The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-10-15

ests OF the city.
Judge Smith and Miss Denning. the
court stenographer, went to Woon.
socket Monday evening to hold court.
Mrs. VIM. M. Smith accompanied
Mrs. Il. P. Edison home to Sanborn
Monday morning to remain few davs.
Mrs. j. B. Wolgemuth visited with
friends at Madison and Woonsocket
last week and returned home Saturday
MRS. A. Thompson, agent for Hub
oard d Palmer, calls attention in an
advertisement to her ability to sell coal
at the most reasonable rates,
Mrs. Ben Oleson came home from
Chicago Monday afternoon. Mrs. Ole
son has spent several weeks in that
olty acquiring several new dances.
The University students are hard at
work evenings cultivating the game of
football. There are some pretty husky
boys in the team and under the coach
ing OF Charlie Seaman they are devel-
oping muscle and agility.
4 Mrs. M. B. Clemenger sentertained
the children of ST. Mary's Sunday
School at the rectory Saturday after
noon. Punch and judy was the at
traction. The artistic, mechanical and
lnterlocturary effects were by local
artists.
| w. L. Kennedy, travelling freight
and passenger agent for the Milwau-
kee road, was in the city Saturday. Mr..
Kennedy takes the position recently
held by r. M. Calkins, who is sick and
cannot attend to his business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Dean, Mrs. E. j.
Haynes and Harold, and Lillian Johns
ton arrived from Sioux City Saturday
having been in attendance at the
carnival last week. Mrs. Haynes and
Harold returned to Mt. Vernon the
first of the week.
Mt. Vernon News: Henry Coor
went down to Mitchell, Sunday morn
ing and from there went out to see hi
farms northeast of Mitchell. He re.
: ports everything in good shape up il
: that country and crops considerable
better than here.
h. G. Nichols departed Monday
for Davenport, Iowa, to attend the
t meet of the American Coursing Club
: of which he is secretary. He tool
with him three of his dogs, "Ariadne,
! Cashier and "Hector," which he will
enter in the races. At the close o
, this meet he will go to Bancroft, Iowa
and then to Flandreau, S. D., to attent
: coursing meets. He expects to be gon,
about three weeks.
2 Geo. Douthit returned from Yanktor
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Douthit wen
v down there some five weeks ago, being
9 called there by the serious illness o
r her sister, Miss Elizabeth Kincell
a Not improving very fast Mrs. Douthi
;. accompanied her to Denver, COL, il
the hope that the climate and air woul'
improve her health. Her death fol
lowed in few weeks and Mrs. Douthi
brought the body back to Yankton, tn
funeral services occurring there las
;. Tuesday.
The first service of the Peoples soc
iety, under the new organization wa
held in the Presbyterian church Sur
u day evening, and the edifce was entire
i ly filled. Rev. MIR. Utley took for hi
" subject "The Parable Of the Gres
Supper" At the conclusion of the sci
Q mon the pastor read the bylaws an
i creed OF the church, the signing {
which was sufficient to recognize thel
), as members of the society. Mr.. Utle
d announced that next Sunday evenin
= he would talk on "Ingersoll and th
g Holy Bible.'
n Rev. Father Hogan spent sewers
q days over at Epiphany last week q
7. tending the laying of the corner ston
E of the new Catholic church, which
o being built to replace the one destroye
is by cyclone in April, 1896. The se
vices were conducted by Bishop O'Go
J. man, who also confirmed So commun
Of cants during the day. This ne
', church is the largest in the state an
Of probably the largest in the west. 1t
a 56xl35 and 80 feet to the caves. Fatht
it Kroeger, who presides over the churcl
" is man of great energy and in add
v tion to his parochial duties Civ
c. medical treatment to an immense nur
1T ber OF people. Epiphany is vel
d small town but the country surroun
g ing is we'll populated and Sundays pc
ID ple 90 for miles around to attend divil
r. worship.
le A meeting OF the adherents of tt
IN Peoples church was held at the Presb
* terian church Monday evening. II
bylaws and constitution of the churt
Il. were read and adopted and also Il
r. statement of the object OF the churc
j.. H.