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KIMBALL GRAPHIC
entered at the Post-offleo at Kimball, Pakota,
as second-class matter.
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known on application.
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tions will'be inserted until ordered out and
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end of each month. Transient advertisements
must be paid for in advance.
All communications intended for the
next issue must be in the hands of the printer
as early as Thursday morning to insure publi
cation.
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work of eVory description executed
in the best style on short uotico and at reason
able rates.
®"Short communications on any subject of
interest are acceptable if accompanied by the
name of the author.
Time Table C. M. & St. P. K. B,.
Passenger going we=t. 5:45 P.M.
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CONSTABLES.
TREAS
ASSESSOR
SuPEBVISOEa.
east... 11:00 A. M.
Way Fr't going wost 12:30 P. M.
east.. 4:25 P. K.
CODNTY'OFFICERS.
J. R: Lowo.
I H. Pilger.
COMMISSIOSEUS. Hj II. S. Taylor.
C. M. Austin.
(. 0. M. Gregory.
COUNTY CLERK D. W. Spalding.
COUNTY JUDOE J. B. Lqng.
TKEASUKEB. R. J. Andrews.
SHERIFF, E. P. Ochsner.
DEFUTY SHERIFF 0. Barnes.
SCPT. OF SCHOOLS E. L. Drewry.
SUKVEYOR 8. H. Whitlock
ASSESSOR George Biiry.
ConoxEit A. M. French.
G. Andorson.
ROAD SUPEVIS'S'V C. TV. McKiuloy.
L. Richards.
C. C. Morrow.
JUSTICES -J ,T. S. White.
... W. A. Porter.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
H. S. flunlap.
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JUSTICES.
CLERK
A. H. Stuart
C. J. Mitynard.
J. B. Ryan.
C. IV. Cameron.
J. W. Orcutt
J. M. Bourcy.
S. R. Nngen.
L. lliefiimls.
E. C. Austin.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Justice Dennia Ryan.
E. P. Ocimiior.
Jos. IxBruslL
Trustees A. H. Stuart.
A. R. Lutolien,
Louis Richards
.Clerk ELS. Duulap.
^Assessor I. A. Weeks.
Treasurer J. "VY. Orcutt
Muirfiial IL S.Wright
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
F. M. GOO! YICOOXTZ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chamberlain, Dakota.
S. W. DUNCAX,
PrrYsiciAK and Surgeon, ofBce at r03idenc»,
Chamberlain.
MOXEV TO LOAN
On Rpal Estate and Chattels,
MARK WARD, Kimball, D. T.
JACOB HAMMEL,
Carpenter, Contractor and Builder. Work
doii'e at reasonable prices on short uotico.
Kimball, D. T.
FRANK EATON,
Plasterer, Brick, Stone Mason
Kimball, D. T.
DENNIS.KYAX,
Attorney at Law. Practice in nil courts. Cri
nuunl law a specialty. Will buy and sell Claims
ou Commission and attend to'eontesU before
U. S. Lund Office* kimball, Daltota.
T. C. BOLLINGER, itt. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
KIMBALL, DAK.'
Dr. Hollingor is a graduate
pt
the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, and
afterwards practiced in the City
Hospital, Baltimore.
Ca'.la promptly attended day and night Office
in Warner & Lawton'B Block.
ARCH H. STUART,
Attorney at Law. Bounties & Pensions collocted.
Real estate and Locating Agent Money loaned.
Final proof and Contest cases a specialty. Office
next door to Kimball Houso, Kimball, D. T.
JOHN C. FERRIS,
Nursery man and dealer in forest tree seed
lings.
Kimball, Dakota.
C. C. AKIN,
Attorney at law, reil-ostato and loan broker.
KIMBALL DAKOTA.
I. L. RICHARDS,
Dentist, Kimball, Dakota, office next door to
the Graphic office.
J. E. CONE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, Reference: Medical
Department Iowa State University.
CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO AS ALL HOURS,
DAY on NIUHT. CHARGES REASONABLE.
Kimball, Dakota.
W. H. Cuirass JOHN 8. WHITE,
Notary Public.
CURTIS & WHITE,
Attorneys and Land Brokers. Will bny and
sell all kinds of claims and attend to all busi
ness'before tho Land Office.
KIMBALL, DAKOTA. SwA
DR. D. S. Bl'ERS,
HOMEOPATH.
Office in'J. W. Herring's Drug Store. MainSt
KIMBALL DAL'07'4.
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The best located
town in Southern
Dakota, being situ
ated near the cen
ter of Brule County,
in the midst of the
best farming and
stock country in
the world. The
proof of which has
been fully demon
strated in the mag
nificent crops of the
past few years.
KIMBALL
Is located on the Main Line ol
the Chicago. Milwaukee* & St.
Paul Railroad. 48 miles .west oi
Mitchell anil 22 miles east oi
Chamberlain. It has a fine pub
lic school building, good church
es. a first-class postoffice, two
banks, two irooil hotels, one
larae grain elevator and mate
rial on the ground for another,
three lumber yards, all tarrying
immense stocks several black
smith shops, good livery stables,
and stores representing all
brandies of trade. Still the
country demands more and to
live men great inducements are
offered to invest in this
Beautiful Town
The Brule County Agricul
tural Fair Grounds adjoin the
townsite'and is one of the best
fair grounds in the Territory,
with a good half-mile track.
THE TOWN IS BOOMING
And now is the time to invest.
P. WARNER,
Proprietor of the original town
site, has platted and laid out
three additions, all adjoining,
with a continuation of streets
and alleys. Part nl wliich are
in aci lots, so as to enable a.ll
classes to be suited in procuring
a residence lot. The most de
sirable blocks on Main Street
are still for sale to those who
desire to engage in business, and
great, inducements are offered
to that class of men.
The climate in this part of
Dakota is everything to be
desirdl and is fully as mild
as that of Ohio, Indiana and Il
linois, with, perhaps, a less num
ber of cloudy days. The rain
fall is abundant and 'always
comes when most needed. The
water is free from any alkali
taste and as jiure as anv found
in any of the Eastern States. Ii*
short, the country, climate and
social advantages make this one!
of the best, it not the very best,
county in Dakota for the emi
grant.
For further particulars, call
on or address
D. WARNER,
...KIMBALL, DAKOTA,
ItRUfiE COUM'ffS.
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AT
Lowest Prices
AT
J. A. SMITH'S,
KIMBALL, DAKOTA."
Harness,
COLLARS,
SADDLES,
WHIPS
AND ROBES,
A full and complete stock of everything usu
ally kept in a first-class shop. Prices always
the lowest
HARDY & COOK,
KIMBALL, D. T.
BESOT & ORCUTT,
KIMBALL,
fl. H. HENRY,
Lilendale.
T.
J. W. 0RCU.TT,.
President
C&sliier.
Money loaned on 'Land and Chattel Mort
gages. Highest market price paid for County
Warrants and school orders, interest paid on
time deposits. Exchange bought and Bold.
A. CEXERAL 13ANKTXG BUS
INESS TRANSACTED.
SHORT-Tbeus«ofthe
LINE.
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term
''Short Line" in eon
section with the cor
porate same of a
groat road, co&reys
an idea of jnst what
is required ky the
trarehng pnblio —a
Short Line, QuickTime and the best of accom
modations—all of which are furnished by the
greatest railway in America,
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
SI PAUL.
It owns and operate! over .4,600 milei of road
hi Northern IlHnoii, Wisconsin, Miutiesota.
Iowa and Dakota and its main lines, branches
and ooi»nections reach all the great business
centres of the Northwest and Far West, it
naturally answers the description of Short Line,
aud best route between
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapo
lis.
Chicago. Milwaukee, La Crowe and Winona.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Ortonville, Aberdeen and
Chicago, Milwaukee, Eau Claire and Stillwa
ter.
Chioago, Milwaukee, Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Bearer Dam, Fond dn-
Lac aud Oahkoeh.
Chicago, Milwaukee^ Waukesha and Ocono
mowoc.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and Prairie du
Chien.
Chiciiffo. Miltraakea, Owatonna. Mankato and
Faribault.
Chicago, Ileloit, Jancsrille and Mineral Point.
Chicaffs, Eleui, ltoekford and Dubuque.
Cbioaff®, iClinlnn, Rock Island, Cedar Rapids
and Tama.
Chicato, DosMoines. Council Blttlh and Omaha.
Chioaco, Canton, Sioux City, Sioux Fall» and
Yankton.
£bioaco. Milwaukee Albert Lea and and South
ern Minneiota Pointt.
Chioaio, Milwaukee, Mason City, Mitchell and
Chamberlain.
Rock island, Dubuque.,St. Paul and Minneap
olis
Davenport, Calnar, f?t. Paul and MinneapoIU.
Milwaukee. Racine, Beloit, Fr«o Port andRuck
Island.
AlAsir3Vi
Mitohell, W'oliey. Ahto« and Aberdeen.
(Jim River Valley Line.)
Pullman Sleepers and the Finest Dininsr Can
in the world are run on the main lines of the
CHICAGO.f MILWAUKEE ST. PAOL
K/IliWAV,and ererywittention is paid to pas
senjiers by courteous employees ofthe company.
B. S. MBhILIt, A. V. H. CASPKSTBR,
•_ 3»n'l_Man»*er. Oen'l Pass. Agent.
T. T. CLARK, UEO. II. HEAFFORD,
O.n'1 SupU Ass't Uen 1 Pass. Act.
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Stanley and The Congo Coon try
From the Boston Traveler.
The information which has been
brought by Mr. Henry M. Stanley to
England from the Con£o country on
his return from his third journey in
that region is perhaps less exciting than
that brought by him oh his-previous re
turn from the Dark Continent, but is at
the same time of importance. The re­
suit of his first journey .was the discov
ery that beyond the cataracts.of the
lower Congo there was another immense
river, navigable for niore thai" a thou
sand miles, and penetrating tli£ h^aft
of Africa. This discovery led to 1}& re
turn to the valley of the Cottge uirdCr
the commission of the king 6f tile Bel
gians and the president of
.the' jiewly
'formed African International Asspcia
tion, for the purpose of establish
ing a series o£ trading stations,and
opening roads acrosff the country
to the navigable reaches of thd.
rivers. This work he "successfully ac
complished*, and the great valley was
opened to European trade. Hardly'
was this accomplished than the Frenbh
began to intrigue for the control of the
trade, and an attempt was made'
through an Italian adventurer, DeBraz
za, to open a rival route from Stanley
Fool to the coast. This led to bis third
journey, the result is that the work of
establishing trading stations from the
mouth of the Congo to Stanley Pool, has
been successfully completed without
molestation or interference, aud the ri
val attempts of DeBazza have ended in
ignominious failure. Mr. Stanley now
brings more accurate information than
we have yet had respecting th« extent
and the charactef.of the country tribu
tary to the Congo rivor, and the policy
which lie has hitherto pursued under
the direction of the African Internation-,
al Association in his dealings with the
native tribos of that region is amply
vindicated. From the mouth of the
Congo to Stanley Pool, 1400 miles fur
ther inland thanirom New Orleans to
St. Paul, there are satisfactory facilities
for commercial exchanges in the numer
ous trading stations which have "been
established between these two points,
and the natives on the whole are friend
ly and well disposed towards white
traders, but one tribe, the Ba Sundis,
manifesting any hostility whatever.
The recent statement made by rBracon
nier to the effect that tlie river was not
navigable above Stanley Pool for steam
craft is shown to be wholly untrue, Mr.
Stanley having found a mean low water
depth of 12 feet for & thousand miles'
above the pool. The expanse of terri
tory, and the extent of its-commercial
resources, tributary to the Congo,' is so
vast that its limits are at present only
•ubject of conjecture, but their relative
proportions may be to some extent in
dicated by the 4,000 miles of navigable
rivers wliicli Mr. Stanley now tells us
are accessible from Stanley Pool, 'This
information which he now brings is cal
culated to awaken a fresh interest in the
pending diplomatic controversy over
the control of W6st Africa, and to con
firm the wisdom of the course pursued
by the administration of President Ar
thur in recognizing the sovereignty of
the International Association. The de
velopment of an enormous commerce
on the Congo may be regarded as as
sured and for once the United States is
in a position to be among the first of
the nations to take advantage of si}cli
development. The proposed treaty be
tween Great Britain and Portugal, by
which the foimer country guarantees
the claim of the latter to control of
commerce on the lower Congo is still
pending in parliament but Mr. Stan
ley, than whom no one is* better
qualified to judge the matter, ex
presses the opinion that Potuguese su
premacy over the moutlf of the river
would be decidedly inimical to
British interests even, to say
nothing of the interests of the Interna
tional Association. He expresses the
strongest disapproval of tl|® treaty, and
it remains to be seen whether, in the
•face of his warning, Great Britain will
ratify.it. The new information which
he brings, however, makes it the more
certain that whatever may be the fate of
the proposed treaty, the nations com
prising and recognizing the Interna
tional Association will not permit tlie
absurd pretensions of Portugal on the
one hand, or the greed of England on
the other, to deprive them of their share
af an immense commerce which is cer
tain to follow the opening up af the
Congo rivor.
The Giant Wants a Divorce.
Col. Bouth Goshen, better known as
Barnum's Arabian giant, has brought
suit in New York against his wife, Mary
Louise Goshen, for divorce. Tho col
onel is eight feet high. His wife is an
average size'woman. Slit first met the
colonel when he was traveling with the
Townsend show in Illinois. She was a
cousin of tine fat woman of the show,
and used to go in free and gaze admir
ingly at the Colonel. The Colonel was
then married to Augusta White, the
snake-charmer of the show. Mary
Louise was Miss Welsh, of Elgin, then,
and but fifteen years old. In 1879 she
again met the colonel in Chicago. He
was still living with his snake-charmer
on Ins New Jersey farm, .but the same
yetfr he got a divorce from her on the
ground of infidelity, and in ISfft) was
married to Miss Welsh. They lijred to
gether until last fall, when the giant
went west, sending two men to live on
the farm, near New Brunswick, N.J.,
and then in march began proceedings
for a divorce against his wife on the
ground of infidelity with the strangers.
Mrs. Gostyen is going to fight the suit,
and claims to have a perfect 'defense,
and at the same time proof that she
ought to have a divorce from her giant.
Wilson & Monkhouee, manufacturers of sash,
doors. blitiHa, fence, otc., at the corner of Eagle
aud Washington street s, 8t. Paul4made a general
assignment to E. H. Brigga for the benefit of
creditors. The primary cause of the failure
is an overstock of machinery, and slow colloc
tons. They have ?4,7000 .worth of stock en
hand, $6,TIC of accounts Hindered, and ma
chinery worth from SlO.OMrto $15,000. Most
of the oreditofs have exproessd a -willingness
to assist the linn in every way to keep on ID
business.
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Xaterview With Oen. ahwrltaa.
General Sheridan, did you ever have
any experience with female soldiers?"
"Oh, yes, frequently. Women Were
crying to get into camp under some pre
text or disguise all the time. They
w.ere a great nuisance. I'll tall you
about some of them at another time.'
There was quite a romantic story about
a girl who tried soldiering in the 2d
Mich. Cav., the first regiment I com
manded. She came down in men's
clothes, but wasvrecognized by the sol
diers from her town and was sent home
again."
,, "Did you ever have any women scouts
or spies?"
"Yes I had a great many all the
time, and I'm free to say. they were
more reliable and faithful than men
who served in the same "capacity."
"Who were they?"'
"I can't tell you that. I've* got a rec
ord in writing of each one of them and
the exact service they performed. Some
of them were ladies of Ugh social station,
whose sympathies were with thf Union,
but whose families were rebels.- They,
often gave me the most reliable infor
mation I got, and it wouldn't do to give
them away even at this late day, for it
might injure them. If they wanted
their services known you would have
heard of it long before this, but the
women who go about advertising that
they were scouts or spies can be gener
ally put down as fraudB."
."Did the women -Bpietr-qrork for the
lovo of it?"
"Sometimes they did, but quite as
often they didnt. Some of them worked
for the money there was in it. They
were impoverished by thf war. Those
whom they leaned upon for support
were either dead or in the Confederate
army, and the women had a hard tiipo
of it to get along at home, imrticularly
tliose with families, and they were glad
to earn an honest penny. Tney under
stood that they were to be paid accord
ing as their information was reliable and
important, and I usually found thay
oou.ld be depended upon."
"Didn't they try to mislead you?"
"Sometimes they did, but never tried
it twice. You see, I had a perfcct sys
tem of spies and scouts covering the en
tire country, and the same information
pame in duplicate and often in triplicate
from different s'ources, and, too, from
sources that didn't know.of each others
so, when information came in I could
tell, usually, how accurate it was."
What became of these women
'-The most of them -were residents of
the country where we happened to be,
and are living there still, I suppose. I
never attempted to keep track of them
after I had no further use for their ser
vices. I have met some of them since,
however, and have had them call upon
.me .when I was in their' locality since
the war."
AN UNCONS
orotrs
SPY.
"One of the best spies I ever li'ad,"
continued the General, "was a rebel
girl, the daughter -of one of tlie most
prominent and aristocratic families of'
Virginia but she would have a fit S
she thought I .was giving her away.
She was only 18 or 19 years old then,
and uncommonly pretty. I came near
falling ki love with her myself, and I
heard some'of my officers who met her
were badly.smitten."
"Have you seen her since?"
"Yes. I've seen her frequently since
the war liaveseen her here in Wash
ington. She's married now, and in
Europe with her husband. He is
quite a prominent man—but Pm afraid
I've told you to much about her. Some
body might guess who she i».
"There is another girl, also, of an
aristocratic and high-toned Virginia
family. From her I received some of
the most important information I ever
received of the enemy's movements
but, dear little thing, she didn't rea
lize what she was doing. 3he was loyal
t« the Confederacy as could be—as
loyal as Jeff Davis himself,—but she
was'talkative and fond of admiration,
and we used to get lots of information
out of her. Prominent rebel ofiioers used
to go to her father's house,. and the'
folks there used to receive letters from
the rebel army, and we were generally
able to find out all that was grid and al'l
that was written. But, as I said, she
never knew how much she was giving
away, uor what harm her information
brought upon her friends.
"Then, there was Bebecca Wright.
You remember her. I told you about
her once, you know. She was tho lit
tle Quaker sclioolma'am who used to
send me information through the rebel
lines by an old dnrkey who peddled gar
den stuff among the soldiors, and was
allowed to go through the rebel lines
for that purpose. She is a clerft in the
Treasury Department here in Washing
ton now."
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A Jolly Good Story of a JndgK
From the 'American Journalist
While attending the Missouri Press Associa
tion meeting, recently h6ld at Springfield, I
met Frank P. Blair, Jr., and he told the follow
ing very good story, which is worth repeating:
On one of the many official excursions made by
boat to' Fortress Monroe and Chesapeake Bay,
Chief Justice Waite, of the Bupreme court
Judge Hall, of North Carolina, and other dig
nitaries of the bench were participants. When
the government steamer had fairlv got out of
the Potomac and into the Atlantic'the sea wai
very
rough and the vessel pitched fearfully.
Judge Hall was taken violently with sea sick
ness. As lie was retching over the side of th'e
vessel and moaning aloud in his ^onv the.
Chief Justice stepped gently to his 3de" and,
laying a soothing hand on his ehonlder, said:
'JMy dear Hall, can 1 do anything for you?
"My dear Hall, can 1 do anything
Just suggest what you wish." "I
the sea-sick Judge, "your Honor
rule this motion!"
wish," said
rould
Burglars sntered the hardware stores of
Manning & Boe and Bacon, &i«groan & Co., al
Northfield, on Thursday night, by opening a
vii)Vw in the tin shop. In the former place
they bjoke the money-drawer open ancwob
taJpcd'JiSO in change^, and in the latter place
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LABQH AKD OOVPLEU STOCK Of
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
Tinware, Pumps and Barbed Wire,
Acorn and Superior Stoves
A SPECIALTY.
PRICES GUARANTEED TO BE THE LOWEST.
OUK MOTTO: "SHALL PROFITS, QUICK SALW8 ANDFAIB
DEAIxtNG."
'OCHSNER BROTHERS,
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Opera Restaurant.
NEW AND NEAT.
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Meals at all hours. Board l)y tlie day or week,
Ice cream, Strawberries, Oysters etc., in
their season. Jg
A fine line of CONFECTIONARY and -CIGARS
always on hand.
Next door to the Postoffice.
PISS
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L. D. BARDIN,
The Meade House..
F. D. MEADE, Proprietor,
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO COMMERCIAL GUESTS,
NEWLy FUIlMSHEl).
NUMBER 22.
KIMBALL, DAKOTA. 3
NEW FIRM.
NEW PRICES.
4f3.
We are prepared to
ixients equal to any
ball in
Parties" desiring large bills tnUi
find it to their advantage to getoyrr
prices. Our Motto is
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A- F. CELLEY, Prop.
BALL, $£3- DAKOTA.
AM HEBE
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iiut am not so positive that I shall be here when the
Connty Seat is removed to Kimball,-1 may take a trip to
Ehrope before, that time. 0n$ thin# I, am sore of, I *can»
not'be undersold by any renting partnership firm in 'tlM
Territory. Everybody please call and get my prices on
Sugar, Teas, Syrup, Kerosene, Crockery,- Clothijig, ISt^
Best flour in the market, roller process, half patent onljf
82.90 per cwt.
"Fair Dealing, Cash Salestod^
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