The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-01
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Dennis of Grand Forks by mis-
Jake gave to her little daughter, aged
Twelve months, twelve drops of tinct-
Ire of acconite root-an ordinary dose
:Or O horse. In about ten minutes the
mistake was discovered, and with
much difficulty the child's life was
saved.
The bill introduced in the senate To-
eating the land Office at Pierre includes
the counties of Hughes, Potter and
Sully on the east side of the river, and
Stanley, Pyatt, Sterling and Nowlin,
the south half of Dewey and Schasse,
and the north half ofPresho and Pratt
on the west.
Rev. Olaf Stub, who has been sick
with typhoid fever in Sioux Falls, be-
came delirious and jumped out of the
window. He attempted to run down
the street, but was brought back.
A convention is called to meet at
Fargo, Jan. 81, for the consideration
of several questions of present interest.
The first is the proposed canal giving
the Red River an outlet to the Mis-
sissippi and the gulf; the second the
recent vagaries of Commissioner
Sparks; the third, the Trail county
decision; and lastly the division and
admission OF Dakota. Nine Minneso-
ia counties are invited to send dele
gates.
Senator elect A. j. Edgerton had a
cordial reception at Mitchell. An ad-
dress by the mayor, an eloquent re-
ponse by Judge Edgerton and short
but delicious speeches by State Sena-
tor Wanchfield, Col. Price of Letcher
and J. w. Shannon of Huron, constitu-
ted the programme.
ehandsome bricks, valued at SOL
600, was the result of arun of Home
stake mills for the first two weeks in
December.
Sim Mace, the well known Bear
Gulch and Speartish express man. died
at Speartish from injuries received by
falling from his wagon.
II. B. Walker will build a new boom
on Red Lake river. He anticipates a
-. large cut, fully coming up to the 49,
600, 600 feet originally intended.
A man named Schliek, agent for a
St. Paul harvester machinery house,
was knocked down at Pembina and
robbed of 81, 900 by a man named
Woodhouse, OF ?embina, and a soldier
from the fort, named Thompson.
A large and most fashionable we'd
dirg occurred at Fargo. The parties
in interest were John C. Robinson, the
union ticket agent at Duluth, and for
merly the freight agent OF the North
ern Pacific, and Miss Lillian Capehart
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. C~apehart.
In the district court at Fargo, in
the case of Martin Hector ct al. VS..
Sheriff Haggart the plaintiff recovered
a verdict for 50 ,341.41. This was on
a chattel mortgage given by n OF
Hector's customers to him, and about
a year and a half ago, while in posses
sion Of the stock, certain Chicago
parties levied on the same and sold it
to satisfy their own claims. Hector
sued for the difference between his
claim and what he received and recov-
cred.
A lawyer of Huron named Reed at
tempted to induce the daughter OF
Rev. Davis, pastor of the Baptist
church, to elope with him, telling her
he would leayeh his wife and son here to
themselves. The barrister was sent out
OF the house a-kiting.
In one day the Bismarck land office
recorded more new entries than dur.
ing the whole OF the corresponding
week of 1884.
j. w. Cobb has purchased 5000
acres Of land in Emmons county, all
OF which will be occupied by settlers
in the spring.
Rev. A. M. Beaman, Sioux Rapids,
has accepted a position as secretary
In the church extension board.
w. j. Tanning was arrested at Cen
tervllle Tor attempting to shoot q cit
izen OF that place.
Sears hardware store and Mr..
Cases building at Castalia burned.
Loss, ST, 800; insurance, $1,000.
Fifteen minutes before the mails are
closed at New Rockford, the postmas-
ter sounds a bugle, and all the inhabi.
tants, who have not done SO already,
deposit their mail in the Office.
A verdict of SO, 600 has been render.
ed againt ex-Treasurer Mansfield, in