The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12

Julian Tiffany left Monday morning
for Chicago to remain a week.
Miss Goldie Beehe left Monday
for Denver, Col. to make a visit
of several weeks with friends.
Mrs. w. @. Russ arrived home Sat-
urday afternoon from her extended
visit with relatives at Bellevue,
Ohio.
FL. H. Carey and Frank Hatch,
of Mt. Vernon, arrived Friday
over the Omaha road from Minneap-
oils, where they had been to attend
the state fair. /
Mrs. E. Spangler accompanied her
little grandson, John Burke, home to
Hot Springs Monday morning and will
remain there for an indefinite visit
with her daughter.
Claude Smith and family departed
for Long Beach, Cal, where they
Will reside in the future. Mr.. Smith
was III UAC IldluWdl0N - UuSltJCSS Ill
Mitchell for about a year.
Vim. Koch is selling his leather
and cord fly nets at cost. The Lang
ford %anti-chafe collars are the best in
the market. They are guaranteed
not to gall a horse. Give him a call.
Attention is called to the new adj
v~ert!sement Of H. G. Tapp, who.
recently purchased the jewelry store
of A. H. PETERSON. He has added
some new goods to the stock on hand
and now has a splendid assortment Of
goods to select from.
I. W. Seaman and J.. T. Morrow
were in attendance at the Minnesota
state fair at Hamline last week and
arrived home Friday morning via the
Omaha road. They report alarge at
tendance and a very successful exhi-
bition of the products of Minnesota.
The Milwaukee company has a
gang Of bridge builders at work
taking out the wooden bridge across
the Jim river three miles east of
town on it's line of road. Roadmaster
Gregory states that the company will
then put in a new steel bridge, which
will be 12O feet long.
A. P. Hardy his disposed of his
farm in Mitchell township, about
four miles northwest of town to T..
P. Geddes at s38 per acre, there being
314 acres in the farm. About three
years ago Mr.. Hardy bought his farm
of John Helwig for SIT per acre, and
the advance in price has been some
thing remarkable. The sale was
made by ]. #. Cooper.
R. P. Edison, who has held the
position of train dispatcher at Mason
City for some time, has received a
merited promotion by the Milwaukee
company. Mr.. Edison has been made
trainmaster with headquarters at
Minneapolis, to which place his
family will Q o move. He has many
friends in the city who will be pleased
to learn of his promotion. Mr. Edison
has been in the employ of the COM
pany for nearly twenty-five years.
The city schools opened Monday
after a vacation of three months,
and all the teachers were in their
places ready for business. The en-
rollment was about as large as usual
on the first day Of school, but by the
close of the week Superintendent
Quigiey thinks it will be greatly
increased, as it generally takes several
days for all the preparations to be
completed. At the close Of the week
the superintendent will give the
enrolment for the first week of the
school year.
Alexander, the ..seven-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Watson. liy-
ing in Prosper township, died Satur-
day night at 11:3O O'Clock as the
result of lockjaw. A week before
the young boy had stepped on a rusty
nail and made a deep incision in his
foot. On Thursday lockjaw set in
and his death resulted. The sympathy
OF the friends of the family is ex-
tended in their sad bereavement.
Funeral services we're held Monday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock at Hope Chapel!
and the interment was made at the
cemetery e the church.
Sunday evening Bishop Hare, Of
Sioux Falls, conducted the servicesi
at St. Mary's Episcopal church. In
the morning the bishop held services
at W~oonsocket and drove to Mitchell
for the evening. He was greeted by
a large audience, the church being
full. The bishops sermon was very
interesting and it was listened to
attentively. He has an exceedingly
pleasant way of speaking and his
words are so impressively given that
they sink deep into the hearts of his
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