The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-06-30

For the first time in a week the sun
came out bright and clear Yesterday
morning and held the boards for, a
half a day. AT noon the rain clouds
began to gather and Mr.. j. Pluvius
got in his work shortly after.
Miss Anna Long went to Chamber
lain last night to give a reading for
Mrs. A. G. Whitheck this afternoon,
the affair last week haying been post
poned. Mrs. l.. A. Foote and Fred
also went to attend the function.
The rains of Friday and Saturday
night did not do a thing to some of
the cellars around town, especially to
those under the stores along Main
street. Several hands were up nearly
all night baling water out OF the Gel
lar under the Wolf store.
The Planklnton hotel caught fire in
the attic, n day last week, and when
discovered half of the attic was a mass
of flames. Three streams of water
was soon out with but 5000 damage.
The Herald says that the new engine
and power pump saved the town from
a disastrous fire.
The rainfall for June is I inches. In
noting the rainfall of May it will be
remembered that the GRAPHIC said
that the shortage to May | was seven
inches-and that we were going 10
get it alright in May and June. AS a
weather prophet the GRAPHIC has
Hicks pushed off the earth,
The rains of Friday and Saturday
nights were the heaviest of the season,
LOS inches falling Friday night and
2.17 inches Saturday, a total of 1925
in p hours. 1t has been years since
so much water fell within the same
length of time. To add to the wet
ness, several heavy rains had fallen
within week previous.
The GRAPHIC will bet seven dollars
that no town of twice the size Of this
in the state can turn out as many
pretty and Handsomely gowned girls
and women as attended the Harker-
Wentzy wedding and reception We'd
nesday afternoon. The prettiest girl
in the bunch was -*
Wife just rung the phone.
Mrs. Mary Garvey arrived from
Grown Point, N. Y. yesterday, accom-
panied by her two grandsons, who
went through to Chamberlain to JON
their mother, Mrs. Minnie Garvey
May Berry. Mrs. Garvey ordered the
GRAPHIC sent to Will, who is now
running a diamond drill in a mine
near Buenos Aires, South America.
When Arthur Blodgett took his
freight run nj the GRAPHIC said we
hoped that he wouldn't get hurt, we
hardly looked for him to get hurt so
soon. He is home now, nursing a
fractured rib, the result on a Slip on
the platform in jumping off at Puk-
wanna. He fell between the car and
the platform when the train was in
motion, but luckily escaped serious
injury.
j. o. Loft will serve the ouenlng
dinner in his new cafe Sunday
though a few meals will be served
probably today and tomorrow. But it
is intended that the formal opening
Shall occur at dinner Sunday, at
which time a fine menu will be set
before the guests of this popular cafe
and served in splendid style from
handsome menu cards.
Jas. Rae OF Coyle was a caller yes.
terday and feeling pretty good ove1
his new artesian we'll which flows &c
gallons a minute. The we'll is 96O feet
and cost less than $500. 1t was put
down by Jake Dlesch. Mr.. Rae says,
however, that they have more water
in Pleasant Grove these days than
they know what to do with, but anti.
cipates a big crop just the same.
Mrs. r. f. Jones favored the edlto,
of the GRAPHIC, Saturday, with a
great, big box of Strawberries, enough
to make a shortcake four feet square
The fruit was Of the finest and came
from a half-acre patch on the Jone!
ranch that is Welding scores or quarts
daily. Nothing like having call the
luxuries of a home." that the poe
tells about-and the next best thine
is to have friends who remember those
who lack some of those same 'luxuries
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