The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-30
Miss Belle Taylor came in from Plank.

MISS Belle Taylor came in from Plank.
lnton to visit few days.
Mrs. E. B. Van Alstine and children
arrived home Friday evening from
'nelr visit to points in Wisconsin.
u. F. Burkholder, editor of the
Enam oerlain Democrat, was in the city
Monday on his way to points in Michi-
gan.
Editor and Mrs. T. C. Roberts were
in the city Saturday en- route to St. Paul
TO attend the state press association
meeting.
DO you know where I can buy a
sack OF good iour9n
es cir, do. Go to Broad bent's:
ne has the cheapest and best"
DR.. w. [. Graham and Rev. j. F.
Bradley went to Wolsey Saturday after
noon, in which place and vicinity the
former delivered three sermons Sun
day.
Miss Fanny Foster went to Yankton
Saturday morning, having arrived from
Watertown Friday, where she was
engaged at the teachers institute and
will perform like service at Yankton.
The Salvation Army lassies have
moved into Chas. Krom's house on
east Third street, which gives them
much better quarters than the room
they have lived in for several months.
Scotland Citizen: S. 81. Scallin, of
Mitchell, stopped off here between
trains Saturday to visit his brother.
He was on his way home from Osceola.
Pa, where he had been to attend the
funeral of brother.
DR.. r. r. Stevenson, of Sioux Falls,
who makes frequent visits to Mitchell,
has recently returned from European
trip, spending most of his time in
Vienna studing his specially He also
spent some time in Berlin and London.
There is one thing which would
materially improve the appearance Of
Main street: the painting of the fronts
of business houses. There are quite a
number that show the need of paint
and it wouldn't be bad idea 10 make
the improvement.
Albert Boynton has concluded the
purchase of the Gilbert property on
Fourth and Edmunds street and will
move into it about Sept. l. The resi-
dence is a pleasant and desirable one
and will afford Mr.. Boynton and family
a comfortable home
On Aug. 3 and II, Sept. 7 and 2l,
Oct. and 10, 1897, the c., M. & St. p.
BY. will sell homeseekers' excursion
tickets to the usual territory at the
rate OF one regular first class fare plus
So for the round trip. City weekly pa
pers please copy. F. E. CLARK, Agt.
Jacob Meyer OF Eureka was in town
and proved up on timber claim,
located in Sanborn county, before the
local land Office. Mr.. Meyer is a grain
buyer at Eureka and as evidence of
how much grain is handled in that
town he said that there we're % buyers
in that place.
Roger Powell. now the U. S. Express
agent at Vermillion, but formerly a
resident of Mitchell, was in town Friday
calling on old friends and acquaintance.
BE is doing very nicely at Vermillion
and is we'll pleased with his location
and work. He was accompanied home
by Mrs. Powell.
Mrs. Geo. Crowthers, of Fairmont,
Mimi. IS visiting with her mother.
Mrs. L. r. Taylor, having driven over
land and arrived Thursday Mrs. Tay-
lor came home the same day from
Olivet, where she attended a Free
Methodist campmeeting.
Parkston Advance: Fred Widmann,
the great hustler of Mitchell, was in
town yesterday, and said that he had
let the cotract for solid brick build
ing "a so one story high to be built on
his corner lot next to Wiedman's hard
ware store. 1t will be great improve
ment to our town.
The land Office was quite busy Satur-
dayin hearing final proofs. Mrs. Elmina
Briggs, of Mt. Vernon, made proof on
her homestead. Joseph Schoenfelter
of Emsley and Albert Cornwell, of Mt.
Vernon, each made proof on a timber
claim. Friday Register Boynton
received siy homestead entries on the
Yankton reservation.
Numerous complaints are being
heard in reference to the number OF
tramps who make their headquarters
in Mitchell from day to day, and
though the crowd is not the same the
number does not decrease to any
appreciable extent. The residents
should be relieved in some way ot
having to be bothered with these men.
The city council held special meet
;1l,