The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-07-28

There is law which requires treas
urers Of school districts to publish an
nnal reports, and such reports are now
being published in all the countlee-
save Brule. Our school treasurers should
comply with the law and save possible
trouble.
The Democrats and Po2ulists, under
the fusion arrangement, will make the
campaign headquarters at Sioux Falls.
This was decided at a meeting Of all par
ties concerned In that city this week, at
which n number OF candidates on the
state ticket were present.
A Davidson county ~farmer-forty
miles from Kimball-sold his farm for a
good round price a few weeks since and
then went in search of something which
would suit him better. Now he is back
to South Dakota again and has bought
another farm five miles from his old one,
and will try and make it as attractive as
the old home.
Arthur Mckee is having q slow and
painful recovery with his broken leg.
He has laid fiat OH his back for As days,
all told, though the bones have knit, and
seemingly are healing nicely. Nearly a
hundred callers have been to see him
since he got hurt, which must be very
gratifying, as eyidencing the number Of
close friends he has in this community.
The Bangor tWalworth county, Record
tells a story regarding the operations
Of the Steel range fellows thdt takes the
cake. 1t says that while the steel range
crowd was in the vicinity OF Faulkton
recently, they ran out Of stoves, and so
they went into Fanlkton and bought
q stove Of a local hardware man for $50,
after which one Of the crowd vent into
the country and sold the same stove for
SIS to q neighboriDg farmer.
Agame warden at Huron caused the
arrest OF three men for violating the
game law. and convicted them. Rather
than pay the heavy fine, the men went to
jail. The law says that the game war.
den shall have half the fine, but as nc
fine was collected the county commits
sioners refused to allow The bill. The
warden then tued the county and got
judgement for the full amount of the
claim. The commissioners propose tC
take the matter to a higher court.
Several kids were running a lem.
onade stand at Freeman the Fourth. A
man came along aud the boys called to
him to buy some lemonade. and he
stopped. How much is It'll" said he
This glass is 8 cents and this one is a
nickel" they told him. Finding 3 cents
in his pocket he said he would take the
Scent kind. He drank the lemonade
and then asked the boys what was the
difference in the two lemonades and the
answer came: "Why, the pup fell in the
Scent kind"
DR.. g. B. Mills, mention Of whom was
made last week, has decided to establish
an Office in Kimball, and Mrs. Mills will
arrive from Wallaceburg. Ont, in a short
time. Dr.. Mills professional card will
be found in another column. He comes
highly recommended. lie is a graduate
of Trinity Medical college and Trinity
university, Toronto. and also a graduate
of the College Of Physicians and Sur
geons, Ontario, aud has been In hospital
and general practice since 1886. He is
thoroughly up-to-date in his work and
hopes to have the confidence and good
will of the community. DR.. Mills came
from Wallaceburg, Ont.
Another week has rolled around and
the powers are nearly as much in the
dark as ever Is to tho fate OF the min.
listers and their families and attaches in
Pekin. Our government succeeded in
getting a cipher message to Conger, and
an answer, hut its genuineness-the re.
ply-is doubted by nearly all Europe
The message was sent through the Chin
ese minister at Washington and for The
purpose of ascertaining for a certainty
whether the United States minister was
alive or dead. To guard against deceit
on the part of the Chinese officials, the
message was sent in cipher. Another
attempt along the same line was made a
few days ago, hut just what the nature
of the message to Conger was, and low
it was arranged, the government alone
knows. This last attempt to ascertain
definitely the fate of the foreigners IN
Pekin will, it is expected, settle the
question.
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