The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-01-02
ROUGH NOTES.

is not over five feet, eight inches tall.
His hair, which is quite gray, lays
back In half fallen pompadour, and his
.resolute looking face shows the lines
that hardship and courageous advent
iure have left there. His lecture and the
discernible charac acteristics Of the man
impress one with the fact that the
central motives of his life have been .
strong determination to do thoroughly
certain duties and accomplish certain
purposes. While his lecture was in:
teresting, and was listened to with
the closest OF attention. there was no
little manifest disappointment on the
part Of his hearers. His voice is not
strong and he is not easily heard,
Had I not previously read his lecture
las It appeared in some of the metro.
lpolitan papers, 1t would have been
difficult for me to have followed him
clearly. His power of the descriptive
sis not so good as L had anticipated,
nor does he express himself with the
animation ana vividness that might
have been expected. However. STAN
ley does not come before the public ss
a platform lecturer and evidently
makes no pr.tensions in the things
that may be criticised. Blthe cnmes
at the demand of the public for Whist
he is-a great explorer, whose exp. ii ii
tlon through the heart of the dark
continent, from the Atlantic he.
Albert NvaDza. thence to the Mslian
Ocean, has become trail of clviliza.,
tton through that region like ray of
light piercing q hitherto impenetrable
cloud. His fame is In his great ,werk
in.opening the era of African hiassaay,
and his lectures are;n6t only valuable
to the world for the einfoImatio.i they
contain but for the spirit OF inquiry.
they institute and the opening wedge
he has driven which makes further IN
formation possible.
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I heard Rev. Marc w. Darling.
preach Sunday morning In the First
Congregationsl5church of Sioux City:
This church edifice is q new.one and5is
10 beauty in architectural design and Of
very handsome finish on the interior.
The preacher named talked on .The,
vision Of the new heayen aud the new
earth, !" mentiODedin Revelation 2l.5.
Heis very interesting speaker and
breaches 10 large audiences.
~
The Journal las built new brick
building adjoining the old one and the
large plant of Perkins Bros. Go. now
occupies both buildings from base
ment to the third story. 1t gives them
much more room, but which is eviden-
tly no more than they need ae It is all.
being utilized.
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The holes In the wall have. become
bold, have pulled up the blinds and:
everything appears to run pretty free
and easy except that the proprietors
are hauled up monthly and aned $50
for ..using b0isterOus language" eds
turbing the peace OF some other of
fense against the dignity Of the city.
SIS
Isaw Senator Moody at the Garrett
son Saturday evening. He was On his
way to Sioux Falia, fscm whence he
expects togo 10 Pierre few days la
ter. On my broschlng the coming
senatori iai fight, he stat. that he was
exceedingly hopeful of success. He
believed if the republicans would
stand together the result would not be
in doubt. Speaking of the Federal
election bill he said the tactics of the
democrats had been to talk the bill to
death, hut ii the Aldrich cloture reso-
luton went through, the measure
would come toe Vote in few days.
ihes .natOr does not intend gong
hack to Washington till after the 70
ult%Of the senatorial fight shall y. de- 1
ttImlIsd.
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In makinga hIiet skirlnish among
the real est atA nlell and those looking
itor Investments WAS pleased to not..
that. u pI. yAinEg ittea with them is
that south Dakota lands and other
realty are now ipwrrln price ,hanth4y
will ever be again. WAS able to
learn that large amount of south
Dakota land and .qnl,ies therein are
being purchased and traded for IL
was 4 s,lrprisA to ma to find the in
\ tprrat ntlNuIe Onfaifla Of South nAknta n
were taking in Artesian well irriQa-
zion IN our stats and the Iinfnestion- :
i able results OF it,
. tind that nearly everybody in
Sioux City knowst thass Mitchell Ia to
have a cement plant the coming year
aud sllrecogn'ze that our city ts stu
ated In the most promising section Of
the state: Wa SCoTT.