The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-12
$50. 10 to 800. 90. Read Jones's ad

in another column.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. John
ston, Saturday, June 6, a da tighter.
DR.. and Mrs. r. f. Dundass and
children returned home Monday
to Armour.
Bert King arrived home Monday
on the Milwaukee excursion from
a trip to Sanborn. Iowa.
Rev. Chas. M. Powell went out to
Chamberlain Monday to perform
a wedding ceremony there that
evening.
MISS Ethel Smith, bookkeeper in
the Office of the Commercial Mutual
Fire Association, went to Sioux City
Monday for a weeks vacation.
Mrs. D. w. Lewis and children
have been visiting at the home OF
Col. j. NJ. Adams for the past week
and returned to Elk Point Monday.
M. G. Porter says the lot in the
Robert Wilkinson addition in the
east part of the city, now belongs to
J. A. Stranksy, of Pukwana, who
held the lucky number. 1t cost him
81 cents, although he bought yer SIS
worth of tickets.
Otto Edelmann, Of Philadelphia,
is in the city on asvisit to his cousin,
Mrs. S. 9. Jones. Mr.. Edelmann is
engaged in the printing business in
the Quaker city. His health is poor
and he is trying the bracing air of
South Dakota to see what it will do
for him.
7. M. Wallace, clerk of the board
of education, has just finished taking
the school census of the city and re-
ports that there are ], 100 children in
the city Of school age. This is an
increase Of 100 over last year and in
dicates a good growth in the popnla-
ton of the city.
The Milwaukee run a special train
to Spirit Lake, Iowa, Sunday. the
train leaving Mitchell at $50 in the
morning. Agent Patton said he
sold 80 tickets at this place for
Spirit Lake. The terrors Of a long
trip did not seem to abash people
who like to travel.
G. q. Bras has returned from Yank-
ton, where he attended the grand
lodge session Of the Knights Of
PythiaS, and he reports that Yank-
ton did the handsome thing by the
delegates while they were in town.
Mr.. Bras said that the grand lodge
accepted the invitation made by the
Mitchell delegates to come to this
city next year for the session. Usual
ly there are over 100 members that
attend the grand lodge.
'Alfred Wenz. a student Of Dakota
University, arrived home Monday
from Fargo, N. D. He went up
there last week to attend the inter
state %oratorical contest between the
associations Of North and South Da-
kota. Miss Anna Bagstad, Of Yank-
ton college, and MI. Wenz represented
this state. The decision of the Judges
rendered first place to Miss Bagstad
and second place to Mr.. Wenz. The
south state still maintains its lead
over the north state in these cOn-
tests. Mr.. Wenz says he received
first place on thought and compost
ton, but he was marked down on
delivery.
, Word was received from Gam Val.
} ley Friday of the conviction oil
the two bank burglars, Judge Smith
sentencing them to four years in the
~penitentiary. The men practically
I blew up the Gam Valley bank last
September but they failed to secure
) one dollar Of the bank funds. They
were captured at Platte in a water
I car on the Milwaukee road just a!
. they were leaving the country anc
, the Buffalo county sheriff got a drol
on the two men before they had
,. chance to get their guns into action
The men are notorious criminals ant
they have evaded all efforts to get
picture OF them to send back east
and it was evident they wanted tx
I keep their identity concealed as mucl
as possible.
Judge Smith and Court Stenog
rapher Boyles went out to Oacom;
Monday afternoon to hold a term O
1 court for Lyman county. It will b.
a very interesting term of court a
this time as there are a number O
cattle cases to be taken up. Their
4 are something like five Indictment
against Jack Sully to be tried
We noticed an article in the Cham
berlain Journal a few weeks ago i,