The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
In view of the prevalence Of cholers
in Spain, the Frenoh government has
given orders to subject arrivals from
Spain OF the Franco-Spanish frontier
to three days quarantine.
The change of administration in
England will involve the displacement
of less than fifty Office holders, only
the members Of the cabinet and a few
under secretaries step down and out.
By the death of Victor Hugo France
has lost the Carlisle OF her literature.
Whatever variance of views there may
exist as to his merits and course as 8
politician, there can be only one opin,
ion about the literary eminence of Vie
tor Hugo.
The moss crop of Florida is said to
be worth more than the cotton crop,
and it "a be placed on the market at
less expense. The demand exceeds
the supply, and there is not a county
in the state in which the product is not
going to waste,
No machine of travel that man ever
invented a equal the speed of wild
fowl. The canvas-back duck flies two
miles a minute. The broadbills go
slightly slower. The teal can fly at
the rate of 100 miles an hour; the wild
goose goes about ninety. .
The lean part of good beef should be
of a bright red color, with flakes Of
white fat through it, not larger than
pins in thickness, with Il white creamy
layer of fat on the outside. Very lean
beef that is free from fat Will be apt to
be tough and tasteless.
AT least 1000 persons are under the
management and direction of the Com
missioner of Pensions. The salary list
amounts to over 81, 900 annually.
exclusive of pension agents and exam
ming surgeons. The mail received av.
erages $500 pieces daily. The mail
sent out is much larger.
The birds o. I.ouisiana, papers of thai
state say, will soon be extcrminated.
The colored people there not only birds
birds an article of food, but have begun
to use their eggs for the same purpose.
The eggs of cartridges, robins, wrens.
knocking birds, and all others that they
can get their hands on are eaten.
It is stated that the treasury de-
partment is contemplating a change
in the management Of its sub-treasury
system. doing away with assistant
t%reasurers and designating certain
banks in various cities as banks of de-
post for government funds. This if
carried into effect, would eliminate the
~sub-treasurer's office in Chicago, Gin
cihati and several other cities.
Great distress threatens the people
of the border counties of Southwest
Virginia for food. Corn, the supply Of
which is their main support, is almost
exhausted and is selling at two dollars
per bushel, and the wheat crop, now
nearly ready for harvest, is so meagcr
that it will afford but little relief.
These are the counties which suffered
heavily from the drought and scourgs
of last year.
A man named Bowen died in Brook.
lyn thirty-two years ago. leaving au
estate valued at $1,000, 900, to be dtvi-
ded between three heirs by two trus-
tees. 1t has been in the courts ever
since, and now all of the heirs, two OF
the lawyers and one of the trustees are
dead, the surviving trustee being mora
than ninety years of age. An English
Chancery Court could hardly have
done better.
Ohio has 1,O17, 900 head of cattle,
making 24.S to the square mile. Iowa
has 1913 to the mile; Illinois, %; New
York, Is, and Texas 1873. For the
United States at large this is 8 head
for each GAO acres. Germany has 81
per square mile. Great Britain, 81.
IN the United STATES there are three
head of cattle for each fourinhabitant
while in Europe there is only one ami
NAL for every six persons.
A man writing from South Carolina
tells a strange story in natural history.
While out hunting he killed the moth
er of some young squirrels and secured
four of the little ones unhurt. He a
ried them home and gave them to a
cat that had lost her kittens, She took
charge of them and became exceeding
ly fond of them, and now they are
frisky little fellows running every
where and growing finely. They seem
t like their stepmother.
The late storm struck the deaf and
dumb institute, at Council Bluffs, tear
ing the roof from its moorines and
carrying it six hundred feet. The, cor
rldor between the new chapel and
main building was smashed to atoms
The roof Of the laundry was, badly
crushed. The new building was mol
injured. The cupola of the main
building was lifted bodily and hurled
through the air several hundred feet.
No persons were ininred althonnh