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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
Brule County Farms.

Perhaps there is no better instance
of what pluck, energy and work will
do for a man in Dakota than in the
case of Mr.. r. r.. High the subject of
lIis sketch. Mr.. High came to Brulc
county in the spring OF 81 filing on
his claim of lGO acres in June of that
year. His claim is the S. w. I 10
lO3-6s lying about one half mile
southwest of the town site of KIM
ball. Mr.. High has on his farm a
nice dwelling house, barns, granery
and other out buildings for the use
of stock. He has a well thirty feet
deep and ten feet in diameter which
has 81 the average four feet of water
in 1t and furnishes water to all his
stock through the winter. There is
to all appearances an inexhaustible
supply of water. He has 40 acres of
land under cultivation. The oats arc
sown on sod and will yield about IS
bushels TO the acre. lie has set out
and growing nicely 1000 strawberry
plants, 100 apple trees, and 10000
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Reunion Of Soldiers.

We would remind all the soldiers
of Brulc, Buffalo, Charles Mix and
Aurora counties, of the reunion of
veterans to be held at Chamberlain
ID. r. OH the 26th Il 9th of Sept.
next, which will be a grand affair.
All the committees are working care
fully to make it 4 success and those
who desirea good time should not
fail to be present. Let the old vet
Grams rally and remind II another
of the gay aud lively times they had
around the camp fire. Exchanges
will please copy.
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to go to Chautauqua camp meeting
and he would consent only on condi
ton that she allow MIN to solder q
tin mask over her face. She did so
and reached camp meeting in the
morning. At noon the anxious hus
and arrived on the grounds, and
meeting a peighbor asked him 'Hay.
YOU seen my wife!' ooh, yes,' said
the man, 4 saw her just going down
that street followed by q preacher
with a al opener"
Ne had bsen engaged to take the
photograph of a corpse.
he was a young man, and this was
the first time that his services had
beeh required for such = purpose.
lie was naturally nervous, there.
fore, and had not become less so after
an hour spent in propplng up his rath-
err stiff sitter i'll various positions, in
the vain cndeavor to secure a good
light.
He finally got his camera properly
aimed just AS the stairs began to re.
sound beneath the feet of the gather
ing mourners.
There was spt All instant to be lost,
and, whipping out his watch, he re-
moved the cap from the camcra-tube,
and said to his sitter:
"Now keep perfectly still for a few
moments please."-Exchange.
A small party of young men were
standing on Q street corner the other
evening. They we're curiously cx-
aiming a bugle belonging to IL Of
them, and, as a stranger came along,
an animated discussion arose.
81 wish l could play on it," said
one.
play on i'll" observed another. 81
wish l could make a noise Oh it,"
"It's q pretty hard thing to DO"
observed a third, 'if you haven't got
the hang of the thing just right"
"Hard thing to do" chimed IN the
stranger, hating and regarding the
party with evident contempt. "Why,
| could blow a bugle before I was a
foot high"
"WcIl, some bugles are different
from Others" said the young man.
"Gimmie that bugle," said the
stranger, excitedly.
1t was Immediately handed to him,
and putting it to his lips, he made one
trial trip. There was a subdued
spluttcr, and the stranger began a
kind of war dance, at the same time
holding his mouth in both hands.
Great Cleopatra's needle" lie yell
ed, with tears streaming from his
eyes. "Vsho IN thunder filled that
mouthp'ece with cayenne pepper? I'm
small, gentlemen, light and fragile,
out can lick the man who peppered
the horn."-Leadvillc Herald.
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box elder trees, In addition to thcs,
he has a large humber of raspberry
and blackberry vines under cultiva
ton all of which show that they are
well adapted for Dakota soil. A cot
tonwood tree on his farm has grown
six feet in the last four months by
actual and careful measurement. Mr.
High has SO acres fenced with the
best wire fencing in which he has
"a head of stock which are in fine
condition and by the looks of his
pasture We should Judge 10 more
would do nicely in the same ihclos.
ure as there seems to be plenty of
feed. He has also 8 nice fat hogs,
one span of horses and two span of
mules with wagons and harnesses to
match. The small amount Of land
under cultivation by Mr.. High is ow-
ing chiefly to the fact that he has,
since becoming a resident of Brule
county, confined his attention mostly
to teaming around town and in do
ing work for Others, turning his at
tcntlon to his farm when there was
nothing else to do AS fast as he has
made money in this n he has
turned it into stock or INTO buildings
to improve his farm. Another year
will probably find him devo,ing his
whole time and attention to his claim
and the familiar sight of "High and
his mules" on our streets will be a
thing of the past. 1t may safely be
said that Mr.. High is today $4,000
better off than when he struck
Kimball two years ago, which has
been made by hard work and intelli-
gent outlay Of money on his place.
lie has worked hard and placed his
money where it would do him the
most good. Such men always succeed
in Dakota and never regret their
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
BUSINESS LOCALS.

The finest candies In town at Barnes
Bros.
Go to Warmers store for your
grain bags.
Go to Barns Bros. for the Little
Devil" cigar.
Go to Hutchinson & French for
your Machine Oils.
Barnes Bros. bakery is the place to
get a boss loaf Of bread.
Look at those Nobby all wool
suits at Robinsons. Only $40.
When yon want a Nobby hat
call at RobInson's Cash Store.
NX X Flour Sl.4o. Choice family
-four ii so at Weeks & Wells.
Hutchinson & French are selling
lamps very cheap. Go and see.
All accounts due the ENTERPRISE
are PAYABLE only to &. r. Tinan.
Headlight Coal Oil $50 Test, at
Hutchinson d French's. go cents.
All kinds of harness kept III stock
and made to order at the kimball
Harness shop.
Did You know that Weeks &
Wells are selling S pounds of roasted
Coffee for Sl.O0
We have q rumbcr Of gallons of
Pine Tar which VIC will sci! very
cheap. Warmers store.
Try our California Canned Fruits
we have everything at only 80 cents
per can. Weeks & Wells.
Mems and Boys Summer Hats
ranging n prices from 0 up to 5 cents
each at 1obinson's Cash Store.
-Sunmcr clothing will be sold for
thirty Gays at greatly reduced prices
at R.,binsons Cash Store, Kimball.
If you want to buy a first class
sewing machine call at the "I}lue
Front Jas. ID. Farrell.
In order to make room for large
stock of Paints, we will close out our
entire stock of mixed paints at cost.
Hutchinson d French.
The goods for the new East Side
Drug Store are here and in place and
will be handled by DR.. kridelbaugh.
Don't hire your shirts made, either
white or colored. Come and see
how cheap you can buy one. War
nsr's store.
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For SALE OR RENTAL large house
and two lots, suitable for a boarding
house. Inquire at Warmers store
or at this office.
Hutchinson & French keep the
only Strictly Pure White Lead in
town. Don't fail to see them before
buying your paints.
All those desiring to prove up, al
so those desiring to borrow money,
will find it greatly to their interest by
calling on G. Z. Akin, kimball.
We nave two new Singer sewing
machines when VIC will sci! very
cheap for spot cash. Bargains.
Warmers store.
BANK OF ~KIMBALL.-One
hundred thousand (slCo,oOO) dollars
to loan on improved Jams.
L.. A. Fcote, Cashier.
Another large invoice of STRICTLY
ICRE w HirE LEAD JUST received at
Hutchinson & French's which they
will sell cheaper than ever.
The largest stock of leather, mesh
and cord nets, screens and lap busters
ever brought to kimball at bottom
prices at the Kimball Harness Shop.
ID. Z. Robinson has just received
q splendid line Of Gents furnishing
Goods which he is selling at prices
away down. Robinson's Cash Store.
When in need of anything in the
harness line don't fail to call at Leon
ards in Kimball and take a look at
his stock and compare prices with
Others. Motto be undersold is my
motto. j. Leonard.
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Six months after marriage: "Wccl,
Weel, Sandy, how dye like the little
lcddy?" "Ah, wccl, Derry, Ill ma
deny that she ha' fine conversational
powcrs..'
A paper heads a column of person
ais Men and Things"-which GER
tainly is not = very gallant or gentle
manly way Of referring to the other
sex
"But what do you suppose we are
going to live ont" inquired a young
lady Of her slightly impccunlous low
cr after the first shock of his propos-
al had somewhat wor off.
"Live on" said the enthusiastic
and visionary youth, why, darling,
we will live on bread and cheese and
kisses"
"Yes; well, it may be all right
enough, but it'smy opinion that bread
and cheese, with thin slices of kisses
in between EN-, are mighty light
Shift iSilSs loI q slcduS AiCG. oV IL
have to talk roast beef and strawberry
shortcake to me-"
"What have you got for dinncr?:'
inquired a disguised drummer of the
waiter. The drummer hal been in
the town tweuty-four hours without
taking All order.
"Roast duck, sir"
"Was it shot on the wing:"
81 guess So"
"Trying to get away from this
eussed place, wasn't he:"
81 presume likely enough, sir"
"Good bird; sagacious fowl; RARA
AVIS. ] admire his pluck but pity his
misfortune. You bring mt that duck
I'll take the whole of him. I'll helr
him along ON the road"
"a Meadvillc woman" says
Cleveland drummer, ".was suspected
by her husband of being kissed b,
the preacher. Ono day she wantrr
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24

EAST SIDE MAIN STREET.

EAST SIDE MAN STREET.
Mr.. G. G. Akin, proprietor. lIav-
ing secured the services of S. VI.
kridelhaugh, NJ. d., Of Clarinda, To-
wa, who has just arrived in this place
for the purpose of devoting himself
to the practice of his profession with
i'll the city limits and will, when not
engaged in ministering to the wants
of the sick, be found in the pharmacy
giving special attention to the com
pounding and selling Of medicine.
DIR. X. is a graduate of the class of
1855, of the Medical College of Ohio
at Cincinnati.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
PLEAsAhTRsEs-
L SCREAM.

Tell us not III mournful numbers
That this life is but n dream,
When u girl that weighs one hundred
Gets outside a quart of cream
AID thea wants more.
--E!mi - Gazette.
Lie is real. life is sar:sst,
And the girls know what they need,
Bat on cream they are the biggest
Set to show their grit and greed.
No e!.c1re.
New York Times.
BE not like dumb, driven cattle.
BE a hero in the strife;
Never with her mother battle.
Save the ice cream for your wife
Proceed.
'' brooklyn Eagle.
Let ns, thsn, he up nnd doing,
With u heart for any fate;
But never let W. go R-woOing
Girls that want another plate.
How's that.
-Meriden Ncwsboy.
Lives of such girls nll remind us
As we tloat aJuwn the stream,
That the boys who come behind us
Viii have to pay, for lots of cream.
N-e-X-t.
-Yonkers Statesman.
And, departing, leave another
Bill for unpaid plates of cream,
Which, perhaps. some forlorn brother,
Seeing. may take heart agnin,
And get trust also.
New York l.. X. Journal.
No. enjoyment aad not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to treat, though cash we borrow.
Deserted when We cease to pay.
Don't il?
Palmer journal.
Trust no girl, however pleasant,
With one plate TO be content;
She'll cut until her lover hasn't
To his name another cent.
And then shake him.
-Sonmorville Journal.
Let us ne'er forget while grumbling
Through this weary world of pain,
That any girl who reads these
Meier will eat ice cream again.
Not much.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24

" ohihShbS
foot addition to the fear of his "shan.
ty" las he calls it) to accommodate
his constantly increasing business,
and a large stock Of goods which will
soon be added. Mr.. Robinson be-
l'evcs in the value of judicious adj
vertising and wherever he is interes-
ted in business his name is constantly
before the public. AS a result he
always receives the patronage of the
people and well earned prosperity.
Jus1 as we are going 20 press a nov
81 street parade is taking place. The
firm of j. ID. Farrell are exhibiting
on the streets a Minnesota Chief
thresher drawn by a Saltwater COM
hined road and stationary engine
made by the Northwestern Manufac-
turing and Car Co. The engine is
being operated by Mr.. G. r. ShuItes.
Mounted on the threshcris the Kim
ball Brass Band. As we are writing
this the procession has halted in front
nj the GRAPHIC office and treating
MS TO screnade by the band. The
Engine and thresher was ordered for
John Prkc who lives just south of
kimball. Price $4,000.
Net since the Indian scare of a few
weeks since has Ki.Hhall been so
shaken from center to circumference
as WAS the Ease on Saturday afternoon
last. There "a hurtylng to and fro.
Excited knots Of people gathered on
the corners and witt: batcd breath
nerv,usly discussed the situation.
Women tainted on the streets and
were carried into the nearest houses
and tenderly cared for. Strong men
who had without fear gazed into the
bottles mouth, with bl.nched faces
sought shelter in the nearest saloon.
Small boys crawled under neighbor-
ing buildings and with wide opened
eyes pccred out at the frenzied multi
tudc. The Index man hastily sad
died his fiery mustang and fled for
parts unknown. Sheriff Ochsner tore
madly down the street III the direc-
ton of his store after his pea shooter
crying as he went "ilold heart and
you my sinews bear me bravely up"
!ii.t,s mules, seeing that which they
hAd never seen before, took fright
and ran for home. Our attention
was attracted to something unusual
gong On outside by our spaniel run
ming into our office with tail between
his legs, jumping into the waste bas-
ket and there lying moaning piteous-
ly. Upon going to the door we DIS
covered at oncc the cause Of the com-
motion. Dunlap, the wide awake
laud ngcnt, who has been SO corfound-
ed busy all summer he has hardly had
time to button his collar or lace his
shoes, who could have been seen al
most any hour in the morning rush
ing around with coat off, one suspend
CT hanging down his back and vest
unbutloncd. i'll company with some
eastern party looking after bargains
in real estate. Yes Dunlap, the re-
nowned Horatio, was coming up the
street arraycd in a bran spanking new
suit, nobby hat, embroidered slippers
and a sweet smile. Eye gods! what
a spectacle was there my c%ountrymcn"
We know he intended no harm, was
merely trying to get used to what
will soon be the inevitable; but this
will not be all he will be obliged to
become accustomed to. "'There arc
more things III heaven and earth,
Horatlo, than are dreamt of in your
philosophy"
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COUNTY

ed. r. Lowe.
COMNtsstONKRs ....H, PILGER.
..R. S, TAYLOR
County CLERK. y. w. SPALpiSG
County JupGK.......J. B. LONG.
TREAsURER... J. ASDREws.
SHERIFF. p. OcnsNER.
DEPUTY SHERIFF. II. G. BARNES
SrrT. OF ScuooLs..E +. l.. DREwRY.
SrRvEvon.....S. II. WuIlLocK.
ASSESSOR. GEORGE barry.
toRoNER........A. NJ. French.
&c. ANDERSON.
Roar SurE's! &C. W. McklSI.EY
.....L. RtcnARps.
'rsr',r~ :::: :::; s $ : ) & S %";:::
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24

Advertising.-Tems OF advertising mad,
known on application.
aA- Advertising not accompanied by in
structions will be inserted until ordered ont
and charged for accordingly.
xo-Regular advertisements PAYABLE Mt tn
end of each month. Transient advertise
iments must be paid for i'll advance.
aS-All communications intended for the
next issue must bs in the hands of the printer
aseArly - TlHfslat morning to insure pub
LEGATION.
Ne>J"b work Of every description execut.
I'D i'll the BEST style on short rotice and a
reasonable rates,
:HH-Short communications on any subject
of interest are acceptable il accompanied BY
tie name Of the author.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DENNIS RYAN.

ArraESxy aid CouSsELIor at LAW. Will
practise in Territorial. State and United
States Courts. Crimiu II law II Speciality. Will
&ttenL to land csiO< at local land Office and
1T Washington. D.. c Lands bought aud
soil Of commission snd taxes paid for non
residents. Uhice on Main street opposite
Taft Hou, &c, k;.a!sa!.. Dakota.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
!. {. UOLLINGER.

Physician and Surgeon, kimbail Oak
Graduate Of the college of Physicians and
Surgeons OF baltimore. Md. Can be fonud
Ia my Office i'll he drug store of do!lingel
{ Herring Main st. ut any hour day OF
night. Calls will receive immediate ntten-
ton.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
w. Il. SMITH,.

ATTORNEY AT Law. Lane and Loan Agent
PlaEklnGton AllcA Con Ok a, Al.
kinds of land business attended TO-. None,
on real estate. decided claims md lelin
VuiShments for sale.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
]. h. CONE NJ. d.

PuYsIcIAN and Surgeon. References: Nedica
Department low State University.
CALLS rROAPTLYA ATTENDED, TO AT ALI. noURe
NAY Or NIGHT. CnARGEs REASONABLE
Kimball, Dakota.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
ARCH IT. STUART,

Arr"Eie 81 for Soldiers, Boulties, and Pen
lions. ii.ai Estate and lOtAsisg Agent.
Money loaned. Gail ut office OF X. an Eros.
LimhAll. Oak.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
Time Table c. n q St. P. r. R.

Passenger going wcst.....s:23 A. NJ.
=. -. east......9:00 P N.
Way Fr't. going est.....ll:33A A. ii
=. i. east. .....4:23 L. NJ.
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+. NJ.
A7roasxI AT LAW. Chamberlain, Dakota.

S. W. DUNCAN,
PHrsIcrAS and Surgeon, Office at residsns.
Chamberlain.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24

GEO. A. JOHNSTON,
ATTORNEY AT Law and Real Estate Broker
Mitchell. Dakota. Office opp. Alex. House.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24
Jno. c, Ferris

J0. Z, feTTIS
Nursery man and dealer In forest tree
seedlings.
kimball Dakota.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ADMIRAL JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER, who
quilted the United States Navy for the
Confederate service and, at the close of
the war, entered the Peruvian NAVY.
dropped dead on the 18th at Petersburg.
Va, aged seventy-two.
The Massachusetts, Medical Society has
voted against admitting women to member
ship.
HE annual exercises at West Point, N.
Y, were concluded Oh the 10Th, when the
graduating class of 1888 received diplomas.
The diplomas were handed the cadets by
Secretary Lincoln, who made a brief re.
mark to each.
The Ohio Decentralization party met in
State Convention at Columbus on the 18th
and nominated a full State ticket, with
Charles jenkins, Of Mahoning, for Gov
ernor, and William Baker, of Licking, for
MISUNDERSTANDING The platform charges
both the great parties with bribery in car
rying elections; with fostering m~onopolies:
demand the abolition of the National
bank system and the substitution of legal
tender paper money; demands that rail
roads be required to reduce the present ex-
tortionate rates; favors a postal telegraph:
the restoration to the people of the public
lands; emand temperance reformation,
and the abolition of the convict contract
system.
JAMES MUTT, son of Captain A. C. Mutt,
slain by N. l.. Dukes last Christmas Dav.
shot and killed his fathers murderer, at
Unlontown, Pa, on the evening of the
18th, putting five bullets into Dukes body.
UP to the 18th the total receipts of the
National Garfield Monument Association
We're $13O, 75S.6S.
IN the Criminal Court at Washington on
the 18th the jury in the Star-route consrir-
acy cases reported that they had agreed
upon a verdict of not guilty as to all the
defendants, Brady, Dorsey and Peck. The
verdict was recorded, the friends of the
defendants applauding the while. Five
ballots were taken by the jury before an
agreement was reached, the first showing
three for conviction and nine for acquittal,
EX-GOVERNOR CHARLES j. JENKINS, of
Georgia, died on the 18th.
The Ohio Prohibitionists held a State
Convention on the 18th at Columbus and
nominated a full ticket, with Ferdinand
Schumacher, of Summit County, for Gov
ernor,a and H.. t. Ogden, of Hamilton Coun-
ty, for Lieutenant-Governor.
EUGENE ~CAssERLY, ex-United States
Senator from California, died on the 18th,
at San francisco, aged sixty-one years.
A. G.. JORDAN died near Chattanooga,
Tenn, on the 18th, at the age of one hun.
dred and seven years.
JUDGE WILLIAM L1LLEY died at Wash
lngton on the 18th Of rheumatism of the
heart.
In the case of James Mutt, who killed N.
L. Dukes at Uniontown, Pa, the Coroner's
jury on the 18th rendered a verdict in ac-
cordance with the facts. The post-mortem
showed that two bullets passed through
Dukes heart.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
LATER NEWS


McGEocH, EvERINGHAM 81 Co., of Chi.
.cago, who had been trying to run a lard
corner, failed on the 10Th, with liabilities
of about $2,500,00O. They carried six other
firms down with them, viz: James NJ,
Sail o. Co., Ellis & Lightner, Holley &,
Allen, NJ. B. Crafts & Co., Tabor g. Will
son and W. M. Martin & Co., whose liabili-
ties aggregate 81 900, 700.
A TORNADO visited the town of Neligt,
Neb., the other night, demolishing a num-
Der OF houses INC fatally injuring one
woman.
JAMES w. SHEAHAN, of Chicago, for
many years a leading editorial writer on
the Tribune of that city, died early on the
morning of the 18th, aged fifty . nine
years. MI. Sheahan was born in Balti.
more, Md, and in the year 1854 went to
Chicago. He leaves a wife and eight
children.
f.. II. ROLLINS has been renominated for
United States Senator by the Republicans
OF the New Hampshire Legislature.
TERRIFIC rain-storms visited Central Hi
nois and portions of Missouri and Kansas
on the 18th. At Leavenworth, Kan, all
communication by rail was cut off, over
forty bridges being damaged, and on the
Chicago & Alton Road all trains were
abandoned.
COLONEL BIDDLH arrived at Tucson, A.
l.. on the 18th, with five Mexican women
rescued from the Apaches by Genera,
Crook.
IHE value of exports of domestic bread
stuffs for the eleven months ended Nav 81,
1883, was $191 Ala ,943, against $lG1, 100 ,652
1ol the same period last year.
EDWARD MULHoLLAND, of Mingo juno.
ton, .. went home intoxicated on the 10th.
and on being reproved by his aged mother
he shot her in the head, infiicting a fatal
wound.
H Grand Jury of the District of
Columbia on the 10th found another indict-
ment against Thomas J.. Brady, formerly
Second-Assistant Postmaster-G General, for
frauds in connection with the Star mail
route between Socorro, New Mexico. and
Silver City.
AT the close of a magician's performance
III Victoria Hall, at Sunderland. Eng. on
the evening of the 10th a panic caused the
death of one hundred and e%ighty-six chill
dren, between the ages of four and forr.
teen years. The little ones, who princi-
pally occupied the gallery, descended the
STAIRS hurrledly, and ~encountering a
uoor which opened but twenty inches, a
jam resulted. Here some were lifted
from the stairs by the struggling mass, and
fell, only to be trampled to death. This
brought on a panic, resulting in the mum.
Der of deaths stated above. The excite.
ment i'll the town was terrific, and the sol.
dlers were sent to the scene of the horror. tn
preserve order.