The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-16
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.


William W. Stockton, . prominent
business man of Huron, died suddenly.
1t is reported that petroleum has been
found thirty miles north of Salem, an6
apout forty miles northwest of Bismarck
Three prisoners broke jail at Fargo
and no clue has been found. They wer,
in for minor offenses, and made theil
escape by breaking through wall
They have probably crossed to Mime
| sofa
The house of N. M. Thompson, nea,
Huron, was burned by prairie fire.
The house of Mr.. Robertson, nea,
Darlington, was burned, with its con
tents.
Pillsbury & Hubert will build an ad
| dition to their elevator at Larimore o
10000 bushels, which will make in al
an 10000 bushel elevator.
In quarrel at Fort Peirre, Joe Scott
fired at Joe Rivers, the ball grazing his
head and glancing across the cheek Of
Mrs. Beam, plowing fearful cash.
tocOtG was arrested,
Rev. j. II. Clark, Presbyterian min.
lister, was arrested at Glendale for
stealing hay. The best citizens of the
place, it is said, believe him innocent OF
the charge.
Rudolph Schulter of Sioux Falls at
tempted suicide with o revolver. He
aimed at his heart, but the ball did not
puncture the skin.
Mrs. Shinn, living near Tower City,
was terribly burned in putting out q
prairie fire, which threatened her home.
N. J. Harvey, run over by train at
Valley City several days since, died Fri
day morning.
The Dakota Medical association will
hold its third annual meeting in Mitch.
ell, Wednesday, May 81.
Mr.. E. F. Messersmith, formerly OF
st. Paul, arrived in Dickinson, from his
cattle ranch at Killdeer, Mont. with a
fine specimen of gold bearing quartz,
found on his ranch.
Two or three of the Indian boys at
the new Indian school in Yankton have
provided themselves with blankets and
turned their faces homeward.
The corpse of a man. by the name Of
Grannaham was found onithe Northen
Pacific track, near Little Missouri, hav.
ing been run over and killed by train.
Mrs. Carrie NJ. Pierce, the widow Of
Capt. Pierce, the murdered city magis-
trate, of Mitchell has removed to her
former home in Manchester, Iowa.
William A. Young, q woodchopper,
committed suicide by hanging himself
near Rapid City.
Ninety three foreigners were natural
lied at the late term of court at Swan
Lake.
The grand lodge and encampment oi
Odd Fellows meet In Mitchell May IA
and the session will continue four days
The territorial convention of county
commissioners will gather in Fargo May
20.
Ground was broken at Mitchell, fol
the University Of Dakota.
Grandin is to have 200 barrel ffou,
mill this season.
At Portland h. KEELING, baggage mas.
ter on the Maryville & Breckenridge
line, was examining revolver, when il
was discharged, the ball penetrating his
brain, causing instant death.
Senator Conger and Mr.. Cutcheon o1
Michigan have presented to the presi
dent the papers of Col. Lounsbury 70,
the governorship Of Dakota.
The grand jury at Wahpeten returned
twenty-six indictments, among them
several charging wheat stealing. ia
cob and Isaac Learson and Louis Knud
son were convicted on the latter charge
A horse, buggy and harness belong
ing to +. P. Webb, in all worth $500
We're stolen from the Methodist ehurcI
at Huron. Suspicion rests on a boy
who had been in Jail there long time
but gave the deputy sheriff the slip
few days since.
As the steamer Grandin was descend.
| ing the Red river man named Bucher
laborer working near Holy Gross, fell
| off the steamboat and perished. The
boat was stopped, but no trace of hin
could be found. The body was not re
| covered.
George Stebbing Of Woonsocket says
that Hank Lewis of Mitchell, Oak,
killed his partner in the cattle business
in Arizona Territory, over a quarrel
about their partnership property, which
among other property, covered 600 head
of cattle, in all worth probably $40, 900,
| At Salem last fall Peter Fiddler at.
tempted to shoot John Norton. The
jury, after being out th.rty-one hours
returned a verdict of assault. Peter
was sentenced to thirty days in jail and
pay the costs of prosecution, amounting
to $157. so. The verdict causes much
indignation among the people in that
vicinity. The Salem Register says
SHOULD Fiddler ever attempt to live in
McCook county we would like to take
out q big insurance risk on his life.
! The new court house at Wapheton il
now occupied. It is large and convent.
ent.
Robert T. Sinclair, paper hanger and
house decorator at Fargo, has deserted
his wife, who is in straightened circum.
stances.
Deputy Sheriff John Lowell was en-
gagged to be married to Miss Ida Lawtor
Of Washington Springs, on the 80 ult.
but few days ago the family were
stricken with diphtheria, and as none q
the neighbors would come near, beinl
| afraid Of taking the disease, Lowell at
tended the family, and was compelle,
unaided, to place his afiianced in be
! coffin.