The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-07-09
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Hawarden i, getting cveryt III ng In
shape for the fail races.
Spencer will have 3 newspaper thnt will
be independent in politics.
system of wa,erworks is being con.
structed ut Sturgis to cost &75,000
Hail did considerable damage to crops
in the northwest pnrt of McCools county.
Brookings Odd Fellows contemplate
building double two-story brick this
summer.
Sioux Falls will pave ten blocks this
summer, the council having awarded the
contracts.
The school census has developed the
fact that there are 69T children of school
age in Aberdeen.
South Dakota's contribution TO the Rus
sim relief fund was 100 cars Of corn, be-
sides el25 In money.
Rapid City will prospect for coal and is
certain TO find it, according TO coal
miners Judgment
Mitchell citizens tried sending sugar
beets to the factory ut Norfolk, Ncb., but
they do not think it paid
\ Scotland goes dry after July /. nccord-
ing to arrangement between the mayor
and the saloonkcepers
Buffalo wolves and mountain lions are
said to be killing considerable stock on
the Cheyenne river. this summer
The nrtesian we'll Mt Columbia which is
plugged up with clay to depth of several
hundred feet is being drilled out
John Stenson was shot and killed by
Ben Jerdon ut Rapid City. Jealousy of
the latter's wife was the cause.
The bank of Eden will be consolidated
with the Sioux Valley bnnl< as soon rs the
necessary details can be arranged
Ihe government snug boat Josephine,
which hos been Mt work in the vicirisy Of
Pierre, is undergoing repairs.
A stone quarry has been opeLcd Up at
Calico canyon near Buffalo Zap, and it is
said to be one of the tinesf quarries in the
Hills
The best judges predict 100000 bushels
of grain will be marketed in Aberdeen
this season, If presen. favorable condi-
tions continue.
Plans and specifications for q bridge
otc. inc Missouri river ut Chamberlain
haee been filed at the war department ut
Washington.
The oatmeal mill ut Sioux Falls con-
sumes over 1000 bushels of oats per day.
Harrison and Reid league has been
organized at Rapid City.
salmer e. Iverson's hardware store at
Vermil.ion was burglarized Wednesday
night The thieves got lot of cutlery
and revolvers--about 800 worth.
John Huss, Of Madison, has tobacco
plantation of several acres, near that
city which is already in bloom and prom-
Ises an excellent crop this season.
The county commissioners of Hyde
county have decided to rebuild the court
house ut once, on the site of the cid one,
which was destroyed by fire last week.
The court house Mt Highmore was set on
fire and completely consumed on Thursday
morning All the county records were
saved. Loss, $1,000; insurance, 5000.
The warehouse of E. NJ Coates, at
Yankton, was entirely consumed by fire
The building contained considerable coal
oil and gasoline and the loss will be $4,000
The Cement City hose team, of Yankton,
carried off the honors at the state fire.
mems tournament held Mt Watertown, and
were given an ovation when they returned.
Miss Bessie Mullenger, Of Springfield,
won the Ynnlkton college scholarship, do.
mated to the pupil of the Springfield
schools having the highest average stand
ing.
The Consolidated chlorination plant at
Deadwood has been completed and active
operations began last Tuesday morning.
Tho works are of 100 tons daily capacity
and the mill will be running in full force
by the LIST of July.
About twenty summer cottages are to
be erected on the Chnutauqun grounds
near Madison this summer Work hns
begun OIL several of them, and oil of them
will be ready for occupancy when the
Chautauqua meets In July.
Ward, the nronnut, made balloon as
cension nnd parachute jump at Scotland
on Wednesday. When $500 feet in the
mir he discharged his dynamite In
twenty minutes clouds began to gntler,
but rain failed to come
AT the business meeting of the Lake
Madison Veterans association, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Dr. Parker,
of Dell Rapids, commander; E S. Buzzell,
of Valley Springs, commander; w.
H. Loucks, of Trent, quartermaster.
Dig stenmpoht IS TO be put on Big
Stone lake and navigation will be re-
newell after it had been abandoned for
mady years. The wet senson has filed
the old lake with water and put it in fine
condition for all navigating purposes.
Mrs. Jacob Drey. of Lincoln county, was
seriously injured Wednesday noon at Wall
Lake by bolt of lightning. Mrs. Drey
and her husband took refuge under a can
vas which stretched from one wagon to
another. A bolt struck the canvas, tear
II to rags
j. NJ, Clock, of Springfield, speared
fish recently that weighed nineteen and
ore-haf pounds and measured four feet
six and one-half inches in length, with q
bill fourteen inches long. It caused con-
siderable dispute as to the particular fam
lily to which it belongs.
Workmen are still busy investigating
the extent of the coal vein recently dis.
covered about one mile east of Hawnrden
The drillers are ut work. night and day
gangs, drilling prospecting holes. The
citizens feel con dent that a paying ledge
of coal will ultimately be struck.
Two boys and two girls of the Lindsay
family, attending school in Butler town
ship, Sanborn county, assaulted their
teacher, Miss Allen, with eggs, club and
knife, because she attempted to punish
one of them. She escaped to n neighbor-
ing residence and the rebcllious pupils
have been expelled.
| The rain makers have had o rather
rough time in setting their dates for max
ing their trial rain ut Doland., No sooner
do they set q date than it up and rains
without any regard for these men.
Bob Caldbeck, OF Parker, is erecting
pavilion IL! feet long by % wide, ' ith 49,
foot center and 7-foot side posts, With
stage 80 by 50 feet The cover will be
made OF eight-ounce duck, which will re-
| uire 700 yards, Weighing $50 poun ds. The
pavilion will be well built, and will be
permanent fixture for political meetings
meetings. and entertainments requiring