The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-04

ouo cA"o Ao - caught HILL RuIl1HA0O%e
But he. like the rest Of the tribe are
starving and therefore Desperate.
0The Bad Lands Cowboy" is the5un-
ique title Of thorough cattle paper,
published at MedHa, Oak, which Is
fast becoming a noted cattle point. II
gives oil the cattle and general news Of
the Bad lands, and advocates Medora
as the cattle headquarters Of the North
The name Of the paper calIss
attention to the two things concerning
which the editor, Al. Packard, wishes
to change public opinion, a. the Bad
Lands are not bad, but very good, and
produce mints of money; and the COW
boys, as a rule, ere good citizens. The
exceptions have formed public opinion
against them.
The Northwestern, Omaha and
Northern Pacific railroads have issueda
special joint freight tariff announcing
the rate on all Black hills freight, ex-
cept explosives and classes higher than
first-class. via Dickinson, Oak, from
Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine and Keno
sha, to be 70 cents per 100 pounds.
The rate will go into effect tomorrow.
This has fairly knocked the bottom out
of Black Hills rates, upon which q war
has been raging for several weeks.
There promises to be a lively fracas
over this business.
A tire broke out at Grafton in Mickle
Bros. saloon, next to the railway Goa
house, destroying this. also the build
lngs OF Frank Winship, and Clelland &
Saulter adjoining it. No wind was
blowing, or the whole city would have
o in ruins. Mickle Bros loss was
81, 200.
Ephriam Bonner Of Frederick vas ar
rested for kidnapping Elizabeth Brisle, I
on complaint of her father. Two years
ago Bonner brought a fourteen-year-old
girl with his family to Dakota, claiming
that he first verbally adopted her, the
girls parents ~consenting. The father
r%epudiates the alleged adoption, and
claims his daughter. The father is from
Rockwell, Iowa, Bonner's former home,
and has been at Frederick two weeks
searching for his child.
Business of the Devils Lake land Of
fce for February; Presumption declar-
atory statements, $50; cash entries, 50;
soldiers declalatory statements 3;
homestead entries, w; timber culture
entries, 1893; scrip locations, IL. The
land thus taken under the several acts
for the past month amounts to Sc, 035
acres, and lies within six townships.
The Dakota encampment ofthe'G. "A.
r., will convene at Sioux Falls, April
i: Over fifty posts will be represent
ed. 3sf I.
Lieut.. Cameron, at Fort Meade, was
robbed Of $3.50 by Private zoe, who es-
capped with the plumber.
Gen. Cortez F'essenden Of Huron,
surveyor general Of Dakota, u in Wash--
ington.
The Keller case was called; ut Grand
Forks by Judge Dewey, and as no one
appeared for the prosecution, the priK
oner was discharged and the case 81
missed.
The day before his death Bistx
Clarkson dictated: GIVE tie DaEsASae
clergy my love and tell them Of "a coa
dition."
Bathgate is to have . new Touring
mill, built by farmers who contribute
wheat toward the enterprise.
Tildeman & Taylor Of Maitland.
Douglass county, have purchased thu
property 81 the Mennonite colony, IQt
miles northwest Of Scotland. TIE
property consists Of 5 200 acres Of land.
upon which there are several houses.
barns, sheds. etc, and several HUNDRED
acres under cultivation. The price
paid was $25 900.
Mcpherson county has been organ
zed with the county seat 1t Leola,
with the following oticers:s Register 81
deeds and county clerk, Charles 4.
Herried; sheriff, S. r. Hardenbrook !:
assessor, Joseph Worthy Judge Of pro-
bate, w. w. Cornwall; surveyor, ED.
Haynes: Justices, Henry Hoover.
drew Williams; constabies; Datid E.s
Collins, in Hooker, %s
Capt. Griggs Of Granda
bought from Alsop Bros. 3lfSs9ilRS
and the New York cspitaliizSis1s
steamers Pluck and AIsop aad
ges, md NIL the wheat warehouses 3
the river, for Messam pf Oh, Ok Mes
expects TO do . lively bnsiness iii xiyaxs
traffic and the conveyancAof pnsseninefaes5
by the Selkirk aud other boatx
coming season. sasSass
John Baker, 81 newsattlaf SS8
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