The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-03-07

warranted. j. II. Wolf.
The literary societies we're greeted by
clustering night, but a fair sized
audience last Friday evening, and sue
dispute the difficulties in enter
tanning the audience nicely.
Rev. |. P. Potter returned from Iowa
Saturday evening. His mother died at
Lone Tree the 2lst ulto. Mrs. Potter
was G5 years OF age. She leaves a hus-
band and five sons, Three of whom are
ministers of the gospel,
Minnie Steindorf. the girl who held
up the sheriff OF AURORA county with a
gun a couple OF weeks since, is now an
inmate of the reform school; and Jack
Byrne, the chap who put her up to it, is
in Jail in default Of $4,000 bail.
State Auditor Nipple has favored the
GRAPHIC with his 1896 report. The
book, bound in cloth, is the work of the
Brookings Register, and it is a little bit
tue neatest piece of typographical work
Of the kind inst has reached this Office
vet,
Washington Timcs;-Chariey Peck
writes to friends here from his Arkansas
home ..';at he is barely making a living
down there cho,.'in1 cord wood at 40c,
per cord, and would gladly come hack 10
Washington if he only had the w%hertssilh
to do so.
The Chamberlain correspondent OF the
Pukwana Press says that Chamberlain
has the largest number Of business
places for the same number of inhablt-
ants of any town in the state. He prob
ably does not include the Indians as in
habitants.
The celebrated Beloit orchestra Of
Waterloo, Iowa, an organization OF &c
years standing, is coming this way and
Is anxious to give q concert and dance
program in Kimball. If they can be
secured the opera house will hardly ac-
commOdate the people.
F. NJ. G%oodykoontz will talk for the
free coinage of silver at Smiths opera
house Thursday afternoon. March &c.
Mr.. G%oodykoontz is n we'll known ex-
Republican and a recent convert to the
white metal, and a most enthusiastic
one. Come and haar him.
Chas. Carey died at the home Of his
daughter in Minneapolis Monday. The
deceased was for many years a resident
of Kimball. lie went to Minneapolis
with his daughter after the death of his
wife, and was at that time in feeble
health.
The school board Of Lyon township
swore out a complaint against William
Walker for grazing cattle On a school
section. Justice Weeks fined him s25
and costs. Thursday. The defendants
attor ney, S. II. Wright, has appealed the
cast to the circuit court.
Oh, the Democrats have played hob
with the sheep industry-sure. Why, or
Iy a few days ago j. p. Bulls was offered
but the paltry sum OF 81 a head for his
flock of 1865. and the other day James
Byrne sacrificed Il bunch Of aged ewes
for 50 a head. There wont be much left
for the g. o. p. campaign wlnd-jammers
to talk about By fall.
John Brown died at his home in High
land township Sunday. He was II of
the pioneer settlers there fourteen years
ago. The deceased WAS a native Of
Ireland and sixty years OF age. He leaves
a wife and five children. The funeral
took place at the Catholic church Tues
day ard was largely attended. Rev.
Father Hoffman officiating.
The winter appears to have turned cad
for end. The past six weeks of phenome-
nally mild weather had led us to believe
that cold weather was past and dealers
were getting out their garden seeds.
Saturday brought a sudden change and
Sunday mornin 6 it was 8 below zero.
The rest Of the week has been decidedly
chilly with snow squalls on the side. 1t
is the coolest snap in 60 tlavs, since Jan.
A. Only once i'll February did the mer-
curry touch zero.
White Lake Waye:-Mullen Bros. of
Patten township are wintering nearly
700 head OF sheep, 70 horses and a good
sized bunch OF cattle, and one of the
boys informed the Wave man last Satur-
day that they have not fed over five loads
hay during the entire winter. The ami
mails have picked their living on the
prairie and are hog int. The horses
have NOT been stabbed a night this WIN
ter. If there is a country on earth that
approaches this for stock raising it
hasn't yet been discovered.
For Mckinley.