The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-20
in TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

spring cOlQS--Hedriy everyone lds
them, but that is no reason VIII
they may not be dangerous. Break
up your cough at once with Coles
Cough Cure. Your money back if,
after a fair trial. it does not cure.
% and SOC by all druggists.
The Swedish ladies aid society had
a very successful social at the Nor
Wegian Lutheran church Saturday
evening. They had fancy articles
for sale and served refreshments dur
ing the evening, the coffee for which
was donated by Chas. Burnside.
The ladies took i'm about s27, prac-
tlcally all of which was profit.
/. w. Seaman has commenced the
construction OF a large, barn on Eis
residence property on west Fifth
street, and when completed will he
the best barn in the city. 1t will.
be 81 feet high with a basement. anG
will be b feet square. MI. Seaman
will use cement blocks for the con
%struction of the barn and it will
have the all useful appliances of the
up-to-date stable hostelry.
III you want to find j. T.. Wells an6
his abstract and insurance business
and the office of the American EX-
press Co. they ale now located on
west Second street in the rear rooms
of the Gale block. Mr.. Wells vacated
the Scallin building owing to tine
improvements that are being made
so that Scallin Bros. can occupy the
place with their stock of drugs.
They eXect to move in about July
LIST.
The boys OF the eighth grade of the
Mt. Vernon school have twice de-
feated the boys of the same grade OF
the Mitchell schools at a game of
base ball. Saturday the Mt. Vernon
boys came over and defeated the
Mitchell lads by a score of ID to 6.
1t was a pretty good game and the
Mt. Vernon lads play the game in
fine shape. The Mitchell boys hope
to get in practice and som retrieve
their fallen fortunes on the diamond.
Chas. Rub, who was wounded in
the Philippine Islands during the war
with Spain, as a member of the
South Dakota regiment. made appli-
cation for a pension some time ago.
and through the assistance of Sem
ator a. B Kittredge his claim was
allowed. Mr.. Rub has just received
notice from Commissioner Ware that
he has been granted a pension of Sc
per month. which dates back to Oct.
IL, 1899, and he will get a little over
$500 back pension.
The rain which started in Sunday
evening finally wound up sometime
after midnight Monday. 1t stopped
raining about two hours Monday af-
%ternoon, but took a fresh start and
rained slowly the rest of the after.
noon and evening. The precipita-
ton in all amounted to l.27 inches.
The weather turned off warm and
pleasant today and crops and vege-
tatlon will make a magnificent
growth from now on. The rain was
general all owe Dawson county.
The memberS of the track team or
Dakota University left Wednesday
for HulOn to attend the inter-col-
legiate athletic contest which opens
there tomorrow morning. a dozen
members of the Yankton college
track team came up on the passenger
last night via the milwaukee road
and joined the Mitchell students for
Huron via the Omaha road. Our
boys feel confident Of winning certain
events in the contest. but it is prac-
tically conceded that Rrookings will
walk away with the majority Of first
places. Mitchell expects to EXCEL in
the bicycle races, pole vault and on
the tennis ground, and possibly in
several other events.
Revival meetings were held at AL
exandria in the Presbyterian church
for several weeks under the auspices
of Rev. j. N. Steele, and tw~enty-sis
new members were received as the
result Of his efforts. Prof. R. f.
Otto, Of this city. had charge OF
the music during the services, which
contributed in no small way to the
success Of the meetings. Tuesday
evening a farwell reception was
rendered the evangelist, and the al.
lexandria Herald has the following tc
say concering the musical features
"The feature OF the reception IN ad-
dition to extending a godspeed to
Rev. Steele and a welcome to the
new members, was an enjoyable
musical program under the able di.
1ectlon Of Prof. Otto Of Mitchell,
assisted by his wife, who is also a
talented musician, and a number OF
local musicians. Prof. and Mrs.
Otto rendered several delightful
vocal and instrumental selections,
4 ne did also a number of a1ayapdria:c