The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-06-19
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NOTES,

SA'SNs DSeoAS
county, and John A. Ziegler at Harold,
Hughes county.
A young man named Ed Mccormick,
who recently came from Oneida coun.
ty, n. Y, was drowned near Mitchell,
while bathing.
Two strangers attempted to steal the
gold and silver communion service of
the st. James Catholic church, in Keno
sha, but were foiled.
OF the 1876 mineral entries made in
the Deadwood land Office since its es-
adjustment, 81 have been placers and
l39 lode claims, and the total number
Ell as mineral land.
The banquet given at Fargo, to Judge
Addison on his retiracy from the bench
IF the Third judicial district was a very
successful affair. Distinguished mem
oers of the bar from many parts of the
district were present.
While digging a we'll on the premises
If Mrs. William Mozart near LIE Moure.
pieces of coal apparently Ignite, were
'ound at a depth of ten feet, and at a
lepth of twentv-four feet a piece of wood
:wo and one-half feet long.
The grand lodge, A. F. and A. NJ.
will meet in Fargo June S, 8 and TO-.
About two hundred OF the most promi-
oent members OF theorder are expected
20 be present. Preparations are max
ng to extend hearty welcome.
y Young man named Otto Bartram
:ook dinner with James Downs. who
lives twenty miles north of De Smet,
md borrowing a revolver, retired to a
Darn and shot himself twice, both balls
entering his brain. He died almost in.
SANITY.
Government Surveyor 6. G. Boards.
lev, says the Turtle Mountain Times,
las the contract for surveying several
towns in the Fort Totten Indian reser-
ration this summer. In all probability
The Indians Will be allotted lands in
;everalty.
Mr.. Frank Hansen OF Dunseith had
,ust flushed his dinner when he SAW q
streak Of lightning almost at his elbow,
and he was forced down to the floor.
laZed for a few minutes and his arm
twisted. The next night the house was
struck again while Mr.. Hansen was
away.
A Cheyenne company prospecting
near Buffalo. at the foot OF the Big
Horn mountains, recently received an
otier of $500 0 for its property con
tingent upon tapping a twenty-five
barrel we'll. Work was vigorously
pushed, and at adepth of eighty feet a
flow of fifty barrels day was secured.
L. eastman of Sioux Falls has in
vented a contrlvance for planting SOD
corn. 1t is attached to the handles of
the breaker, and drops from three to
FIVE kernels every three feet. 1t is al
so sc constructed as to drop the kernels
close up against the sod side of the fur
row, so as to place the corn Immediately
lnder the seam OF the sod.
Pyne's large four-stoyy grist mill al
Corning fell with a crash recently, de.
nolishingt the entire structure. The up,
per story was occupied as a residence by
.he majors family, but fortunately ne
one was in the building at the time anC
lie only person injured was the majors
oldest boy who was standing near The
building at the time, and who received
,nly slight bruises.
The eastern papers contain the fol
lowing: ga Dakota paper has the fol
lowing funeral notice: AT the conclu
ZION of the services at the church, the
procession will at once proceed to the
grave, where all that remains of the Ia
nented deceased will be laid at rest.
The hearse will be drawn by Fastboy,
T Tue well-known fve-year-old Handle,
%sonian. who has but recently reduced
his record to 2:327."
Washington, Special.-A Dakot'
delegation arrived here recently inten
5 on seeing the president and securing
suspension Of his order that the set
tiers on the Winnebago reservation
i must vacate by June II. Among then
was Gen. Lawler and John D. Lawler
: Jr., NJ. H. Rawley and John W. Car,
e of Milwaukee. who ZONES as the at
e tornev of the Milwaukee u ST. Pau
railroad. Rev. S. d. Human is ais
;, here on the same errand.
. The removal of DIR. Blackburn fror
the presidency of the Grand Forks uni
a versity by a majority Of the regents is
a matter of general discussion in tn
8 press north, and provokes some bitter
e ness. The friends of the board clair
. that it's course vas dictated by the fac
I that the doctor wasnot earning the 50
(; 500 he received and that a more eff
: cient manager could be had for tn
r money, but they are not generally give
credit for unselfsh motives alone.
A man named Daniel Quigley, en-
. ployed as q section hand at Worthine
q some nine miles west of Canton, entere
upon a protracted spree. He was a
: rested by the marshal and lodged in til
e calaboose. He was taken before the cit
!. justice, and not having any money to pa
!, his fine, was allowed to go, after promi!
II ing to send the money as soon as he e
= home. Instead Of going home he re
{ NAMED and continued his spree. r,
Gently he was seen by the proprietor
the Burrell house, staggering along tt
II track and his manpled remains wei
found on the rail way track, having bee
run over by a train.
A dispatch from Canton, says: Or
of the heaviest thunder storms that h,
visited this section for years ragged a fe
days ago. The sumnler house of VIZ
Butler, q market gardener, was strue
J by the electric fluid and torn to piece
About twenty miles NORTH and west fro
Of here, Frank Elliott, who was corrallin
his stock, was struck by lightning ar