The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-13

,, the present time ~ tne oazee1e
. Tapp has IA new advertise
.,ant today calling attention to his
line of jcwelry business.
Kisses Merle and Katherine Tillot-
oro both confined to the house
s;+h a severe attack of the grippe.
otveen the grippe and a number
/ Iirbt cases of scarlet fever there
is IS, quite a good deal of sickness in the
city.
povmond Thompson left Tuesday
.,rninu viz the Omaha road for
Ianosyille. Wis and points in ILL
n0iS.
Thomas Chantry, Of Mecklink, is in
.no city visiting with old friends.
vr Chantry has recently sold out his
interests in that place.
CDas. Burnside in changing his ad-
vertiscmcnt today puts forth some
srorery specials that will appeal to
bargain hunters in that line.
T. McGovern & Sons announce
in their advertisement today the
arrival of some new spring dress
sni1ings which they are placing on
the market at a low price to begin
with.
NJ, c. Belts, Dawson county's rep
resentatiye in the state legislature,
came over from Mt. Vernon Tuesday
morning and after spending the day
in the city left on the afternoon train
for Pierre.
Mrs. Samuel Dear and daughter,
Miss Alice, who have been visiting
for several weeks with Mrs. Ed. Lee
han ana Mrs. George Evans, departed
Tuesday morning for their home at
Rockville, Canada.
DR.. Geo. p. Dix is reported to be
quite i'll in his looms in the Cham
pcny block with the grippe. Word
was received from Chicago that DR..
Edgar Dix's little son, Lionel, was
improving right along.
Mrs. +. +. Graham, who has been
in the hospital at Minneapolis for
several weeks, returned home to
Mitchell Tuesday and is much i'm
proved in health, a fact her many
friends in the city will be glad to
know.
Much success is attending the re
yijal meetings at the Baptist church,
which were, inaugurated Sunday
evening under the leadership Of Mrs.
Ida Womeldorf. The attendance is
large and the interest is quite salts
factory. Mrs. Womeldorf is a strong
worker in the cause and much is an
ticipated as the result Of her leader
ship.
The two little boys of A. G. Berry
got into quite a miXup Tuesday and
as a result both Of them were injured.
They were out sliding On the ice and
one of them had a potato knife in
his hand. While enjoying their sport
the lads had a collision, and the knife
cut quite a figure. The two boys fell
on the ice and the knife Ia jabbed
into the abdomen of the Oldest,
which nearly penetrated the inner
lining Of the stomach, while the little
fellow nearly had his little finger
severed from his hand. DR.. Bobb
was sent for and bound up the wounds
Of the two lads and it is likely they
will get along very nicely. A knife
in the hands of a youngster usually
causes trouble.
The ''Y's'' held a social Monday
night at the home Of Mrs. j. S.
Wilson, where they had an OLD
fashioned spellin' skule," and old
fashioned refreshments of ginger
bread, popped corn and molasses taffy
were served. About thirty contested
for the prize in spelling, which was
won by Harry McCauley. The prize
was a neatly framed picture OF Miss
Marie G. Brehm. president of the
illinois w. @. II. q. and national
speaker who was in Mitchell attend
l!g the recent state convention. A
nice addition was made to the Y,
membership and a nice collection wa:
added to the treasury.
When the fire department OF thl:
city attends the ne,t tournament
they will make some towns in th'
state hustle for the first prize on tn
best appearing company. Monda.
night the department met in specla
session to discuss the proposition 0
The purchase of new uniforms, ant
1t was decided that the member
should be better equipped in this oil
rectlOn. A representative OF the M