The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

for Chicago for a brief visit,
O.P. Shaw, of Scotland, spent Sun
day in the city with Mrs. Shaw and
returned home Monday morning.
Peter Burns came in from the Grow
Greek reservation agency and went
south on the Milwaukee passenger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Dodd went to
Sioux City Saturday morning to re-
main a few days visiting relatives.
John Nolt, who is now living in
Mt. Vernon, as the agent of Robert
Burns's lumber yard, spent Saturday
in the city.
Mrs, G. f. Phelps. of Aurelia,
Iowa, is here to take care of her
daughter, Mrs. John Powers. during
her illness.
Mrs. R. I. Robinson arrived in the
city Friday evening from Tyndall.
where she was visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. j. III. Olmstead, and
will remain a few days while enroute
home to Egan.
DR.. and Mrs. E. B. Bracy are tour
ing in Mexico at the present time.
The Republican received a greeting
card from them at Tijuana, and on
the back of it were profuse illustra-
lions of the bull-fighters.
Saturday evening Angeles Come
dians closed their engagement at the.
opera house by producing HWay Down
East" The play is a very pretty one
and il was handled fairly well by the
company. Monday the company went
out to Chamberlain to remain a
week.
Jos. Loevinger was called to Chica-
go by the serious condition of Mrs.
Lcevinger. Several weeks ago she
went to Chicago and entered a hos
pital for a surgical operation and she
has not made the progress in recovery
that was hoped for when Mr.. Loevin-
}ger returned from Chicago.
The little dauhguer Of Prof. and
Mrs. r. L. Fullmer, was badly burned.
Friday morning. She was sitting in.
her high chair near the cook stove,
and was jumping around in the chair
when it tipped over and threw her on
the. heated stove. One side Of the
little girls face was badly burned,
although DR.. Crane did not think
that it would cause ..any disfigure-
ment,
We learn from the Flandreau papers
that Rev. Frank Durant, for several
years rector OF the Episcopal church
at that place, has rendered his resig-
nation there and has accepted a call
to the church work at Hibbing,
MINI. MI. Durant was formerly the
rector of the Episcopal church in
Mitchell. 4
+! Fred Widinann informed The Re
publican that be had let the .con7
trace for supplying the iron and mill
work for his new hotel building,
and also contracts for other matters
looking toward the completion Of
the building. just as soon as the
weather gets sufficiently warm the
stone mason will resume work on
the hotel building, starting from
the basement walls, where they
left off when winter set in early in
December.
D. G. Sneller was. fishing in the lake
at Letcher and caught a queer species
of fish. with which the lake abounds..
It has the head Of a catfish and also
the color and proportions, but it has
four legs %protruding from the body
and just behind the gills OF the fish
are some 'protuberances about an
inch long and when the fish are first
taken out of the water these extern
sions are of a red color. 1t is said
that some, of these fish have grown
to the weight Of three pounds. This
fish can be seen at the First Nation
}al bank.
1Esea5t4-- .Hs.. EEtR-E Hssrs5s
Angeles Comedians played their
first engagement in Mitchell Thurs
day evening at the Grand opera
house, presenting 1.-THE Signal OF
Liberty" It's a play that deals with
war scenes in Cuba at the time of the
blowing up Of the Maine. and which
accident is fairly we'll depicted. The
scenery for the piece was appropriate
land the stage was well set for the
play. So far as the a,ting Of the mem
bers of the company is concerned
there is a little too much %amateurish
work displayed. The members of the
company do their best, however, to
make the evening pleasant for their
patrons, and the latter, If applause
counts for anything, gave fair APP
proyal. The incidents Of the drama