The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-24
MAY BLOSSOMS.

Aberdeen says it has 1000 inhabitants,
B. c. Kingsbury has 10 young pork
ers.
Charley Myers setter was poisoned
Sunday.
The face of the country never looked
prettier.
A strolling scissors grinder struck the
town Monday.
Corn is up in many fields and farmers
are narrowing it.
The Knights Tcmplar of Dakota meet
in Mitchell June 5.
We could stand more rain but all grain
looks nice, nevertheless.
A draft horse importing company is to
organized at Alexandria.
A pontoon bridge is to be laid across
the Missouri ct Yankton.
Puk. polled an even SO votes for the
constitution and none against it.
Richard Foote has quit the stage and
settled in Aberdeen as an attorney.
A squaw accidentally .hot and killed
herself with a rife at Gam Valley, Sun
day.
r. w. Whcelock is now performing
his du ties as receiver of the Mitchell
land office.
Aberdeen is to have a way-up base
ball club, salarisd play rs and aboard of
directors.
The commissioners meet next Monday
to canvass the vote for delegates and the
constitution.
Howard Jayne said, when here, that
parties in Iowa City wanted to start q
brick yard here.
While planting corn, ashort time since,
Levi Wait, of Willow Lake, lost fine
gold watch and chain.
The ncxt and last teachers institute for
the season will be held in Pukwana the
last Saturday in June.
The Somerville Journal says that a
family with a sixteen. year-old boy In the
house has no need Of an encyclopedia.
Lightning struck NJ. Dorsey's house,
five miles from Chamberlain, Wednesday
night of last week, anu killed q six year
old boy.
Yankton is sick over the 5000 it paid
the New York Graphic for an illustrative
write up. That's about the way all such
schemes turn out.
H. G. Preston. of Mitchell, has been
obliged to cancel his engagement here to
deliver the address memorial day as
pressing business will call him elsewhere.
1t is reported that seven townships of
the reservation lying south and adjoin-
ing Douglas county is to be opened to
settlement. The Indians wan to sell
it.
Robt. Barr has rented his place to the
pected about the first Of next month,
MIR. Barr is building n small stable on the
place.
Miss Ada Bardin was wonderfully
pleased and %astonished Saturday even
ing by the receipt Of Il blood pug dog by
express from Troy, N. Y, sent by her
father.
Lots of folks are going out to sec
Charley Knowles six footed pig. If
we have a Fourth of July blowout
Charley is going to bring it in for exhi-
bltion, he says.
Our real estate transfers this week
show that the boys down at Chamber.
lain are having some fun with their dirt
A large number Of transfers are crowded
out until next week.
There will be memorial services ut the
NJ. E. church Sunday. The G. A. r
post will attend in a body. Commander
Blodgett wishes all the comrades to be al
the Post Hall at 10 o'clock.
The M. E. church society had a sue
~cessful pound social Friday evening.
Over 100 useful articles were deposited
, in the parsonage for the pastor. The
ladies netted SO from the ice cream ant
cake served
Mayor Richards respectfully requests
that all business houses close from 10 4
: m. until 4 p. IN ION memorial day, May 30
The GRAPHIC trusts that our bushes
men will show due respect for the da,
, in the II the mayor suggests.
Mitchell Republican, 17:-Attorne'
CHrtiss is in from Kimball OF bushes
before the land Office. He has a theor,
about the future water supply that j
well worth the consideration OF tn
thoughtful and he may be induced to pu
:. it into writing.
Mayor Richards has settled the strif
for the auditors Office by appointing W
NJ. Pratt for that place, a gentleman no
only competent, but one who did earnes
work for the new mayors election. at
9 the victors belong the spoils," by golly
A sad and strange death came to al
eighteen. months-old son of Register Ste
vcns last week. The child secured II GU
of gasoline which had been left within
its reach and swallowed so much of tn,
' fluidt death followed q few hour
later.
The Brule County Sunday School AS
sociation convenes in Chamberlain, Tues
. day. Mesdames Ruth, Doty, Dams
!. Thomas and Milliron and Mcssrs. Wolf
!. Wyant, Thomas, Harker, Potter ant
t Miss Lora Barrett will attend as dele
gates from here.
9 On Tuesday of last week. a 1ve-year
! old son Of Chas. Wedmore'e, who lives OIL
8 tbs reservation six miles north of Cham
J berlain, was bitten by a r%attlesnake Will
: playing near the house. The child wa
taken to Chamberlain at once but II
life could not be saved. This is the frs
q fatality of the kind in tho county thu
we have heard of.