The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-31

Pierre Saturday morning and spent
the day in the city.
j. J.. McDougall came up from
Sioux City Saturday. He reports
business very fair in the machine
shop.
Judge Smith and j.. E. Wells left
Saturday for Lake Andes to spend a
few days hunting along the shores of
the lake
Mrs. John Sager and Miss Althea
Sabin, of Lawrence, Mass, arrived
to make a visit with their niece,
Mrs. R. J. Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Stanton, Of
Worthwhile, are visiting with their
daughter, Mrs. Fred Gilbert, while
on their way to Michigan.
H. anneman and family left Friday
morning for Nashua, Iowa, being
called there by the sickness Of his
mother, who is not expected to live.
w. 81. Bloss received a telegram
Saturday announcing the death
of his granddaughter, Miss Bertha
Bloss, which occurred at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, Friday evening.
Mrs. George ~Bomgardner, who has
been visiting with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. D. Prescott, for several
months, left Friday morning for her
home at Hammond, Louisiana.
Mrs. M. Boice departed yesterday
afternoon for Preston, Mimi, to at
tend the funeral Of Mr.. Boice's moth
er, who died yesterday. Mr.. Boice
was unab e to leave at this time.
Col. and Mrs. J.. M. Adams arrived
home Friday morning from Seattle,
WASH, where they have been visit
ing since early in the summer. They
report having had a very enjoyable
time.
J. L. Hannett went out to
Chamberlain last Friday to appear
as n Of the attorneys for the city
Of Chamberlain against the mill COM
pany to restrain them from making
its artesian well any deeper, for fear
that it will affect the flow Of the city
well. He returned Saturday.
The Alexandria Herald printed an
excellent article from the Minneapolis
Journal concerning Mitchell's candi.
dacy for the capital, and also a con.
tribution from a friend in reference
to the corn palace succ .ss. SucE
friendship is highly appreciated from
our near neighbor, Brer. Yule.
At the meeting Of the Ladie:
Aid Society of the Methodist church
held at the residence Of Mrs. B. a
Bobb Friday afternoon the follow
ing officers were elected: President
Mrs. G. j. Bliss; vice president, Mrs
E. L. Potter; second vice president
Mrs. +. H. Winsor; secretary, Mrs
G. B. Wilt; treasurer, Mrs. W. II
Bacon.
There was a large crowd of Alex
andria and Hanson county peopl
left for California points last week
as reported by the Herald. Their
were over fifty people in the party
half Of them being transported owe
the Great Northern railroad and hal
over the Union Pacific. They go GU
there to spend the winter and perhap
some will remain there to make thei
future home.
Saturday the carpenter fore
commenced work on building th
addition to the Milwaukee depot
which will be enlarged for the pu1
pose of adding a lunch counter apart
ment. The building will be eXtende
, about 36 feet to the west and tn
y baggage room will be put in the &C
: dition. The lunch counter an
:. gentleman's waiting room will L
thrown into n apartment. I'll
ticket office, which extends to tt
north side Of the building, will /
J llduC ohldllCl w duIulu d pdSSdS
/ way from the ladies' waiting roon
We are under everlasting oblig;
= lions to Alderman John H. SERVE
e and his honesty has assembled sever;
o notches in the scale. Not that
0 was ever questioned in that respec
but when a mar could make retul
u Of an object found that is SO dear
n every person, at the present tim
6 his honesty is worthy of note. Whe
l. the editor moved from bis form'
abode to his new home it was su.
posed that there was nothing lie
q behind. Mr.. Scriven informed
: today that il passing the form,
a home he saw something lying on I'll
q ground neal the back door. He wei
'e across the lot and picked it up on
II to discover that we had lost a lun
q of hard coal. MI. Scriyen wrappt
k the lump in a piece Of tissue pap
and turned it over to the right