The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-05-02

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The house formerly occupied by Thos.
Meierstein was destroyed by fire on Mon
day night.
A number Of the school pupils went
up to American Creek to celebrate Arb0r
Day Thursday.
Editor Taubman accompanied the re-
turning delegates down from Plankinton
Sunday evening.
Sanborn county is about 1900 in debt
not including some 7,COO or 5000 in
seed grain warrants.
w. H. Snow lost another horse last week.
This horse was a mule, however. 1t was
sick but a few days.
On another page will be found an in
teresting letter from Hon. J. c Ryan, Of
White Lake, relating to artesian wells.
A young Ohio widow claims to have
had twenty-one offers of marriage within
a year. Ayoung widow is only safe when
she is married or buried.
DR.. l. c. Hollinger took up a collection
on Monday of this week, with which he
purchased something ovar 81 worth Of
groceries for the Bradley family.
Women are eligible to appointment as
cencus enumerators, and when it comes
to finding out all about other peoples
affairs, they are superbly qualified.
The blamed tumbling weeds are get
ting the start of the wheat in many
places. There is no use talking, some
thing has to be done to drive the pest out
of the country.
w. II. Ochsner and three gentlemen
friends arrived Monday with one Of the
finest camping outfits ever seen in these
parts. The camp equipage cost over $500
and comprises almost everything needed
for such an expedition.
A city lady advertises as follows: "For
sale-A good piano by a young lady with
beautifully carved legs" But this doesn't
equal that of the man who ADVERT SEES:
"For sale-.A Jersey COW to son II who
will have a calf this fall at a bargain"
Attention Comrades of the G. A. R.
The May meeting Of the,RenO Post G. A. r.
will make arrangements for proper ar
engagements for observance of Memorial
Day. Let us rally Ell masse on the eve
ming of Wednesday, May 18th, 1890. By
order of the Commander.
An exchange makes a straight hit when
it says that an editor of a country news
paper will grant more favors for thanks
in a month than any other in a year. 1t
is also a well established fact that he will
receive more all-round cussing in a life
time. That's the reason he's not afraid
of hades.
At the beginning Of the second act in
the play at the opera-house in Chamber
lain Wednesday night, the fire bell rang
and a panic nearly resulted. Happily
quiet was soon restored and the play went
on all right. A lamp in Winter. Barnett
& Cos store caught fire, and 1t took some
quick and effective work by the fire de-
partment to extinguish the flames which
caught in the goods: The stock was bad
ly damaged by water.
F. A. Charlton, editor of the Brodhcad
Wis) Indcpe ndent was a candidate for
postmaster at Brodhead, but he was not
successful in securing the plum and in
the last issue Of his paper he says: Con
gresham LaFollette hadn't p%ostof'ces
enough to go around. so he gave the OIL
&c to Harry Clark and pacitied the others
with a package Of garden seeds. To our
lot fell corn and turnips ond cabbage
which we acknowledge with thanks.
Some one lend us a hoe"
1t is intimated that a kind providence
is peIhaps testing the metal Of which
the people of South Dakota are made. If
the rainfall in the artesian belt can't be
depended on to supply the demand. He
knows it, and is compelling the denizcns
Of this belt to help themselves to the
water that lies beneath the surface. As
long as there is a prospect for a reason
fable amount of moisture, there will be
no artesian wells in the Jim river valley.
Go ahead withyour we'll drilling, rain
or no rain.
Exchange: Every line in a newspaper
costs something. II it is for the benefit
of an individual it should be paid for. II
a grocer were asked to donate groceries
to n abuntly able to pay for them he
would refuse. The proprietors Of the
newspaper must pay for the free adver.
Using il the man who is benefited does
not. And yet it is one of the hardest
things to be learned by many people that
a newspaper has space in its COLUMNS tc
rent. and must rent it to live. To give
this away would be as fatal as for a land
lord to furnish house rent free.
The editor OF an obscure newspaper
gives the following wholesome advice to
his readers;
Don't forget this paper when yonh We
anews item. If your wife whips J OF
let us know and we will set you right be
fore the public. If you have company
tell us. If stranger arrives at youl
home, hut a quarters worth of cigars
and come around. and if you area cast
!, subscriber we will furnish a name fol
him or her as circumstances warrant. II
you have q social gathering ola few
friends. bring around a big cake, six pie
or a ham-not to eat, bat as a guarantee
OF good faith. You need not bother to in
ute tie; it may be a little tao warm fol
our wardrobe. We mention these little
things because we want the news, and
will have it."