The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-11

The Identification of President Arthur's adj
ministration with the reform of the civil SER
wee took shape in February aud March. Sem
at,r Pendleton's bill was passed Jan. 4;
carly in March the president appointed DIR,
man B. Eaton OF New York, John NJ. Gregory
of Illinois, and L D. Thoman of Ohio, evil
tor David Davis retired from the vice
presidency, and Senator Edmunds elected 10
succeed him. March 4 congress adjourned,
John w. Foster was sent as minister to Spain.
Thomas w. Palmer of Detroit was elected TO
the Scuate. Atril ) Walter @ Gresham was
appointed postmaster s .t.lal to succeed 7. O..
Howe, deceased. May 81 Water Evans
was appointed commissioner of internal
revenue TO succeed Green b. Raum. In August
President Arthur came West, gong by way of
the Union Pacific to tbs Yellowstone park.
Dec. l, the Forty eighth congress met and J,
q. Carlisle of Kentucky was slected speaker,
On lbs 18th the republican national committee
met at Washington and elected Senator Sabin
chairman, 10 succeed Marshall Jewell, do.
ceased, and Chicago was selected for the next
national convention.
In the State. several notable changes have
taken place. Jan. 1, Gov. Butler was in
auSurated ut Boston. James S Boynton was
swosE in as governor of Georgia, to succeed
Alexander H. Stephens, deceased. Arril ~.
H.. u. McDauiel was nominated for governor,
and ON tue 2ith was elected, to succee [, Boyp-
ton. May II, Proctor Knott was nominated for
governor Of Kentucky. and later was elected.
~ ouASC lIohuiS, democrat, WA
elected governor OF ONO; Buren, r. sner-
man, Republican, of Iowa; George D. Robin.
son, Republican,, of Massachusetts; Robert NC
Lane, Democrat, of Ma yland: Leon Alb
belt, Democrat, of New Jersey; and l. +. Hub.
bard, Republican. Of Minnesota.
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Int the dramatic world the year has been more
Dr. less memorable. Mrs Langtry made her
FIRST appearance i'll the West at Chicago, on
January l.. After an extended tour through
me country, in which she experienced
theatrical scandal, she sailed home July "a.
Her earnings are said to have been neai ly
FOO, IN THIS country LII October Henry
irving aud Ellen Terry landed in New York
rad the former appeared the follow
welcome from people and press such
as belonged to Enlland's greatest
ictor. Mary Anderson went TO London in Dc
tober, and has played s.eiditv at the Lyceur.
Mapieson and Abbey have brought large aid
,igh-pricot operate performers from Euroye,
INC udlng Pattl, Gerster and Sembrich, and
have been playing il fierce rivalry at the M-t-
r%opo!itan and the Academy of Music in Nsw
YORK.
Jan. 6, in q billiard match, cushion carroma,
at Nav York, Maurice Daily def atsl VII inn
sexton; average: DAILY, i SOB; Sext u, 4
l1-l1l. The wre st.iug match on tho Is n,
At Louisville, Ky. between John Gra-
lam MI SihiSIiCS whistler, F utSt TWO
ans of three fails, Grace Roman and
c%atch-as cateh.can, was won by GRAHAM. In
The droco Romtn wrestling match, tha 27tI,
for 5000 and championship, at st, IouiY, be-
,ween Mul!oon and Bauer, the former won.
Feb. 4 Mu!doon downed Bibby in a
wrestling match at 81. Louis. Ga the
sd Carver beat Bogarius at Louisville:
score, 50 to So. March II the National league.
and Amsrican Baso Bali associations ma 10 uu
'lIeir differences. The Chicago billiard tol"-
| namelt unaugl on Jhp .Dktb Witl, II Nt,tnr,- tnr
beats tao best record at tilli4rls,
It Chic,go. May II. Sullivan knockel ont
Mitchell n three rounds in New York. Jniy
IS, tbs Pullman regatta oHcned at Pulim ~. III.
August Il, sullivan, il a glove lig,tt atIhs A.ali-
son hqnare Garden, Now York city, kpoc! 4
out Herbert A. Sialo ia two snd a-ha.f
rounds. On the 18Th William Ryan. john
Morrissey's trainer III his cafly days, died at
Fort Edward Boston won tNe Ieagne cham-
ponshEp; The Athletic, Of Philadelphia, the
American aud The Toledo nine the Northwest.
ern championship.
EVENTS.
The year has beeu esp aciaiiy e|yantful in tho
Northwest. In Minnesota Senator Window
WIS defeated for re election, and D.. NJ. Subin
elected on the twetty-uinth ballot, Feb. ..
The capital of Dakota, after a long
and arduors struggle, was removed to
Bismarck by Coy, Orlway and the capital
commission chosen TIN nigh his instrumeutai-
ity. Tbs Northern Pacific road was completed
and formally opened Sept. S. st. Paul aud
MINNEAPOLIS, on sept 3, celebrated this
event with a mssniticonce and en;hu,
-lasm never ba'ote phown in tho two
cities. President Willard. accompanied by
numerous guests, among whom were G II.
Grant and ey-Sccre'aries Evarts aud Schutz,
was accorded e grand ovation. ending with a
banquet given by the city of St Paul ut tho
Lafayett. hotel, Lake Minnelonka. The last
spike was driven Sept. 9, at a point sixty
miles west OF Helena, with appropriate aud
elaborate ceremonies. The Yellowstone
park was this year opened to the public by
b airing a large number of Invited guests,
spenta fortnight there. The Canadian Pacific
was pushed on to the Rocky mountains. Rich
discoveries of gold in the tnur d'AIene
mines have stimulated crowded emigration
th.ther. The crops throughout Minnesota and
Dakota were generally good. Early frnsrs
damaged wheat III some parts Of the Red River
valley. The Improvement Of the mineral
region north of Duluth was be.un III tho
building o. the Iron Range railroad, which is
to tap that hithereto unknown section of the
State One of the important events is the
completion of the NJ lnitoba railroad vladuca at
Minneapolis, tho first stone bridge across the
Mississippi.
One OF the most blood-cur1ling crimes of tho
past year was the killing of Richard Pierce of
st. Paul the night of jan. l.. Great excitement
was caused by the affair, which was only
aiiayeU py me HlscoVery OF tho supposed dead
man in the pineries aud his return nome. The
number of murders in the United States is
probably larger for 1888 than any preceding
year. Oniy two celebrated crimes can
be mentioned. June s Armistead Barlisda @
killed his cousin, Scott Clayton, at Lawrence
burg, Va, aud u few days later committed
suicide i'll remofsc. March l, jimmie L liytt,
the puugilist, was shot and killed in Chicago
by Jero Dunn. a notorious sporting man.
March s. George C~oakling shot and killed W.
! II 4 n,r,ppttny.. tn Il, .t, e: NJ
York; Conkling was let Off on bail and is
living in Nevada. At Harrodsburg, KY, April
~, Congressman Phil Thompson shot and
killed instantly Walter II. Davis, whom he
charged with seducing his wife. Thompson
was acquitted. April "a, a mob at DEVILS
Lake killed the two Ward brothers. AT Union
town, Pa, June 13, James Mutt Killed Dukes
who murdered his father, Capt. Nuit, in an
alteration over q slaniet against Miss
Pitt,hurg. Sept 3, the body of Rose Amoler
Cara was fouud at Stamford, Conn. The muir
derer escaped. On the 25si: Of the s4me
month, Ada Atkinson was brutaliy murdered
by Melting at Oxford, lud. Melting was subse-
1uentiy iynched.
Other notable crimes wore the robbery of
ne City bank, New York, of SlS o by
Cashier Shaw and Assistant Cashier Beach !;
the abduction of Zerelda Garrison at ST. Louis;
the robbery at Panama of Tl5. . sent by the
government 10 the United States feet in the
Pacific; o. b. Ovens Sealing $500, uOO from
the st. Louis bank; the robbery of $50 900 ia
diamonds at Springfield. III; the assault Oh
La y Fiorende Dixie i'll he grounds Mt Wind
sor; robbery of the United States ex-
press company of $4,000 at Des Moines;
murder OF two men ip The posse that captared
the Barber brothers in Iowa; the defalca;ion of
Treasurer Polk OF Tennessee to the amount of
SlGo, OOO; the murder of Brandy by
h!s wife ard her paramount at Argyle,
M'nn.; the ombeZz oment of Phi ps,
hf Philadelphia aims house keepsr:
the robbery of Secretary reller's trunks. con,
aiming $4,000 OF diamonds. at Livingston.
Mont The murder of seven negroes at Dal-
Vile, Va, on election nsy aud the shnn,inn ~