The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-27

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well on his place, % feet deep, bored
with a 22inch auger, that furnishe.
him a plentiful supply of water of the
the greatest purity.
A writer in an eastern exchange
insists that a man should use botf
hands equally well. Bless his simpl.
soul he does out in Dakota. He
drives with one hand and-tra, la, la
ira, Ia, la, trill, la, la, la, loo.
We acknowledge the receipt Of
the biennial report of the Auditor Of
Dakota, also the book dakota" com.
piled by A. H. Holt and published by
Rand McNally & Co. Chicago, both
valuable books of reference.
J. D. Harris of Sioux Falls, repre-.
senting the Northwestern Manufacture
ing Co. of Saltwater Mimi. delivered
some entertaining temperance lectures
at the Presbyterian church on Sunday
and Monday evenings last.
A new stamp is among the proba-
bilities, which will enable the sender
of a letter to insure its delivery, if
addressed to a free delivery Office, at
any hour received from early morning
until midnight. The cost of the
stamp will be ten cents.
A analysis of railroad accidents
compared with amount of travel,
shows that if a person were to travel
ten hours a day at a speed os ten
miles an hour, during every day in
the year, he would be probably killed
at the end of 1885 years.
The average life of farmersis sixty
five, while that of editors is thirty
three, which shows the necessity of
prompt payment to the latter so that
he may have the pleasure of handling
his own money during his short so.
journ on this sublunary sphere.
Memorial services in honor of late
General Manager, Merrill were held
at Mitchell on Sunday last. Special
trains were run and complimentary
tickets issued to invited guests. Kim,
ball sent the largest delegation Of any
town on the road. The services were
held at the court house and were very
impressive.
County warrants in Aurora county
are below par. A BIZ! las been intro.
duced into the Legislature authorizing
the county to issue bonds to pay
them. If a special act is necessary in
Aurora county why not in Brule?
Somebody has made a big blunder, is
it the commissioners, their advisor,
or the GRAPHIC? we shall see.
"For seven years a New Hampshire
mechanic made a circuit of half a
mile twice per day rather than pass a
powder house. The other day ne
learned that it had been empty for
eight years." Something like the
man who wound his clock up every
night for eighteen years, and then
learned that it was a seven-day clock.
Last week the GRAPHIC stated that
Kimball had the most modest girl in
the territory, as she always, when sit
ting down arranged her dress so that
even the legs of the chair couldn't be
seen, which has brought forth a note
from a Chamberlain young lady who
thinks not, because she always Grapes
the limbs of herpiano when her beaux
calls. Next?
Capt Nugen has received a letter
from w. H. Lewis, one of the gentle.
men who is to come here and build
the grist mill, stating that he is max.
ing preparations as fast as possible to
come to Kimball the latter part OF
March and commence operations
MIR. Lewis will never regret the day
he came to Kimball, a feeling that
will be mutua! on all sides.
The Brule County Democratic Cen
trail Committee, consisting of one
member in each township, who were
elected last fall and approved by the
Kimball convention, hold their offices
for two years from the date of sale
convention. That was the call under
which they were elected
The removal of the county seat Of
Brule county by a majority vote vii
result in locating it at kimball. Will
a Touring mill and the county seat
Kimball will shave the boom."-Cus
talia Republican.
The Republican is perfectly correc
in its conclusions, and coming from
that paper it is doubly appreciated.
Special Legislation is reprehensibl'
and dangerous and despised by al
good citizens Register.
Yes, dangerous when you got you