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Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13
The Calm Repose o9 .,eing Well
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believe the remark to be partly true
that the sense of being perfectly well
dressed gives to woman's manner q
calm repose anything else IS powcrIess
to bestow. l remember a dear little
friend of mine who attended a recep-
ton, and whose gown was joy of be-
holders. "But if you knew what suf-
fered with my Gloves" she said after
ward. II had spent all my allowance
in riotous rutlling, lace and things (when
woman has been extravagant. she al
ways calls her purchases "things'D and |
hadn't q penny left for gloves. had
dozen pair at home that had been
worn only once. Being Swede, they
were little soiled, but picked ont
very pale ocre pair, nearly the color OF
my gown. Well, powdered them and
they looked like new, and l was so
charmed with my gown that never
gave a thought to the powder at all.
After my first waltz, | saw my partner
look ruefully at his coat. 1t was whit,
with the powder of my gloves. l couh.
not expllin. SO supposed he thought it
came from my face. did not dance
again, and we left early. cried and
ma said it served me right. Your
toilet should be complete in every de-
tail, no matter how simple it may be-
and you have pie nty to expend on it,
threw the gloves in the fire when l got
home, and h the pleasure Of seeing the
kid squirm as if it sutferedI hope it did
l am sure.-Boston Herald"
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13

Franktord procured two old knives and
fitted them rudely into large handles
wrapped in rags. He transformed these
knives into saws. On one iron plate
were nine heavy bolts that fastened the
plate in Frankford's cell and then ex-
tended through twenty-inch stone wall
and fastened a plate in Robison's
cell. These bolts were
fastened by heavy hammered heads.
and were almost flush with the plates.
The plates were white-washed. frank
ford, with his rude tools, sawed the bolt
heads and Robson pulled the bolts out
from his cell. This work was slow, and
FIankford made wooden imitation bolt
heaas,, whitened them, and deceived
the jailer.
When the iron plates were removed
IN both cells the twenty-inch wall was
tunneled, and Frankford was able to get
into Robison's cell. During the day
they could put up the plates so snugly
as to deceive the most experienced eve.
The stones, of course, were also nicely
laid in, and the mortar and sand con-
cealed in their mattresses. The two
prisoners at night then worked their
way through the iron ceiling of Robisons
cell up into the upper tier cell occupied
by Clarence A. Dunn, another horse
thief under sentence. This very diff
cult task was safely performed, where
upon the three cut their way into the
attic, thence through the roof, then low
cred themselves to the ground by
blanket ropes and escaped.
To reach the roof they had to- saw
through . six-inch joist twice. All this
work. had to be performed in silence,
and in the dead of the night, with two
old knives and the iron bolts they
pulled out of the wall by which the
plates were fastened. Before going the
desperate men with false keys unlocked
a side door at the jail anu liberated
thirteen prisoners, in jail for various
petty crimes.
Late the same night they were cap
tured by citizens at the point of the pis-
toll. They are now back again in Jail.
Frankford takes his recapture very
coolly. and says that he showed what he
could do.-ICorrespondence New York
Sun
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13
A Thief,s Wonderful Exploit.

The escape of John Frankford. with
Clarance A. Dunn and j. Lewis Robson,
three desperate horse-thiefs was re-
markable exploit in its way. Frankford
short time ago was arrested for horse
stealing, and was placed in the iron
apartment of the West Chester (Pa.)
jail. The cell is completely lined with
boiler-plate iron half inch thick. "If
you get out Of here, Frankford," said an
officer, "you can get out of any iron cell
in the world" Frankford smiled, and
said he wouldn't be in hurry.
1t did not take long for Frankford to
discover that in the adjoining cell, which
was also lined with plate iron, was
another horse-thief, J. Lewis Robson.
Frankford at once planned for his es-
cape and Robson agreed to join him.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13
The FootllghJ Queens Boudoir.

The New York Morning Journal thinks
that Sara Jewett doesn't believe in
crimping her hair. She has very nice
hair Of her own, OF a soft, wavy texture,
and she has been told that any extra
manipulation with hot irons would
make her bald at forty-fve. Kate
Claxton has the finest hair in the theat-
rical profession, and 1t is her special
pride. The color is dark, rich auburn.
and it falls below her waist. If Kate
Ciaxton gives way to any particular van
ity it is her hair, at which she will some
times epend two hours before the glass
of s. morning, brushing, combing and
plating those luxurient tresses.
Rosa McAllister is a rather pretty
Young woman of twenty-seyen or SO who,
IN preference 10 occupying any secon-
dairy position in large city, prefers to
be star at the west. Recently she has
been touring in Dakota. During the
ners of large house in Duluth. and out
ofthis local editor made sort Of Lang
try. Gebhart episode. But the merchant
in question was different sort of man.
He streightway came back and had
battle royal with the editor. It seems
the lover militant had advanced some
money to Miss McAliister to carry on
her company. and went on simply to see
about his business affairs. Now the two
have become engaged, and the wicked
editor is covered with confusion. Rose
Coghlan IS now on her way to California,
and nothing does she regret more than
being obliged to leave her pretty fiat on
Fiftieth street, which, from the parlor in
the front to the kitchen in the back, is q
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13

to the Reindeer that night, and not drc.
of the hateful stuff had passed my lips.
Didn't fool you that night, and cure you
in the bargain?"
You little witch?" he cried, but the in
he said and drawing her close to his side,
''you cured me of habit tnat would have
'een MY ruin. Heaven bless you for it'll"
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13

Nine. Modjeska's husband, Charles B.
Chlapewski, has been admitted to Amer
lean citizenship in San Francisco.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13

Mrs. Howard Hart, of Troy, N. Y, has
Given $60,0cn to the Rensselaer, Poly
technic Institute.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13

Flowers are extravagant used on
dressy bonnets and hats of every de.
scription.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-13

Anna Dickinson will, it is said, under
take to act again next season.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01


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neration for the sum Of s7s5,as5. This, wit

operation for the Aam Of S725,a65. This, wit
ness thought, was about half of the real cost
of construction. Such a line would cost at
least q thousand dollars per mile. He was
not prepared to give. any detailed est;
mate of the cost of construction and
equipment. In regard to the right
of way, witness said he had known of cases
where over 81, 600 had been paid for the privi-
lege of erecting six poles. This item was prob
ably the most important in the cost of construc-
ton. On some routes the cost of rights of
way was much larger than on others. The
most expensive route in this respect would,
he thought, be that of a line between WASH
ington and Boston, and the right of way be-
tween Washington and Chicago could not be
acquired except for a large consideration.
Providing he had the rights of n pos
scssed by the Western Union Company, Robe
son asserted he would willingly undertake
to reproduce the entire telegraph system
in this country for S50,000.000, but
would hesitate at $500 600; The most
valuable rights of way possessed by the Vest
ern Union Company were those obtained
from the railroad system of the country, and
no estimate could be formed of the cost to the
Western Union Company of acquiring these
easements. The ordinary expense connected
with this item is incurred in obtaining rights
of way through cities. This was usually
placed under the head of legal expenses, for
lawyers were usually employed to obtain the
privileges in these cases. Witness had been
engaged in the construction of the Mutual
Union, American Rapid and several railroad
lines.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01

opposing mixed schools; favoring civil.
service reform, and opposing the one-man
power in Virginia, represented by Ma
hone.
WILLIAM wE1HE, Of Pittsburgh, was
elected President of the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION of Iron and Steel Workers on the
10th. Mr.. Jarrett was presented with a
solid silver tea-service and gold.headed
cane
The Michigan Prohibition State Conven-
tion met on the 10th at Eaton Rapids and
voted to raise 500, 600 as a campaign fund,
Endorsed the platform of the National Con-
vention at Chicago, and declared in favor
of constitutional and statutory prohibition
of the manufacture of liquor as a beverage.
The Government having recently secured
the title to the site of the birthplace of
George Washington, at Wakefield, Va,
a monumental building will be erected at a
cost of $4,000.
The Minnesota Democratic State Cen
trail Committee on the 18th nominated
Adolph Biermann for Governor in place of
w. W. McNair, declined. Biermann &C.
cepted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
PERSONAL AMI POLITIcAL.

1T was announced on the 18th that j. w,
Mackey had been elected a Director of the
Postal Telegraph Company, and that work
would commence at once on an extension
of the lines. The capital stock has been
increased to $21, 000, 900.
CAPTAIN RHODES, who purposed swim.
ming the Niagara whirlpool, after viewing
the waters on the 18th decided not to at
tempt the feat.
The New York State Republican Con-
vention will be held at Richfeld Springs
on September 10. The delegates will num-
Der four hundred and seventy-six.
ADv1cEs of the 18th left the President
and his party of tourists at Camp Bishop,
on the forks of Wind River. The health
of the party was excellent and they were
enjoying fishing and hunting amid scenery
of unsurpassed beauty.
A CALL for the nex Congress of the Ma
tional Liberal League, to be held at Mil
waukee, September 21-23, was issued on
the 10Th.
INSPECTOR HAwORTH, who has general
supervisory charge of the Indian schools,
recently returned to Washington from the
West, and reported good progress in the
- oio a1u ~equlpulouU Oh Une new
industrial Indian schools, which will now
accommodate over ten thousand pupils.
The Virginia Republican S~traight-out
Convention met at Richmond on the 10th.
A platform was adopted favoring a strict
adherence to Republican principles and
the protective tariff; indorsing James G..
Blaine for the Presidency; condemning the
reputation of one.third of the State debt;
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
A Cautious %COmmissary.

Unless he has actually seen them, no
one a form any adequate idea Of the
vast numbers of white-covered wagons
which followed our armies, carving
food, forage and ammunition; nor can
any one, whohas not actually witnessed
a panic among the drivers of these wag-
ons. form any conception of the terror
into which they were sometimes thrown.
The drivers of the ammunition wagons
were especially anxious to keep we'll
out of range of shells; and no wonder,
for if a shot were to fall among a lot of
wagons laden with percussion she'll, the
result may perhaps be imagined. 1t was
not strange, therefore, that the driver
of an ammunition wagon, with six
mules in front of him and several tons
of death and destruction behind him,
felt somewhat when he heard
the whir of shells over the tops of the
pines.
In looking for my regiment, I passed
n of these trains. The commissary
was dealing out forage to his men, who
were standing around him in a circle,
each holding open a bag for his oats,
which the commissary was alternately
dealing out to them with a bucket-a
bucketful to this man, then to the next,
and SO on around the circle. 1t was
clear, however, that he was more con-
cerned about the shells than interested
in the oats, for he ducked his head al
most every time he poured a bucketful
into a bag.
While 1 was looking at them, Page, a
Michigan boy, orderly to u Brigadier-
General, came up on his h3yse in search
Of u division train, for he wanted oats
for his horses. Stopping a moment to
contemplate the scene [ was admiring,
he said to me in a low tone:
"You just keep an eye on my horse,
will you? and I'll show you how 1 get
my oats"
1t was we'll known that Page could
get oats when nobody else could.
Though the wagon trains were miles
and miles in the rear, and had not been
seen for a week, Page was determined
his horses should not go to bed supper
less. Oats for the Generals horse Page
would have by hook or by crook.
"You see that commissary yonder,"
said Page, as he dismounted and threw
a bag over his arm. 'He's a coward,
he is-more interested in the shells than
anything else. Don't know whether
he's dealing out oats to the right man
or not. Just keep an eye on my horse,
will you?"
Pushing his way into the circle of
teamsters, who were too much engaged
in watching for shells to notice the pres
ence OF a stranger, Page opened his bag
while MIR. Commissary, ducking his
head at every crack of the cannon
poured in four buckets of oats, where
upon Page s%houldered his prize, and re-
turning, mounted his horse, with a
laugh, and a wink at me.-HurYv NJ.
KaeDe,, IN 81. Nichcl1s.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
LATER NEWS

JUDGE J. S. BLACK died on the morning
of the 18th at York, Pa, aged se~venty-three
years. He was born in that State, and be.
came Chief-Justice of its Supreme Court in
1854. He was Acknowledgement and Sec
rotary of State under PresidentsBuchanan.
He participated in nearly all the great
cases before the Supreme Court, including
the Constitutionality of the Reconstruction
acts.
THE deaths from cholera in Egypt on the
10th were 80, including fifty at Cairo and
t%hirty-two at Alexandria.
The Massachusetts Democrats will hold
their State Convention at Springfield, Sep.
TENDER 26.
AT a colored camp-meeting on the 10Th,
on the outskirts of Nashville, Tenn,
trouble arose between the negroes and
white spectators, and the latter fired
twelve shots into the people, one white
man being killed and eight negroes
wounded.
R. McCREADY g. Co.'S boot and shoe
factory, at Montreal, was destroyed by fire
on the 10Th. Loss, 500, 900.
FIVE cases of yellow fever developed in
the Pensacola Navy Yard on the 18th, and
SC OuVoA0Cs e COluOu ldu D0eU GSUdD.
lished, and hospital tents and disinfect.
ants had been shipped from New Orleans.
FRANK BLOOD was bitten by a little dog
at Howe's Cove, N. Y, on the 18th, and
died the same evening from nervous fright.
THERE were forty deaths from yellow
fever at Havana during the week ended on
the 18th.
CAsAM1ccIoLA, which was recently de.
stroyed by an earthquake, is rapidly being
rebuilt. Up to the 10Th 1914 wooden houses
had been erected and occupied.
TWELVE stores and six warehouses at
Crawford, Miss, representing 500, 900,
were burned the other night.
WILLIAM VERT SYKES, United States
Consul at Cardiff, Wales, and husband of
Olive Logan, died on the 18th.
A SCHOONER, said to have carried a
black flag, was sunk off Atlantic City, N.
j., a few days ago, and all hands were
supposed to have been lost.
In New York on the 18th Samuel Comp.
ers, President of the Amalgamated Trade
and Labor Union of that city, testified be-
fore the Senate subj Committee Oh Labor
and Education that during the past two
years, out of one hundred and sixty
strikes, all were compromised except
twenty, and in the great majority of cases
the strikes had been of benefit to the
laboring classes. He denied that the
socialistic element had gained control of
labor organizations in this country. To
remedy the existing evils he recommended
the enforcement of a National eight-hour
law and an act to legalize the incorpora-
ton of Trade-Unions throughout the codn-
try.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
Small Wastage on a Large Amour
Work.

The annual settlement of accounts
the Philadelphia Mint for the last fsd
year closed July 6. Representatid
of the Treasury Department by weia
ing up enormous amounts of gold a
silver on hand arrived at the actual Id
in the operations of the institution 4
the period named. The result of d
examination discloses the fact that Il
wastage of gold and silver in the open
tons Of last year were the smallest on
amount of bullion operated upon in 4
history of the Mint. The total amouI
Of gold bullion operated upon duril|
the past year was 2,21O, 944.82 ouncd
equal to seventy-six tons. The tot,
amount of silver oparated upon w1
1851, 1882 ounces, equal to 1,5d
tons. The gold coinage for the ye1
consisted of 415,486.5 ounces, equal
fourteen tons, the value being s7.729|
$3.50. The number of gold piece
struck and issued was 94l, $50. III
total silver coinage issued weighed l|
551,9Os.SS ounces, equal to 1862 toni
value $685. 40. Is. The number 4
pieces of silver coined was 49,, 79S,Va
The total minor coins issued weighe|
7,315,l35.30 ounces, equal to 25l tong
value S1,428, 3O7. 16. The number q
minor coins was (, 1851, 1926.
The legal wastage allowed by law p
the gold operated on during the yea
was S32.01S.33. The actual wastas
was $20.77 I, showing the wastage O
gold to be S31, 997. Sc less than the lea
allowance. The legal wastage on tn,
silver allowed by law was 57,29s'
ounces, equal to S57, 293.O D., at STA
ounce. The actual wastage on sllVe
worked was SO9.23 ounces, equal I
SSO9.23, or $50 80 less than III u
legal allowance. In other words, 1 u
actual wastage at the Mint upon IN
operations on the precious metals W.
$S3O.12. while the legal allowance W.
$89,5l1.38.-Scientftc american.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
FOREIGN.

NIHILISM is finding a foothold in the
schools of Russia, and arrests Of students
have recently been quite frequent.
! A GREAT storm occurred in Switzerland
on the 18th. Three villages in the vicinity
of Berne and Morat were set on fire by
lightning.
The Emperor of Morocco havinfR refused
to pay the claims of Italian R-y}sts, war
was imminent on the 18th. In Tangiers,
the capital, tho Italian Envoy lowered his
flag, this hostile act causing a panic among
the inhabitants.
The depositors in a small London saw
ings bank, upon being refused on the 18th
their funds on demand, wrecked the prem
Uses and the police would not interfere.
ADvICEs of the 10th state that 1.-THE Rus
sian Minister of the Interior had ordered
the enforcement of the,decree prohibiting
Jewish manufacturers from employing
Christian workmen.
In the British House of Commons on the
10Th Parnell threatened that if the short
comings of the Land act were not soon
remedied he would lead an agitation deep
er and more desperate thar any hitherto
experienced in Irish politics.
The deaths from cholera in Egypt on
the 10th numbered 467, including sixty.
two at Alexandria. The French mission
to study the features of the cholera had
arrived in Alexandria. -.
THE Americans won the International
cricket match at Toronto on the 10th by an
inning and forty-nine runs.
w thousand Bedouins attacked the
sanitarium at Sinkat, Egypt, on the 10Th,
and were repulsed with a loss of sixty
killed. The soldiers defending the place
lost seven men and the civilians five.
For the first seven months of this year
French imports show a comparative in
crease of 5s,000,O 900 francs, while the ex
ports fell off 50,000,0 900 francs.
THREE powder mills near Halifax, N.
S., exploded a few days ago. killing Henry
McEwan, and fatally injuring Rowley
Smith and Charles Miller.
The whaling schooner Eva, after a voy.
age of two years, seventeen months OF
which were passed in the ice, arrived at st.
Johns, N. f., on the 18th.
JEFF MILLER, a citizen of San Antonio,
Tex, got drunk at Monterey, Mex, on the
18th, II when two policemen attempted
his arrest he killed one and fatally wound.
ed the other. The wretch was then cut to
pieces with a saber.
THERE were four hundred and thirty.
three deaths from cholera in Egypt on the
10th, including six at Cairo and forty-one
at Alexandria.
No LESS than twenty thousand persons
were idle in the district of Ashton-under.
Lyme, England, on the 18th, on account of
the refusal of the master weavers to in.
crease wages.
TWENTY-FIVE students of the st. Peters.
burg University have been exiled to Siberia
for being connected with a Nihilist journal.