The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-21
NIiIlct Seed.
For Sale by Geo W. James.

The box churn at the creamery is for
sale and the company is ready to con
slider offers on it. The churn will hold
thirteen barrels, is iron bound, water
tight, made of the best material and
will make q good water tank. 1t will
be sold cheap.
The Mitchell electric light plant was
destroyed by fire Sunday evening. The
building was owned Dy NJ. B. Clemlnger
and valued at $1,000, on which there
was no insurance. The fire took place
at Z o'clock in the evening while the
engineer was starting the furnace fires.
Straw was being used for fuel. An
accumulation Of gas blew open the
furnace doors and the burning straw
was thrown out and ignited the large
stack Just outside the furnace room.
The Milwaukee ran several excursion
trains into Sioux Falls Sunday, where
the First regiment of tho state militia
is encamped, one train- being started
from this end. Kimball turned out
fifty-eight excursionists, the largest
number of any town be tween here and
Sioux Falls-that's the way times are
in Kimball and vicinity. The excursion
lists left at 5:25 and got home at two
o'clock next morning-completely
tagged out, but we'll pleased with their
trip.
CIV. Pierce came near meeting with
a serious accident Friday Of last week.
He was driving John Parker's horse and
road cart east of town; with him, his
little son Ralph. The horse stumbled,
fell, and Mr.. Pierce was pitched out on
his head and shoulders and partly
stunned. The horse, after regaining
his feet, ran across the prairie, with the
little boy in the bottom Of the cart
hanging on for all he was worth. The
lines in some way caught in n Of the
wheels and pulled the horse to a stand.
still before any further damage was
done.
Better weather for wheat could not
have been made to order than we have
had all the spring. To begin with, the
ground was in perfect condition to re,
celve the seed and most of the grain
was got in early. Then a timely rain
gave it the proper start and the weather
since has beeu just cool enough to make
1t stool to perfection. The rain OF
Tuesday gave it & soaking that will last
for many DAYS. While it is true thai
In This country it is next to impossible
ity to correctly estimate a yield until
the thresher tells the story, yet the pros
pect was never better and rarely has
been as good.
The editor Of a Kansas paper statel
that he picked up a Winchester riff,
one day recently and started down thu
street to deliver the weapon to it,
owner. The delinquent subscribers
however, got it into their heads that Ii,
was on the warpath. and everyone he
met insisted on paying him what the.
were owing. One Of them wiped out
debt Of ten years standing. On the
editors return to the office he found
load Of hay, fifteen bushels Of corn, tel
bushels Of potatoes, a load of wood and
a barrel of turnips that has beel
brought i'll by delinquents. If til
GRAPHIC could find a gun that woul,
shoota thousand miles or SO, we shoul
be tempted to try some such plan just t.
see il it would have any effect OH 1
hundred or more d%elinquents from
Maine to California-who eyidentl.
think this Office makes out statement
and sticks two cent stamps on then
just for apastlme.