The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-24
Things in General.

Sonora, old as that state is, has not
more than $4,000 inhabitants. and 49,.
900 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 q
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 100000 tons,
or SO per cent. of the whole. Next comes
Austria with 475,000 tons, France with
425,O00, Russia with $50 900, Belgium,
10000, and Holland with 24,G00. Ger
many has not only the greatest number
Of %refinerles, 357 out of 1,204. hut 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
sojourn in the Dominion. The following
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 the governor general
the Marquis OF Lorne. 1888"
The set of sapphires owned by the wife
of Mr.. Mackay, of "bonanza" fame, is
valued at $500. 900, and comprises the
diadem, BRACELETS, ring, earrings and
necklace, with a large pendant. The
contents other jewelry chest ia valued al
i LOCO, 900.
An oleander tree near spanishtown,
Fla, covers a space of ground 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 of a shipwreck
the following passage: "The captain
swan ashore. So did the ~chambermaid,
she was insured for a large sum ani
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 9
very peculiar sun. One morning, he
says, that in place of the usual orb, an
intense blue sui rose above 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 $1,000 in sight on the table. New
players came in from time to time, and
| others retired, but n man stuck to the
game pretty closely until it closed, and
cleared about 5000.
A prominent and prosperous farmer
of Michigan is quoted as saying recently:
"When I was a boy and trudged along
to school I was taught to take off my hat
and make obeisance whenever / met a
grown person. How is it now? Why, a
man is fortunate if he can pass by a
school-house without being snow.
balled."
There were $500 patients in the III.
natic asylums of France last year. Of
whom about p, 600 were men and 81, 900
women, showing that females are the
most liable to insanity. That they 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 1896 days.
Very good intentions. but very stupid
provisions, were those OF the Connect.
cut man who ~bequeathed $4,000 in bank
stock. to be held in trust until the accu-
mutation by compound interest shall
swell it to 100000. then to be given to
the town. Perhaps in 100 years his gem
erosity may be appreciated.