The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-12-12


Seventeen candidates for the Plankin
ton postoflice.
Miss Hattie Blodgett is assisting in
Matson & Smiths.
DIR. King expects to leave soon for
Mexico and Central America.
j. NJ. Greene will furnish 5000 bushel
OF wheat to the Crow Creek agency.
The schools at Puk. have been closed
this week as a precaution against dlpl-
iberia.
DR.. +. IL. King is here for a week for
the purpose of settling up profess ional
matters.
The Young Turkey-Well, we've es-
capped Thanksgiving, Gobble. gobble!
gobble!
A. c. Whitbeck put in 36 hours at
Chamberlain this week, returning Fri
day.
Experienced GobpJer (sadlW-My son
do not let yOur life insurance elapse.
SHIlStuldS is coming.
Chamberlain's water mains are about
rusted out and 1t will cost about $4,000
to replace them. Hard luck.
John Byrne and Frank Stoneberger
have built some large and substantial
stock sheds west Of ;he artesian lake.
w. II. Wyant left Monday for Tabor,
Iowa, to be absent about a week. Henry
Hlnrichs Is filling his place in the bank.
The city dads have placed a large
watering trough at the artesian we'll
this week and it is Il big improvement.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Ii. Thomas are doing
the winter at Bowling Greene, Ohio, aud
want the GRAPHIC sent there as a matter
of course.
A Chamberlain furniture dealers Holt
day advertisement draws particular at
@tention to a full line of collins and
casEets at satisfactory prices"
The Plankinton board of education
fired the pupils from the township in
order to bring the township board to
time in the matter of tuition.
j. w. Sanford, who got a splendid well
for the government at Crow Creek, has
the contract for another one at Lower
Brule, for $1,000, no water no pay.
B.. +. Ochsner started out in the coun-
try Sunday, but after going but a few
miles was obliged to return on account
of the fog being so heavy that he couldn't
keep his bearings.
Mack, the tailor, is kept pretty busy
these days. Mr.. Mack is a fine work
man and at home on all kinds of tailor
ing. He has turned out some very
nice fitting s1lts this fall.
The sand pump got stuck in the hole
and work on the artesian we'll has been
at a standstill for the week. The work
men got the pump loose Thursday and
pulled the pipe to examine the shoe.
J.O. Gray is as busy as ever in his
cigar factory. There appears to be no
let up to the rush of orders. Don't know
as you know it, but the best 10 cent
cigars in Kimball is made by Mr.. Gray.
A new freight tariff on the Milwaukee
road went into effect recently whereby
packages unlocked are charged up at
double first class rates. Bear this in
mind when ordering small packages by
freight.
Pretty Soundlng-Flute, a Brule Sioux
is in the county Jail under his own ad.
mission of adultery with me Mrs. Good.
Road. Uncle Sam will fix his flute sc
that it won't charm any more dnsky
matrOns.
Nutwood, one of the most famous sires
of %trotters that ever lived, died last weel
at the King Highland farm near Du.
buque. Iowa. The Stouts paid $25,O0C
for him thirteen years ago. He earned
them q fortune.
Nothing the matter with this weather.
Hicks should chase himself. All the
week it has been as fine rs early spring
No fires III some of the business places
and doors thrown wide open. How Ions
it will continue, don't know.
Eggs in the western part of South
D~akota-the Black Hills-are selling fol-
30 cent a dozen $50 miles distant onl,
more than they are selling for in New
York. 1000 miles away. Will We eve,
have a railroad to the Hills?
The city council held its regula
meeting Monday evening. No importan
y business was transacted. John Pazou
If has paid his license for this month
til Reed will pay his in a few days or q
a out Of the business, so he says.
r. For the Christmas and New Year
holidays the Chicago, Milwaukee & 81
NJ Paul company will sell excursion ticket
y to all points within a distance Of 90
~ miles at a fare and a fifth. tickets o.
sale Dec. "a, %. and 81. 1896, and Jan. !
E. 1897. Return limit up to and incluain,
Jan. A, 1897.
of If there's any trnth in the cid saw, q.
!e- winters fog will kill a dog" all I'll
~ purps in town should have been Iyin
j cold and stiff Monday morn. All Ga
Saturday aud Sunday a dense fog hun;
OF over the town and which was not dis
'u- PEELED till a light breeze Monday nigt
NJ sent it away.
~ Anent the burning OF corn for fue
of Pros. Cnrtiss, OF Amcs, Iowa, claims tbs
til corn at 10 cents a bushel is dearer tina
cs, coal for fuel. His experiments show tbs
N. one ton of coal is equal to 81 tons {
,ps corn as a fuel. At 10 cents a bushcl fc
lie, the corn this would be equivalent to 81
is a ton for coal.
Try
That's an attractive ad in the cornt
is Of this page calling attention to I'll
by large and pretty assortment of goods /;
~, the Uchsner drug store particular
,at adapted to the wants of the holiday
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