The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-02-13
PROPOSE TO MOVE.
|srth Dakota Railway Commissio.
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Will Attack bates.
Biscasck, N. D., Feb. I0.-The railroad
commissioners have resolved to call the
railroads to time In this state and an
order to this effect will be issued. There
has been a general complaint that the
commission has been a failure SO far as
doing n good for the people, and while
the office Is a constitutional one, ana
cannot be abolished except by constitu-
ional amendment there has beer intro
duced n HI senate a bill to cut the
salaries TO 500 per e and abolish the
oHce of secretary. thus practically
lholishing the whole commission. In or
der to test the power of the commission
The commissioner have decided to issue
tomorrow, If Chairman Geo. II. Keys
returns in time, an order citing the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railways to appear here and show cause
Why the freight and passenger rates on
these lines should not be reduced % per
cent.
This is a bold step and was never be-
fore attempted in this state. 1t Is be-
tleved, in solne circles, that these orders
will not be obeyed at all and there may
be an Injunction, mandamus and other
legal pyroteehnics in abundance before
the matter is settled. Whether this is
simply a grand stand play on the part OF
the commission to save Its life or Is sin
cere, time will show. The matter has
been kept quiet and no scent of the in
tention could be secured, but there is no
doubt of the authenticity of the report.
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Feeding Their Corn.
Vermillion, Feb. 6.-Lee & Prentis
Shipped six carloads of fat steers to
Chicago, which We're fed on their YER
million farm. The farmers in the
ty have learned one thing his winter
which they have already begun to put
into practice, and hat it that more is
made by feeding the s and 10 cent corn
to their cattle and hogs than there is in
selling 1t outright. AS a result there has
been a heavy demand for calves and
young stock all winter. A great many
farmers have brought stock in from the
range and from the Omaha and Sioux
City s~tockyards and are fattening them
on their farms. There Is scarcely any
corn or wheat coming in to market
now. The local buyers have already
filled their cribs and bins and do not
care to invest more money until a
change takes place in the eastern mar
ket. There will be a great difficulty in
keeping this years crop of corn cribbed
very long before It will begin to sour.
1t is not yet dried out thoroughly.
Wheat is also quite damp, especially
that which is being threshed since the
10Y storms.
A petition to the legislature is being
circulated by the ladies of the w. C. T.
U. among the business men and the
Indies of the city, asking that the ques-
ton of woman suffrage be submitted to
the people of the state at the next cleo
ton, in 1898. The petition is being
signed by nearly everyone. The owe
ment is being carried on throughout the
state in all the cities, printed circulars
having been furnished by the state w.
C. r. u.
The whisky joint which has run for
several days in a livery stable was
closed by the owner of the building,
who was threatened by the authorities
with arrest for contempt of cour an
less the place was closed.
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Losing His Skull.
Chamberlain, Feb. 6.-The ease of r.
r. Merrigold, an inmate of the Brown
county hospital, from a medical stand
point. is a rare curiosity and a COM
plete puzzle to the medical fraternity
Of that portion of the state. A parallel
case is almost unknown in medical an
1als. The peculiarly of the case Is that
the patient actually exists and has ex-
.sted for a number of years with a large
hole in the side of his skull. through
which the brains protrude. the latter be-
ing covered only by the skin
Of the scalp. The hole is circular
in form. about five inches in diameter,
and is located just above the ear on the
LETT side of the head. The head looks
perfestly natural, and unless a close X
animation is made the abnormal def
cheney would not be noticed. Merrigold
who Is nov rs years of age, was taken
to the hospital from the village of Ron
dell. about four and a half years ago.
When first taken there he was perfect
ly sane, but his mind has since been
gradually giving away, and he now ex-
hibits %undoubted proofs of a weak mind
If he could no. be called really insane
When first brought to the attention of
the hole in the skull was only
about two inches across, but it has been
gradually increasing in size. The Done
seems to gradually disappear and moth
ing can be done to stop It's absorption.
h cause of the bone disease that is
eating away the skull Is unknown.