The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-10
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


electric lights.
Bishop Hare will return to Sioux
Falls from Europe about Sept. 27.
The Presbyterian congregation at
Lamoure will rebuild their church,
blown away by the tornado.
The college at Groton will open the
fall session with 100 students.
Rapid City is taking steps to send q
sample of it's tin ores to Eastern ex-
positions.
Rev. S. j. Updike, pastor of the
Watertcwn Congregational church,
has resigned.
The trustees of the school of mines
at Rapid City are trying to secure DR..
Pierre Ricketts,, president of the CO.
lumbia school of mines, N. T., for pres
ident of the Dakota institution.
United States Marshal Maratta says
that President Cleveland had intimate
ed he would appoint the nominee Of
the Aberdeen convention to the gu
bernatorial chair of Dakota.
Judge Church is in receipt Of aletter
from Judge Thomas stating that he
would not reach Deadwood until the
18th or Goth of September.
NJ. Smith, near Mitchell, lost 450
bushels of wheat by burning, a spark
from the threshing engine having set
the fire.
Rev. G. S. Bascom, who has been
pastor Of the Congregational church
at Vermillion for six years, has re-
signed and will in the future live IN
Minneapolis.
Waterfowl voted down a water
works proposition because the people
did not like the form In which it was
presented. They mean to have water.
The first frost to do any damage
occurred on the 80 ulta at various
points.
Burleigh county, with a valuation
OF 50, 800, 600, has an Indebtedness Of
$4,000.
G. s. Jones of Pierre has bought the
Wright house in Huronfor $4,000.
The average valuations for the ter
iitory are as follows: Lands per acre,
$3.S7; horses, per head, $51.02;
mules, $58.4O; cattle, 1888; sheep,
$1.27; swide, 1924.
The Cass and Barnes county agricul-
tural society will hold its fair at Tow
er City, Sept. % to "a.
Elmer Foberry, who killed Frank
Finney at Burlington, has been cap
tured and is in jail at Minnewaukan.
w. E. Dodge of jamestown was &C
cidentally shot by d. G. Buck while
both were chicken hunting. Ten or
twelve No. 8 shot entered variouspor-
tions of his body, one passing through
the cheek. No serious consequences
are anticipated.
Columbia's $4,000 court house has
been completed and turned over to
Brown county.
Godfeit Long, living near Devils
Lake, fell from his wagon and was in
stantly killed.
j. w. Middleton's BARI year North
vile was buried. Loss, $1,000.
The Cass and Barnes county Agri-
cultural society Nill hold its fair st
Tower city Sept. %. %, "a. Perma-
nent buildings and a one-half mile
track are now under way. Abundant
funds are pledged to make it q great
success.
The books of the territorial auditor
show that the admissions to the hos
pitfalls for the insane lat Yankton and
JAMESTOWN are averaging l3 per
month, and the expenses for transport
ing the patients from the various
counties to the hospitals, including
fees of sheriffs and attendants, are
about ST., 500 per month. A large pro-
portion of these insane persons are
Scandmavians. If the present ratio
of commitments is kept up these hos
pitfalls will soon be overcrowded.
A convention to nominate candi-
dates for the legislature was called to.
meet at Bismarck Oct. IL.
Fire at Bismarck destroyed the resi-.
dence of Isaac Ross. Loss, So, 600;
partially insured.
The Republican county convention
ct Grand Forks nominated w. Z.
Collins for the council, and w. HI. Eel
lows and G. ID. Wyman for the house.
The fact that Gen. and Mrs. Logan
were guests Of Gov. Alger and occu-