The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-08-04

unless made by the Madison Medicine
Company. Ask your druggist.
The last of the wolf bounty for the
present fiscal year was paid out at Pierre
Monday-less than a month after the
beginning Of the fiscal year. This leaves
no appropriation available until after
July, 1901. Claims yet unpaid to the
amount Of $4,000 are yet on file.
+. ]. Tracy. editor Of the Ipswich Dem
ocrat, clerk OF courts of Edmunds coun-
ty and tho Democratic nominee for aud
itor on the state ticket, spent Sunday
here. Mr.. Tracy came down to look at a
couple Of pieces OF land that he is inter
ested in and to visit the GRAPHIC man
on the side.
The writer sat at work at his type
writer Wednesday, with the mercury 100
in the shade, Precipitation dripping off
Of his finger tips, when he glanced out
OF the window and saw two men at work
shingling a barn, as unconcerned about
the heat as could be. Tho temperature
fell several degrees.
As noted by the GRAPHIC last week,
Ward & Hemphill have a new artesian
we'll drilling outfit. 1t was set up and
tested Monday. The machine is driven
by a portable six horse power gasoline
engine-same as Mr.. Wards first outfit.
The new machine is to be taken to Fred
Gotham's farm in Plainfield ard put to
work on a two-inch well.
The chances are very much against
there being any better grass from which.
to make hay than right now; the summer
heat will hurt it more than any amount
tof rain could help it. Ordinarily hay
should be made before the Fourth Of
July, to get the most good out of il,
and in any year it should be put up as
soon as grass has reached its greatest
growth.
White Lake Wave: Bowdle g. Bur
right of Mitchell have sold their ranch
northeast Of town to Chas. Middlemass,
of Dewitt, Iowa. The ranch consists of
a half-section fenced withn good flowing
well on it. A Eve year lease of the
school section adjoining it (also fenced
goes with it. The consideration was
$1,000. We understand that the pur-
chaser, Mr.. Middlemass, will come here
to reside.
Prof. Geo. w. Nash, professor of math-
einatisS and astronomy and Instructor
In pedagogy at Yankton college, was a
caller Monday. Mr.. Nash is u son of N.
9. Nash, tue veteran editor OF the Can
ton News. There is little need Of send
ing the youth beyond the borders Of this
state for an education when we have
such institutions as the Yankton college,
and faculties composed of such ripe
scholars as Prof. Nash.
A setting hen down in Clay county
made a farmer $iCO. He was about to
take 500 bushels of wheat to market,
when he found that q hen had preempt-
ed the grain bin and was busy hatching
a nest of eggs. Rather than disturb her
he postponed taking the wheat out for a
week or SO, and when biddy came off
with her brood the price of wheat had
gone to a point which made the farmer
500 richer than would have been the
case had he sold his grain when original
ly intended.
Plankinton Herald: While ia town
Saturday Fred Keller, living four miles
south of White Lake, Informed us that
he had disposed Of his farm, cattle,
horses and machinery to parties from
Waterloo, Iowa. Consideration $1,000,
Fred is one Of those hard working fellows
who came here a few years ago with
not enough money IN his jeans to buy a
quarter section Of raw prairie. He says
he Is not going to leave Dakota but it is
his intention to get back further from
the railroad where he can secure more
range, and then buy a whole section.
1t was hotter than blue blazes Monday
and hotter still Tuesday, though the heat
was more sickening the FIRST day. OBJ
server Stuver's government thermometer
registered So Monday and 81 Tuesday.
This the hottest except one day in June,
when the mercury reached the 100 mark.
But it took the two following to reach
the climax. when on Wednesday the
mercury got up to 100, and 1OI on
Thursday. The heat was not felt Thurs.
dav, however, as much as on the first
two days mentioned, owing to the differ
enco in humidity. People went about
their business as usual, farmers working
right along IN the harvest fields and
there were no ill effects in any shape.
In the town Of Franklin, Pa, there is
n minister who finds himself in q very
peculiar position, says the Sioux City
Tribune. lie recently offered up a pray
er in his pulpit for the destruction Of a
distlllerv located near the church. Two
days later the distiliery was struck by
lightning and DESTROYED. The owner,
who is q firm believer in the efficacy Of
prayer, now claims that the attention or
the Lord was called to his distillery
through tho preacher, and has taken
counsel with a view to recovering dam
ages. The dininlty Of the minister's pos
ition is soon seen; II he denies all COM
plicity with the destruction of the dis
tillery, he denies the practical effects OF
player, which would he a terrible blow
to the faith of his congregation. On the
hand, II he admits the charge, the
church must, in assuming the moral re-
sponsibility, incur q large debt for the
destruction Of private property, operat-
ing in accordance with the state law.