The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-12-19
II DAKOTAS.

nen on Little Buffalo creek the other
lay killed eight Of the ferocious brutes.
seven of the them We're of the ordinary
fray variety. while the other, While
similar in almost every other respect
Vas of different color, being coal black
something quite rare in that section.
The ranchmen o. Bad river are very
much alarmed over the prospect of an
unusually hard winter. and many of
hem ure rounding up all their young
stock and selling them for feeders.
Anscer Hauge had 200 head of cattle
1t his ranch and was feeding them hay
until a recent storm, hen a large herd
If range cattle swept by. drifting before
he storm. and Hauge's cattle We're all
swept away with them. Andrew Will
bern, who had a large quantity of hay
and a temporary camp on the head Of
Big Plum creek, was left in a similar
predicament. Both ranclimen now have
an abundance of hay, but no stock to
iced it to.
Rosmus Christensen, a Buffalo coun-
ty settler, has been taken to KimbaE In
a depiorable condition as the result of
4 terrible experience. He left a neigh
boris place about 8 o'clock one night re-
GENTLY for home, but got lost and var
1ered about on the open prairie until 10
o'clock the next forenoon, when he
made his way back to the place he had
left. His socks and overshoes were en-
.irely wor away, and his feet, besides
being frozen, were terribly IL and torn
by the snow n ice. Amputation will
undoubtedly be necessary to save the
mans life.
Elihu Granger, born in Westmore-
and, N. f., in 1902 died at Scatterwood.
5. D. He settled in Chicago in 1886 and
as a millwright helped to construct the
first Touring mill in that city. For
twelve years during the 40s and sos he
was alderman, and also served in the
capacity of superintendent of public
works. He lost his home in the great
fire of 1871 and removed to the interior
Of the state, where he lived upon a farm
until coming to Dakota in 1854. He left
a widow, three sons and one daughter.
The latter is Mrs. Ellen Proudfoot of
Chicago.
Reports received at Bismarck, N. D.,
from Williamsport, Emmons county,
that a Russian family, consisting of
man, wife and three children, had per-
ished in the terrible storm. 1t is ex-
pected that a number of people were
frozen to death in different sections OF
the state, whose deaths have not been
reported. Cattle that were not protect
ed nearly ALI persisted. In a band of 200
near there only thirty We're found alive.
There was a big auction sale of fine
bred hogs in Vermillion. S. d. The an
imals sold, about seventy-tive, were
from the famous herds of p. w. Pater-
son and l.. Larson. The day was UNI
comfortably cold and bids We're low,
some of'the very best hogs going as low
as S11. A number of hog breeders OF
note from out of the state were present
and did some purchasing. These sales
are to be held annually.
The Sioux Indians nave been coun-
selling the matter of claims due them
from the government n subscribing
$500 among themselves to send a delega-
ton to Washington to look up their
claims against the government. The
delegation is to consist of Chief Red
Cloud and two or three others. They
propose to lay their claims before the
Great Father" and also insist on Il
change in the administration of affairs
throughout the Pine Ridge agency.
Mrs. L. Hessick, a widow of Mecklins
nine miles west of Vermill.on, S. D.,
while on her way to Nermillion was
robbed of $50. She had the pockethook
containing the money il her hand when
The fellow passed her on the run, grab
bed the pocketbook and escaped. The
!ady had another pocketbook contain
ing 500 but it was not in sight.
Reports from Chamberlain, Pierre and
other points east of the Missouri to the
fleet that great mortality exists among
the cattle on the northern range are
without foundation, as cattlemen who
were in from he ranges state that the
stock was never in better condition to
withstand a hard winter.
Major Ogden Lowell, for several years
the steward at the North Dakota hos
pital for the insane at jamestown, N.
D., is dead. He had been confined to
his house for only a short time with
heart trouble. The body was taken to
Ludden for burial.
The contract has beer LET for a new
.hurch at D%alesburg, Clay county. The
Ntructure will be the finest of it's kind
outside of the county seat. Contrac-
tor MatSon expects to work
st once and will push it until the church
IS completed.
Joseph l.. Eppard of Groton. son Of an
ex-member of the legislature, has been
found guilty in the circuit court of dis
posing of mortgaged property. Frank
Blanchard, charged with highway rob-
berry, has been acquitted.
Steps are being taken toward estab-
fishing a flax mill at C~astlewood, S. D.
The mill at Waterfowl, which has been
closed for some time, may also be re-
opened during the coming year.
NJ. H. Parker. who has been deputy
superintendent of public instruction for
two years at Pierre, S. D., has resigned
and returned to WATERFOWL, his former
home.
James Erickson of Howard, S. d.,
says that very little corn has been
husked in that section and not more
than half of the thrGshIlg has been
done.
d. Coykendall shot M. ]. Coddington
with a revolver in the abdomen and leg.
Both men live at Frederick, S. D. Cod
dington will recover. Coykendall was
said to have been jealous.
w. NJ. Hewitt has filed his resigna-
ton as receiver of the Saltwater cleo
trio street railway and asks that his
Sureties be released. %
The Kimball creamery has been run-
ming successfully the present season,
having received from 1000 to 5000 quarts
of milk daily.
1t is now an accepted conclusion that
the railroad bridge across the Missouri
at Yankton. S. D., will not be built be-
fore spring.
The high price of wheaS at Rolla, N.
D., recently, has benefited all classes
especially the farmers. All business is
picking up.
A renewal and increase of pension
has been granted TO James A. Kipp,
Badger, Davidson county. S. D.
The State Woman's Equal Suffrage
convention has been held at Salem, S.
d. Addresses We're delivered by the
president and others.
P. ]. Wylie, a prominent business man
of Vermillion, s.. D., suicided by the
use Of a gun. No cause is known for the
deed.
The estimated damage to fruit trees
in Clay county, South Dakota, by the re-
cent ice storms is $4,000.
Mitchell, S. D., is promised one of the
largest and best equipped play houses
In the state.