The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-14

visit with relatives.
Miss Grace Edison has been visiting
with relatives in the CITY and returned
to her home at Sanborn Friday morn
ing.
Conductor Jack Hasley, Of the Mil
waukees Running Water branch, was
in the city Friday en- route home from
Jerauld county.
j. N. Fulford, editor Of the Presho
County Argus, with his wife and
daughter, was in the city visiting his
sister, Mrs. G. R. Owen.
Landlord Plotner is having the ex-
terror of his hotel painted, an i'm
provement that will add much to the
appearance to that hostelry.
DR.. A. Slaman, OF Lennox, spent Sum
day in the oity at the homeiof Abraham
Boynton and returned Monday. Mrs.
Slaman is also visiting at the Boynton
home.
Mrs. G. j. Mordoff returned to her
home at LeMars, Iowa, Tuesday morn
ing after a pleasant visit with her
old friends in Mitchell. She was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. h. G. Clark.
Splendid progress is being made at
the University summer school, the en-
rollment now reaching l29 students,
which is q greater number than car
ried by some of the older summer
schools. The session will last several
weeks longer.
Chas. Swanson, brother-in-la of
Mrs. Jos. Harker, of Oakland, Neb.,
WAS visiting at the Rarker home. Mr..
Swanson took drive out northeast of
town Thursday and was 80 pleased with
the country that he bought a quarter
section of land.
A. G. Pollard has returned from
Monmouth, ILL.,, where he was called
last Tuesday by the serious illness of
his father, who died, however, before
Mr.. Pollard arrived there. He was
IS years old and his death was due
simply to old age.
G. E. Vermilyea will occupy new
quarters with his stock of dry goods.
Mr.. Vermilyea states that he has rent
ed the south room of the Champeny
building and will take possession of his
new location Aug. IL. With L. j.
Shaw in the north room of the same
building with his stock of furniture
there will be two good firms in that
good location.
It looked for time as il Mitchell
would have nothing in the circus line
this year ae they were all going around
US. However, we are assured that
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show and
Rough Riders will come to Mitchell on
Sept IA. The advance agent of the
show was here Friday and the city
council granted him license to do busi.
ness here on the above date.
Bill posters sometimes leave their
work in posting over other bills 90 that
the reading Of the two is laughable.
Some faring large bills were put on q
Main street board yesterday advertis.
ing favorite brand OF bottled beer,
and right below it reads q line in large
type endorsed by press and clergy
What that line was really intended fol
was an endorsement of "Uncle Toms
Cabin" but the beer posters we're no,
long enough to cover it over, so that
beverage gets an endorsement from 8
class that never use it. The clergy
ought to get after that bill poster and
urge him to rectify his error or the
brewers should come down handsomely
for the surreptitious endorsement.
It is with great deal of regret tha
The REPUBLICAN announces the de
parture of Prof. E. T. Cotton from thil
city and Dakota University, but 1t il
with greater pleasure to know that il
his departure he has gone several step
higher. Mr.. Cotton returned lat
Thursday from Lake Geneva, Wis.
where he had been in attendance at tn,
great Y. M. G. A. gathering and whil'
there he concluded the arrangement
for the acceptance OF the travelling
secretaryship OF Illinois for the Y. M
c. A. 1t is great work he has beel
called to do, for there are 100 associa
tions under his charge, and we ar
confident that he will rise to the de
mands of the occasion. Mr.. Cotton ha
held q similar position with the colleg
Y. M. G. A. of this state and Nortl
Dakota and the healthy condition o
the associations attached to the col
leges in these two states demonstrate
how effectively he has done his work
Mr.. Cotton graduated at Dakota Uni
vereity year ago and since that tim'
has been connected with the faculty o
the college, being also employed for til
next year, but his new position an(