The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13

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y. M. Hopkins, Of Aberdeen, repre-
sen. .ing the mutual insurance company
oi 'nat city, was in town Saturday.
MRS. Cnas. Ferguson, who has been
visltlng relatives and friends at Parks
'on' arrived home Saturday afternoon.
Dr. L. Windle loaded his Office fix
lures this afternoon and shipped them
| " Woonsocket, where he will practice
medicine.
A few lap busters and fly nets at E.
q. VanAlstine's to be sold at reduced
prices. Now is the time to take ad want
age of snap.
Miss Cora Miner spent the greater
portion OF her summer vacation At
Yankton and Sioux City and returned
home this afternoon.
Miss Nellie Lester of Chicago arriv-
ed to visit with her mother for several
weeks and will also go to Madison to
visit her sister, Mrs. Chaffe.
do you know where 1 can buy a
sack OF good lour?"
Yes sir, do. Go to Broadbent's:
he has the cheapest and best"
The fixtures in Kershaw's meat mar
ket we're taken out Saturday and stored.
Mr. Beckwith will put force of men
TO work to make the repairs in con-
temptation
The north room of the Champeny
block is being put in shape to be occu-
pied by Spooner & Nordaker. The
carpenter work is being done by
Messrs. Turneaure and Oswald.
w. E. Brown and sister, Miss Burdie
Brown, of Sioux Falls, are spending a
few days with Miss Addie Turneaure,
Mr.. Brown is general agent for tie
Monroe Book Co., of Chicago, and a
former student of Dakota University.
David Braught proved up on his
homestead before the local land office.
1t was formerly tree claim and MIR.
Braught bought the REIMBURSEMENT
seven years ago. The quarter is loca-
ted but short distance south of town.
A special stock train passed here
Saturday night containing nine
cars of cattle and sheep from Chamber
lain to Chicago. They were the pro-
perty of I. W. Seaman and j. Q. Ander-
son, who are disposing of some of their
stock at the present good prices.
A few of the near neighbors of Mr..
and Mrs. j. K. Smith planned a sur
prise on them Friday evening, the oc-
casion being Mr.. Smiths birthday.
Cards were played and Refreshments
brought along by the neighbors were
promptly disposed of. Mr.. Smith was
thoroughly surprised and all had a
good time.
Geo. F. Allen received an invitation
to be present at the reunion of the
First Wisconsin Cavalry Association,
of which regiment he was q member
during the war. Mr.. Allen has not
decided rs to whether he will attend
but would like to mingle with his old
comrades again.
Mrs. W. II. Nelson was here Satur-
day from point IS miles west Of Cham
berlain to receive treatment from DR..
Dundass for broken arm. Several
weeks. ago she fell from . buggy and
broke her forearm but being without
medical aid the member healed with.
out being set. The doctor refractured
the arm and made new job Of it.
Sioux City Journal: George b.
Rathman, cashier of the Live Stock
National bank, accompanied by hie
wife, left yesterday morning for . vaca'
ton at Colorado Springs, Denver and
Salt Lake City. Mr.. Rathman will
return in the course OF week or ten
days, and Mrs. Rathbun will make
quite an extended visit among friends
and relatives at Salt Lake.
The Milwaukee company unloaded 8
car Of cinders near the depot to fill VI
the low places in the vicinity of the
depot where considerable water stands
during the wet season. People have
lcommenced to wonder when the com
pany is going to build walk from
Broad bents to the depot. They thinl
it is about time they were relieved
from walking in the mud. They hav'
good grounds for complaint.
Another severe rainstorm visited thi
section Sunday night and for the brie
time it lasted surpassed anything sim
liar to it during the summer. Th'
wind blew fearfully and the rain cam
in torrents, accompanied by terrible
crashes of thunder and lightning. Tn
rain lasted perhaps half hour and ii
that time 1.2O inches of water fell.
The Sabbath services at the Method
ist church were of marked interest an
were attended by large audiences, th
side rooms being full both morning an