The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-07-26

Pa Conant.
Corn, hogs, cattle and sheep.
Another heavy rain fell Friday night
MI. C. NJ. Foote left on Monday morn
ing.
Cashier Abbott went to Miller this
week.
In many cases the late sown wheat is
the best.
There ought to be a big crop of late
potatoes.
Mr.. Fly and family have arrived to
spend the summer.
Frank Richter has won his contest case
against L. G. Austin.
Mr.. +. L. Miller and son started for
Polo, ILL.,, Monday morning.
Thousands of little porkcrs lie awake
nights listening to the corn grow.
Mr.. 7. Pattee left Tuesday for Seattle,
Washington, to see what he can see.
The late heavy rains have turned the
face of the prairie to an emerald hue.
Miss Carrie Morris is visiting her
sister, Mrs. w. q. Colvin, at Huron.
1t is claimed by some that Kilrsin's
real name is Killion. We think it's Den
mis-.
One of the heaviest rains that ever
visited this sectisn fell Saturday fore
noon.
Artificial ice is CHI eaper In southern
cities thar the natural article in the
North.
A pound Of steel when converted
into hair springs for watches is worth
S140, 900.
Barring an untimely frost Brulc county
will raise a magnificent crop of corr
this season.
Mrs. A Petrack, one of the %earlies'
residents OF Kimball, died, after a Ions
illness, on Friday last.
There will be q harvest home picnic
IN Kimball on August II. Full particu
lars will be given next week.
From our exchanges it appears tina
the slaughter of the half-grown prairl
chickens has commenced all over tn
country.
Sir William Richards will run a10
yard foot race with Charley Hooper, a
White Lake tomorrow-Saturday-fo
$50 a side.
A sad incident in connection with til
death of Geo. Cox was that he was t
have been married in September to
young lady of Sanborn, Iowa.
Miss Maggie Brislan went to Chan
berlain Saturday to prove up on he
claim which she has faithfully held dow
!, for five years or more.
The small grain is a long ways from
failure, as is evident by the many fin
} fields of wheat and barley which arc no
in the hands of the harvesters,
Henry Cushing has sold to W. Il
Wysnt all of his property south
Third street except bis house and 10
The transfer comprises about 55 acres
unplatted land and "a lots.
The city council should pass an orc
nance prohibiting outside peddlers fro
= plying their trade without first paying
0 reasonable license to the %oity-and to
sure it Is reasonable" it ought to be
. pretty stiff one.
Miss Lou Wallace very pleasantly c
ter,ained the Messrs. Brandon, Smit
u Runyan, Foote, Craft and Meierste
and the Misses Young, Jacobson, Car,
Franklin and the Miss Nugens at b
80 home Friday evening.
To expel mosquitoes take of gum
camphor a piece about one-third the ST
10 of a hens egg, and evaporate it by pl;
ing It in a tin vessel and holding it on
the lamp, taking care that it does Il
IS ignite. The smoke will soon fill t
room andexpel the mosquitoes, and tn
20 will not return, even though the wi
OF dows should be left open all night.
From the very large number of prai
chickens seen in the spring and co
summer a very large crop of the bi
Os was generally predicted. A little ii
will demonstrate, however, that
~ number of birds this season Is no grea
III as large-as that of former We,
IA 1t is safe to say that ninc-tenths of
birds left over each season are males,
20 20 the females are usually killed off W
their half grown broeds.
Hero is the latest potato bug medioi
and it seems to be a sensible rene
me "a solution consisting of three pou
of lime, one tablespoonful Of cone
trated lye and six gallons of water,
given to the public as an effective rem
63 for the protection of Irish potatoes
other crops from damage by potato b.
1t has been used with entire success az
cation with an ordinary sprinkler is
tina, is necessary. This application
10 only protects the crops but stimuli
growth.
Fteai Estate re-.