The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
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All the gambling houses in Sioux Talla
have been closed, by order Of the chief Of
police.
The Pierre Capital surrendered 70 the
sheriff and 1t Is understood that change
of management is probable.
| L. N. Miner has been appointed post.
master at Martin Valley, Custer county,
vice Mary e Bailey, resigned
Black Hills streams have Just received
an acquisition In the shape Of lS,Oog
mountain trout. distributed by the Units6
States fish commission.
According to the report of the stata
irris alton commissioners twenty three
artesian wells have been sunk in South
Dakota since last March.
The Crown plano which occupied a
conspicuous position in the South Dakota
building at the worlds fair has been do
mated to the soldiers home.
postoffce has been established -
Irene, Clay county. 1t 10 named after the
wife OF the towasite agent of the YAnk.
ton and Southeastern railroad,
A. ID. Wood, local agent at Hot Springs
for the Elkhorn railroad, got up out Of
bed to take some medicine and took pol
son by mistake. He will recover,
| 1t is rumored that new townsite com.
pany has been formed to create new
town at the junction Of the Great North
ern and Northwestern railroads.
]. f. Purdy of watertown by mistake
drank quantity OF horse medicine con.
tanning corrosive sublimate, 1t Park Rap
ids. Mimi, and died from the effects.
1t has been said by cattlemen from the
Bad river range on the ceded reservation
that there are at least 600 head Of cattle
missing since the fall shipments began.
The Sheridan Fuel company of Dead
wood is taking out about $50 tons of coal .
day and finds hard work supplying thd
demands made upon 1t. The coal Is im
proving steadily.
| Insurance has been placed by the citi:
zens of Vermillion upon the two remain.
ing buildings of the State university, the
the young mems dormitory having 95,09g
and the girls dormitory $4,000.
The civil engineers of the Great North.
ern railway are now engaged in taking
the soundings of the Missouri river Q,
Yankton for the purpose of finding q suit
aAie location for railroad bridge.
| The erection OF big iron bridge a.
| Spearfish for crossing the river above ths
| chlorination plant has been commenced
The bridge will be 204 feet long, one ~
| foot span and the balance divided into is
foot spans.
| John s. Lewis, Il we'll known citizen OF
Sioux Falls, was knocked down and
robbed recently OH jackson street, Chi
cago. Tho robbers secured his gold
watch, e23 in money and his return ticket
to Sioux Falls.
At its recent meeting tho state hortt
cultural society elected the following OH.
GERS for the ensuing year: President, H.
| c. Warner OF Forestburg; vice president.
Hon. George H. Whiting of Yankton; SEQ
retary, Rev. E. D. Cowles OF Vermillion,
treasurer, T. L. Mccrea of Tyndall.
The Rapid City Republican says that .
petition is in circulation to Governor
| Sheldon praying that Company NJ may bs
changed from an infantry to cavalry
troop. The law authorizing the state
militia provides for one company OF cav.
airy and up to the present time no such
troop has been organized.
| When the First Nstional and lime,
kahta State banks failed at Hot Springs
recently Fall River county had sl9, roo de-
| posted in the two institutions and the
district attorney has brought suit against
the receivers to compel them to declare
the amount trust fund to be paid in full
before any distribution to creditors Is
made
Carl Gnnderson and Charles whitaker
of Vermillion have struck u rich find in
the government records whereby they are
permitted to enter forty acre plat of
| finely timbered land only short distance
from vermillion worth fully slOa per acre
There is no record of the land ever having
been patented by the government al
though 1t Is now insth middle of one Of
| the finest farms in Clay county
| Mayor Powers OF Yankton has preferred
charges against City Marshal Siebert and
| will attempt to remove him from Office.
Siebert is charged with levying tribute
on keepers OF houses OF i'll fame and re!
taining the proceeds, Of converting to his
own use the fines collected from convicted
prisoners, and OF arresting prisoners ana
discharging them from custody without
reporting the cases to the police justices,
and with intemperance and general In
| Sioux Falls Press; A very comical bet
was made Saturday evening between
| couple of bloods of the city. With sew.
eral others they had been taking in the
| sights of the city and about II o'clock the
entire crowd was feeling very happy.
| They got to shaking dice about this time,
after several rounds one of them pulled
out his false teeth and offered to shake
them against any article OF even value TO
the owner He thought his BLUM won,dwork
all right, rs he did not think Of any one
else in the crowd who could produce any.
thing OF rs much value to the owner He
was feeling very iubilant when one Of the
crowd took ont his glassseye, put it down
alongside the teeth and picked up The box
TO shake. 1t took about one second for,
that blood TO back out and put his teetl,
where they belonged. He will be sure
there are no glass eyed men around the
next time lie makes such blur.
She Don't you think there is any
reason why young lady should mot
ride bicycle as well, as drive a horse?
He-Not at'all. 1t is just as easy to
dodge bicycle as a carriage.
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customerIs this good soap2
Dcaler-Wcll, mum, the man who
writes poetry about that soap gets sl0.-
| 900 year
Customer-My sakes: Gimme dozen
bars.
Guard lat the worlda fair There
| goes Archibald Won Boom, the famous
| war correspondent.
Visitor Has he come to report the
meetings OF the lady managersa
Anxious Mother There's . look
about that young mans eyes that /
don't like. He looks at me out Of their
corners as II trying to conceal some
thing.
!, Daughter-Perhaps ho is trying 70
conceal his admiration for you, ma.
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