The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-28
The daughter OF James Howard, who


The daughter OF James Howard, who
issolourningamong ndteaching Sioux
Indians at one ofthe agencies denies the
imputation from Dakota that she is
SO fascinated with a lazy buck as to
intend to marry him.
The assessment of Cass county
reaches over $13, 900, 900, according
to the completed and equalized list.
At Grand Forks, a motion to Guash
the indictment in the Miller murder
case was denied by the court.
The following presidential postmas-
tiers have thus far been made: Huron,
G. ]. Love, July %; Sioux Falls, w.
P. Carr, May s; Yankton. l.. u. Pal
mer, July 16; Larinlore, CT. Lashall,
July "a.
A man named Henry Neahring
lodged a complaint against his wife at
Deadwood. charging her with violent
insanity. The board OF commissions
ers investigated the case and pro-
nounced the charge baseless and it's
author an inhuman villain.
Gen. w. Y. Lucas. department COM
mander OF the Dakota G.. A. r., pub
fishes an invitation to all old soldiers
to attend the reunion to be held I'M
der the auspices OF the G.. A. r. at Alb
erdeen Sept. 8, 8 and 10.
Eight steamboats, are operated on
the Missouri river between Bismarck
and points above.
The contract for steam heating ap-
paratus in the Bismarck penitentiary
was let to Dow & Co. OF Sioux Fails
for $4,000, provided the work can be
done by Sept, Is.
A barn belonging to Hon. C. G.. Will
liams at Watertown was struck by
lightning. The barn, sixty tons OF hay,
farming utensils, three horses and u
span OF mules were burned. No insur-
ance.
The Michigan settlement. south Of
Wapheton strip aboutfour miles wide
by twenty long is completely cleaned
out byhail.
The capital commission has held it's
last meeting at Bismarck, settled &C.
counts, and adjourned sine die. 1t is
reported that settlement was made
with creditors by issuing warrants ex-
changeable for capitol lots at the APP
praised. valuation OF the latter butthe
members OF the commission wouldnot
disclose their doings.
Charles Brack has been arrested at
Scotland, charged with stealing a note
for $500 from u Scandinavian board
ing house.
A man named Ginger killed another
named Schafer near Rushville. The
men had been friends, but filled them
selves with bad whisky and quarreled.
Thomas Doherty's frame house vas
burned near Big Stone City. Loss,
81, 800.
James Holes of Hunter is erecting a
twenty-thousand-bushe elevator on
his farm, to be u by horsepower.
Chief OF Police Waller OF Bismarck
received th~efollowing mysterious note
from a mar who lives near the river:
"Fifty Miles Below Buford. July Ii
am shot by horse thieves, and am
bleeding to death. Shot through the
lungs. Sam Peterson" This was writ
tenor ragged piece cfbrown wrapping
paper, and on the opposite side was
the instruction: "Send word to Ole
Peterson, Stockholm, Sweden"
The Fargo Argus publishes an in
terview with G. S. Barnes, president
of the Northern Pacific Elevator COM
pany, in regard to the condition ofthe
wheat in Dakota, ard the probable
prices. Mr.. Barnes looked pthe mat
ter pretty thoroughly and believed the
acreage in the territory is about 20
per cent. less than last year. The de-
crease was greater in the North than
in the South. Four-fifths OF this land
had been put into other crops. Al
lowing for some damaged by blight, rust
and storms, the average per acre will
be fully equal to last year, making the
aggregate wheat product OF Dakota
one-ifth below 1854. Mr.. Barnes
opinions are disputed in some quarters.
Mayor johnson of Fargo has APP
pointed to the river convention at St.
Paul G. S. Barnes, President OF the
Northern Pacific Elevator company;
Charles Sweat, of the bank OF Fargo;
E. C. Eddy, ofthe First Nationalbank;
Col. j. ID. Benton and Gen. G. p. Will
son.
Two children, oneachild of Gergeron
Tor Baillergeon) OF Gervais township,
the other the son of q man in theNor-
wegian settlement, died under circum-
stances that would Indicate they had
eaten of some poisonous wild plant,
probably Indian turnip or wild pars-
nip.
The house of Joshua Hotter, south of
B~ridgewater, was struck by lightning
and Mrs. Hofer, who was sitting near
the chimney, down which the electric
fluid passed, was badly shocked and
mad one side OF her body paralyzed.
Neighbors took the woman andburied
her up to her neck in the earth, where
she remained for three hours. Upon
resnrrecting her it vas found that she
had almost entirely recovered, and in
Il short time was as well as ever.
Charles Hunt was killedby lightning
near Ordway.