The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-02-10
Small Talk.

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Cranberries, oranges, cabbage, onions,
just received ut VOLTS.
Another life insurance solicitor struck
the town last night. Unchain the dogs.
Apples, oranges, and cranberries and
all other fruits at right prices at B. NJ.
Coffee's.
j. II. Wolf has BEEN in st. Joe, No.,
this week picking up some bargains for
his store.
The passenger train was five hours
late Thursday night, due to a big INC
storm in Iowa.
Sioux City had good sleighing Monday.
Chicago had a snow storm SATURDAY..
Dry as a bone here.
G. A. Rooster of Davenport, Iowa, who
is largely interested in farm lands in
these parts, is in town.
Con VanZante went to Chamberlain
Monday TO work on a new river boat,
now under construction.
The w. X. Q. meets on Wednesday at
ternocn, Feb. ID. at the G. A. r. hall. A
full attendance O. tle members is re-
Quested.
The creamery ice-house and the Pabst
big beer cooler we're both filled to the
brim with fine Missouri river ice the
past week. The ice was about Is inches
thick.
When the Milwaukee gets into Charles
Mix a good part Of the buildings will be
on wheels. making for a railroad town.
Some of the present burgs will lie nearly
deserted.
A three year-old daughter of a Clay
county farmer nearly died from the
effects Of a headache tablet bought OF a
travelling patent medicine vendor. Sci
the dogs on the %peddlers.
While at work Tuesday. Engineer Per.
kins drove a half-inch chisel into his
hand. An artery was cnt and the wound
bled p~rofusely before being closed. Dick
will have a pretty sore hand for a time.
Pukwana home talent will present the
interesting tive-act drama "Tony, the
Convict" in- the town hall in that town
next Tuesday evening. A dance will
follow tho play, and the music vii! be
furnished by Criss, the Yankton harpist.
County Treasurer Ames came up from
Chamberlain with his pocket stuffed
with this writer's 1899 tax receipts and
hit us for more stuff than this print
shop can earn in a month Of Sundays
n. B. We don't work Sundays.
Bookings Register: If the fusion
party is dead, as some would have us
believe, 1t has served to good purpose al
least. 1t has frightened the republicans
until they now talk of 'only nominating
men who have no stain on their char
acter."
6ilchrist Stewart, the c0lored butter
maker who has been working at tn,
Ward Academy creamery since it started
has received the appointment of clerl
with the Philippine census commission
He was lucky enough to have tn
necessary pull"
An old fashioned spinning wheel was
unloaded at the Woonsocket station re
Gently, and ths Herald says that Their,
are several OF those cnce indispensable,
household belongings in the county ant
in use to make yarn much superior t
that on the market.
Sioux City has-or will soon-intro
duce a novelty in its schools: a luncl
counter in the high school building
There is to be hot soup, hot stew, milk
cold meats, bread aud butter, and so on
but no tea, coffee or pie. 1t is estimates
that a pupil can get a nice lunch TO
nine cents.
]. II. Wolf sold a mower last week
Whether the buyer is going to make ha,
cr feared there wouldn't he enough
machines to go around next summer
cannot say. We have known of plent
Of hay being made here in January, bu
as a rule most Of the hay is up befor
grounding day.
VaDnatta Bros. Of LeMa,s. Iowa, an
nounce a high-class kaleidoscope enter
tainment and lecture at the opera hous
here Saturday evening, Feb. 10. Sui
Ject; 1.-THE Spanish American and Hi
ipino Wars" Life size moving pictures
Instructive ard intensely interesting
Admission Is and % cents.
Tile funeral of General Lawton take
place in Washington this Friday--af
ternooE. 1t will be the most impressiv
funeral Of a military hero which eve
took place in this country. The remain
of the intrepid fighter will be laid ii
the Arlington cemetery beside the count
less number who have gone before hin
while serving their country.
Walter Weilman will relate, in Nc
Clure's Magazine for February, the stor
OF some of his hard experiences an,
strange adventures in the course of hi
last years artic expedition. Mr. Well
man did not reach the pole, but he mad
important artic discoveries. and his ex
petition had q different experience ii
many important respects from any OF it
predecessors.
The GRAPHIC's prediction some week
ago to- the effect that there would b
very little garden making going Of
about ground hog day, hit The weatle
to II dot. Mr.. Hog has been holed com
pletely for u week and he is the envy o
all coal consuming people outside. Thi
with one Observation-Disclosures l
looked like another warm spell, but tn
wind swung into the northwest and i
las been licking cold ever since. Wed
nesday night was the coolest Of the win
ter--a high wind and a 10 below tenn
perature.