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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22
Foreclosure Sales and Rece,versn,ps,

The Railway Age, presents a discour-
aging record OF railway foreclosure sales
and receiyerships for the year 1885. Re-
ferring to its tabulated statement, the pa
per says:
1t will be seen that during the past
year Twenty-Five railways in the United
States, with 156 miles Of main line,
a total bonded debt and capitaliza-
ton OF nearly $27S, 500 900, have been
sold under foreclosure and transferred
to new ownership. The result is the capt
tai stock is generally wiped out entirely,
and tho bonded debt changed into the
form OF new securities, sometimes OF less
and sometimes ofgreater amounts. Thet to-
tails OF this table are sufficiently
impressive in themselves, but they will
be found still more SO by comparing with
the summary for previous years, which
makes the assertion that during ten years
BPS railways, with Il total length OF 9. y
miles, or % per cent OF the entire railway
mileage OF the country at the commence
ment OF 1885, and with an aggregate capt.
tai stock and bonded debt OF 81, IT'S, oO0,-
900, or nearly "a per cent OF the total
stock and Observation-Disclosures atthe same
date, have gone through the disastrous cx-
periences OF default in interest, passing in
to the hands of receivers, with the long
list OF expenses and losses involved in this,
and finally forced sale, which has wiped out
the entire interest OF many OF the holders,
and compelled the others to accept new sc.
c%urities, and generally to advance more
money in order to maintain the existence
OF the property iii the future.
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Grover Cleveland.s Regrets.

The following letter was received from,
President Cleveland:
Executive Mansion, Washington. ID. c.,
Jan. 4, 1SS6.-To Hon. Allen G. Thurman,
Chairman, etc.-My Dear Sir: l acknowl.
edge, with thanks, the receipt of au invita-
tation to be present ut the annual reunion
otthe Jackson club OF the city ofColumbus,
on the evening OF the Sth inst. My Off
cial duties here will prevent my acceptance
OF the invitation kindly rendered, but l
beg to assure the club that the objects and
purposes ofthc reunion, which are express
cd IN the note OF the committee, meet with
my cordial and sincere approval. l should
be most pleased to be one Of those who on
that occasion will congratulate the
friends OF good government on the success
OF the Democratic party" for | believe
that the application of the true and
pure principles OF hat political faith
must result in the welfare OF
the country. 1t is also proposed, l learn,
to consult together as to the manner in
which the accomplishment OF the greatest
good to our people" can best be aided and
assisted. No higher or more sacred
mission was entrusted to IL party
organization, and l am convinced TINT
it will be honestly and faithfully per
formed by a close sympathy with the people
IN their wants and needs, by n patriotic en-
deavor to quicken their love and devotion
Tor American institutions and by an ear
nest effort to enlarge their approximations
and realizations of the benefits which the
wise and unseltish administration Of a free
government will secure to them. Yours,
very truly,
- GROVER C~LEyEIASn.
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Insanity Of a Late Dakota Judge.

Des Moines Qowa) Special: Several
weeks ago Seward Smith Of this city, federal
Judge for the Territory OF Dakota, was re-
moved from Office. He then became a can
didatc for United States senator to repre-
sent that territory when it should be ad-
mitted to statehood. For some time u
rumor has been current that Judge Smith
was in danger OF losing his mind. Re
Gently it was definitely learned that the
rumor was not without foundation. For
some time he has been suffering from sleep
lessness, induced by overwork on the bench
in Dakota, and aggravated by his
removal from office by the president
and his subsequent candidacy for
United States senator for Dakota. This
has had the effect Of temporarily unhing-
ing the judges mind. He lnbors under the
ha~llucination that lie Is immensely wealthy,
and his conduct in other respects is not
like himself. Recently he ordered $500
worth OF pictures from an art store Tor the
office he is opening on Third street, and
was indignant because they were not de-
livered, and soon after he gave the secre-
tary OF the Cottage hospital n check for
$50. The check was returned. The case
is one OF which all will learn with sorrow,
as the afflicted man stands very high In the
esteem OF his personal acquaintance.
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Conkling's Funny Case.

Ex-senator Roscoe onkling said, in
answer tc IL casual query as to his
pressure OF law practice: 80, yes; Pm
busy enough. Indeed, | have Just de-
clined II case that. really, I'd like to
take up. There would be n certain
amount OF diversion in it. Perhaps
| was afraid that some OF the fun
might come upon me. All OF us are
towards at times, you know. But
this matter was peculiarly interesting.
The man who offered to become my
client first showed one OF his ears in
evidence. 1t had a clip in it like that
made in cattle's ears sometimes for
marking, ard there was n scar show
ing that thecut had extended altogeth-
er about an inch. He came from a
New Jersey town. His name2 No;
it would be unprofessional to give,
though it will pretty 500 come out
i'll the progress OF the case, l suppose.
He explained that he went into a bar.
ber-shop to have his hair cut. The
barber had n touch OF delirium tire
mems, probably, or else was crazy, had
a mania, for he suddenly remarked
that his customers ears had grown
much too ~long-they must pc trim
med-and lie made a slash at one
with his sharp scissors, nearly ~severine
a strip. The victim proposes to sue
for $4,000 damages. He ought to
get it. But | recommended him to
other counsel"
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An Impressive Ceremony.

OF all the vast heritage OF Spain the
one thing which she certainly has left
to her is picturesqueness. AS we read
the report of King Alfonso's funeral
we are pack in the deeps of the middle
ages. AT the Escuria1, we are told,
"the procession wound up the hill
to the monastery. When the funeral
car reached the principal door it was
closed, The lord chamberlain knock.
ed for admittance. A voice inside
asked who wishes to enter?' The
answer given was Alfonso XIII The
door was then thrown open. No one
descended to the vault except the
prior, the minister of grace and Justice,
and the lord chamberlain. Tie coffin
was placed on q table in magnificent
black marble vault, in which the kings
OF Spain lie in huge marble tombs all
around. The lord chamberlain m.
locked the coffin, which was covered
with cloth of gold, raised the glass
covering from the king's face, then aft.
er requesting perfect silence, knelt
down and shouted three times in the
dead moparch's ear: Senior, senior
senor.' He then rose, saving, accord.
ing to the ritual, His majesty does
not answer. Then it is true the kino
IS dead He locked the coffin, hand
ed the keys to the prior, and takinn
up his wand OF office, broke it in his
hand, and flung the pieces Mt the loot
OF the table" What perfection OF
mise Ell scene! In what other country
Nf tlan
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Crimes and Criminals.

Rose Doyle committed suicide at Lam
sing. Iowa, by deliberately walking into an
air holein the river.
At Appleton, Wis, Hugh Boyle was COM
mitted for the murder Of Theodore Endet.
or in the tow OF Freedom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larriway were arrested at
Elk Point, Oak, charged with mu ,dering
IA son n former husband OF Mrs. Larri-
way.
Commodore Flynn and his wife, of Ches-
ter, Ill, quarreled. and zach being armed,
Flynn drew " bead on his vile and killed
her, and then shot himself. He may re.
cover.
Katy Welsh, the Dubuque vitrol throw
er, was up to Christmas an inmate Of the
Yankton poor house, where she exhibited u
revolver bought for the purpose Of killing
her seducer.
+. Kirkpatrick, a bankerat Pennington,
Mo, was arrested on Il charge OF being i'm
plieated in a burglary at Agency City,
Iowa, from whence some time ago he moved
to Pennington.
At Clinton, Mo, new developments are
made every day OF the cruel rascality OF S.
10. Cheek. Ministers and spinisters and
widows in the east numerously write to
tell how he swindled them out OF their saw
ings.
All attetupU WIS maze TO Durn the JAN OF
East Carroll parish, La, by Rev. William
George, colored, who is now under sentence
OF death for the murder OF his paramount,
Peggy johnson, and Il is to be executed
on the 18th inst.
After a trial lasting three days, the jury
at E~scanaba, Mich, in the case of the City
Treasurer Of 1shpcming VS.. Daniel F. Wads-
worth, for embezzlemcnt, on a change OF
venue from Marquette to Delta county, re-
turned a verdict OF guilty. Judge Grant
sentenced Wadsworth to a fine OF $500 or
one year in the pe%uitentiary.
Neighbors, noticing the absence OF per
SONS around DR.. Martin Whites residence
in Battle Creek, Mich, brokeinto the house
and found the entire family with their
throats cut from ear to ear. DIR. White
and wife were lying upon the floor and the
two children in bed. 1t is thought that
they nave been dead for some time, as
they have not been seen. 1t is thought
that the doctor became insane and muir
dered his family.
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President Cleveland is criticised il

President Cleveland is criticised in
some quarters for utterIng the follow
ing 0shich appears in a New York pa
per: "Idon't think there ever was a
sime when newspaper lying was so
general and 80 NEAR as at present,
and there never was a country under
the sun where II fourished as it does
in this. The falsehoods daily spread
before the people in our newspapers,
while the. a-eploofs OF the mental in
genuity ofthose engaged in newspaper
work, 4 insults to the American
love for decency and fair play OF which
we boast" What the president says
y respectfully applicable to some Of the
Washington correspondents, and ev-
identity he refers to them, and not to
the vast majority ofnewspapers which
mean to tell the truth. In explaining
the matter the president cites numer.
soua aud gross fa!sehoods which have
aainedcnrrsncy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22

- rEMsH-E.EELH
The figures given Of the railroad
construction during 1885, show that
the aggregate Of mileage added to the
systems of the country exceeds the
anticipations at the beginning OF the
year. The total length of main line
laid in 1855 was 3,113 miles, which is
but 700 miles less than the additional
mileage Of 1884, but it is the lowest
record since 1878, when the total new
track was only $500 miles. A decid-
ed change in the character OF the roads
built is noted. They are mainly
branches and extensions of moderate
length, and include no very large lines
such as swelled the construction of
1579-s3.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22

The present session Of Congress is
called the .1ong session" because it is
the first meeting OF the present House
Of Representatives. in the term (which
began March 4, 1850 for which it's
members are elected, and the House
may, # 1T chooses, continue in session
until the end ofthe term. 1t is usual,
however, to take a recess in the sum
mer, to reconvene in December, and to
call the adjourned session the Second
Session." and the Second Session is
called Short because it must end
with the term OF the members on the
Sd OF March next following.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22
The Now Cabinet of France.

The new French cabinet was announced
in the Official Gazette of the Sth. 1t is as
follows:
NJ. de Freycinet, president OF the council
and minister OF foreign affairs; NJ. Sarrien,
minister of the interior; NJ. Sadi-Car-
not, minister OF finance; NJ. Goblet,
minister OF public instruction; NJ.
Denote, minister OF Justice; NJ. Devclle,
mi lister OF agriculture; Fen. Boulanger,
ngnister OF war; NJ. Aubre. minister OF ma.
rine and the Carolines; NJ. Baihaut, minis
ter OF public works; NJ. Granet, minister
OF posts and ~telegraphs; NJ. Lockroy, min
istcr OF commerce.
The composition OF the new ministry
creates no enthusiasm, notably the appoint
nent OF NJ. Sarrien. II third rate politician.
to the important office OF minister OF inter-
Tor. 1t is said that his appointment will
prove a source OF weakness. The cabinet
will, it is believed, be short-lived.
NJ. de Frcycinet has organized three cnbi-
nets before the present one-thosc of Dec.
%, 1879, Jan 81, 1882, and March 81,
1SS5-and each time he held office briefly.
This tint he starts under somewhat favor
able circumstances, the Madagascar treaty,
az reported, containing points of large nd-
vantage to France. A sketch of Charles de
Freycinet was recently given in these
columns. He has selected for his minister
OF the interior Jean Marie Ferdinand
Sarrien, aged forty-tiye, Il lawyer ard II
deputy since 1876.
Sadi Carnot, finance minister, was minis
ter OF public works under Jules Ferry. He
was born in 1887, and is a grandson of the
famous war minister OF the French revolu-
ton. By profession he is an engineer.
NJ. Rene Goblet, minister of public in.
struction, was born in 1928, distinguished
himself at the Amiens bar as IL lawyer, and
i'll 1869 foundeda liberal journal there. He
was elected to the chamber in 1877.
Nj. Deyelle, the new minister OF a%gricul-
thre, was minister OF the interior ON Gam
betta's ill-starred cabinet OF November,
1881.
Tie other members OF the cabinet are en-.
tirely unknown in this country.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22

Another Mincemeat KocIpe.

-Four pounds lear, cold boiled meat
chopped fine; ten pounds apples chop
ped fine; one and Il half pounds suet
chopped fine; four pounds, raisins
chopped fine; two pounds of currants;
hall pound OF citron sliced fine; fou,
pounds sugar; II quart ofliquor that
the meat was boiled in; three pints
cider; three pints molasses; three ten.
spoonfuls ground cloves; ten teaspoon.
fuls ground cinnamon; three teaspoon.
fuls ground mace; one teaspoonful
ground white pepper; six tablespoon
luis salt; two nutmegs, and the Juice
and grated rind OF three lemons. Mix
all and add fruit syrups if you hay.
them left over from cans OF iruit
Cook slowly till done and put away ir
stone Jars.
La Moure's improvements for the
year aggregate 100000.
Building improvements at Madison
aggregate SS3,SOO.
j. e. Dow, near Grand Forks, lost
81, ooOworth of blooded hogs by chol-
era.
The town of Gervais voted $1,000
~ aud OF the Duluth & Manitoba rail.
road.
The time fixed by statute for killing
dear, grouse, chicken and other yane
and fowl expired on the LIST inst.
The sales at the Deadwood land Of
ice for 1885 aggregated 4Os, 1884 acres,
and cash receipts, Sl66,357.
Pierre university has just received
rom New York publishers a donation
or books. Among them is Johnson's
New Cyclopedia and Hand Atlas of
the World.
The Dakota Fine Stock Breeders
ASSOCIATION, now numbers nearly fifty
members. Mitchell heads the list
with eight members, Sioux Falls next
WIN i've, and the other towns one
each. N
Housewives at Sioux Falls arecircu.
latlng a petition for the purpose of es-
tnblishlns the salary of servant girls
at Sl.5O Yer week.
Since August $4,000 bushels of fax
ana 10000 bushels OF wheat have
been marketed at Alexandria.
a ive-year.old daughter of Frank
Alien at Custer City, fell into u tub of
Doiilh5watera and was SCALED to death.
'he Anderson, o farmer living near
Manvllle committed suicide by blow
ng the top OF his head off with ashot-
igun.
Mr.. Howells, the novelist, tells u
goo story about his own writings.
After he had published "The Lady of
the Aroostook," perceived a letter
from an unknown friend, an old salt,
VINO knew whereof he spoke; and in
TINS letter Mr.. Howells was informed
that II he allowed the Aroostook togo
out to sea i n the rig he had given her
she would be lost before she Ind
larry! cleared the harbor. This frank
NAUTICAL criticism was recognized bv
Mr.. Howells, and in the next edition
err rig. ns' piop
G. G. shauer ofMitchell whose store
was recently closed by Chicago credit
ors,. has brought suit for $40. 600
against the sheriff OF DAWSON county.
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Condensed General News.
.Jer Davis ON Masonry,

$500 oeH nNViS on NlSSOnrys
Some one recently mailed to Jefferson
Davis. at his home in Bcauvoir. Miss, a
paper headed "a Summary containing
this paragraph:
Benedict Arnold, first traitor to Ameri-
can liberty, learned his patriotism in Hi
ram Masonic Lodge No. 1, New Haven,
Conn.,, and died IL Free Mason in good
and regular standing. Aaron Burr, anoth-
or traitor to the government, plotted
his treason in Royal Arch cipher, and also
died a Free and Accepted Mason in good
and regular standing. Jefferson Davis, a
Free and Accepted Mason led the great re-
bellion. and the fact did not even faint his
misunderstanding, but did have much TODD
In securing his pardon.
Mr.. Davis inclosed the sheet to Ills friend
Col. J.. l.. Power OF Jackson, Miss, score
tary OF the grand lodge OF Mississippi Ma.
sons, with the following letter:
l have received, with Others of n similor
character. the inciosed sheet, having Ii
paragraph unde1scored to secure my at
tention, md l c tito you to nttractsc
notice. Under the head Summary is n
concentrated distillation of malice and
mendacity, The main attack seems to be
against thefraternity Of Gree and Accepted
Masons, and, as many slanderers have here
totore done, the writer ayails himself OF a
sectional preiadice existing against me to
Pm Wy hsttllisb EtB Alue oUTyy anu
in less than three underscored lines perpe.
trates ut least as many falseloods.
First--I, Jefferson Davis, am not and
never have been Free and Accepted Mason.
Second-As IL citizen OF the sovereign
State OF Mississippi, 1 obeycd her com.
mands; and us sovereigns cannot REBEL -
neither led nor followed a rebellion, great
or small.
Third-As l had no Masonic standing,
the assertion that it wa not tainted by
the imputed act OF mine rests not upon q
fact. but upon u misrepresentation.
Fourth-Masonry could not have had
''much to do with securing my PARDON
as | ave never been pardoned or applied
Tor a pardon or appealed to Masonry to
secure to me the benefit OF the writ OF
hubeas corpus that | might have the con-
st%itutional right OF every American citizen
to be confronted with my nccusers.
l exclude Il possible inference and add
that my father was a Mason, and ! was
reared to regard the fraternity with respect
and have never felt any disapproval of it
other than that which pertains to every
secret society. Viewing free Masonry from
q distance, ard judging the tree by its fruit,
| have believed it to be in itself good.
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Mr.. Gladstone's seyenty-sixthb irth.

Mr.. Gladstone's eventy-sixthb birth
day occurred Dec. Goth, and as yet he
has manifested nodesire to be reliev-
ed from the cares d public life. Lord
Palmerston died at 80, having contin-
ued his parliamentary service almost
to the last. Lord John Russell, whose
memories began with Fox and the
first Napoleon, did not retire from
public life until 1866, but he iived$12
years longer. These are two exam
pies, but the most remarkable, out of
many that might benamed. MI. Glad
stone had been five years in parlia-
ment, at tae accessiono of Queen Veto
ria, and has been a distinguished de-
batter in the house since he was 81
years old
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The yexed question as to whether
the wives OF senators rank the wives
of cabinet officers or not, is again
worrying Washington society. The
New Orleans Picayune suggests that
when they find out to a dead moral
certainty, about their rank, the wives
ought to 3 shoulder straps, like
army officers, 81 strangers could make
no mistakes as to which woman in
the crowd is most to be honored.
The whole business seems very silly in
Q country where there are at least
supposed to be no class distinctions.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22
Two farmers in Kidder comfy Ke,

Two farmers in Kidder county, Ken.
Ter and Raymond, says the Sioux
Fails Argus, have tried the past two
years as a experiment the plan ofsow-
ing. only tho largest and plumpest
gram and giving a little extra cultivn.
ton, with average yields OF about
thirSy-two bushels per acre of a uualitv
o1wheat so superior that they are Of.
tered hfteen cents above the market.
price. Allthe labor was hired and mr..
counts OF expenses kept, showinpthat
the crop cost them a little over twen.
tIy.flve cents a bushel. Their profit il
about sixty cents bushel.
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CasualtyRecord.

Fire was discovered in the third story OF
the ladies' hail connected with the college
at oberlin. Ohio. The building is u brick
structure, three stories high. 1t accommo-
dates l30 female and 100 male students.
All escaped.
A Fort Yates Special says: Three dwell.
er at she Standing Rock Indian agency. were
b1rnet.. Alarm was given at the military
post, Fort Yates, near by, but before sol.
diers with buckets could reach the place,
the flames had entirely wrapped the build.
ings. " was intensely cold. the thermome-
ter registering 81 below. At one time the
post was in danger, but by pulling buildings
Gown it was saved. Loss about $4,000;
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Lieutenant E. H. Taunt, of the
United States Navy, who wascommis.
stoned by the authorities at Washing
ton to visit and report on the politi-
cal condition and commercial pros
poets Of the Congo region, expresses
the conviction that Central Africa is
suitedfo and will soon be entered up
on by 9 railroad system which will
not be much behind that Of China in
opening q fresh continent to the com
merce of the world.
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The building record OF New York
city for 1885 shows that upwards OF
$4,000, 900 were in new buildings.

Pastelr has finished his treatment
OF the children sent to him at Paris
from New Jersey. They are all well SO.
far and are believed to be entirely safe
from hydrophobia. New evidence of
the efficacy Of Pasteur's treatment is
given almost every day, which is re-
garded as almost conclusive OF the
value Of his discovery.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22

In Georgia colored people own 6oo,-
600 acres ofland and pay taxes ON
about $40, 200, 900 of property. In
the whole OF the South their taxable
property is put down at about $780,
100000. In South Carolina 6,429
Of the 122,o9 pupils in the public
schools are colored. In Georgia tax
es paid by the colored race are almost
as much as the sum devoted TO the
colored schools of that state.
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The union of Bulgaria and Eastern
Roumelia has been virtually sanction
ed both by Turkey and by the great
powers o Europe, and almost the
whole civilized world is glad of 1T.
seryia,s mean attempt to prevent
the merging of the two countries in
one has failed as it deserved to fail,
and Greece no longer pretends to be
able to interfere.
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Foreign Gossip.

A hurricane prevails OFF the coast OF
Great Britain, and serious damage has
been done to property.
The American exhibition in London will
open May 1. The committee of welcome
consists OF one thousand men. Albert
Bierstadt is at the head of the art gallery
committee.
The female detective who secured the evil
dence which led to the recent sentencing OF
Manntscharoff, a Russian nobleman, to
death for nihilism, has suddenly disap-
peared, and it is believed she was killed by
nihilists.