The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-28
born, to Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Greene


born, to Mr.. and Mrs. S. Fl. scal)in
Monday afternoon, a son.
'onn kress has taken the agency TO,
the Columbia bicycle.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Burnside arrived
nome saturG az afternoon from their tri,
10 points in Iowa.
"A. e. Dean returned from Siou,
CITY Monday afternoon. Mrs. Dean will
remain few days longer.
T. q. Burns returned to Chamber
IAN Mcnday, near which place be has
charge OF an irrigation farm.
Prof. Hogan. of Rochester, N. Y.
college, was visiting his brother, Faith
er Hogan of the Holy Family church.
Mrs. Anna Williams went TO Sioux
rails Monday to attend the grand
chaplter meeting of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Will Emmons and daughter ar.
rived FRIDAY f.om Chicago to yisi,
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Abraham.
Col. j. M. Adams went to Fland
Monday, being called there as an attor.
ney in land contest case, which will
last all week.
Observer Huyck said the govern.
ment thermometer stood at 26 degrees
during Monday night, which for Nav is
pretty cold weather.
Woonsocket News: Prof. W. r.
Lott, of Mitchell has been secured bv
the G. A. r. to furnish music on Dec.
oration Day, Saturday, the 29th.
M. E. Spooner came home from
Parkston Monday, having rode
down there on his wheel SATURDAY. eve
ming, making the trip in three hours.
Rev. Mr.. Smith returned from Artes.
ian Monday morning where he held SER
vices yesterday and was accompanied
by some friends from the University.
Miss King of Chamberlain was in the
city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo..E.
Logan. She is on her way to Chau-
tauqua, N. Y, to take charge of the
delsarte department.
Sheriff Cook, Geo. Brooks. James
Clark and R. L. Tremain went over to
Sioux Falls Monday to attend United
States court, being called there as
witnesses in the case against Joe Kir-
by. y
A new hardwood floor was laid in the
! hallway at the court house Saturday.
and with the fence around the ward
being frightened up things are looking
neater around the official home of the
county.
A pretty heavy frost was noticeable
by early risers Monday, and while
considerable damage was done to gar
den truck and fruit trees it is thought
that the Russian thistles received a
setback.
DR.. Dix has commenced the erection
OF an elevated sidewalk leading from
the Champeny block, where he has q
number of sleeping apartments, to his
own door yard as an accommodation to
his guests.
A small blaze on the roof OF The
Mitchell hotel Monday occasion
ed :the fire alarm to be sounded, but be-
fore the department had the water
turned oD two or three buckets of wat
er put out the flames.
1hos. Hays of Washington. D. c.,
was in the city Saturday and made final
proof on his tim ber claim in this coun.
ty, which is among the last to be PROV,
ed up. MIR. Hays is connected with the
general land office at Washington.
Mrs. W. M. Mcdowell was in from
Badger Saturday and said that very
heavy rain fell in that township Friday
night, wetting the ground to a depth OF
six inches, and that the crops we're
looking fine. In town only 10 inches
of water fell, hardly enough to lay the
dust.
DR.. M. Halphide and Mrs. W. B.
Bloss returned from Aberdeen, where
they have been attending the grano
lodge sessions of the Odd Fellows an6
Rebekahs. They report having had {
great time and were particularly lauda
tory in their remarks concerning the
hospitable manner in which they were
treated by the Aberdeen people.
The fifteen members of the county
board of education, under the new law
held meeting at Supt. Browns Office
last Saturday. The school law wal
pretty we'll discussed as to the needless
ness of adopting uniform system OF tex
books for Dawson county. 1t was de
cided to postpone the opening of thu
bids of publishers for furnishing book
to the schools of the county until JUNE
9Th.
Elder Watt, OF Inianapolis, Ind, Ell
dor NelsOn of Hurley and F. O. Verpis