Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-06
Passing Events.

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have been thrown open to actual settlers
at 81 per acre. Many Canadians are set
ing on the supposed line of the island
railway. The latest advices from Otta-
wa are reassuring, and the Government
has reason to believe that the terms oil
the Settlement bill will be carried out.
The country is already showing signs of
great progress under the Influence of the
new policy. Immigrants continue to
pour in, aud speculators anticipate
great land boom.
During the first act of cold Ship
mates" lately in Denver, at the Tabor
opera house, quite scene occurred. A
parrot had been borrowed. The bird,
when he became accustomed to the nov
ell surroundings, commenced TO display
its accomplishments, to the amusement
of the audience. Lamb chops or bread
ed veal?" screamed Poll, bringing forth
loud ''s-sh!" to which the bird re-
sponded with "Shut up-you make me
tired!" following this up with a volley of
oaths. The bird had TO he carried off.
The spelling match has broken out
again in Syracuse, N. Y, with the usual
disastrous results. A student in the
Syracuse university spelled "dough'
dow" a clergyman got left on "bap-
tizable;;" Professor kim, principal of
the Madison school, spelled twelfth"
as if it were ''twelvth," and Professor
Griffin, teacher of Latin, Greek and
German in the high school,, got stuck on
"omnivorous." "Myrrh" was spelled
"M-i-r-r-h" by young lady, who said
she intended to spell it with Gu"
1t will be appropriate in the future
for Americans intending to visit China
to 60 by way of Washington Territory,
as there is talk Of changing its name to
Tahoma on itsadmission into the Union
Tahoma means "almost 20 heaven" and
ought to be q fitting road to the Celes-
tIal empire. Tahoma sounds very pret-
ty, and somebody ought to write a poem
about it; but what is the matter with
Washington? That name is in pretty
good repute in this country, and might
be left nnmolested up there in the cor
ner of the map, modestly taking back
seat behind regiment of Indian names
What is known as Nalenciennes lace is
made extensively at Ypres, Courtray,
Client, Burgess, and in almost all parts
of Flanders; and in the production of
one coupon of the fabric rarely less than
400 spindles and 800 pins are employed.
In the City of Monterey, in Mexico.
by peculiarly Convenient arrange
ment, the cockpit is close to the cathe-
dral. This insures it good attendance.
as the great majority of those who at
tend the cathedral services also visit the
cockpit The brutal sport is not put
under the ban as it is in this country.
and some even OF the clergy make a
common practice of attending
81 know Of no better illustration of the
rapid increase of city property valua-
ton" remarked Thomas kirkpatrick,
the jeweler, "than that of the Goelet
property, which have just vacated at
Broad way and Nineteenth street The
two buildings which have Just been torn
down cost the Goelets S, 800 only. They
never put a dollars worth of improve
ment on either, though land others did.
Last year their income from the two
was at least $4,000. | paid for my
building $4,000 and the taxes, which
often run up to ST 800 year a fine
building is to be erected for one of the
jewelry manufacturing firms, and the
site is now valued at S550, ,OOO' The old
mansion, in which the one surviving
member Of the Goelets still resides, sur
rounded with farm fowls and animals,
and decrepit with age, is not to pass
away until the occupant dles-New
York Tribune.
The Albany, y. Y. Milk Association
has established a novelty in the way of
lunch route, the working of which is
thus explained by the secretary of the
association: The plan we have adopt
ed is destined to become popular during
the summer months. We have quite a
number of customers now who are
served with milk for lunch. You see
the intention is to start the wagons on
this route ut at II O'Clock, and keep
them busy till l. All telephone orders
will be promptly answered, either by
route wagon or one held in readiness
In warm weather business man
doesn't care about leaving his office for
lunch, and, having bowl, spoon, and
some crackers it will bridge hlm over
| till supper time. We have been serv-
ing some lunch customers for month
| past, and the number kept increasing so
| fast that we decided on establishing q
regular route"
sensations or Il lMlRer III a Burn
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