The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Things in General.

Things in General.
Sonora, old as that state is, has moi
more than 125,000 Inhabitants. and 75,.
0GO of these are pure Indians. The are
about 5000 natives OF the United States
in that state, mostly spectators. Fabu.
lous sums are said to have been taken
out of her mines, and now and then a
vase filled with gold nuggets left by the
Spaniards.
OF the six largest sugar producing
countries of Europe, Germany this yea,
carries off the palm, with SOC, 600 tons,
or 80 per cent. OF the whole. Next comes
Austria with $4,000 tons, France with
425, 0OO, Russia with 250,aO0, Belgium,
$4,000, and Holland with $4,000. Ger.
many has'not only the greatest number
of refinerles, 357 out of ,204. but the
largest also.
The chair which was used by her roy.
al highness Princess Louise at the open.
ing and closing of Parliament, during hel
residence in Canada, has been sent to
her royal highness as a souvenir of her
StJuulil II LuC DUtltlllOus II
inscription has been placed on the back
of the chair; Presented to her royal
highness Princess Louise by the Minis.
tiers OF the Dominion OF Canada, advisers
to his excellency tha governor general,
the Marquis OF Lorne. 1888"
The set of sapphires owned by the wife
Of Mr.. Mackay, of ~"bonanza" fame, is
! valued at 5000 600, and comprises the
diadem, brac .lets, ring, earrings and
necklace, with a large pendant. The
contents other jewelrj chest is valued at
81 ,WGA, eco.
An oleander tree near s~panishtown,
Fla, covers a space of eround thirty-six
feet in diameter; from the ground to the
topmost limb is twenty-five feet; at the
surface of the ground the trunk is divi.
ed into twenty or twenty-five seperate
Stems, the group being at least five feet
through, and one single stem is by
actual measurement fourteen inches
thick.
The compiler of English as She is
WROTE" claims to have found in an
otherwise sober account ola shipwreck
-" Sodla lax SithtitDSt 1lulu.
she was insured for a. large sum and
loaded with pig iron"
While on his way from England to
Australia, Mr.. NJ. d. Conway, who is
making a tour around the world, saw o
very peculiar sun. One morning, he
says, that in place of the usual orb, an
intense blue sun rose at,ove the horizon
and maintained its startling color the en-.
tire day.
A poker game lasting for three days
and nights was played recently at Marys.
vile, Cal. The ''ante" was IS, and: the
"pots" were big. At one tin e there was
over 1000 in sight on the table. New
players came in from time to time, and
others retired, hut n man stuck to the
game pretty closely until it closed, and
cleared about $500.
A prominent and prosperous farmer
of Michigan is quoted as saying recently:
when I was a boy and trudged along
to school l was taught to take off my ha.
and make obeisance whenever / met q
grown person. How is it now? WHY, q
man is fortunate if he can pass BY o
sc~hool-house without being snow
balled.n
There were $500 patients in the III.
natic asylums of France last year. OF
whom about 1000 were men and 81, 0OC
women, showing that females are the
most liable to insanity. That thev are
less influenced by treatment is shown
by the fact that the average duration OF
treatment for men is 276 days, while fol
| women it is 295 days.
Very good intentions. but very stupid
provisions, were those OF the Connect.
cut man who b%equeathed $500 in bank
stock, to be held in trust until the accu.
mutation by compound interest shall
swell 1t to 5000, 900. thenfto be given tc
the town. Perhaps in leo years his en-.
crosby may be appreciated.