The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-17
GENER4L NEU.S IN BRIEF.

The long-talked-of location of the great
hGtel--to secure the site for which St. Paul
enterprise contributed 1910 COO as a bonus
for a $750,nO superstruciure-has at last
been determined, and there IS now no OBJ
stacle i'll the way of immediate work upon
the foundation. 1t is to be COMPLETED in
two years, the site selected is the tract
bounded by $50 feet on Seventh street on
the north, 300 feet Oh Robert street on the
west, and $50 feet on Sixth street on the
south, or the magnificent total of SEQ feet
frontage on three OF the best business streets
in The city, and at a point midway between
the state capitol, the postoffice and custom
houss district IN the west, and tbs union
depot and the wholesale district or the
east; and the river and leyee interests on
the south. and the tend of business north
toward the preat terminal grounds of the
Northern Pacific; in fact, the most central
location that could possibly have been Sc
lected.
For some time it has been known in st.
Paul to a few that Mr.. ]. ]. Hill, president
of the Manitoba railway, contemplated the
purchase of the White Bear township farm
ofC D. Gilfllan. 1t may be stated that
the farm, which is more than {, OOc acres in
extent and touches upon the township of
Moundsview, was bought for $50 900, and
will be made one of the most notable cour.
try seats in the west. MIR. Hill intends to
remove most of his famous blooded stock
from bis Hen nepin county farm to his new
purchase, and before doing so to make
many costly and noteworthy improvements.
He has an admirable field OF work in, since
the farm includes '.lak%s, rills, rayines. and
hillsides fine" with more than one eligible
site for the manorial home to be erected.
The owner is a great believer in and lover
of Polled Angus cattle, and unless present
intention changes, some of the most costly
and long-pedigreed representatives of that
highland stock will be domiciled at the
Ramsey county country place.
Gov. Hamilton OF Illinois declines 10
honor Gov. Hubbsrd's requisition for the
two negroes in the state prison at
Chester, ILL.,, who are suspected of killing
officer O'Connell at st. Paul a year ago.
The refusal is based upon the opinion OF
the attorney general of Illinois. He holds
that the conditional pardon asked for chat
is tina. the prisoners be pardoned conti-
%tionally upantheir conviction ofmurder ia
Minnesota) is not a conditional pardon at
all, not being forgiveness, release or remis-
SION" aud consequently the governor can
not grant it. The application was faulty
also in other respects.
Considerable excitement prevailed ID
Bellevue Ohio, on the LIST inst. In last week
issue of the Local News, of which Fl. Baker
$ editor, an article appeared denouucing
the employees of the Nickel Plate railroad
as bummers and loose characters. A body
OF fifty or sixty OF these working men
marched down the street headed by a brass
band and stopped in front of the Local
News Office, built a bonfire and burned the
editor in efigy.
The Philadelphia Times prints an eiab-
crate answer from Jefferson Davis to Judge
Blacks reputed exposure OF secession Sc.
crets," in which the ex.confederate pres.
ident reviews in rather pungent sentences
the assertions n record OF Judge Black
as President B%uchanan's chief cabinet of:
fiuer.
William B. Fowle, treasurer of the Au.
burndale (Mass.) Watch company, has
failed. The liabilities are now supposed to
be small, although nothing definite is
known. The failure will undoubtedly in.
volve the watch company, whose liabilities
are thought to exceed assets.
W. NJ. Patterson, a petroleum broker in
New York has given a fellow broker. A. S
Jones, whom be dislikes 500 to refrain
from speaking to BIN. Jones turned the
money over to q charitable institution and
cheeriully keeps his word.
The coinage at the United States mint in
Philadelphia during the past month aggre
gated BOSS, 600 pieces, valued at 81 ,22S, 800.
This amount was made up of LOO, 600 sill
yer dollars, 256,0o0 ive-cent pieces land
100000 cents.
Sat the Buffalo races on the ssh was the
special for q purse of $1,000, trotted by ST.
Julien, Edwin Thorne Trinkes land Fanny
Wi!herspoon. ST. Julien took all but the
first heat, which was dropped TO Thorne,
who came in a good second afterwsrd.
The Grand Duke Lopis ", whose wife
the Princess Alice of E~ngland-died five
years ago, is said to ee about to marry his
sister-in-law, the young Princess Beatrice,