The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-07-17

Mrs. Z. f. romeroY and son arrived
from Nashua, Iowa, Thursday night and
are guests OF MIR. and Mrs. Whitbeck.
BRYAN Coffee took in" the reunion
at Washington Springs and the Republi-
can gives him this item:
"Blind Barney" (Coffee), of Kimball,
entertained the gathering several times
with music and singing. He is an in
tere9ting character.
A general strike is on among the coal
miners Of the country and the trouble
promises to be a more serious one than
that OF the big railroad strike five years
ago. II any Il has any sympathy with
the coal barons paying starvation wages
it is hard to find.
The railroad commissioners recently
drew cuts to decide the length Of term
each Is to serve, as provided for by an
act Of the Legislature passed last winter.
The drawing resulted as follows: Kirk
patrick, six years; LaFollette. four years
Tompkins, two years.
Speaking about sewing machines, A.
NJ. B0wles has an assortment Of the we'll
known White machines-none better
which he is selling at a cut price.
The White machine is to we'll known to
need extended comment, and they are as
attractive in appearance as they are
superior in performing the work re-
quired of a first-class machine.
A few weeks since a brother OF r. S.
Person, editor of the Howard Press and
now an auditor in the posto flee at Wash
ington, committed suicide in Chicago
after specializing on the board of trade.
Another brother has Just committed sui.
eide at Les Angles, CAL, through dis
p%ondency. He was a widower and tried
to have his eight-Year.old daughter com.
NIT suicide also.
We have been asked as to the best
time OH record for a quarter mile dash
standing start, for IA bicylclst. We give
, it up. We don't know what the best re.
3 cord is. We have an idea that Henry
Rice las come ErettY close to reaching
the low-water mark for a competition
quarter.-Watertown Public Opinion.
The record Is 30 seconds, made by j. S
johnson at Louisville June IA. 1885
( The competition record is 80 80, made
{ by Tom Cooper at Rochester, N. Y, jun
10. 1896.
| Notice of quarterly meeting service fol
l Kimball charge: Quartely conference
at l.. j. Waterbury's Friday evening
, July %. Quarterly conference at L,
. Roche church Saturday evening, July "a
Quarterly meeting service at said churcl
Sunday morning, 1890 o'clock. Al
Castalia Sunday evening, and at the
Wright school house in Wilbur township
on Monday evening, July 26.
= The intense heat Of Wednesday an(
Thursday of last week was general al
over the cast on the following days. Fri
: day was one Of tho hottest days Chicago
ever passed through. The night was a
horror. Tie day was especially severe
on horses, over 100 dying in the street
r Sixteen people died from the heat ant
fifty othera were Frustrated. Two men
were driven insane. The temperature
did not rise above 80, but this was in
!, the weather tower on top Of the Audito
%rium-down in the streets it was rs bat
as the place they tell about.
I One of the patrons Of the dreamer,
this year who is much better fixed fol
private butter making than the average
farmer and who has shipped his butter
, on private account for years. made The
remark on the street Saturday that be-
fore he would make his own butter a.
gain he would take his milk to the
creamery on a wheelbarrOw. 1t is s
striking fact and particularly notewor,
thy that the best satisfied patrons Of The
creamery are those who are skilled but.
| term:kers and thus quick to see the al.
l vantage in dollars and cents the cream.
cry gives them. The dissatisfied pa
tron-but then there isn't any dissatis-
fled patrons.