The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
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The wood pavement is to be given up
in London. It haas not only failed to
realize the promised advantages. but
has led, according to Professor Tyn-
dalrs report, to serious affections of the
eyes and lungs. BY continual watering
the wood became saturated with the
nastiness of the London streets, and
then under the influence of the hot sun,
gave forth a species of dust which was
Iernicious. The old macadara system is
to be restored.
1t is estimated that the salmon fisher
les Of the Columbia river give EN-.
ployment to $4,000 people, about 4 900
vested is 81, 500, 900 and the sales for
1881 and 1882 Melted Sc, 900, 600. On an
average 1,500,0O fishes are canght year.
ly and no fish is accepted which does
not weigh at least Is pounds. The sea-
son begins April L. and lasts until Aug.
l. The nets used have meshes witt.
knots Az inches apart, making a total
length of Z 1-2 inches to each mesh, 80
the small fishes, which have no com
mercial value, escape. The salmon of
commerce found in this river is called
the chinvok, a word of Indian deriva-
ton.
Beer and song seem to go we'll to-
gether if we are to judge by the sale of
the beverage during the recent saenger-
fest at Buffalo. This musical festival
lasted n week, during which the con-
sumption of lager exceeded that for the
corresponding week of last year by q
100 barrels. This is equivalent to an ex.
cess of G6, 5000 gallons, or ,056, $50 glasses
over the ordinary consumption. The
expenditure for beer was $50. S24 more
than usual. Besides this an immense
quantity of wine, alcoholic liquors and
mineral waters was disposed Of. It is
estimated that Buffalo protted by the
testlya: to the extent of $500, 900.
Great excitement prevails among the
attorneys employed in a suit for $40, 600
now pending between the Parsons es.
tate and the Erie Dime Bank, at Erie,
Pa, owing to the discovery that a page
is missing from the Orphans Court re-
cords. A leaf corresponding to the one
torn away has been pasted in, and with
such skill that by glasses only could the
imposture be detected. The distracted
leaf has an important bearing ON the
case, but to what extent the final issue
will be affected is now a matter of con-
lecture.
The ~baobab, or monkey bread tree,
grows to the height of forty feet, but its
| girth is entirely out of proportion to its
height, some trees being thirty feet in
diameter. An old baobab in Africa is
then more like a forest than a single
tree. Their age is incaluable. Humboldt
considers them as 1.-The oldest living or
ganic monuments of our planet Some
trees are believed to be 5000 years old.
You can cut q good-sized room into a
baobab, with comfortable accommoda-
tons for thirty men, and the tree lives on
and flourishes. 1t produces a fruit about
foot lons which is edible. AS an exam
pie of slow growth in England, q baobab
in Kew, though more than eighty years
old, has only attained the height of four
and u half feet A kindred species to
the African baobab grows in Australia.
They have been measured, being thirty
feet high, with a girth Of eighty-fve
feet.
A correspondent writing from Leba-
non Springs. N. Y, says: "The glory of
former days has departed. Other heal
ing waters and places of pleasure and
resort have opened and are opening
every year in all parts of our country
Inc along our seashore, SO that this
once famous place is almost forgotten,
and can never again command the num-
bers and popular influence ofthe former
days. The great hotel, with its spacious
parlors, its piazzas commanding superb
views, and its comfortable and elegant
lower piazzas, stands now empty and
and unoccupied. 1t has fallen under
financial embarrassment and been sold
to a gentleman in Philadelphia, who
has not opened it this season for Wis.,
itors."