The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-09-05

Ed Meade, q notorious character, opened
FIRE on Hsines O'Connor, living near Onlda,
ono evening last week. Two balls struck
Mr.. O'Connor in the body and one in tho
arm, producing painful wounds, but not
likely to prove serious unless something
unlocked for sets in. Meade is now in
hiding .--. 81 s
Sunday afternoon some party or parties
climbed into the Brookings NJ. E. church
through a window and stole the collection
in the contribution boz, which was locked,
and the box was broken open. The amount
Of the theft is not known, as the money
had not been counted.
In 1877 A. d. Clark, then . compositor
on the Deadwood Times, located mining
claim on the Ruby basin that he called the
Stewart. 1t was refractory but high
grade. CLARK represented II for years ard
then procured a, patent for 1t. For years
he has published a paper, at Buffalo Gap
and his mine was ripening. Lately he sold
# TO four Deadweod eapitsiists for ss7, ,oOo
cash. 81
ASsse Of rare presence .ot natnd ON IL >
part Of ! 12year- old boy at Kampeska re-
Gently is worthy of notice. A little 3-yesr-
old boy fell into the cistern; his l2-yesr. old
brother, Matthew Elgie, saw the accident
and at first started to call his mother, who
was some distance away, but thinking his
brother might drown before he could get
back, slid down tho pump and grabbed
hold Of his brother, holding him above
water until both were rescued by neigh
bors.
Sanford Clark, CT Hill City, In company
/ With George Berry, while en- route to
Rapid City in spring wagon drawn by
two horses, was overtaken by . storm at
Dry creek. The horses became unmanage-
able and were unhitched from the wagon
in the creek bed, while Clark and Berry
sought the shelter of big tree, three
quarters of a mile above the road and on
the opposite side of Red hill. While under
this dangerous shelter Clark was killed
and Berry badly shocked by lightning.
Tho regular mid. month cleanup of the
belt mines of the Black Hills was shipped
east and the aggregate amount was $156, 600.
4 The barn of Bartholomew Bissaca, at
Lead City, was destroyed by fire. 1t con
! tanned ten horses and the stable man who
was present when the fire broke out sue
ceeded In cutting all the horses loose and
| getting number of the animals out, but
4 in their CONSERVATION all but three rushed
back into the burning building and were
consumed in the flames. One of the ami
mails burned was valuable stallion.
The Burlington and Missouri River Rail
road company has opened up = fight on the
original package dealers aad bootleggers
who are infesting the line It is building
through the Black Hills, and has many oi
them under arrest.
| Robert Les had rather an exciting s1pe.
rience at NJ adison. He was engaged haul
ing away the hay that had been on fire al
John Wadden's barn, when one load broke
out in blaze as he was driving along the
street. He succeeded in getting the burn
ing hay to place Of safety and unloading
1t before any damage was done to hi,
wagon. The hayrack, however, was con
siderably charred.
e. st. Clair, convict in the penitsn
tiary at Sioux Falls, is dend. His term Of
Imprisonment would have expired in Fob
ruary. He was "a years of age and wa,
sentenced From Aberdeen on the charge
of grand larceny. This is the first deatt
at the penitentiary in nearly two years.