The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-07-07


c. R TINAN, PUBLISHER
KIMBALI. SOUTH DAKOTA.
A new steel cantilever bridge is I'd
b built across the gorge at Niagara
Falls, just below the cataract. 1t will
be owned by a syndicate of New York
capitalists In form it will be a com
bination os the arch and cantilever
principles. with u span of 1000 feet, or
200 feet longer than any arched bridge
in existence. II will have accommoda-
tons for trolly cars, railroad cars and
foot passengers.
Up to a few weeks ago John Baisch
of Mascoutah, Ill.,, delighted in giving
his family pleasant surprises. just be-
fore he died he told his son to dig in a
certain spot, after the funeral. The
son oteyed him and found q kettle con-
tanning 81, 100 In gold. A few days
later the family was surprised by the
discovery that the father had his life
insured for So, 900.
A railroad which the Germans have
built In Asia Minor, extending from
lsmid, n harbor about sixty miles east
of Constantinople, east by south 400
miles to Angora, has as little wood In
1t. perhaps, as my in tho world. Not
only the rails and bridges, but the ties
aud telegraph poles are of iron. nine
tenths of it furnished by German
works, chiefly by Krupp.
\ The new Atlantic cable, which is
snow being laid in sections between
Ballingskellings bay, Ireland, and
Canso, N. s.. for the Commercial Cable
company, is in many respects n notable
piece Of work. The cable is about 2,1o1
miles In length; its conductor contains
more than LOO, 900 pounds of copper
and is armored with over 10, 900, oot
pounds Of steel wire.
Probably the largest pieces of cut
glass ever made in America is on exhi
bition in New York city. 1t weighed
seventy pounds before it was decorated
and lost about twenty pounds In tn.
the cutting. Tho piece is a punch bow
eighteen inches high and twenty-fou,
inches in diameter. The actual cost o
production was nearly $500.
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II is said that 80 much farm land in
England has lately been allowed t.
lapse from cultivation that wild ami
mails, which ten years ago We're in dan
ger of extinction, are now hourishinI
and increasing. The badger and the
otter, for instance, are reported to b.
thriving greatly on agricultural
depression.
Turkey has for some time been plan
ming a great exhibition, to be held il
Constantinople in 1895. The sultan
has just decided to postpone it until
'1s07 or 1898 on account of the Millen
ial exhibit ion, which is to be held u
.Pesth In 1895, and at which Turlle,
will be an extensive exhibitor.
A French physician has devised e vi.
brating helmet for the u1e of nervous.
headache. 1t is constructed of strip.
of steel put in vibration by a small
electric motor. The sensation pro.
duces drowsiness, the patient falls
asleep under its influence and awa!ies
free from pain.
: In tho traa s1rn r,onn, of f1,a Afcharp.
,jah of Barnda is stored n carpet which
cost 81, 900. 900. 1t Is only 1Ox6 feet, hui
is woven from strings of pearls, with
q center and corner circle of diamonds.
1T took three years to make it and wa.
intended as u gift to u Mohammedur
beauty.
"A curious feature of Japanese jour
nalism is that every important paper i.
said to have Il prison editor" Japan.
ese journalists ara SO constantly being
fined and sent to prison that the sole
occupation of the individual is to go tc
Jail when called upon.
1t has been decided that the deacon
esses of the Methodist church shall
wear black gowns, with gathered OF
plated skirts, bishop sleeves, round
waists, turn down collars and white
cuffs. They may fri their hair i,
they desire to do 30.
"Mignon" had It's 1,0ooth perform
nnce at tho Paris Opera Comique two
weeks ago, and the occasion was cele
hrated by admitting the public free to
all parts OF the house. The
Ambrose Thomas, who is 50 years old
was present.
"A party Of $50 Jews, collected from
Hessarabia Podolia and Yelsateranos
lay, left Odessa w weeks for the
Hirsch colonies in Argentina. The en-,
igrants were described as OF fine and
robust physique and all practical agrh
culturists.
A sturgeon weighing LAO pounds
was caught in the Caspian sea two
weeks ago. The head alone weighed
22S pounds, ard tho fish furnished
about 100 pounds of roe caviare. The
fish was sold for $16o.
The manufactures of st. Paul amount,
TO more than $50, 900. 900 a year. The
city was originally known us Pig.
Eye.
Orders have been issued by General
Schoheld directing the boiling of water,
intended for drinking purposes III this
army in order to jestroy pothoua,i.
bacteria and to reduce the danger o;
disease from such cause.
What is claimed to be tho first hool
made of ground wood paper was placed
In the Berlin testing Office for exam
nation recently. 1t is said to be in
good condition, despite the fact that il
WAS printed in 1889