Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-29
Things in General,

NICSGIliOl bSSOAOs ol~AAACIllkd1, ldS
vetoed bill recently passed by the leg.
islature to secure to the minority Of
stockholders in corporations the power
of electing presentative membership
in boards of directors. @ k5
In twenty years the ratio of increase
in the number of insane people in this
country has been 80 rapid .as to have
trebled the figures Of 1860. Inthat wear
there were 24 ,0l2 insane persons out Of
our total population of II ,44s,S2l. In
1880 the population was 90, l55, 7S3, while
or ,S34 insane to every million of the
population.
Mr.. James Hopper of Edwardsburs,
Ont, has year-old bear which on the
9th of last December retired to his ouar
ters in the shed, and, much to the sur
prise of the owner, refused to be coaxed
out again, even hy savory dishes. Weeks
and months passed, until people began
to look forward to the 18th Of March.
when all well-regulated bears are sun,
posed to come forth and look for their
shadows. But he came not forth, and
it was not until the 2Sth of the month.
that he condescended to poke his brown
nose out and partake of little milk,
and not.uItil the 9th of April that he
may be said to have partaken of square
meal. His long fast does not seem to
have disagreed with him, as he looks
Just as wellas ever.
South Bernera, the famous lighthouse
of the Hebrides, is visited only twice
year by the supply ship, and once 4
year by the, priest, on account of the
difficulty Of landing even a lifeboat on
the coast. The entire population Of the
island does not exceed twenty persons.
They live mostly on the eggs of wild
fowl, flesh, and milk. Storms rage for
more than half the year, the region be-
ing noted for tornadoes and cyclones.
The lighthouse stands on the summit of
q crag, seven hundred feetabove the sea,
Olives are successfully cultivated on
St. simon's Island, Ga, and oil made
from them has been pronounced by
competent judges not inferior to the
best productions of France or Spain.
The experiment in olive trees has been
successfully made, and trees have yield.
ed regular crops since 1885, The oil
crops from these islands is annually sold
at from $6 to IS per gallon.
Anderson, s. c., is ona great big boom.
In period of sixty days there will have
baen star,aa hv nr;vate entorrr;sa ~.
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iH nii sesu % o'l lhaia dliu H. uooi, sash ana
DING ,ac.oly, anu ny eotpoialoh noales
o':!'1'is anu ioa,t s1aa assoc'SIlon' aoo WIN
capi'ai stoek o. sluo,pvo, ana a cottoh
.acsoGH, to nn WIN eatilal seoch .! more than
sloo,ooo. ~ aauiIion u, !: ~, W .nis alolher
be undertaken before fail, w. '''''' W
r. fora +ha .yar island M ~ co,-
,.;noa ,oo aoros of orlt;vo,od 1o,a
l.''iieu s.o 'oi 60 " oui'''"'eu ,.' ,"'i''-"
hne residence, aspiendid orchard and
grove of fig trees, negro cabins, fences
and all that goes to make up prosper
Gus plantation. In the !ime of the war
the shores of Island No. 10 were lined
with batteries supported by 1000 men.
To-day this island does. not exist---the
place where it stood is known by a
slight ripple on the surface of the water.
In Cass cornty Mo. is a. town with
49, '' saa,,l;an u abn,t - osnar+ ~, w.
noun nosnlhs Peculia1 u p,; a1oa. - as ,eaeepl l's .
name which is Peculiar. According to
local tradition it came. to receive that
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