The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15

IT low prices will do it, there won't
be many shirt waists left at Vermil-
yeas.
Fred Cole, of BrookingJ, arrived in
the city Thursday to remain a
few days.
No reserve in colored shirtwaists
at Vermilyea' $; prices cut in two to
clear themup in a hurry.
Mrs W.D.W Waterman departed Mon
day via the Omaha road for. Pueb-
10, Colo, to he gone several weeks.
o. 3. Browne, Of Mt. Vernon was
in the cityThursday on his way home
from a trip out to the state OF Wash
ington.
Mrs. VIM. Wilkinson, who has been
visiting with relatives at points in
Missouri and Kansas arrived home
Thursday afternoon.
Q. G. Bras left Thursday for
Tyndall to attend the teachers insti-
tute for Bon Homme county in the
interest of the Educator.
Ed. Deyy arrived hon Wednesday
evening from a trip to the coast, hay.
ing stopped at Portland, Ore, and
Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.
W. P. Truax-, of Plainview, Neb.,
is visiting with his brother, a. a..
Truax. He is the agent of the Great
Northern railroad at that place.
The Mitchell Plumbing Co. has
taken an advertising space in The
Capital to argue the merits of.
heating houses with steam or hot
water. and in the future will place
some attractive advertisements before
our readers.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. d. Sanford left
Thursday for Colfax Springs,
Iowa. For the past six or eight
weeks Mrs. Sanford has suffered with
rheumatism and she is taken there
for treatment in the hope that she
will receive some help.
Judge Smith has adjourned the
regular term OF circuit court for
Aurora county from Sept. 2 to Oct.
I. He made the change for the
reason that the session will occur
just at the season when the farmers
are the busiest taking care OF the
crops and it will be impossible for
them to attend court.
Lloyd McKeel went to Ethan Thurs
dav to accept d position as book
keeper and stenographer in the Ethan
State bank. Mr.. McKeel has COM
pleted the course in the Mitchell
Business college. The institution
does not seem to have much trouble
in placing its students in good posi-
tions when they have finished their
work.
The Alexandria base bali club
drove over from that place Thursd ay
and took the freight train for
Plankinton. The team has a game
with the Plankinton club that after
noon but the chances are that 1T will
not be played on account Of the rain.
These two clubs arranged several
games last season and each time the
rain came on the day they were to
play.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Waterhouse.
uncle and aunt of c. w. Downey, ar
rived Wednesday evening from Til.
sonburg, Canada, via Minneapolis.
They left Thursday for Ashton tt
make a visit Of several months will
Mr.. Iowney's parents. 1t is their
first trip to S outh Dakota, and the
impression that they had gained that
lit seldom rained here was dispelled
after the prolonged downpour O
Thursday.
VIM. Riggert and Mr. Hostetter liv'
ing, doWntin Prosper township, have
just finished threshing their wheat.
The former had 10 acres that yielded
IA bushels per acre and the latter had
10 acres that went is bushels. Mr.,
Hostetter does not raise much wheat
most of his land being devoted tx
corn for feed; for his big bunch el
cattle. He has $50 acres in corn tina,
will turn out good indeed if the
weather remains favorable.
The Red Men to the number Of
about twenty and half as many visit.
ors, took the special train for Yank.
ton Thursday to attend the clam.
bake had been prepared By he Rec
Men of that city The train left here
over the Mi!aukee road at 7 80 O'Clock,
and the crowd would undoubtedly
have been three times as large but
for the fact that an hour before the
train left there was every indication
0f rain which fna1lv p,1t in on on