The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-09-15

Nancy Hanks is the trotting queen no
Alex tied her record at Terre
Haute Wednesday. making the mile in
2:04 and trotting the third quarter in
the unprecedented time of 27aI seconds.
Sioux Fails Forum:-The Republican
victory in Maine is no surprise. Maine
has grown rich rauperizing the west,
hence the state in voting the Republican
ticket merely voted to perpetnats its
own supremacy and western vassalage.
In a forest fire only the foliage and
bark is destroyed and the trees are not
injured for timber if cut before another
spring. The great forest fires in Mime
sofa will give employment to thousands
of extra men.
Henry Wilrodt and Claus Arp have
purchased an artesian we'll outfit of
Cemenger & Morrison and each of them
will put down an 8-inch artesian we'll on
their farms in Grand View township.
They expect to have the water for next
season.
Geo. Nugen went to Chamberlain Wed
neaday with his witnesses to prove up
on his claim east of town but was un-
able to do so, not having resided on his
land a sufficient length of time since
last filing. He will prove up next
month,
The Sioux Falls Forum, the Populist
state organ, does not approve OF the
financial plank adopted by the Demo-
cratic state convention, but it says, "The
Democrats do not, however. attempt to
deceive the people as do the jargon Of
words in the Yankton platform"
A. F. Duclos has been appointed a
teacher at the Lower Brule Industrial
school and he is already at work. Mr.. Du-
clos is fully competent for the position,
and much as we regret his temporary
absence from kimball. we are glad that
he has a snug birth for some time tc
come.
Rufus Lumbard holds a public sale al
his farm two miles west of town mex,
Wednesday, the 10Th. Over 80 head O.
stock will be disposed of, consisting Of
COWS. steers, calves, hogs, horses, ant
colts. A large amount of good farm
machinery will also be offered for sale
PlankintOn Standardization. J. L
Heintz, formerly of White Lake, but nov
of Bloomfield, Nebraska, was visiting il
White Lake and this place a few day
this week. MIR. II. says where he is il
Nebraska the crops are worse than here
that they have no hay at all. He expect
tc move to Henry county, Missouri. befor
cold weather sets in.
Council Bluffs (Ia) Globe:-Mr. j.. A
Jones OF Kimball, South Dakota, and
son of %ex.County Supervisor Rebt. +
Jones OF this county, has accepted a pc
sition in c. L. Becker's drug store. 90
. South Main street, of this city. MI
Jones is a young mar well and favorabl
known in this locality and his friend
/ will be pleased to learn Of his decidin
, to make Council Bluffs his future home
The supply of ice gave out in Kimbal
over two weeks ago. Mr.. Lindsay got
, car from Chamberlain and after tina
was gone quit delivering. The want @
ice put the meat markets in bad shap
and there was mourning among thos
who like their beer cold. Jas. Byrn
bought all that L. Pause had and a
present writing the saloons have plent
! on hand. J.P. Beebe took A. F. Duclo.
goods to Lower Brule Saturday an
t brought back a load of ice from Chan
t berlain. S.R. Nugen has closed hi
market until it is cool enough for mea
: without the use Of ice.
NJ. P. Chamberlain was on hand agai
this year-Tuesday-with a doubl
wagon box load Of great. big watel
melons that by their size gazing evidenc
of never hearing the word drought, muc
t less experiencing anything of the kim
r Some of them weighed 30 pounds. NJ
Chamberlain lives down on the riveran
he raises his melons on a piece of sand
loa m a bit Of plateau slightly above III
level OF the Missouri. He says the melon
received no water other than that frol
I the heavens during the entire season
Every year about this time, he puts i
appearance in Kimball with a load {
melons that equal the famous ones frol
Georgia, but that he was able to do S
this dry season was somewhat surpri.
, ing.
t Ever see any Egyptian corn-Jerusa
+ lem some call it? Clarence Miller raise
a half acre of it this season from see
his brother send him from California.
. has a stalk like sugar cane. Heads ar
about the size of a banana blossom,
you know how large they are, about 81:
inches long and three inches in diane
. ter. Kernels about the size of whea
! and they look like small kernels Of cor
: and taste like it. The grain is threshe
like wheat. There is II head to Il stall
and each head yields about the sam
weight as an ear Of corn. The yiel
, averages about so bushels to the acr,
The grain is peculiarly adapted to a dr.
climate and ripens and yields heayil
without rain. Lots of 1t is raised in tn
arid districts of California and it is higf
ly recommended BY by the Kansas stat
| board of agriculture. 1t is said to max
1 excellent feed. In California it is usua
r " sown broadcast. Mr.. Miller think
1t does better when planted like corn an
. cultivated. Sample heads of the graf
are on exhibition at the GRAPHIC ofic,
Real Estate Transfers,
Compiled for the GnAPnIc byJ. d. Fare
sbstracter. Chamberlain
Charles Carey to E. w. Jefferson
Q und1a of E15 of 1t IL blk 3
Kimball. 1 n
r. j. Andrews to NJ. +. Anderson