The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-03
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.


commit suicide with case knife.
Reports received from various points
indicate that there is serious danger
of fuel famine in the territory.
Edwin e. Sage, one OF the Oldest
and most prominent citizens OF Sioux
Fails, died after an illness OF many
months.
Wahpeton has built twenty-fivenew
residences and several new business
houses during the season.
James Stage, ofWebster, was drown
ed while attempting to cross Mlnne'
washta lake in u small boat.
Prairie fires burned over u large
tract of country in Brookings county.
The Homestake Mining company is
the largest in the world, and employs
5000 men.
Two ladies at Huron came near be-
ing aphyxiatsd from the gas generated
by base burning coal stove. They
were resusciated and will recover.
La Moure is to be the county seat
OF La Moure county, and several OF
the offices have already neen removed
there from Grand Rapids.
c. G. Clark, OF the st. Lawrence Trib-
une, has ies3sed his paper to N. j. d.
RegJA ana removed to Yankton.
DAKOTA patents: III. A. Marland,
Fargo, measuring pump; Emanuel
Clutter and a. Mackenhaupt, straw
burner; j. e. Duncan, Lisbon, revers-
ing mechanism.
Jesse Love, living near Park River,
was bound over to the district court,
charged with selling mortgaged wheat.
Andrew Mulberry OF George township,
Grant county, lost his barn and
about LOCO bushels OF grain by fire.
1t is claimed that Deadwood shows
signs OF another boom, business of all
kinds being largely on the increase.
The Free Will Baptists are having q
revival at Sioux Falls.
S. C. Bagley, who returned to Min
neapolis o few days since from q trip
to Dakota, states that many OF the
smaller streams are nothing but grav-
ell beds, a large number of wells have
given out entirely, and stock must in
evitably suffer for want OF water, with
out heavy falls of snow or rain to in
crease the nearly exhausted supply.
The Citizens National Bank ofSioux
Falls has received its charter, and will
commence business. The officers are:
President, T.. p. Beebe; vice president,
J. w. Bailey, Jr.; cashier, e. w. Hills.
This is the fourth national bank in
that place, and is an outgrowth of the
Citizens bank, for many years con-
Quoted by Hills & Beebe.
The Frankfort FIGURING mills at
Frankfort, ten miles east OF Redfield,
owned by Fremont & Fisher. were
burned with their contents. Col. E.
| w. Foster had l 200 bushels of wheat
consumed, on which there was no in
surance. The total loss is estimated
at $24, 900; insured for 50, 500
George S. Barnes, late president of
the system OF the Northern Pacific
elevators, denies the published state
ment that he is connected with a syn
dicate to build 81 competing system
OF elevators in Dakota. He saws he
will spend the winter in Europe MAX
ing connections in the interest of the
Northern Pacific system, and resume
active connection with that company
on his return.
The assessed value of property in
Fargo involved in the Peronto case
decided by the Unites States supreme
court recently, is about S75o,ooo.
| The real value is about three times
that. 1t embraces $50 acres, a por-
tion OF it in the business heart of the
city and the rest the site OF the pres ent
shops and yards OF the Northern Pa
cliic. The effect of the decision is to
confirm the title to the property in
the Northern Pacific and individuals
to whom they have sold lots and
tracts, among whom are George Benz
J OF st. Paul, owner OF the United block:
Davis Bros, New York. owner OF the
Davis block and much other valu able
business property.
A report on the geological formation
! OF the Galenn silver district appears
in Rapid City Black Hills Republican.
1t has been prepared by +. r. Carpen-
ter, mining engineer, at theinstance OF
capitalists OF that city and elsewhere,
who have under consideration the
erection at Rapid City OF sampllne
works, a smelter, or both. Carpen-
ter estimates that the silver depos.
its cover an area Of / 300 acres, and
states nnreservedly that the district
is one OF great richness Ii the area
he gives will yield a vein averaging
one inch in thickness and yielding as
well as the formation indicates, the
output will eventually be over $780,
600, 900, or about third as much
as the Comstock lode ofNevada Weld.
ed The average thickness of the de.
post will, however, estimating from
the mines already opened, be much
greater than one inch. The Rich
mond mill is in continuous operation
and from other mines large shipments
are daily made to thereduction works
at Omaha.
M. H. Day is credited with being g
candidate for receiver or register O
one OF the Dakota land Offices.
The county records were moved
from Grand Rapids to La Moure, the
ten days fixed by the county commits
| sioners at their last meeting after which
the removal was to take. place having
expired at midnight The late election
has been contested on the ground O,