The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-16
Frank Morris of Trip was in the CITY

'io'iie VI lrlpp was in the city
On ms way home Saturday. Mr.. Morris
Is candidate for United States marsha,
for South Dakota.
| Ut. geo. T. DIX, who has been visit.
ing with his daughter, Leona, at Yapk.
ton for the past week, returned home
Saturday afternoon.
G. G. Halphide came home from Stony
Falls Friday evening, as the case for
which ne was called as witness will not
be tried for several days.
Sheriff Cook, Thos. Wallace and
Henry Koch returned from Sioux Falls
Friday evening, having been excused
IRON United States court until Monday
morning.
L. w. Seaman has been attending to
business down at Running Water and
came home Saturday afternoon. He
said that the Missouri river at that
point had risen four feet in the past
day or two.
Geo. g. Logan and D. A. Mizener
started out Saturday on a land deal,
but took their guns along to defend
themselves ir case they were attacked
by flock of ducks.
Harry Wysinger came up from Sioux
City Friday and superintends the trans
fer OF express across the rive-. He
said that another large fiat boat was
being constructed to further facilitate
the transfer business.
Smith & Conyes, Spooner & Norda-
daker, Harker Bros. S. H. Scallin and
Chas. Ferguson have something new to
say in their advertising spaces today.
THE CAPITAL is carrying an excel
lent line OF advertising and the readers
could employ their time pro6tably by
closely scanning the advertisements.
S. L. Sage, editor of the Mellette
Tribune, was in the city. He has been
down east for several weeks and has
been endeavoring to get to Mellette,
but the washouts up north are agains,
him and he is waiting with some i'm
patience to get back to his newspape,
J work.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Reierson have
gone east on visiting trip, Mrs. Refer
son intending to remain several months
in the vicinity of Lacrosse, Wis.
while Mr.. Reierson will devote a few
weeks in Milwaukee and then returr
to his duties as travelling salesman
radiating from Mitchell.
F L. Ryan assumed control of th,
Mt. Vernon News last week and the
first issue shows that the new editor
has talent in newspaper work and I'm
doubtedly will keep the News up to it
> usually high standard. So far a
t politics are concerned Mr.. Ryan in
tends to make the paper non-partisan
Two immigrant wagons passet
through town Saturday on their wa
to North Dakota. The farmer state,
that he left eastern Kansas, where h
: has been farming for Is years, and ha
8 been on the road for the past fou
e weeks, and he yet had long distanc
s to travel before reaching his destins
/ ton.
Mrs. o. L. Branson and children OIL
), rived Friday evening from Osmonc
Neb., and the family have commence
keeping house in the Burr residence Q
. east Fifth street. THE CAPITA
/ is pleased to welcome Mr.. Branson an
9 family to Mitchell and trust their sta
among US will be mutually pleasant.
@ E. l.. Miller of Kimball was in tt
city Saturday on his way home, havin
been over to Sioux Falls to serve {
/ the grand jury of the United Stat'
- court. He said eight members OF tt
q OF the jury failed to arrive in time ar
10 special venire was issued and tt
10 mum Der was made up of Sioux Fal
:. citizens. Mr.. Miller was excused fro
% further duty.
a Quite number of gentlemen, wi
"a are on the trail of the ducks which q
"a passing over, drove up to the Fras
"a vicinity Friday and hung around the
~ all day in the hope that the due
" would come within gunshot, and whi
N there were enough in the party to bri,
a home hundred ducks yet they secure
only one and q snipe. There is plen
of game but the birds fly 30 high al
e. light so seldom that hunters are We
81 frequently forced to return home emp
70 handed. Great preparations were ma
- Saturday for another expedition.
"a The conditions are quite favorat
n for the Milwaukee road to resume tr'
N fic across the Jim river east OF town
~ a short time. The river is gradual
as falling and there are no reports comil
20 from the north part OF the state as
of rising water and it is fair to presur
4 that the climax in high water has be-
as reached. Under these conditions t
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