The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-10-21
FAILING LEAVES.

FALLING LEAVES.
Butter and eggs bring 20 cents.
Corn holds steady at Is cents.
Potatoes bring from 70 to so cents.
Judge Drury wa in town Thursday.
Senator Petttgrew wants lands allotted
to Indians in severalty taxed.
Fred Warmers sale was largely attend
ed and everything was sold.
The center building of the state univer-
sity at Vermillion burned Sunday
morning.
The delinquent tax list OF Brown u
ty takes "a columns of the Groton In
dependent.
Treasurer House is on the war-path
with pocket full Of personal property tax
collections.
Mrs. Eugene Robinson and Nora left
Tuesday for a visit to the worlds fair
and Wisconsin.
Buffalo Bill raked in $4,000 in the
two Sunday performances preceding the
Chicago Day" at the fair.
The heavy shipments OF cattle still
continues from this point, running from
$4,000 20 $4,000 every week.
IN. Barkee left Thursday morning for
home after being here a week or so.
looking after his sheep interests.
Capt. W. II. Curtiss returned the first
OF the week from a trip into the northern
part of the state with some horses.
1t must be queer sort of whiskey they
are selling in Brookings county when a
man can't tell a deer from a iackrabbit.
When the ice wagon ceases its daily
rounds it is time to think about the win
ter supply OF coal. G. S. Blodgett sells
coal.
The Ochsner Hardware company call
attention this week, in a new and very
attractive advertisement, to their large
stock of stoves and ranges.
G. w. Stage, a gainesville, Ohio. boy,
beat the worlds sprinting record for 300
yards at Cleveland the other day, making
the distance in 312-5 seconds.
The Great Northern extension from
Sioux Falls to Yankton was completed
Saturday and the road was formally
opened to traffic this week.
The Democrats of the first district met
at Pukwana and nominated G. NJ. Bunt-
ing for commissionsr-one Of Chamber
lain's most prominent citizens.
President Cleveland has written a let
ter stating that the press of business at
Washington will not allow him to be
present at the closing Of the worlds fair.
The entire east from the great lakes to
the gulf suffered a terrible storm the
first of the week. There was a great loss
of shipping and much damage in the in
terror.
Martin Smith has been bringing some
potatoes into town that reminds us of the
monster sod potatoes Of 1883. A half
dozen Of them nearly filled a grape
basket.
Travel to and from Chicago is now so
heavy that the evening passenger is late
nearly, if not quite, every night. This
will probably continue till the close of
the fair.
Jas. Byrne shipped a carload of hides
to Chicago Wednesday and left for the
same place himself the next day, where
he will squander his hide money in see
ing Midway after dark.
C. w. Gilman and Sol Gloves, prom
inent stockmen of Aurelia, Iowa, shipped
six loads of steers Tuesday evening.
Four cars were furnished by Will broth
ers and two by James Byrne.
The United States court convened at
Sioux Falls Tuesday. The jury will not
be called until Nov. 1st. This county is
hit for two petit jurors-L. G. Thrall and
Geo. Conrick Of Chamberlain.
Jonathan Walker, father of Mrs. j. C.
Stoddard. was here the first of the week
from Boscobel, Wis. Mr.. Walker owns
the house built and once occupied by Mr.,
and Mrs. Stoddard, east of the Presby-
terrain church.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the first
lady to lose her diamonds at Chicago
hailed from South Dakota-Mrs. John R.
Wilson of Deadwood-$35O they are
valued at. and they were stolen.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Tinan spent We'd
nesday with Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Ainsworth
at the State Industrial school at Plank
inton. What was seen at this model
institution will be told in a subsequent
issue.
The Rockford watch company, after a
suspension Of some months. were obliged
to resume operations Monday with a full
force of hands in order to fill an extra
ordinary number of orders received with
in the past few weeks.
The Boston Daily Globe tells about a
%rufian called Jack the Garter Stealer,"
who assaults lone and we'll dressed
females and forcibly removes their gar
tiers. Too thin. Well dressed females
don't wear garters in these days-so we
are told.
The worlds fair officials have decided
to keep the fair open as long as the
weather will permit and profits continue.
This means another monthtat least, and
with the low railroad fares now prevail
ing thousands will flock to Chicago
within that time.
The board of. education, the township
board and Supt. Lawless have annexed
tho follouino tarritorv IN tbo Ci+y of