The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-11
Condensed Telegraphic News.

ending June 30, 1856, amounted to $780,.
3O3,G66, being an increase OF So, 1875, 1872
over the receipts during the corresponding
period OF the last fiscal year. There was
an increase OF S733,1SO on spirits, an in
crease OF 81, 126,4 2o on fermented liquor.
The only decrease was $56,095 on mis-
cellaneous items. The receipts for April,
1856, were S176,047 greater thar those
for April, 1885.
The bill reported to the house relative
to the transmission OF obscene matter
through the mails, is accompanied by a
report which states: The law upon this
subject has been construed in SO many
ways by the courts that the dealers in oh.
scene and filthy matters have been able to
evade and to violate it. The amendments
proposed are intended to make the pro-
visions OF the acts so definite that they can
not be disobeyed with impunity.
Secretary Bayard's recent note to Mr..
West, which the latter cabled to Earl
Rosebery, British foreign minister, has
been made public. 1t requests that Eng
land shal restrain the extreme exercise OF
what Canada considers to be her legal
rights i'll the matter OF seizing American
fishing vessels, and forbidding additional
seizures during the diplomatic discussions
OF disputed questions. thenote is couched
in calm and judicial terms throughout, and
assumes the intention OF both countries to
1 pSSuiC IL hStioNal VI hc ChuSS lOT OlS-
pute.
1t is probable that a lawsuit will grow
out of the presidents purchase OF his coun-
try home. Although it was purchased and
the papers made out without the interven-
ton OF a real estate agent, Major G. A..
Armes, II retired army officer, who is in the
real estate business here, claims II commits
sion amounting to S537 for having brought
the property to the presidents attention.
Ex-Congressman Joyce OF Vermont is to
practice law in Washington.
The Metropolitan African Methodist
Episcopal church, one OF the largest churches
in the United States was dedicated recently.
TIL adopted citizens OF the Cherokee ma
tion are p%etitioning the United States gov
ernment to prevent the distribution OF the
$500. 900 lease money to Cherokees by
blood only.
Mrs. Holt, whom Secretary Lamar is to
marry, is one OF the richest women in
Georgia.
The trial OF Adam Guckenbereer OF
Marshfeld, Wis, for outracing Mrs. George
kundert, at Sherry's Switch, in February,
resulted in conviction. The sentence i'm.
posed by Judge Webb was ten years at
hard labor i'll the penitentiary.
l.. G. Pfefer & Co., tanners at Appleton,
Wis, have failed. Liabilities, $50, 900;
assets, $4,000.
McAffee, the e~x-bisamist, is remarked to
his second wife at Hudson, Wis.
Articles OF incorporation of a new rail
road between Dubuque and Kansas City
have been filed. The incorporators are
Ansel Oppenheim, Sam G. Stickney, A. i.
Schiilman, Frank Skipwirth, Robert G..
Wright, w. II. knowlton, all Of the Min
nesota & Northwestern, and also George
B. Burch, president OF the Dubuque and
| Nrrfl,rn,{1-, TI~a - thn .,,.A.
poration is the Chicago, st. Paul & Kan
sas City. The capital stock is S25,oo0,-
900. The business commenced May &c
and will continue Tor fifty years.
By fire at sioux City Mr.. l.. II. Moor
lost his entire stock. The following also
lose on stock: E.. L. Selmcr. boots and
shoes; e. p. Hill, groceries; John Tucker,
meat market; Copdwan d knickerbocker,
cigars and tobacco. All are well insured.
Mrs. Susan Fox while preparing supper
in the town Of Lind, Wis, WAS burned to
death, her clothes catching fire from the
stove.
Hon. Levi P. Morton gives Gen. Scho-
field a stunning banquet in New York.
Christinson is arrested at Racine, charged
with being accessory to the murder OMAR
shal Schultze.
The general assembly OF the United Pres
byterian church, at Hamilton, N. V, elects
Rev. j. I. Bountree as moderator.
deficiency OF S150,o0o is found in the
accounts of i. H. Dean, counsel for the
board OF managers OF the American Baptist
Missionary union i'll New York.
Augustus Fulton, the only colored stu
dent ever sent from the United states to
the Propaganda in Rome, has been ~orlain-
ed. and will return to this country to take
charge OF a colorcd Catholic church in New
Orleans.
The total amount invested in the Cana
dian fisheries is Sc. 600.
A review and sham battle, in which s.
0 troops participated, took place in
PhGniy park, Dublin, in celebration OF
the queens birthday. Earl OF Aberdeen,
lord lieutenant, and his wife, eins state
to the park and were accorded an ovation
A report is current in court circles that
prince. Albert Victor, eldest son OF the
prince OF Wales. viii soon be betrothed to
the princess Elizabeth Of Anhalt. The
princess is represented to possess remarka-
Die beauty.
Fire at Butte, Mon, destroyed stables
owned by Remitlard e Parsons, on lower
Main street, the blacksmith shop OF Fred
O'Brien, the saddlery shop OF j. r. Gun
Their, coopers, etc, a saloon and three or
four cabins in the rear. The fire orisi-
mated in Parsons kitchen. The horses in
the stable were saved. One COW was
burned. Parsons family was barely
saved. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $50,
900.
Crop prospects in the northwest are not
quite us favorable as II week ago. With the
exception OF the April rains, which came
when seeding was abouthalEcompleted, the
weather has been quite dry, exceptin a few
localities, and complaints are becoming
numerous that the crops are suffering for
ant OF moisture.
The winter wheat crop prospect is not so
good as it was IL week ago. Spring wheat
in the northwest is suffering for want OF
rain.
The jury in the circuit court at Marion,
Iowa, rendered n verdict in the famous
Iowa City riot case in favor OF the plant
ifs for $1,000. The verdict was against
Dostal, Englert, Slezak, Sven, Graf,
Beranek and Epple for 81, 900 each. Law
yer Bailey, who was tarred and feathered
by the anne parties, settled his claim some
time ago for $500. The plaintiffs asked
$4,000 damages.
1t was a waterspout at Fort Keogh, and
it played the deuce within "A narrow limit.
Lucius c. Owsley, a Louisville drummer,
shot and killed his stepson, De Witt Tav-
lor, near Bradfordville. Ky. Family diff.
culties are said to be the cause. Taylor is
said to have been pursuing Owslcy, when
the latter turned and shot him.
In the town OF Sherman, twenty-five
miles west of Eau Claire, the farm dwell
ing OF Mr.. Barber, together with a barn
and a quantity OF grain and hay, was
burned. L-c#", Sl,SOo. covered by $5OOin
the Dunn County Mutual.
At Milwaukee, August Schlnchtcr, nine
years old, was playing with his smaller
sister near the stock yards, when IL train
approached. The girl had crept forward
and sat on the track. The little fellow at
the last moment jumped to her and threw
her aside, but was caught instead. The
wheels crushed him to an unacceptable
mass.