The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-02

I who was convicted i'll 1878 Tor the muir
| der of Chris Hoffman in the Black Hills.
| and sentenced to ~twen'y-one wears IN
prisoment. The conditions are That he
shall leave the territory and not return.
Foster and Geruald counties, have
been organized.
At an election at Lakota, the township
of Kane voted bonds to the amount of
50. 500 for the erection of u school house
in Lakota. -
Ira C. Bellows, who went from Mar
dan to New York to defend his nanAS
from charges of embezzlelMent, pleaded
guilty and got $1,000 bail.
Railroad building is to be pushed
! vigorously next year in Dakota, the
Northwestern and the Milwaukee being
| disposed to trespass on each others ter
ritory.
A. X. Nesbitt, postmaster of Neche
suddenly left town and went to Mani
toba. 1t was believed that he was a de-
f%aulter, but his cash account proved, on
investigation, to be correct. ~
Julia Oslund has begun suit against
her cousin, John Oslund of Bismarck.
for SIS, 900 damages for seduction and
breach of promise.
In September 1876, 600 bushels of wheat
were marketed at Tower City, and re-
ceipts in October have averaged 10000
bushels a day.
Judge West, late of Yankton, will set
lie in Fargo as deputy collector of in
ternal revenue.
The government wing ofthe peniten
tiary at Sioux Falls, which has stood in
statu quo for a year, only the area walls
being completed, is to be completed at
once, all the contracts having been let,
under orders from the secretary of the
interior.
Mr.. F. Lowth, late county superin-
tendeit of schools, died at his home in
| Sioux Falls, on tae l3thinst. MIR. Lowth
was senior member of the late firm of
Lowth & How, Owatonna, MINI.
Joseph II. Kelly. the man who at
tempted to kill Mr.. Oliver o rtaking pos
session Of his claim, had a preliminary
trial at Fargo, and was held to the dis
trist court, bail being !!xed at IS, 900.
Not being able to furnish the bail, he
was committed to the Cass county JUL to
await the action of the grand jury.
Four carpenters employed by Peter
OuteIlin, at Spirit, God Lake farm, near
jamestown, were poisoned by eating
canned corn beef.
Elevators are being built Mt Pingree
and Sykesville. and Il first-class elevator
is to be 'erected at Darlington.
Diphtheria, OF a severe form, is ra-
ging in northwestern Union county and
several deaths have occurred.
Mrs. Philips is erecting a $50, 1000 res
idence at Sioux Falls.
William Stouch of Westport dropped
dead while threshing.
John Erickson Renswold, who has been
missing from his home near Gardner,
was found dead recently about u mile
north ofTrysill. Suicide.
A steam t%hreshing machine at work
on the farm of Col. J. Davenport, near
Mitchell set fire to the grass around it
while the men were at dinner and be-
fore the flames could be checked'they
destroyed LOO bushels of oats, and 70
bushels o. flax, and the machine itself
was also burned up, causing a loss of $3OO.
A big prairie fire started five miles
west OF Egan which burned up abou. 500
bushels of wheat and $50 tons OF hay
for farmers living on its path. 1t also
burned Al Nallier's residence, which
he was not occupying at the time.
One Hanson county farmer has
raised $500 bushels of corn,
The Free Masons of Sioux Falls have
borrowed $4,000 with which to COM
plete their Masonic temple.
Darlington is the county seat of the
newly organized Foster county. The
commissioners are l.. r. Casey, Horace
Clark, and Z. w. Bremen.
Columbia claims to have expended
sl97,564in building improvements the
past year.
McLean county has been organized,
with her county seat at Washburn.