The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-05
Items Of General Interest.

Items of General Interest.
Leading citizens of Keokuk, Ia, In
tend to remove the remains of Keoknk,
the Indian chief, to q point g that
city, and erect q suitable monument to
his memory.
At vicksburg. Miss, wells sunk about
26O feet reach the Gulf level, and an
abundance of excellent wafer, with line
sand and sea shells. is found.
Andrew H. Smith of R~ohrersvile,
Md, while searching for potatoes in his
garden, n~oticinga hole Of peculiar shape,
thrust his hand into 1t and was bitten,
Acute pain was followed by a copious
flow of blood. He had been bitten by a
iarge copperhead.
Frederick Haas, confined in the Nor
ristown, Pa, asylum for the insane, was
sane, the physicians for the institution
acknowledging his sanity, but IL re-
ouired writ of habeas corpus to get
him out.
The monuments of luther to be un-
yelled at Madgeburg celebration on Nov.
10, represents the great reforner as
lOOAkIk up W AlCdSOhS SsAng A0oN AAASOVs
cred, his left hand pressing against his
heart, IN the right the Bible. At his
feetli i the papal bull.
The English papers state that Mr..
Arthur st. George, the inventor of a tel
ephone, has perfected q continuance
which is supplemental to the telephone,
and with enable every description Of
conversation carried on through the in
strument to DO not only recorded but
reproduced at any future time.
The English sparrows, which are eat.
en- in Philadelphia for reed birds, are
considered great delicacy. The flesh
of the sparrow is darker than that ofthe
reed bird, but the Philadelphia cooks
en- any thing but reed birds can tell the
difference.
It is said that the cochineal trade has
been nearly ruined by the discovery OF
aniline dyes. Until very recently this
trade was the mainstay of the island OF
Teneriffe, the cochineal~ depending upon
the cultivation of the cactus plant, which,
since the suppression of the trade ny
a%niline, is no longer the remunerative
business that it formerly was. The fail
rre of the trade has affected all classes
of society, the rich as we'll as the
poor.
The secretary of the Williamsburg IN.
W gas company has received a contri.
button to the conscience fund from a
boy who writes as follows: "When I
was a small boy / used for the fun of it
break the glasses in your street lamps.
| should have known better. and l did,
but anyhow l broke them. / have since
been converted to the religion OF Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, and his spirit
tells me to pay for those panes of glass.
50 l most cheerfully send you SIS. which.
[ think. will cover everything"
Gen. John Hodglon, one ofthe wealth.
lest and most respected citizens of Du-
buque, died, aged So. He wa one of
the negotiators of the Ashburton treaty.
A brother and sister, who belong to
the Danish race, are living G Sioux
Rapids as man and wife. They have q
family of deformed children in conse-
Quence.
An attempt to introduce silk culture
into Scott county has failed, owing to in
ability of the projectors to pay a more
careful attention to the raising of the
worms.
1t is claimed that a vault to be COL.
structed for q safe deposit company in
Cincinnati will be the largest burglar
proof vault in the United States. 1t is
to be AZ feet 8 inches long, 81 feet l inch
wide, and 8 feet in height. inside meas
urement, In addition to the other locks
there will be a time lock connected with
two separate movements-one to work
in case the other fails-and by means of
an ingenious continuance, if both move
ments should stop, the time lock would
then present no obstacle to opening the
vault after properly setting the other
locks. 1t is claimed that this does
away with the chief objection to time
locks.
A Berlin journal speaks OF the injuri-
GUS effect of greasy water on steam boil
ers in south Germany, whero the water
frequently contains magnesia, which
substance is also contained to a much
slighter extent in the waters of the
Rhine. The fatty acids form with the
MAGNETISM a totally insoluble soap. BY
making the experiment on a small scale,
a white powder will be seen floating on
the water, and on putting the finger into
the water this powder envelopes the
finger and protects it from being wetted.
Even when the water is not greasy.
magnesia has an injurious effect, as ex-
perlence has proved in the case of wa
lers containing much carbonate of mag
nesia.
The river Witham in England has
just been the sceneo of a novel contest.
More than 500 anglers entered the lists
TO compete for valuable prizes, the
fisherman who caught the largest fish
Wilhelm a certain time to .obtaiL the first
prize: At . given signal all the anglers
rast their lines into the water, and the
keenest rivalry was shown BY the con-
tingents of fishermen from different
towns. Several Of the contestants pre-
sented abnormally large fish, on which
they based a claim for the prize. but IL
was easily shown that they had resorted
To the old trick of buyingthem, and they
we're ignomininiously debarred from
the contest.
In the British Cabinet there are three
regular total abstainers-Sir William
Harcour,, Sir Charles Dixie and Mr..
Chamberlain. Sir w. Harcourt is a
member of the Red Ribbon Order. Mr..
Gladstone tastes little wine, Russian tea
being his .favorite beverage. Mr.. La
houchere is a total abstainer and MI.
Parnell very rarely touches wine. Lord
Derbysis the only member of the minis
try who. like Pitt, Fox, Canning and the
old heroes, loves a good bottle.
For Sale."
A Detroiter who advertised a horse
last week noted down the objections of
all who called to look at the animal, and
"Too large"
900 small"
TOO old"
"Not old enough"
tToo livelvn