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

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Among the items crowded out of the
GRAPHIC last week were those noting the
arrival of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Butler,
and the occupancy of the house lately
occupied by Rev. Affleck by Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Ward.
If the country had been knocked into
cooked hat the Goth, as was predicted
by Virgins. 1t would have come mighty
hard on those fellows who have laid in
their supply of winter coal.
There are sixty-eight government
pensioners in Brule county. who draw
s646. Is each month in pensions. There
are but seven counties In Dakota that
contain greater number of pensioners.
A grand picnic, the proceeds of which
are for the benefit Of the Catholic church.
will be held upon the Castalia fair grounds
on Thursday, Oct. 2. We acknowledge
receipt of complementary tickets with
thanks.
BY bills issued from this Office we learn
that s. w. 6edgwick will offer at public
sale in Kimball on Saturday, October 9,
considerable amount of personal prop
erty, consisting Of horses cattle and farm
Implements.
He was Dutch barber on coroner's
jury. and after sitting quietly for an hour
during the inquest, arose, peered into the
face of the corpse, and then, turning to
the rest oflthe jury, said: "Mein Gott!
Dot man ish deadr'
Chas. Walker wished the GRAPHIC to
state that he lost three letters from his
pocket while here last week, and requests
that if they are found that they will be
given to Postmaster Grippen, who will
forward them to him.
The readiness with which the smart
Aeck in these parts-who never got out
an issue of his own sheet free from blum
ders-picks up the slight errors in other
papers affords no end of sport to the
editors along the line.
Wiggins, the weather prophet, pre-
dicted the biggest earthquake of the
season for Wednesday last, with big
cyclone as an after piece. As a genuine
trade mark. .blown-in-th bottle earth
quaker Virgins is not success.
Dispite the fact that the new 81 bills
are being printed at the rate of 10000
per. day they are scarce in these parts
Possibly if Congress will take the advice
of New York paper and coin half cents
we may at least see what money looks
like.
We wish some of the farmers living in
this section would be more particular in
harvesting and selling their eggs in Kim
ball before they become over-ripe One
prefers to meet the egg in the heyday
of its existance and before it has out
lived its usefulness.
A Cherokee, Iowa, county man claims
that hog cholera can be cured by cutting
off the pigs tail. He doesn't state how
short to cut 1t, but If short enough-say
back of the ears-the cure will probably
work. Otherwise we don't take much
stock in the theory.
An exchange remarks in its fashion
department that "they are wearing pants
longer than usual in the east This
may be true Of the east, but If they wear
them any longer than does the average
western newspaper man they shouldn't
be allowed to run at large.
While the GRAPHIC was at press last
week an alarm of fire brought out the
hose cart and engine. A manure and
straw pile at the barn on the Warner
place on Second st., which had in some
way taken fire, was the cause. 1t was
extinguished without trouble.
The west bound passenger train last
Thursday afternoon brought i've carload
of excursionists into Mitchell from the
eastern states. From Mitchell the ex-
cursters branched out, some going
north and large number to White Lake,
Plankinton, Kimball and vicinity.
The last number of the Gam Valley
Sentinel contains communication which
gives Mr.. Gam, one of the owners of the
paper. great shaking up. Its hard for
man to get big dose right in the
columns of his own paper. But IT. 6usi.
ness; we like to see a paper give every
body fair show.
The special delivery system is now in
operation In every post-ofice in the
country. By afilxing ten cent special
delivery stamp to letter, in additional
to the regular postage, will insure its i'm
mediate delivery to the party addressed
by the receiving Office at any time during
the business hours Of the ONCE.
It is told that an Illinois man bought
tree claim located in Moody county.
Dakota. supposing his real estate pos
SEASONS to be covered with old trees and
stumps. he took with him on his over
land trip stump puller. After the
stump extractor had been hauled all the
wap from Illinois to the eastern part Of
Dakota, he sent back home for some will
| low sprouts warranted to grow.