The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-04
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

two ball through his heart. Cooper
died III two hours.
The annual reunion OF the Grand
Army of the Republic will be held at
Aberdeen, Sept. Is, 16, and II. Prep
a%rations are being made for the ente.-
tainment OF fifteen hundred veterans,
and fully five Thousand visitors areex-
pected. Gov. Oglesby OF Illinois. Gov.
Pierce of Dakota and Senator Logan
will be present. .35
A Bathgate saloonkeeper, who per-
sisted in selling a man whisky after
his wife had notified him to stop, had
to pay 500 damages to the lady.
The Valley City authorities are set
ting the tramps to work on the streets.
The corn crop about Pierre will
yield from 40 to 20 bushels per acre.
Harry Dawes Of Bon Hommecounty
has disappeared from his home neal
Tyndall.
A petition is being circulated in
Deadwood for the pardon OF Joseph
Card, recently sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for a term of ten years. The
convict's wife, since his incarceration
a few months ago, has become insane.
a Marion correspondent to the Par
ker New Era says: f. w. Downing and
wife We're both severely struck by
lightning the other evening, and light
nlng struck p. Strominger's residence,
but did no damage. 1t also struck the
residence OF Tom Vim, in town, severe
ly shocking Mrs. VIM, who was alone,
ftnd she had to crawl to the door on
her hands and knees to get air to keep
from smothering.
Julius Field was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. He lived four
miles east OF Lisbon. and was walking
with a friend at the time. He fell
against his companion, throwing him
down, but received no injury, while
Field was killed.
Miss Lizzie McDougal has been APP
pointed assistant postmaster of Ros-
coe.
The Dunseith people submitted po-
litely to the transfer of the county
records and property to st. John, and
the st. John people publicly thanked
them. a row had been expected.
N. Tilden of Sioux Falls, who has a
farm near Hartford containing an i'm
mense number of forest trees, offers to
Inrnfn 4, III t),, r,,. ,1.,}nl - ,,,,..e.
the central school grounds of that
city, If the school board will send to
his farm and get them.
A call will soon be issued for a meet
ing ofrepresentative democrats OF Da-
kota at Aberdeen, Sept. %.
1t is generally believed through the
territory that the cultivation Of flax
has much to do with the increase Of
wild mustard.
The Episcopal convocation which
was to convene Sept, 3, has been post
poned till Sept. Is. 1t will be held at
Sioux Falls.
The Dakota university building in
Mitchell is being pushed rapidly to
completion. Arrangements are made
obesin the fall term Sept. 30.
Emery L. Wright, living four miles
southeast OF Aberdeen, lost 500 bush
OF grainin the shock by prairietire.
AT Canton Mrs. Sarah Bray dropped
dead whilegoing to bed. Heart disease
the cause.
A seven-year-old daughter Of James
u farmer living near Sioux
had a braid OF her hair caught
while riding OH areaper, and tornfrom
her head, together with Il portion of
the scalp.
At the new town OF Emery. twenty
miles west, of Grand Forks, two ele-
crews of twenty men each, en-
gagged i'll n war with fists and clubs.
The fight lasted about an hour. Sew
.ral We're seriously injured and one it
is feared fatally.
The next meeting of the farmers al
for Dakota Territory will be
held at Columbia Sept. 2.
The assessable real and personal
property in Minnehaha county is
valued at S2,633.55l.
At Grand Forks, there came near
being a general Jail delivery. Deputy
Sheriff Dow entered the cell room and
was attacked by four prisoners who
overpowered him, taking his revolver
and choking him nearly to death. All
would have escaped but for the fact
that Dow had thrown the keys back
through the CRATE door after locking
the cell room. The groans of Dow at
TRACKED the attention Of Sheriff jerks,
who drove theprisoners into theircel
with a revolver.
The Aurora and Douglas county fair
will be held at Plankinton September
23, "a, 25 and 26. Purses OF 800,
$3.50 and S75 are offered for running
and trOttlng races.
Prof. Whitney, recently rendered the
presidency of the territorial UNIVERSE
Cy at Nermillion, has declined.
The property valuation Of Grand
county is S4,399,3S4, a gain of
155,59O over last year. The increase
n the value OF farming lands is 90 per
The Northwestern right OF way com
nittee report that outside Of Yank-
they had secured the roadbed
Yankton county, exec pting
one piece and through Turner county,
excepting one piece, which will prob
ably be donated.
The Fort Totten dcserters who
we're captured at Larimore some
weeks ago, sawed the iron bars of the
post lookup a few evenings since and
again made their escape. They are