The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-01
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

| which q lire had been klndlett, ana IN
which package OF powder had been
accidentally thrown.
William E. Masters disappeared
from Inkster, leaving forty-four mort
cages against his property. 1t is
claimed he took with him two mort
| gagged teams and other property.
Charles Cairow, charged with horse
theft at Pierre, was arrested at Cham
berain.
Rapid City has just celebrated the
trial trip over its new street railway
| line.
At the depth OF 40 feet the Huron
artesian wei. auger struck Il small vein
OF water that flowed two barrels a
minute. They expect to so one or two
hundred feet deeper before getting as
heavy flow as they want.
John A. Swanson and a. w. Lin
| ton. Fargo, have patented II machine
for making brick from dry material.
The territorial Democratic conven-
ton will meet at Huron Sept. 20.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway is making preparations to
| build a large round house and machine
shops at Huron.
| The directors of the Trail County
Mutual Insurance company reports
| its assets at $l5, 900, and that the
| losses by hail during the past season
We're $l2, 600. Every loss will bepaid
| in full.
1t costs 50 d month each to edu
cate the Indian children OF the Turtle
| Mountain reservation.
Maj. L. A. Burke has received his
commission as receiver of the Aber-
deen land Office, and will at once enter
upon its duties.
AT Stephen, the Catholics have es-
| tablished an Indian mission school,
! and have commenced work on build.
lrss, which, when completed, will
cost $4,000.
The Traill County agricultural soci-
ETY. let contract for $1,000 worth of
| buildings, to be used IN the county
fair, to be held at Hillsboro, Oct. 5, 6
and Z. The purses include $3.50 for
| trotting.
Track laying for new street rail.
road has begun at Rapid City.
At Yankton, j ohm Campbell, eighteen
years old, for several years employed
at the Excelsior Touring mill, was
caught in the machinery and so
badly injured that he died in few
! minutes.
A farmer named Hans ..Hilgerson,
living nine miles north of Mount Ver-
non, was struck by special train OF
Milwaukee officials from the north,
while crossing the track on his way
home in lumber wagon. Both horses
were killed. The wagon was splintered
and Hilgerson had hip crushed, q leg
broken and was injured internally,
probably fatally.
Col. Tyner, the Fargo postmaster,
says that he has as fine a crop OF
wheat on u section in Cass county as
he ever saw. He just refused an offer
to thresh his crop out, guarantee
twenty-five bushels to the acre and
| take the rest Tor their work and
trouble. He has an idea that he will
get from twenty eight to thirty BUSH
els to the acre.
Frank ]. Mead OF Mandan, for the
| shooting OF Farnsworth, also of Man
dan, was arraisned in the munclpal
court at st. Paul and pleaded mot
| guilty" He waived examination and
was committed to Jail without bail to
await the action OF the grand Jury,
which sits September 2Sth. The cor.
| oner's Jury in the case OF Frank Farms
worth returned verdict that Frank
Farnsworth's death was caused by n
pistol shot fired by Frank j. Mead.
ExGov. Ordway left Bismarck for
Washington and New Hampshire, but
| will soon return.
A large building is being erected at
Stevens, eighteen miles north OF Fort
Thompson on the Crow Creek reserva-
tion, under the auspices OF the Domin-
lcan fathers, to be used as a schoolfor
Indian children.
| The average yield OF 8, ,O5o acres of
wheat on the Grandin farm was %
bushels and Is pounds per acre. On
the Mayville farm 4,OO6 acres aver.
aged 25 bushels and 8 pounds per
acre.
William Hall of Hartford, colored,
and Miss Llzzy Marks OF Sioux Falls,
white. We're married by the Rev. Mr..
| Moore at Sioux Falls.
j. NJ, Lillibridge ofRockford, ILL.,, ar
rived in Mitchell, having made the en-.
tire distance, 426 miles, on bicycle
in seventy hours.
A steam thresher, seven miles from
Sioux Falls exploded. 1t broke both
legs OF Engineer Hansen and one will
need amputation. Fireman Dahl was
slightly scalded. Several others near
the machine very narrowly escaped.
Tho engine was entirely obliterated.
Pieces were thrown twenty-five rods.
The steam was raised to 100 pounds
in two minutes with unthreshed flax
under nearly empty boiler. I
Milton Young, a farmer living near
sIerricourt, is reported to have left
for parts unknown leaving about
81, 500 debts unpaid. His personal
property, which was estimated worth
about $500, he had mortgaged for
S2.636. He had given four mortgages
upon his stock, claiming that each
mortgage was first and only lien
against the property. He had made
an affidavit that he was the owner oi