The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-26
Items of Interest.


In Switzerland, during the sum mel
just passed. lightning was known to
strike in vineyards and Kill all the vines
several hundred in number, within q
large circular space, the severity of the
shock being most plainly marked in the
center of the circle.
An OHIO river Or 1tain, who for a long
time vas en- aged in lodging q. s.
marshals from purt w port. finally tied
up for good, saying he was tired Of run
ming q floating debt.
Goritz, where the remains of the
Conte de Chanbord are inferred, is a
small town of 1900 inhabitants, pic.
turesquely situated on the ~Isonzo, about
two hours by rail from Trieste. The
is built on a hill outside the to wn. 1t was
there that on Nov. u. 1896, the remains
of Charles X. were laid to rest.
there are literally no irst-class pictures
by certain famous artists to be obtained
at any price il that city. A masterpiece
by Meissonier, Diaz, Daubigny, or Ros'
e cannot be procured for love OF
money. Their pest works are all in the
United States. "If European purchasers
wish to bny fine modern paintings they
must go to America for them" she re-
ports a Partisan dealer as saying. "They
had an exhibition called that of One
Hundred Masterpieces during the past
summer. ] could have gotten up a
finer n in New York"
Vermont is delighted with Gen. Hook
er's law, under which the state govern
ment is supported entirely by a tax up
on the gross earnings of corpora ions.
The Culver Club of Cincinnati will at
any time pay 500 to the person catching
with hook and line q black bass weigh
Ing seven pounds.
A vessel of special and ingenious de-
sign is being prepared for SANKEY'S use
in Africa. 1t will be propelled by a
stern paddlewheel, and the hull will be
arranged in such a manner that it can
be readily subdivided into a number of
sections, each being floatable and pro-
vided with fittings for receiving iour
large wheels. These wheels can be at.
tached to each section while afoat, SO
that 1T a be drawn out OF the water for
transport overland without difficulty.
Zach of the subdivisions of the hull
forms, when fitted with the wheels, a
complete wagon of itself, capable of
carrying the machinery of the steamer,
merchandise, stores, etc. 1t is to be
completed by the end of this year, and
will be tested af1oat under steam on the
Thames.
The Lee Association 81 Mobile ask for
$4,000 for a monument to the Raphael
Semmes.
A Mexican planter employed 200 men
to kin locusts for him. Their sag
amounted to $29G.3s, and they killed
3l7,0 O of the insects.
The testimony taken at the Rose Am
bier inquest will make, when tran
scribed, more than 5000 folios.
John CARING was fxinga freight car
Of the New jersey Central Road at Phil
adelphia, when the train started ahead
and the car wheels run over his breast,
leaving the marks of their passage on
his manly bosom. Except thai, there is
nothing the matter with Mr.. Carling. as
he is attending tn business as usual. The
car weighed $4,000 pounds.
Many sensible people think children
should be ut least six years old before
starting to school.
American scientific associations are
said to be behind the European in two
respects: First, in the financial condi-
ton, second, in the presence of the re-
spectacle gentleman who writes inter.
minable essays on scientific esubiects OF
which he knows nothing except from
current literature.
Printers type and engravers' blocke
are now made from cclluloid.
Newspapers are not sold in France by
news boys, but by elderly women who
are established on the principal streets
In fanciful sentry boxes.
About four miles from Savannah a ne.
gro has taken up his habitation in a
gum tree near the road. One morning
recently another colored man was pass
ing when he heard some one sneeze,
and looking around could not discover
any n until he lifted up his head,
when to his utter establishment he saw
a colored mar draw in his form I'D in a
large gum tree amid clothes which re-
sembled a bed. The bed is made Of
moss and old clothes, tied on the branch
es of the tree in order to give him a
firm support. Old pieces of blanket and
bed clothes are SO arranged that the
party can lie down with perfect ease,
swayed by the wind.