The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21
The daughter of Jane Howard, who

NONNNS
The daughter ofJames Howard, who
is sojourning among and teaching Sioux
Indians at one of the agencies denies the
jmputation from Dakota that she IS
so fascinated with a lazy buck as to
intend to marry him.
The assessment of Cass county
reaches over 13,OOO,O 900, according
to the completed and equaiized list.
At Grand Forks, q motion to quash
the indictment in the Miller murder
2ase was denied by the court.
The following presidential postma5-
tiers have thus far been made: Huron.
G. J. Love, July %; Sioux Falls, w.
P. Carr, May 5; YanktOn, L. ID. Pal
mer, July Is; Larimore, CT. Lashalb
July "a.
A man named Henry Neahring
lodged a complaint against his wife at
Deadwood, charging her with violent
insanity. The board of commission
ers investigated the case and pro-
nounced the charge baseless and its
author an inhuman villain.
Gen. w. V. Lucas, department com
mander of the Dakota G. A. R., pub.
fishes an invitation to all old soldiers
to attend the reunion to be held I'M
der the auspices of the G. A. L. at Alb
ardean Sent 9 q and 10
Eight steamboats, are OF fated on
the Missouri river between Bismarck
and points above.
The contract for steam heating ap,
paratus in the Bismarck penitentiary
was let to Dow & Co. of Sioux Falls
for $4,000, provided the work can be
done by Sept. Is.
A barn belonging to Hon. G. G. Viii.
liams at Waterfowl was struck by
lightning. The barn sixty tons of hay,
farming utensils, three horses and a
span of mules were burned. No insur-
ance.
The Michigan settlement. south Of
Waphetona strip aboutfour miles wide
by twenty long is completely cleaned
out byhail.
The capital commission has held it's
last meeting at Bismarck, settled &C
counts, and adjourned sine Gle. 1t is
reported tha0 settlement was made
with creditors by issuing warrants ex-
changeable for capitol lots at the APP
praised valuation of the latter but the
members of the commission would not
disclose their doings.
A man named Ginger killed another
named Schafer near Ru aville. The
men had been friends, but filled them
selves with bad whisky andquarreled
Thomas Doherty's frame house was
burned near Big Stone City. Loss,
$1,000.
James Holes of Hunter is erecting q
twenty-thousand-bushe elevator on
his farm, to be run by horsepower.
The Fargo Argus publishes an in.
terview with G.. s. Barnes, president
Of the Northern Pacific Elevator com,
pany, in regard to the condition ofthe
wheat in Dakota, and the probable
prices. Mr.. Barnes looked upthemat-
ter pretty thoroughly and believed the
acreage in the territory is about &c
per cent. less than last year. The de-
crease was greater in the North thar
in the South. Four-fifths of this land
had been put into other crops. AL
lowing for some damage by blight, rust
and storms, the average per acre vii
be fully equal to last year, making the
aggregate wheat product of Dakota
one-ffth below 1854. Mr.. Barnes
opinions aredisputed in some quarters
Mayor johnson Of Fargo has APP
pointed to the river convention at st
Paul Ct. s.. Barnes, President of the
Northern Pacific Elevator company
Charles Sweat, of the bank of Fargo
r. q Eddy, ofthe First National bank
Col. J.D. Benton and Cen G. X. VII
I son.
Two children, one achild Of ergeror
i Tor B~aillergeonl of Gervais township
the other the SON of a man in the Nor
wegian settlement, died under circun,
. stances that would indicate they ha(
I eaten Of some poisonous wild plant
probably Indian turhip or wild pars
nip.