The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-06-12
News Notes.
Gen. Grant was reported better yesterday.
1t is reported that the Gladstone ministry ha


TIE roller mill at Madison, Dakota, was
burned to the ground yesterday.
An anti-prc hibition mob seriously damaged
houses at sprirgf Me-, yesterday.
The Hessian fly is doing much damage to
wheat in the upper counties of Virginia.
At Estelline, Oak, yesterday, lightning killed
a farmer named Casper and team of horses.
The Russians IN MCPHERSON county, Daka
have put in some $4,000 acres of fax this spring,
Four soldiers were surprised and killed by
Apaches in Gaudaloupe canyon, N. M, Tuesday
Charles Burnside, Buffalo county, Oak,
farmer, has planted his entire farm 70 water
melons.
1t is predicted that the great land lawyers,
Britton q Gray, will be debarred from practicing
before the interior department.
Cholera in Spain is spreading and the increase
in the number of cases now daily reported is
causing great alarm among the people.
During last Fridays storm a child in East
Pierre was taken up by the wind and whirled
200 yards and was set down without injury.
Herman Greenfield committed suicide by
poison near Lena, Dak., Yesterday. Despon-
dency produced by fire and hail losses was the
cause.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan is reported to have
been assassinated through the instigation of
Russia. Russia has lately given orders for 1000
eleyen-inch Krupp guns.
1t is stated that the lumbermen of the north
west Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan-will
add 81 per thousand to the price of all grades of
um ber on the lst of July.
Gen. Tooms and Hon. George T. Barnes de-
hvered the funeral orations at the reintermeu.
of the remains of Alexander Il. Etephens, at
Liberty Hall, near Charlottesville, Ga, last
Wednesday.
All of Gen. Grants swords, medals and to-
kens of honor that are to be turned over to the
government to preserve as momentees were in
ventoried yesterday, and viii be removed to
Washington at once.
Secretary Seamans, Of the Millers' National
$780, i64, 800 bushels, or 20,Ss2, 200 lees than the
estimates promulgated by the United States
bureau of statistics several days ago.
AT GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Rev. NJ. Wilson, clergy
man of advanced years, was overtaken by his
irate wife, who had discovered that he had
made arrangements to elope with young lady.
His wife took him home and sat on him.
The Illinois legislature convened five months
ago and is just settling down to business
Eleven hundred bills hare been introduced,
which indicates that the senatorial fight did not
absolutely paralyze the iaw.making proclivities
| of the members.
The lightning which shivered the capstone of
the Washington monument last week, has given
great dealof trouble for the government, for
LIT will be very perilous and difficult operation
| to repair the damage. Scaffolding will have, to
be erected over five hundred feet high.
A hot fight is in progress over the Quincy, ILL.,,
postofice. One of the candidates is an insur-
ance man named Cleveland, claiming to be the
presidents cousin, and another is III. Wheeler,
editor of the Journal, who published the no
torious statement that Guiteau was better
man that Cleveland. The president has said he
would not appoint his namesake.
The treaty of peace between France and China
was signed last Tuesday. Its terms are not
made known, but it probably embraces mutual
concessions. China surrenders all claims to
Amman, and the French probably abandon their
extravagant pretentions in Tonquin. Both ma
tions were heartily sick of the war long ago.
The Chinese government only strained its mill
|tary capacity to the utmost to gain one decided
victory in order that it might be able to COM
mand eace.
President Cleveland has at last been convinced
OF the injustice done to innocent settlers on the
Crow Creek and oldsWpnebago reservations by
his revocation Of President Arthnr's order open
ing the territory to settlement. He will not
reverse his own order, but he viii permit the
actual settlers on the reservation to remsin
there until congress can settle their status by
Legislative action. This is justice enough for
all practicsl purpose. The settlers viii prob
ably never be disturbed in their holdings.
The city of Philadelphia now knows what
ingratitnde is. 1t sent the Independence bell
to New Orleans, on the request Of the managers
OF the Worlds Fair, and the ancient relic was
duly exhibited there to the satisfaction Of many
thousands Of visitors and the enhancement Of
public interest in the show itself. Now what
worries the City Of Brotherly Love is how to
get the bell home again. The exposition has
no money with which to pay either debts or
freight, and tho citizens of New Orleans got out
an injunction restraining their city council
from appropriatiDg money with which to pay
the expenses Of returning the bell whence it
was borrowed. The consequences is that If
Philadelphia wants her venerated relic Of liber-