The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-24
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

which a fire had been kindled, and in
which a package of powder had been
accidentally thrown.
William E. Masters disappeared
from Inkster, leaving forty-four mort
cages against his property. 1t is
claimed he took with him two mort
gagged teams and other property.
Charles Carlow, charged with horse
theft at Pierre, was arrested at Cham
berlain.
Rapid City has just celebrated the
trial trip over it's new street railway
line.
At the depth of ITO feet the Huron
artesian vel! auger struck asmall vein
of water that flowed two barrels a
minute. They expect to go one or two
hundred feet deeper before getting as
heavy a flow as they want.
John A. Swanson and A. w. Lin
ton, Fargo, have patented a machine
for making brick from dry material.
The territorial Democratic conyen-
ton will meet at Huron Sept. 20.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway is making preparations to
build q large round-house and machine
shops at Huron.
The directors Of the Trail County
Mutual Insurance company reports
it's assets at SIS, 900, and that the
losses by hail during the past season
were $4,000. Every loss will bepaid
in full.
1t costs 50 a month each to edu-
cate the Indian children of the Turtle
Mountain reservation.
Maj. l.. A. Burke has received his
commission as receiver of the Aber-
deem land office, and will at once enter
upon its duties.
At Stephen, the Catholics have es-
tablished an Indian mission school,
and have commenced work on build.
ings, which, when completed, viii
cost $4,000.
The Trail County agricultural soci-
ETY. let a contract for $4,000 worth OF
buildings, to be used in the county
fair, to be held at Hillsboro, Oct. 5, 8
and z. The purses include $3.50 for
trotting.
Track laying for a new street rail-
road has begun at Rapid City.
Sorghum cane is being successfully
grown near RAND Civ.
AttheD Democratic legislative conven-
ton for Minnehaha, McCook and Han
son counties, C. X. Howard, late coun-
ty treasurer, was nominated for coun-
Gilman, and j. Il. Gilbert of Minneha-
ha, Benjamin Birge of Hanson, and
NJ. w. Wade of McCook for the house.
At Yankton, John Campbell, eighteen
years old, for several years employed
at the Excelsior Touring mill, was
caught in the machinery and 80
badly injured that he died in a few
minutes.
A farmer named Hans .Hilgerson,
living nine miles north of Mount YER
non, was struck by a special train of
Milwaukee officials from the north,
while crossing the track on his way
home in a lumber wagon. Bothhorses
were killed. The wagon was splintered
and Hilgerson had a hip crushed, q leg
broken and was injured internally,
probably fatally.
Col. Tyner, the Fargo postmaster,
says that he has as fine q of
wheat on a section in Cass county as
he ever saw. He just refused an offer
to thresh his crop out, guarantee
twenty-five bushels to the acre and
take the rest for their work and
trouble. He has an idea that he will
get from twenty-eight to thirty BUSH
els to the acre.
Frank J. Mead OF Mandans for the
shooting OF F~arnsworth, also of Man
dan, was arreigned in the MUNICIPAL
court at st. Paul and pleaded mot
guilty He waived examination and
was committed to jail without bail to
await the action of the grand Jury,
which sits September 2Sth. The or
oner's jury in the case oil Frank Farms
worth returned q verdict that Frank
Farnsworth's death was caused by a
pistol shot fired by Frank J. Mead.
Ex-Gov. Ordway left Bismarck for
Washington and New Hampshire, but
will soon return.
Alarge building is being erected at
Stevens, eighteen miles north of Fort
Thompson on the Grow Creek reserva-
ton, under the auspices OF 1.-THE Domin-
lean fathers, to be used asa schoolfor
Indian children.