The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

II. 0AA"1 ~ tramp SnOC ana
hiieo ms sister but subsequently own.
ally.
William Higgins, a young hunter,
committed suicide at Dickinson.
For the week ending June 13 the
total number of acres entered at the
Devils Lake land Office was 22,O8O;
collections, $2,63O.25.
At the recent special election at Mil
bank to bond the city for an artesian
well, a majority Of eight votes were
found against the we'll.
AT Elk Point, Oak, a number of
buildings were blown down, the rail
road coal house and wind mill de-
molished. No one hurt.
Sioux Falls real and personaTpr
erty has just been officially valued at
$1,265,556, an increase Of $2O8 ,16l
over the assessment of last year.
The artesian we'll at the Casselton
roller mills is a success. AT a depth OF
BIB feet a two inch flow OF remarkably
soft, palatable water now flows with
such force as to elevate it above the
top OF the mill-a height of fifty feet
and the capacity, by measurement, is
two barrels per minute.
At La Moure, Yerxa & Co., of Min
neapolis, have purchased ground from
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany and will build All elevator be-
tween now and Sept. 1. The company
have similar enterprises in various
North Dakota towns and will compete
with the Northern Pacific Elevator
company in a vigorous fashion.
Huron acknowledgements Of
the past few days indicate that the
Democratsi in that part of Dakota will
take no part in the constitutionalcon
vention, but keep aloof from the
primaries and county conventions.
P. r. Smith, of Bismarck, sentenced
to one year and four months in the
penitentiary for assulting 7. III. Col
Inns, has beed pardoned.
Charles Phillips of Cooperstownpaid
500 fine for beating his wife.
The grand commandery of Knights
Templar closed it's session at Tankton
by the installation of the following
newly elected officers: L. b. French,
Yankton, right eminent grand COM
mander; D. S. Glydden, Sioux Falls,
vice aminent deputy grand commander;
M. A. Brewer, Fargo, eminent grand
generalissimo; j. A. Calcord, Huron,
eminent grand captain general; z. b.
Little, Bismarck, eminent grand pre-
late; f. j. Washabaugh, Deadwood,
eminent grand senior warden; Nj. Il.
Grain, Fargo, eminent grand junior
warden; G. S. Weaver, Bismarck, emf
nent grand treasurer; Bruce Nj. Row
lev, Huron, eminent grand Recorder.
The Dakota Methodists have ar
ranged for their summer camp meet
ings at Simpson Park, Big Stone City,
which has been deliberately fitted up,
and it being on the beautiful shores OF
the Big Stone lake, possesses unusual
attractions. The week of camp meet
inc, beginning July z, is to be followed
by two full weeks devoted to a Sunday
school institute and a grand temper.
ance inbilee. At all of the meetings
noted men from various parts OF the
land are to be present.
A youngman, a German, whosenam
is thought to be Jacob Kocher, was
drowned in the James river recently
while bathing, four miles from Yank
ton.
Thomas w. Jaycox, special agent o
the general land Office at Washington
has been removed. Several weeks age
Ithe people about Aberdeen became SC
indignant at the methods he was usint
TO obtain testimony against certain
claims that various petitions were pu'
in circulation, praying for his mme
date removal, and said petitions ar'
being universally signed by all classes
Republicans as well as Democrats
Jaycox, however, thought 1T advisa
HE TO take time by the forelock, ant
accordingly sentin his resignation.
Bismarck Speculative allegedhors'
thieves were held for the grand jury
and another was delivered to Montana
officers to be ~arraigned at Miles City
The Montana man was arrested her
RECENTLY. having in possession seyera
horses stolen from the Fort keog'
reservation. The others begun opera
t;ons in Mclean county, worke'
through Burleigh and Steele counties
and yer caught in Stutsman count.
with sixteen head of stolen horses.
The stockholders ofthe Fargo South
ern held their annual meeting in tn
companys Office in Fargo. 1t was &c