The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-30
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

be held at Madison, Sept. 20.
Justus Robinson of Vermillion was
IL over by the cars and killed.
The Van Dusen company is making
arrangements to build a large eleva-
tor in Ordway.
The stage line between Minneawau-
kan and the Turtle mountains is to
be discontinued after May 15.
A terrific storm at Chadron de-
stroyed a large amount ofproperty.
DEVILS lake is entirely open, and
navigation will soon be resumed. The
ice did not break up last year until
May IL.
Nine tin claims in the Palmer dis
trict, near Rapid City, have been sold
to Chicago and Detroit parties for
$4,000.
Groton college, in Brown county,
has 113 pupils. The town of Groton
presented the college with forty acres
of land.
A prairie fire ran through q portion
OF Brown county, the town Of Fred
erick narrowly escaping destruction.
The Dakota Iron and Steel company
buy the Fargo foundry for the new
smelling works.
Fires in Miner county destroyed
buildings belonging to William Egged,
Levi Sheckler, Mr.. Phillips, Louis De
Clark and Henry Ford.
The fourth semi-annual session Of
the Midland Association OF the Congre-
gational church will be held in Redfeld
May 1T, 18 and 10.
The official term Of B. E. Henderson,
receiver oil the land Office at Aberdeen,
will expire July o.
The artesian we'll at Aberdeen CAM
not furnish sufficient powerf for eighteen
electric lights as expected, but gives
enough for ten, and the city will soon
be lighted with electricity.
Mr.. Davidson OF Brown county viii
put in five hundred acres to wheat.
HIS granary now holds six thousand
bushels of last years wheat.
Miller's town council has granted
liquor license against the ruling Of the
county board. The matter will be
tested in court.
The annual meeting of the Dakota
press association will be held at Aber-
deem, beginning Monday June 21, and
continuing two days.
E. C. Mutchman's house and con
tents near CAVITY were destroyed by
fire. No insurance.
Prairie fires destroyed the residence
of George +. Weischell Of Sully county.
Mrs. D~ollinger's farm buildings and
stock in Lynn Lake township, near
Webster, were destroyed by a prairie
fire, and Mrs. Dollinger was fatally
burned.
The Vermont Live Stock company
has recently purchased a large herd
of COWS, which will increase their herd
in the Dakota ranch to about 10,
900 head.
Rev. A. A. Murphy, pastor Of the
Huron Congregational church, has 10
ceived an invitation to become pres
ident Of the Groton college at Gro
ton, Brown county, and will prob
ably accept.
A. J.. McCabe OF jamestown and
r. f. Wolliver CsMandan were elect
ed delegates to the train dispatchers
national convention to be held in
Chicago, June 16.
The District Medical association Tor
Dawson, Hanson, Aurora and adjoin-
ing counties, was organized at Mitch
ell, with the following officers: Prcsi-
dent, DIR. Andrews, Mitchell; vice presi
dent, DIR. Dott, Alexandria; secretary,
DIR. Halverson, Mitchell. The next
meeting will be held there the first
Tuesday in June.
Judge Church had A. B. Melville, q
prominent attorney Of Huron, and
City Marshal Mozart before him for
contempt of court. he fined Melville
$50 or thirty days in jail, and McCart,
who acted under Melville's advice $25
or Imprisonment thirty days. they
paid the fines.
w. E. Wright, an attorney Of Bis.
marck, was severely beaten by Char
les Bentley for having insulted the
young lady with whom the latter had
been keeping company. Both were
arrested.
A sad accident occurred to thefami-
~ OF Andrew Nelson, living six miles
south OF yolga. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
were away at a neighbours leaving
their four children, all under seven