The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16

change in the pre-emption law. We favor
.he passage OF a law prohibiting state and
county officials, members oil the legislature
and the judiciary from accepting passes
from railway companies; that oni delegate
In congress be requested to urge the pas
sage OF the Standish bill protecting timber
and mineral land.
It. ID. Kanouse declares he is not O.
candidate for congress.
A prairie fire Gid considerable dam
age near Bangor.
S. Browns store, residence and
stable burned at Mitchell.
Wheat near De Smet stands four
and one-half feet high
A. w. Merrick will start a new daily
at Deadwood.
Tillie Mathews, living with her fa-
ther near Steele, while returning home
from the Fourth of July ball was
thrown from blackboard and had
her collar bone broken.
An unknown bug is destroying the
Cottonwood trees in Kingsbury coun-
ty.
The Florence company's ore a.
Ruby assays $12.85 silver, So gold.
A. c. King, near Canton, Oak, start
ed fire to burn off slough 1t burn
ed his barn, with all his tarn machinery,
and valuable pair OF horses.
The new town near the site of old
Fort Fetterman has been named
Douglas, in honor OF the Little Giant.
The Indian agent at Fort Bennett is
trying to secure permission from the
Indian bureau to7ailow the grazing of
cattle on the reservation at that
point.
The Harvey Peak Tir company has
just paid $25, 900 for group ofmires
near Custer.
The closing exercise at the govern
ment Indian school is said to have
been the finest entertainment ever
given at Sisseton. Indians from all
parts OF the reservation We're present.
Ex-Gov. MeClurg OF Missouri has
started cattle ranch on Swan Creek,
Walworth county, where he owns
seven quarter sections Of land.
Mrs. Mary Berger. who accompanied
the family of L. A. B. Jones from IRON
ton, Lawrence county, Ohio, to Steele
as a domestic, attempted suicide by
cutting ner throat, bat did not sue
ceed. Her husband is still liv:ag at
Ironton. Cause, temporary insanity.
d. r. Putnam. of che Putnam Ele-
vator company, who has just closed
a tour in South Dakota, says that
Central Dakota will have over half a
crop if there is plenty of rain from
now on. He says the hot wave did no
damage up that way, as the wheat
crop was already stunted from the
protracted drought. He says where
there had been plenty OF rain previous
to the hot wave the crops were all
right, and that a wrong impression
existed about the damage during the
hot wave.
A storm at Steele last week demol-
ished the Presbyterian church, a new,
substantial and fine structure reared
by the united contribution Of Steele
people coupled with that of the Pres
byterian synod. 1t is a total loss and
without insurance against the wind.
Near Mitchell, John Sterling, farm
hand, aged twenty-three, was drowned
by becoming entangled in the weeds.
The Democratic territorial commit
tee chose Aberdeen as the place for
holding the convention, which will
meet Sept. %. The formal ballot
stood Aberdeen 16, Fargo 10, Wa
tertown 3. The shasis OF representa-
tion in the convention was fixed at
two delegates at large for each county
and one orevery 1000 population in
county or major portion thereof,
according to the census of 1885.
At Bismarck Thomas Gleason, con
victed of the robbery Of Chavles Nc
Clelland, was sentenced by Judge
Francis to two years imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
Ernest Wolf, a German incarcerated
at Steele for the murder of a Mrs
Unger last year at Dawson, and
George Costin, a Frenchman, awaiting
trial on q charge Of arson, escaped
from jail.
The land Office at Aberdeen Oak,
is beginning to occupy the attention
of territoriRa Democrats as the term
of Office Of the receiver, b. r Hutchi.
son, expires July 10.