recently reduced
his record to 2:324."
Washington, SpsciaL-A Dakota
delegation arrivsaI hare recently intent
on seeing the president and securing .
suspension Of his ordeF hat the set-a
tiers on the WinnebagO reservation
mast vacate byJune IL. Among them
was Gen. Lawlbn and John ID. Lawler,
Jr., M. III. RawIey and John w. Gary
Of Milwaukee,. who COMES as the at
tcrney Of the Milwaukee 81 st. Paul
railroad. Rex. s. ID. Human isoalso,
here on the sanne errand.
The removal Of DIR. Blackbura,from
she presidency Of the Grand Forks uni
versity by a.raaiority Of the regents iss.
matter of general discussion in the,
press north. and proyokes soma, bitter
ness. The. friends OF the board claim,
that it's COARSE was dictated blythe fact
that the doctor was not earning the g..
500 he received and that a more eff
cient manager could be had for the
money, Int they are not generally given
credit for nnselfish motives alone.
A dispatch from Canton, says: One.
of the heaviest tkunder starms that.has
visited this section for years ragged = few
days.ago. The summer house Of. VIM
Butlsr, a market gardener, waS struck
by bhe electric fluid and torn 10. pieces,
About twenty miles north and west from
here, Frank Elliott, who was corralling
his stock, YVES struck by lightning and
Instantly killed. When found = few