The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

be held at Madison, Sept. %.
Justus Robinson OF Vermillion was
run over by the cars and killed.
The Van Dusen company is making
arrangements to build q large eleva-
tor in Ordway.
The stage line between Minneawau-
kan and the Turtle mountains is to
be discontinued after May 15.
A terrific storm at Chadron de-
stroyed a large amount oIproperty.
DEVILS lake is entirely open, and
navigation will soon be resumed. The
ice did not break up last year until
May ~.
Nine tin claims in the Palmer dis
trict, near Rapid City, have been sold
to Chicago and Detroit parties for
$4,000.
Groton college, in Brown county,
has 113 pupils, The town OF Groton
presented the college with forty acres
of land.
A prairie fire ran through IL portion
of Brown county, the town OF Fred
erick narrowly escaping destruction.
The Dakota Iron and Steel company
buy the Fargo foundry for the new
smelling works.
Fires in Miner county destroyed
buildings belonging to William Egged,
Levi Sheckler, Mr.. Phillips, Louis De
Clark and Henry Ford.
The fourth semi annual session OF
the Midland Associations s the Congre.
gational church will be held in Redtield
May II, Is and 10.
The official term ofB. E. Henderson,
receiver oil the land Office at Aberdeen,
will expire July 8.
The artesian well at Aberdeen can.
not furnish sufficient powerfo r eighteen
electric lights as expected, but gives
enough for ten, and the city will soon
be lighted with electricity.
Mr.. Davidson Of Brown county will
put in five hundred acres to wheat.
HIS granary now holds six thousand
bushels OF last years wheat.
Miller's town council has granted
liquor license against the ruling OF the
county board. The matter will be
testedi in court.
The annual meeting OF the Dakota
press association will be held at Aber.
deem, beginning Monday June 21, and
continuing two days.
E. C. Mutchman's house and con.
tents near CAVITY were destroyed by
tire. No insurance.
Prairie fires destroyed the residence
of George f. Weischeil of Sully county.
Mrs. D%ollinger's farm buildings and
stock in Lynn Lake township, neal
Webster, We're destroyed by a prairie
fire, and Mrs. Dollinger was fatally
burned.
The Vermont Live Stock company
has recently purchased n large hero
OF COWS, which will increase their hero
in the Dakota ranch to about 10,
600 head.
Rev. A. A. Murphy, pastor OF tn,
Huron Congregational church, lgs1e
ceived an invitation to become pres
ident Of the Groton college at Gro
ton, Brown county, and will prob
ably accept.
A. j. McCabe OF jamestown aat
R. Il. Wolliver oiMandan were elect
ed delegates to the train dispatchetY
national convention to be held il
Chicago, June 1G.
The District Medical association 70,
Dawson, Hanson, Auroraand adjoin
ing counties, was organized at Mitch
ell, with the following officers: Presi
dent, DR.. Andrews, Mitchell; vice presi
dent, DR.. Dott, Alexandria; secretary
DE-. Halverson, Mitchell. The mex
meeting will be held there the frs,
Tuesday in June.
Judge Church had A. p. Melville, g
prominent attorney of Huron, ant
City Marshal Mozart before him foi
contempt of court. he fined Melvl!!,
500 or thirty daysin Jail, and Mozart
who acted under Aieiville's advice S2s
or imprisonment thirty days. They
paid the fines.
w. E. Wright, an attorney OF Bis
marck, was severely beaten bv Char
les Bentley for having insulted the
young lady with whom the latter haG
Deer keeping company. Both wer,
arrested.
"A sad accident occurred to thefami
ly OF Andrew Nelson, living six mile.
south of Volga. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
were away at a neighbours leavin,
their four children, all under sever
years, at home. The family burns
lax straw in the stove in place O
wood, and i'll some manner the burn
ing straw fell from the stove upon til,
floor. The house vas completely cor,
sumed. The two Oldest children es
capped, but the two youngest, ace6
tour years and a year and a hall, wer,
burned.
A Dakota Club for social pur
poses has been organized at Fargo.
Mel foWers proprietor OF O house
OF i'll fame, at Aberdeen, was severely
cut in the throat by j. Southwick, {
citizen whom he attacked. The blow
was a hard one, and nearly severed
the Jugular vein. Mayor Skillnar
has ordered all gambling dens CLOSED
in the city.
Among the documents filed Will
Gov. Pierce at Bismarck was .
requisition for the removal of William
5; Nelson from the county Jail ut
Fremont, Ohio, to Stutsman county,.
house OF criminal refuge.
William D, Russell, A. A. Haverolt