The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-09-04
MrLwAuKEE & 81. PAUL RAIEY.
sUNBEAMs.

IL. G. Hanson IS enlargiug his
harness shop to accommodate an ever
increasing trade.
The fall term Of the Warner
school commences Monday morning
with Miss Mae Harrison teacher.
w. B. Burdick returned from
Miller Wednesday evening after pitch
ing for that town in two games against
Huron.
Green, Macleod and Co. have closed
up their books for the season and re-
quest all having accounts to call and
settle without delay.
Brown county will have two fairs
this fall, and both on the same date
1t appears to us that little more har-
mony in this respect would work ad-
yantageously to all concerned.
The commissioners at their meet
ing Tuesday made the following tax
levy, viz: For eonntf purposes
mills; for poor fund, ] mill and for
road and bridge, 2 mills. The next
meeting will be Oct. /.
"A. G. Francis and Francis Ander-
son desire to thank those who labored
so earnestly to check the fire Wednes-
day afternoon, well knowing that but
for the exertions of friends far
greater loss would have ensued.
NOTICE. On and after Sept. LIST
the Warner postoffice will be open from
5 am. to pm, except Sunday, when
Office hours will be from 5 to am,
from / to 2 pm. and from s to 8 pm.
N. /. GILBERT, P. M.
The north-bcund freight Tuesday
evening started two fires between here
and Aberdeen. One gave Florian
Hofler's grain a close call and the
other came uncomfortably lear roast
Ing some stock owned by g. s. Dawes.
The engineer should be arrested for
criminal carelesness.
w. P. Kingston's barn narrowly
escaped destruction by fire Tuesday
afternoon, the flames charring the wall
to the caves before being extiAguished.
/ The timely arrivalof help saved the
building. The frewas the result of
discharging a gun IN too close prox-
unity to infammable material.
Threshing is being carried on at a
lively rate aud wheat averages all the
way from twenty to twenty five bush
els per acre, the greater portion beng
over twenty. We have personal know
ledge of the fact that one piece Of
ground measuring seven acres Yielded
297 bushels, machine measure, of hard
wheat
Sparks from aburning straw stack
set fire to the stussie on the Francis
farm Wednesday, destroying about
twenty acres of oats. Al granary on
the premises and J.. ID. Floyd's resi-
dence across the read were saved with
the utmost difficulty. 1t is fortunate
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that no further damage ensued, as the
wind was blowinga a gale at the time
While returning from the fire OH
the Francis farm Wednesday after
noon a horse belonging to Charley
Densmore was seriously injured by
stepping on a fork which had been
dropped in the hurry Of reaching the
scene. The horse stepped Upon the
tines of the fork and the handle flew
up and penetrated his flank, infiicting
serious wound.
Groton Gazette a man who
was tending a separator three miles
north of Andover last Saturday was
disemboweled and had several fibs torn
out. He was standing on the cap,
which rovolyed, letting him fall into
the cylinder, where he was instantly
killed. The man feeding was at the
same TINS thrown as far back. as the
end of the machine tongue.
/. Columbia Dispatch: r. g, John
son was a.caller at this Office on Sat
Illrday. He was just baok from st.
Paul, whittier he bad gone to seek in
formation regarding the James River
Valley railroad. He~saia that he
called upon Mr.. Livingston, who IN
formed him that The present intention
of himself and Mr., Merriam was to-
build the road only between james.
town and La M0ilre: that no nlans