The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-09-03
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.


clerk OF Grant county by
Judge Church. 1
Miner county will haveits first coun-
ty fair this fall.
The new Buxton Mine Company oil
Lead City recently made q shipment
of 81, 500 worth OF ore.
a destructive prairie fire swept con
siderable territory north OF Hoabird.
A motor line will be built from Wa
tertown to Lake Kampeska to accom-
modate the travel.
The new government wing of the
Sioux Falls penitentiary, containing
tifty-siN cells, is to be put in order for
q lot of crooks from Detroit.
Principals OF the great tinimporting
houses OF New York are investigating
the tin mines i'll the Black Hills.
Judge Francis will not allow any
newspaper men on any grand jury that
he has anything to do with.
The Republican convention OF the
Twenty-second district will meet at
Jamestown Oct 13.
George l.. Wright, one OF the pro-
prietors OF La Belle ranch, twelve
miles west OF Madison. was seriously
burned while engaged in blasting a
boulder on his farm.
John Cannon, a mechanic OF Brook
lngs, drew the $4,000 Illinois farm
in the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers gift concert which recently
took place in Chicago,
Farmers neas Blunt, who sowed
some winter wheat last fall, find it
matured before the drouth and is all
right.
A big vein of coal has been found in
Southeastern Potter county, near the
Hand county line. 1t is equal to the
best Illinois coal.
In many places along the James
river where the crop was supposed to
be badly damaged, wheat is turning
out fairly well.
New wheat, brought into st. Law
renee. is lighter than last year, weigh
tfty-two to tifty-six pounds bushel.
The Burlington depot at Sioux Falls
will be built of Sioux Fails quartzite,
and will be 4Oxl15 feet in size.
A stock company, with capital OF
S25, 900, is being formed at Water
town. The project is to heat city by
steam by using q plant of boilers, and
also to light the city by electricity.
The Yankton Catholics are about
to begin the erection OF fine, large
Church. The present Church being
too small for the congregation.
The fifth annual fair of the st. Law
renee County Agricultural and Indus
trial association will be held at Spear
fish, commencing Sept. 8.
Theodore Roosevelt denied at Bis
marck the statement that he had ex-
pressed himself in favor OF Blaine and
Logan i'll 1888.
The Republican convention for the
First legislative district will be held
at Elk Point on Sept. 81. This dis
trict is entitled to one member Of the
council and two members of the
house.
The city council OF Brookings
awarded the contract for boring an
artesian we'll to Gray Bros, Mllwau
kee, they being the lowest bidders.
The price to be paid is 81. so per foot,
including tubing.
The assessmentrolls OF Burleigh coun
ty, which have just been filed in the
auditors department, show valua
tions as follows: 2S1 ,O5o acres ofland,
S9l5,9o2; town lots, $1,l22, ,27O
merchandise, s16O,3eo; horses, s95,
536; mules. S16,1 cattle, S56,237
sheep, S4,O45; swine. So, 54l; vehicles
S31,Ol6; moneys and credits, Sl6l,
Ol5; household furniture, S14,1S5
stocks or shares, SSl, 545; value
all other property, $125,36O; maxim
The total assessed valuation So, 2,79l,
l66. an increase OF SITS, OOoverlas
year.
The late storm proved most sever
to the west and southwest of Ellen
dale. Grain and hay-stacks wer
scattered for miles over the prairi
and many farm buildings destroyed
The residence OF August Hanelt wa
shattered to splinters. and Mr.. Hanelt
narrowly escaped. William Rowan
living twenty miles north of that place
was instantly killed by falling timbe
during the storm. He was sinsl
man and from Canada.
Gov. Pierce reported the indebted
ness OF Dakota as follows: Territori
al, S56s, 900; county bonded debt, 50,
GOO, 900; county floating debt, $3.50,
900; other local indebtedness, includ
ing school bonds, $5,5OO,OOO. Il
makes grand total ofnearly $4,000,
600.
Gov. Pierce has about perfected ar.
rangements by which the accounts
OF the territorial militia for armory
rent, uniforms, etc., can be paid with.
out waiting for the assembling OF the
legislature. 1t is also expected that
the per diem OF men for service in the
encampment at Aberdeen this wear
will be paid in the same way. An Of
fetal announcement will be made as
soon as the final arrangements are
completed.
John Mosley, supposed to be
tramp, was shot in house OF i'll fame
at 1ankton by q woman known as
Nellie Grant. The bullet entered the
shoulder and is pronounced by the
doctor in attendance as not fatal.
Mosley on getting sober and finding