The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
"he Constitutional Convention Rcconycnes nj
Sioux Falls, but Does Little Except to Adjourn
to Meet at Huron Dec. Is.

| lSSO.
Resolved That the president and secre
AIRY oil this convention be directed to Issue
call to the convention to meet persuant
to such adjournment, and that the cause OF
| aotice oil such call to be given to each mem.
| Der OF the convention.
| Resolved, That this convention respect.
ully recommends that the governor ana
! other officers empowered take the neces.
sary steps to convene the state legislature
| at the capital at the same time to which
| the convention shall adjourn
| The convention then adjourned, to meet
as provided in the resolutions adopte, at
| Huron Dec. 10, at which time it is prupos
| ed to convene the state legislature and
have general gathering OF every body inter.
ested in the division and admission OF Da
kotn. Gov. Milette was here, and will issue
Il call at once to the state legislature to
| convene at the time appointed. There is
an apparent determination to keep up tile
statehood movement under the constitu
| ton adopted, and at the December meeting
general line oi action will no doubt be in
ausurated 10 obtain the rights OF citizen.
ship from congress at its next session.
| Election returns indicate that cities
along the Missouri river have / =
voters in the last two years.
The snow blockade on the Devils
Lake division OF the Manitoba rail
roads over.
The official canvass at NIinnewau-
kan gives Campbell for district attor-
ney PA, ,Rolfe 2OS. Role will contest.
The Manitoba extension from Camp.
bell to Aberdeen is about completed,
the work OF laying iron now being in
progress.
Dlphtheria prevails to such an ex-
tent in Carroll county that the schools
are closed.
The city council OF Yankton were
called hurriedly in special session.
Prompt provision had to be made
against a threatened overflow OF the
| creek flowing from the city artesian
we'll. Several business house cellars
have been flooded.
The Manitoba road has begun the
building of q six-stall round house and
coal sheds at Devils Lake, and will
build machine shops in thespring sim
liar to those at Barnesvile.
A Minneapolis paper publishes a
special from Valley City stating that
A. G. Wilmot, proprietor of the Kin
dred hotel has gone away. He is allee.
ed to have various bills unsettled, az
gregating about $1,000. 1t is suppos-
ed that he and his family went to
Minneapolis. The hotel is now in the
pos session OF the sheriff.
The vote OF the Fourteenth legisla-
tive district elects to the council r. j.
Washabaugh and S. p. Wells, and to
the house John Wolsemuth, John Di
Patton and A. S. Stewart. Thecoun-
cil-men served in the last legislature.
The old report that Fort A. Lincoln
was about to be abandoned as mill
tary post has been revived by some
Washington correspondent.
p. II. Trudell and wife are held for
the murder OF Joseph Connolly III
Lawrence county.
The graders of the Milwaukee road
are within about six miles OF the
Faulk county line.
The elevator at Sheldon collapsed,
scattering $4,000 bushels of wheat
over the ground. 1t is reported that
the elevators at Buttzville have both
started to split open in consequence
OF the immense amount OF wheat
stored there.
P. G. Cooley of Minnewaukan has
assigned. Liabilities, SO, 600; assets,
about the same
The secretary of Interior has allow
ed Joseph Slater to file a contest
against jeremiah H. Murphy's entry
OF the northwest quarter OF section s,
township ll3, range II, Huron land
district. This overrules the decision
OF the commissioner. In rehearing
OF the case the secretary adheres to
his former ruling in the case of the
Hayden NJ. Thompson VS.. Lange CON
test.
Webster Williams, whose foot was
crushed by switch engine short
time ago died at Mitchell under the in.
fuence Of chloroform. Hewas appar-
emily improving when gangrens set in.
At DEVILS Lake, Right Rev. Martin
Marty, Catholic bishop of Dakota,
united in matrimony Thomas Cord.
ner and Miss Marie Budde, daughter
of Charles Budde.
p. G. Cooley, of MInnewaukan, has
assigned to R. r. Wise for the benefit
OF creditors without preference. Liza
bilities, $4,000; assets, about the
same.
X. E. Wallace's handsome cottage
situated on the shore of Spiritwood
lake, jamestown. with the furniture.
including elegant bric-a.brac, burned.
Loss. S3,7OO; insurance on furnitnra
So, 900 in the Fire Association of phil.
ndelphla and $3.50 on the house in
the Hartford. 49, -
Valley City was thrown into excite.
ment by the discovery that A. c. vii.
mot, proprietor of the Kindred hotel
had gone away. He is alleged to have
various bills unsettled, aggregatins
Z. ii. Shaw, landlord of the Alexan-
der Mitchell hotel, returned to Mitchell
from two weeks stay in New York
city, where he had been in n vain
search OF his brother-in-law. who dis.
mysteriously Nov. /. The
latter was bookkeeper named Fox,
who married Shaw sister at Charles
CITY, Iowa, several years ago.
The railroad depot at sanborn was
burned. The loss on the bn;ldino
express and freight is several thou.