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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Gen. Miles to Try His Hand.

Washington Specinl:-The president has
decided to relieve Gen. Crook from his COM
mand in Arizona. and he will probably be
relieved by Gen. Miles within the next week
or ten days. Gen. Sheridan has been
trying to prevent this, and may yet be
able to do SO, as he believes that Gen.
Crook has lone everything that human
power QUIZ do to capture the rem
esade Apaches. He thinks that no one
could have done any better than Crook,
and still considers that officer the ablcst
leader in Indian warfare in the United
States army; but the pressure upon the
president 10 make a change is very strong
and comes both from the friends OF Gen.
Miles, who is anxious to try his hand at
the job,,and from the people OF Arizona,
who have lost confidence in Crook and
have sent any amount OF appeals to
the president to relieve him, OF Goth
official and private character. Gen.
Sheridan says it is very easy to c%riticise u
nan who has been laboring under the dis
advantage Crock has been suffering from.
and that no one can fully appreciate the
difficulties which he has encountered. He
thinks il Crook is let alone he will come
out all right in the end, but the president
is OF the opinion that the general hashad a.
fair chance, and should not object to sur
render his command and let some one else
try it,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Gov. Hupp.ra,s Appointments.

Gov. Hubbard has made the following
reappointments OF officers whose terms
hnd expired:
B. W. lnserson OF St. Paul as a member
OF the board OF managers OF the reform
school; ID. c. Bell OF Minneapolis and II:
B. Wells OF Preston as members OF
the state board OF corrections n
charities; William Schem.nel and a. ):
Sackett, OF st. Peter, IA trustees Of
the Minnesota insane hospitals; DR.. w.
H. Leanord OF Minneapolis, DR.. u. w.
Wood OF Faribault and DR.. G.. Il. Board
man OF st. Paul as commissioners TO eS'
anime the insane hospitals; G. Il. Skinner
Of st. Paul as II director OF the deaf, dumb
and blind institute; James Compton ol
Fergus Falls, j. q. Lawrence OF Mnh1shn,
f. S. Christensen OF Rush City, Hugh
Thompson OF Fisher, z. L. Page OF Mantor-
vile and William Rich OF Marshall rs iner1i-
bers OF the state board Of equalization;
John De Laittrc OF Minneapolis as /, mem
Der OF the board OF inspectors OF tie state
prison; c.. X. Davis ard Greenleaf Clark. OF
st. Paul. rs members OF the board OF re-
gents OF the state university; w. s. Getty
OF st. Paul az u member OF the state
board OF pharmacy, and DR.. G.. v. j. Bar.
ton OF F%aribault as a member OF the board
OF dental examiners. The only new mp.
pointment was that of w. l.. HOLSTER OF
Austin as II member OF the Minnesota
State Agricultural society.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Northern Pacific Lands.

Oscar s. Clifford, delegate in congress
from Dakota. sends the Fargo Argus the
following letter from Commissioners Sparks,
] am in receipt by your reference OF Il
letter from r. NJ. Tuttle, president of the
Pioneer publishing company, To w.
d. Blackford OF Mandan, OAK,
dated Dec. is, 1856, asking whether
The Northern Pacific railroad company
has paid the costs OF surveying their lands
in Dakota Territory. In reply lnve the
honor to advise you that the records Of
this Office show the following: The compn-
ny paid Dee. II, 1883, the cost oi survey
OF lands selected in township 1873. range
AZ; townships 1873. 134, 1876, 1876, 13T,
1873. 13D, 40, 141, and 115. range IS;
townships 1914, 135, 1856, 1877, 13s and
139. range 40, aggregating 7,S10,d6 acres.
II does not appear that the said rail-
road company paid the costs oil surveying
| the land on which afandan is situated, nor
for the land in Morton county, or for any
portion OF sud territory west OF rnnyes47
AS and 40. further add that no patent
| has issued to said company for lands in
Dakota. Wm. A. j. SPARKS,
Commissioner.
The land upon which the cost OF the sur
| vey has been paid extends from Wahpeton
to Fargo. including both places, md is on
both sides OF the river. Also q township
or two north OF here, On the Minnesota sid
OF the Red river.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

Clinton tMass.) dispatch. The Ian.
caster National bank OF his place closed
Its doors alter an examinationo OF the books
by the directors. President McNeilis miss
ing. and has not been heard from for .
lew days, when he was III Lowell, whcnceh he
started ostensibly for Boston. He is charge
ed with having used the banks money for
speculative enterprises in which he vas in
terested, and whichdonotinrnish sufficient
security. The directors, Messrs. Batchelder,
Hosmer, Garner, Russell and Page, togeth-
er with Bank Examiner Getchell, who came
to Clinton, have been hard at work on the
books all day. The directors seem de-
pressed md are exceedingly reticent. Cash
Ter Forester expresses himself very plainly
and his condemnationo President McNeil's
fnanciering is unnistakeable. He says the
latter, since his election to the presidency
OF the bank lastJanuary has invested bank
funds according to his own in~clinations.
His operations have attimes been far from.
straight. At tho present time the bank
has q surplus OF about $500. The bank
holds the paper of the LowCnttle company
OF Wyoming to the mount ofS3O, 600. So
lar AZ can be learned the deposits amount
to over 5000. 900, and according to state
ments from q quarter which is supposed to
be authentic, President Mcneil has APP
p%ropriated this AMOUNT. The belief pre-
walls b the examination Of the books OF
the bank will develop new and startling
features.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Personal Gossip.

The second volume OF Blaine's history
will be issued this month.
Andrew T. Cox. IL wealthy manufacturer
Of Louisville, is supposed to have commit.
ted suicide.
Seneca Powers, a leading farmer OF Troy,
died Mt Hudson, Wis, also Mrs. Hall,
rel;ct Of the late T. Dwight Hail. and Dea-
con Hiram Ansley.
George H. Jameson, of the Chicago Daily
Business, was married in Washington to
Miss Carrie, the daughter Of J.J. Noah,
Washington correspondent ofseveral West
ern papers.
William Baker OF Chicago confessed
judgments in favorof the Bank OF Montreal
in the circuit court Tor $1,000. He sub
sequently made a voluntary assignment ia
his brother, George r. Baker. His total
liabilities are placed at 100000.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Figures of the Old Year.

Ohio's public schools cost s1O,o93, 93S
last year.
About 500 divorce suits were fled in st.
Louis during 1855.
Boston sold 2,GG3,O75 cases of boots
and shoes last year.
Cincinnati built 30 the value OF S2,072..
05s.fo during 1885.
Cliicago's real estate sales lastiyear az.
gresuted $4S,0o0,G00.
The estimated insurance in farce in st.
Louis is $1,67 100000.
Toronto spent ~S3.4i9,375 io1 building
improvements lasttyear.
The Grand Rapids (AIich.) Masonic home
fund has reached $4,000.
About 81, 09o, 0c0 persons passed oycr
the Brooklyn bridge last year.
Failures in Winnipeg have decreased
from 2i2in 1883 to G6 in 1885.
During 1885 there were 2,I75 alarms O.
fire and l,47l fires in New York City.
California last year produced s, 900, ooo
gallons OF wine, valued at 81, 100000.
The net Indebtedness of P~ittsburg has
been brought down to about Sill, 600, 600.
The cost Of 1 ,S43 buildings projected III
New York city during the year is S54 900,
nGQ.
The value OF Ireland's crops is estimated
at $4,000, 900 more for 1885 than iol
1854.
The cost OF the government OF the city
OF New York was, last year, $3S,12l,
G54.68.
The police OF New York City arrested
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Sullivan the slucrer.

Tho New York World snys:-Anotherleaf
was added to the garland that adorns the
brow OF Boston's pusilist, Sullivan. lie
has been in the city for some time past.
The scene of his last encounter was the
Gilsey house. His victim was IL newsboy, u
mere child, sickly and inofEensive. sulli-
van was just leaving the Gilsey house in II
drunken condition when the little newsboy
ran up IND said, Papers, gentle,
menu Sullivan replied, "lou-lN
send you to help And as he spoke, he
struck the little fellow in the mouth with
the head OF his umbrella. The boy fell al
most senseless. His lips were horribly
lncerated and three teeth were gone. Sui
livan walked l~eisurely away. A guest in
the hotel tried to induce the boy to accom-
pany hin, to the police station. in order to
effect Sullj"an's arrest, but the timid child
replied: ~ guess not, mister. II should,
and he is arrested, he will kill me after
wards. nm glad he did not hit me with
his fist, or l would not have seen my
mother again."
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

~ has been swinding soldiers In the south.
.rn portion OF New Jersey under p~retence
81 INCREASING their pensions.
Joseph Hines met his death Mt Panama,
Harrison county, Iowa, from the effects OF
! blow with chain danlth by w. T. Men
ienhall. Tho murderer was arrested.
Robert Grau, manager OF the Goodwin
opera company, which visited Minneapolis
and st. Paul sometime ago. prese ting
The Mikado," Is said to have nbscondct'
rom a Chicago museum with the receipts.
1t is said he had been gambling.
The sale in the Chicago Northwestern
station ut Big Saumico, Wis, was broken
open Dec. 10. and $500 taken. The case
Starley Of Chicago, who traced the crime
to George Whitcomb OF Wilson, Mich.
The Lynn, Mass, police made an arrest
sity. Tho persons arrested are Mrs. and
DR.. Guildford. They are charged with per.
forming an illegal operation on Miss Sadie
e. Taylor, twenty-three years old, r. fac.
tory girl, from the ELECTS OF which she has
since died.
Howard 8. Lovejoy, the deiaulting re.
ceiver Of the Eiobrara land Office, who was
arrested in Chicago a few months ago,
brought to Omaha and pleaded guilty, was
sentenced TO the custody OF tho United
States marshal until 1856. and Wal fned
$12,3S5, the amount he il charged with
embezzling.
Lieut.. Jones, ofthe Fourth United States
artillery, returned to duty at Fort Adams
Newport, having ov%erstayed his leave oil
absence about a week. This preyed upon
his mind, and rather than submit to n
court martial and its disgrace, he decided
to die. Early in the morning he arose,
dressed himself and reported for duty. He
subsequently returned to his quarters and
shot himself in the head with a revolver,
the ball entering his brain.
Daniel Osborn, wanted in Prospect,
Ohio, for forgery. was arrested at Canal
Winchester. ten miles below Columbus.
The officer was on horseback, while the
prisoner. handcuffed, walked in front,
The marshal discovered that Osborn was
armed, and dismonnted to disarm the
fellow. As he approached Osborn drew q
revolver Inc pointed it at the officer as
we'll MS he could, handcuffed as he was.
The marshal seized his hand, and at the
NM instant the revolver was discharged,
the ball entering Osborn's left side between
the ribs, and passing through the heart.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Washington Gossip.

A new executive mansion is talked Of ut
Washington.
The, public debt statement reveals n re.
duction OF over S9,o0O,O00 during Decem.
Der.
Senator Pnlmer's Washingtonhou din.
ing room contains t~wenty-one tons OF solid
mahogany.
There is. s14s, 500, 900 gold in the ma.
sional treasury-about $1,000, 900 in.
crease for the year.
OF the twenty-eight presidential postofRc'
es in Vermont, the incumbents OF fifteen Of
them have been changed.
". Halpin, recently appointed deputy
collector OF internal revenue for the Third
district OF Iowa, was suspended from his
office by Collector Webster.
Ben Halliday, the once famous mil con.
tractor, is a claimant before congress- for
about $500, 900, which he has been trying
to get for fifteen years.
The First National bank of Luverna,
Mimi, with n capital OF $4,000, was
and w. y. Hulburt cashier.
Charles Brown, the retiring postmaster
iof Medina, Mich, WAS commissioned by
Prestdent Lincoln in June, 1861, and held
the office continuously until recently ousted,
Lieut.. Bulls, Twenty-fourth infantry,
Inspector Of rife practice, department ol
the Missouri, is ordered to Forts Reno,
Supply and Sill, Indian Territory, on Off.
cial business.
During January the commissions o.
over 100 presidential postmasters will ex.
pire as soon as congress meets. Since July
l there hay been over 5000 changes made
In fourth-class offices, OF which there are
over 40, 600,
The secretary OF che treasury has in.
structed the collector ofcustoms atGeorge.
town, D. C., to admit free OF duty plaster
models imported by the Ladies' Monument
association as designs from which q selec.
ton is to be made for q monument to Gen.
Robert E. Lee.
The president has %pardoned Frederick
Aslay OF Montana, who behaved most
calamity in the recent prison fire, anc
thirteen morrnons who were convicted un
der the Edmunds law. Cleveland has
granted forty pardons. Arthur granted
two hundred in 1884.
The agents OF the estate in Washington
Of the late ex-senator Sharon of Nevada
placed on record the deed, which was made
by Mr.. Sharon Nov. 4, 1855, n short tim
before his death, by which he transfers al
his property in this city and elsewhere te
HIS son. Fred G.. Sharon, and his son.in-lav
Francis g. Newlands, in trust for the heirs
who are mentioned in the deed by name
ind the division OF the estate described.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
me weather. Of Last Year.

According to Sergeant p. F. Lyons, the
signal service observer Mt st. Paul, the year
Just ended q q mean temperature oi42.1
deg. Tho averages 81 the last il years is
A4.9 deg. or nearly 8 deg. above last years
mean. The year 1885 ranks third among
the cold onss since 1870. The coolest OH
record was that OF 1888, it's annual mean
being 4O.9 deg. The warmest was 1877 its
mean being 49.5 deg. The total rain and
melted SNOW during 1885 was 1888 inches.
The average for the period named above is
1878 inches. Last year was wet.er than
1876, 1875, 1879, 1850 and 1882, and
dryer than the restroom 1880 up IT, now.
Ihedryest year since ls70wn 1s79,it It's pre-.
cipitation being 22.39 inches; and 1881
was the wettest, its precipitation being
s9,l8 inches, The mean percentage OF hu.
Nudity, or relative humidity" for the
year is .77.5, and is IL deg. above thcayer.
age OF the last 10 years. The average
cloudiness is 8, on n scale OF o to 10, ..0''
representing no clouds. and no., n total
cloudiness, or an entirely cloudy sky.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

Senator Hears bill for regulating
the succession to the presidency has
been passed by the Senate, and has
been referred to a committee in the
House OF Representatives. The bill
IN ITS present shape provides for the
repeal OF the sections Of the Revised
Statutes which provide for the hold.
ing OF special elections to fill the
presidential chair within short time
alter the duties Of the offcefal upon a
person other than the v:ce-president.
aEsl,is provision, which was added to
the bin alter its introduction, and
whiah excited the special opposition
Of seisator Edmunds, win, IT is under
stood, be opposed BY many members
liz I9Nonse, and in order to afford
opportunity for q thorough debate
upon thu il was thought best to
letths mattsr 50 over until after the
Shotsday receGs.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
General News Condensed.
R.bslIioas Frsncl crorxymen.

Tho abandonment OF Mgr. Fabre, Roman
Catholic bishop OF Montreal, which was
read IN all the churches IN the diocese, has
sAused widespread indignation among the
majority Of the clergy and their nocis.
The reference OF the bishop to the Riel agi-
against the authority OF the state and tn
tho political use made OF the church
the celebration Of masses for
The dead rebel has stnng the French
canadians to the very quick, and many oil
che bishop'ssmost intimate friends seem to
think he has made q mistake, and unless
he ,withdraws, or at least modiies some OF
bis statements, he ma expect serious de.
l~ections from his clergy. The bishop seems
TO realize that; he has zone too Tar, andhas
tntimated semi-oflcially that he win ex-
plain himself more fully shortly.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

The "mad-stones" which have been
90 strongly recommended recently for
the cure Of hydrophobia are not in
any way different from the SNAKE
stones" Of India. Native doctors in
British India, and, indeed, through.
out Southern Asia, carry about with
them such snake-stones, which, being
placed upon the wounds made by a
snake bite, are supposed to suck out
the poison. They IRE usually of a
porous material which readily absorbs
moisture, and, after being applied, are
permitted to cling to the wounds un-
til they drop of. Among intelligent
people this has long been regarded as
9 superstition, but people are still
hunting the country over for mad
stcnes.0
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Money sent to the Irish Parliament.

Money sent to the Irish Parliament
airy Fund Association will be used OK
clusively for the purpose Of iurthering
constitutional agitation. That is the
only object sought to be attained by
the organization Of which Mr.. Eugene
Kelly is chairman. The fund will go
to Parnelt, whose intention is "to EN-
ploy il in the payment of $500 yearly
to such OF the Irish members as are
unable personally to bear the expense
OF g Parliamentary CAREER The
managers Of this movement in America
are q practical, cool-headed set OF
men. They seem to mean business
and nothing else. It vas by their eff
forts that Mr.. Parnell was dissuaded
from leaving his work at home to Wis.
it the United States.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

Nothing 30 well illustrates the
wonderful change in Ireland spolitical
affairs as the fact that the Nation
atists are now much better pleased with
the prospects for the future than the
Loyalists. It is the latter who are
talking wildly Of an appeal to arms
md are evidently badly demoralized,
while the complacency OF the Parlsell-
ties forms an extraordinary contrast
TO thestate Of fnry and despair com
mon to the Home Rulers a short time
10o.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Chicago rhilanthropIst Drowned.

Charles H. Curtis, aged soventy-four, one
OF the oldest residents OF Chicago, was
found dro in the lake. Mr.. Curtis
came to Chiacgo in 1910, and was FOR n
while contractor on the Illinois canal, and vi.
terward was in the meat business fora mum
Der OF years. OF late years he had not been
in active business, but madeinvestments in
various corporations. Some OF his recent
investments hayc proved disastrous, and
by Il bank failure, n few years ago, he lost
500, 600. But that did not appear to
distress him much. His friends say that
he never allowed money losses to dcpress
him, nor would he refer to them. He
described as being II very generous man in
q quiet way, having given away over $780,
900.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Criminals and Crimes.

Patrick McWhcney was murdered at Dev
lis Lake, Oak, by IL desperate named 0s-
valid.
At Chicago. "Puggyn O'Leary, the bratal
murderer OF his mistress and his sister
was sentenced TO forty years imprisonment.
Frank Mondon twas hanged at Syracuse.
N. T., recently for the murder OF his father.
in-iaw, John Wishart. The execution was
private. q
Brigham Young Hampton, convicted oil
conspiracy at Salt Lake, Mns sentenced to
the u aximum penalty uSEer the law. one
year in the county jail.
Aman calling himself Ma. Andrew Brad.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Two Decisions of Great Importance to tho
settlers.

Washington Spec;al:-In the case OF
Greenwood vs.. Peters, coming from the
Grand Forks land office, Secretary Lamar
has taken ground fully as advanced as
Land Commissioner Sparks on the subject
OF communication OF homestead to pre-emp-
ton entry. In this case Peters own testi.
mony showed that he had not lived on the
land. Mr.. Lamar says:
Counsel for Peters objected to your hold.
ing that the cancellation OF the cash entry
necessarily involved the cancellation OF the
homestead entry. There can be but one
answer. Any person desiring to commute n
homestead to n cash entry must how com.
pliance with the homestead law up to the
date of commutation. The homestead en-
try is the basis OF the cash entry, and as
such must stand or fall With it.
Secretary Lamar has modified a decision
by the land commissioner in regard to Pc
ter D. Paulsen's claim to n part Of section l
in town III, range 25, near Benson, Swift
advantage in similar cases. The tract is
within the tifteen-mile indemnity init OF
the st. Paul & Pacific grant, and was with.
drawn in 1857 for the road. In 1863 the
grant was adjusted along this part OF the
road, and this land anon other tracts
was restored. 1t lies also within the in.
demnity limits OF the Hastings & Da-
kota. A maj named Ashley home,
steaded the pieecin 1854, andtailed to prove
up. In 1875 Paulsen applied, md was
refused because it was possibly railroad
land. In 1880 the Manitoba road selected
the whole section. Pnulsen executed a
homestead affidavit in 1888 and sent to
Benson, and it was rejected. Mr.. Lamar
holds that the lane is Paulscn's; the rnil,
road could not select pending IN appeal by
nm entryinan. After a lon: contest the set
tier gets the land.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

The Wisconsin courts have decided
that i German who cannot read En-.
glish can make q valid viii in that lam
glage. Incidentally they decide, also,
that q man who cannot read any
Language can maken valid viii if he is
correctly informed as to the contents
and knows what he is signing. This
issfortnnate. It would be sad state
81 affairs il all illiterate persons were
denied the right to dispose of their ac-
cumulations by will.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
Year,s resolutions c,

New Years resolutions cover a
great number Of things. When a man
is aboutit he might just as well pro-
tect himself at all points. One may
protect himself juridically against
strong drink, penuckle, dominoes,
poo, high dice and beer, yet what
shall it profit him if he leaves billiards
opena The careful selfreformer
should resolve that in 1886 he will
not give temptation chance to get
into thedouble corners.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
The vast extent OF British com,nerc

The vast extent OF British com.nerce
is indicated by the statement that no
day passes without the loss of some
British vessel and allits crew. Indeed,
it is said that the statistics for the
month Of November show a much
greater averageloss than this, for dur.
ing its thirty days no fewer than sev.
enty-four ships we're lost with all on
board. Efforts are nnceasing in En-.
gland to devise same plano prevent.
ing this frisshtful loss of life and prop.