The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-08-06
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

n Olives are committing bold depre.
datio ns near Flandreau.
A Iaa and order league will be organ
lied in %. 1uglas county.
The prop osed Barbour-AlDrigh duel
at Pierre did not take place. as friends
interfered and the quarrel was AMIGA
bly, settled.
One hundred thousand shares oi
stock, representing S6 100000, was
wagered on horse II, zee at Deadwood.
The market value of the stock was
considerably less.
The iorage contract at Fort Meade
calls for 100000 pounds Of oats
and 400, 900 pounds ofcorn- Forths
former the contractor will receive ST.
20 yer 100 pounds and for the latter
$1.35.
A town called Leeds has been laid
out at the junction OF the Turtle
Mountain branch I. it'll the main lina
of the Manitoba, sixty miles from
Devils Lake city.
Jules Quintall, Sr., at Minor, has
a calf with three eyes, two horns, two
mouths and five nostrils.
Only three votes were cast at Col
umbia against bonding the city for
$12, 900 for better railroad facilities.
President Bowls OF the fair associa
tion was notified that bothth Milwau.
kee and Northwestern companies
would furnish free transportation TO
ali exhibits to the Mitchell fair, and
passenger rate two cents a mile.
A young man named Hayter. near
Esmond, while in his house, lad his
shoes torn off and his clothes set on
fire by lightning. He was thrown
about six feet, but not seriously in.
jured
The Dakota Post is the name of al
Democratic German paper to be pub.
lished at Yankton.
Two deserters named King gand WISE,
from Fort Randall were captured at
Yankton.
A fire at Spearfish destroyed the
residence Of Albert Power. Loss, $4,
600. Prof Cook, who was living with
Mr.. Power, lost the manuscript of a
history OF Dakota he had just com
pleted and many other valuable pa
pers.
A prospecting party is being organ
lied at Rapid City to search for tin
lodes.
From the 1st Of January up todate
the merchants handling farming Inn
plements and machinery at Glendale
sold and delivered 335 binders, 153.
mowers, Sol wagons and buggies, 1B
steam threshing outfits and s headers,
| the total value OF the same being
! $12l ,45O.
Mike Flynn, q Northern Pacific sec
tion hand at Mapleton, was run over
by switch engine and instantly kill.
ed. He was intoxicated.
On the Oath inst. the mercury in
various places was reported at 102 in
| the shade.
In sinking an artesian well for the
North Dakota Roller mill at Hillsbcro.
q vein OF natural gas was struck at a
depth OF los teet. When lighted the
flame shoots to height Of three feet.
Mr.. Green, the proprietor, will run his
125 horsepower engine with it.
w. ). Murnhy, proprietor of the
Grand Forks PIaindealer, was mar.
ried In Chicago to Miss Josephine
Hopkins OF that city.
Notice has been received at the
Huron land Office Of the suspension oi
/ fifty entries for various reasons, dur.
ing the first ninteen days Of July.
! Inthe suit Of Barnes county against
A. M. Pease, the defaulting caunty
treasurer, and his bondsmen.. to re-
cover $2S, ,462.68, which had been on
trial before Judge Francis Of the Sixth
judicial district, the jury were out tive
hours and returned q verdict for the
full amount claimed to be due with
interest at per cent. from May 20,
1884, the day Of Pease's departure.
+ The sea serpent, orwhatever It may
be, in Lake Kampeska, excites great
deal Of curiosity and discussion.
j. The city council Of Huron has or
dered an election for Aug. IL to vote
on proposition 10 issue bonds to
the amount Of $40, 900 to the Duluth
| Watertown & Pacific, provided it i
| built there; also, an additional amount
Of $50, 900 IL it's shops are built there
This roadsis believed to belong to the
Rock Island system.
II Both the Northwestern and St. Pau