The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-23
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| wana has decided to erect church.
A gymnasium and reading room are
being talked Of for the young men of sa-
lem.
| ]. F. Hughes has received the appoint
ment OF receiver of public moneys At
| Pierre. y
Fred Widmsn is erecting cold storage.
house in Mitchell which will be one Of tbs
largest in the state.
| The town of Davis, on the Sioux Falls
and Yankton, has u postofice with John
r. Dust as postmaster.
Judge Gardiner discharged the grand
| jury OF Fall River county on tho ground
that it was illegally drawn.
| The Western South Dakota Stock Grow
ers' association which started out with
eleven members has now membership
of lOB. t'
Douglas county will put down four Arts.
sian wells at the heads OF the dry creeks
which cross Douglas county from north to
south.
O. g. Woodruff, . prominent citizen Of
Alpena ana member Of the republican
state central committee, dropped dead OF
heart failure.
| ten round glove contest which was 10
| have taken place In Yankton between
Patsy Magner and jimmie Connors was
stopped by the mayor.
| The South Dakota Mining company of
Spearfish has engaged to survey four
mile water ditch to carry the waters Of
| Speartish creek to their mill site ON Anna
creek.
| Peter Johnson, we'll to do farmer liv-
| ing about four miles west of Flsndresu,
committed suicide by taking dose Of
stryohnine. Financial trouble WAS ths
cause.
Helen George of Huron, IS years of aye,
won q prize offered by Harper's Young
People for the best story written by .
scholar of any high school in the United
States.
Tho board of county commissioners Of
Yankton county has authorized the con-
struction of an iron bridge across tho;
James river three miles from Yankton, to
cost $1,000.
The Yankton Brewers association has.
been organized in Yankton with paid up
capital of s 100000. New York capitalists
are interested and it is expected to start
up Marchl. Z
Large gray wolves are unusually nu-I
merous on the range between Chamber
lain and the Black Hills, and unless
prompt action is taken the loss 70 stock
men will be vers great.
The construction of the new buildings
at the new location OF the Lower Brule
agency has been DELAYED by the rejection
OF the bids already approved by the com-
missioner of Indian affairs
The Deadwnod Central is again In oper-i
alton between Lead and Deadwood aud
will make eleven round trips each day. II
is also stated that stage line will be OPP
Grated between Lead and Bald mountain
to connect with trains.
The meeting of the Corn Belt sssocia-i /
tion of South Dakota at Mitchell on Del
cember 20 Is expected to be the most Inn
portant meeting yet held by the associa-,
tion. One of the special features will bel
discussion on the Torrens land tr ansferi
system.
pack of seven gray wolves paid 81
visit to the Wind Cave stock ranch of G. !,
H. Valentine, near Buffalo Gap, few
days since. They ran q colt which had
been separated from the mare, up to the
corral and would have killed 1t almost int
front Of the house if it had not been for;
the cook rushing ont with gun.
communication received by President
Mauck OF the Vermillion university from
the secretary of the Smithsonian institu-
tion at Washington, tells him that large!
number of documents from the govern.
ment museum and Smithsonian institu-
tion and also u collection Of 1876 fishes had
been shipped to the University of South
Dakota.
Z. F. Schults and Thomas Odle are In
gail in Sioux Falls charged with .obstruct-,
ing the United States mail. They, with
man named Curry, who is under arrest 1T
Miller, got drunk and attempted to rob
the depot at Faulkton, but the agent
stood them off with . hammer. They
| then stopped the passenger train and un-
| dertook to hold up the passengers, but
| failed.
An organization known as the Mer.
chants Indemnity association has been
entered into by number of business men
in Huron. The association is the out.
growth of the late raise in the rates BY,
insurance companies doing business In
South Dakota, and will be managed en-
tircly by merchants, and will offer In,
demuity for loss by fire on mercantile
stock only, and is purely mutual protsc-
tion tor this class.
That the Indians in the Fandreau In
dnstrial school are becoming civilized 10
| apparent from the fact that lately several
of the young bucks have been breaking
| Into the room in the schoil building
| where tile medicines are kept and steal
ing alcohol therefrom. Several drops Of
croton oil were put in . bottle OF alcohol
and the bottle left in the room. Tho
| young bucks stole this and drank the con.
tents. The result was not Is pleasant to
them as they had expected, and the guilty
| parties were easily npprehended
| Thomas P. Mavin, farmer living near
Slower. in Dawson county, has invented
neat thing in the way OF q riding s4tas1ll,
mentofor harrow The device consists
OF one large wheel attached by q swivel at
the renr of the harrow, the daft being
| directly from the front side and cloae to
| the horses, and so attached IS not to In
| terfere with the true working OF the hsr.
row. 1t has spring seat ncntly arranged
directly over the axle of the wheel II
has been thoroughly tested on a number
Of different makes Of harrows ana has
proven to be an unqualified success Mr..
Mavin has nlrea " received propositions
from numbers OF machine companies.
| 1t is claimed by residents of Le Beau.
Walworth county, that there are now tao
pumas in the timber on the Missouri
| river near that place. It Is claimed that
a number OF these animals have been
working their way from the Black Hills
daringsthe past year. rs
| Roy Codding, tile York young man who
went to Africa as . missionary 10 re-
ported to haye been stricken wish the
black fever His friends AEss anxiously
awaiting news Of his. condtt ttien.
The Brunswick hotels fsKearn sy has
been closed until business Improves.
= Charles Heszel hiss been committed ts
the asylum at Lincoln by the Adams
county insanity commission. Fecsatly hs
1 was put OF n Burlington and Missouri
train at Kenesaw and Immediately broke
/ into the station, The agent vas aroused
and went down stairs to meet ths sup-
4 posed burglar. The insap ne n an stood xhs-