The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-15

IIuWdIo 1OOk IcLuTICu W oG. liul
Friday. He is attending a Catholic
college at that place.
Jas. Murphy left Frid.y for his
former home i'm Wisconsin. lie en-
poets TO be gone about a month.
Miss Essie Bates, OF WATERFOWL, is
in the city visiting at the home Of
her grandmother. Mrs. G. NJ. .abra-
ham.
Mrs. j. E. Carbon, of Emery, has
been visiting at the home OF q. w.
Coursey and returned home this
morning.
II. g. Tilton, a prominent attor-
ney Of Nermillion, was in the city
today, returning home on the morn
Ing train.
Mrs. Otis Duncan n children,
who have been visiting friends in the
|city, returned home TO Sanborn,
Iowa, Friday morning.
Miss Phillips, the st%enographer at
capital headquarters, arrived home
Friday after a vacation Of two weeks
at Westfeld, Wis.
I. j. Spangler arrived home Thurs
day evening on the delayed Milwau-
kee from Armour. where he had beer,
attending circuit court.
E. B. VanAlstine has just put in
some new platform scales at his i'm
| plement warehouse for his coal bust
ness, the work being done by John
| Roth.
Ed. Fe1nan, of Cavonr, and p. II.
Smith, Of Yale, who have been visit
ing at the home of P. n. Kelley and
family for the past few days, returned
4 home Friday morning.
Major Coursey and Captain Briggs
returned Friday from Salem.
They were there Wednesday evening
sitting as members OF a Board of
Survey called by order OF Adiutant
General Conklin.
A reduction in insurance rates is
one or the new things Of the year.
Each insurance agency i'm the city
has been notified Of a reduction Of
one-third over the old rates which
cover certain business blocks and
risks. The new rates went into effect
the first Of the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Woodruff ar
rived home Friday from White
Lake, where they went on brief we'd
ding trip Tuesday. They Will take
rooms for the present at the Column
bia hotel and in the spring Mr..
Woodruff says he expects to commence
the erection Of a residence.
Presiding Elder Hager left Friday
morning for Fairfax in Gregory
county to hold quarterly meetings OF
the Methodist church. MIR. Hager
will have to cross the Missouri on the
ice to reach this charge, as 1T is To-
Gated west Of the river. This is one
Of the most difficult places 10 reach
on the entire charge.
At the meeting Of the Ladies Aid
Society OF the Congregational church
at the home of Mrs. Geo. F. Foster
the election of officers occurred witt
the following result: President. MIS-.
Il. NJ. Clark; first vice president
Mrs. G. W. Downey; second vice
president, Mrs. ID. b. Miller: secre.
tary. Mrs. II. II. Hoff: treasurer,
Mrs. r. f. Ruth.
Fred Widmann left for a three
weeks trip to Minneapolis, st. Paul
Milwaukee, Chicago and DesMo;ne!
on matters connected with his hote
project. He will look up things per
tanning to fitting the building will
plumbing. electric lights, elevator
etc. He says he will have thes'
things in readiness to install just a!
soon as they are ready to be put in.
In accordance with the suggestion
of Mayor Silsby the exit at the sontl
door OF the opera house has beer
placed in condition for use. III,
room was filled With household good
!, and these were taken out yesterday
One OF the rows OF seats was also re
moved making a better ~passagewa,
to the door. 1t would be a good ide;
in the future for the people in tn
gallery to leave the theatre by tn
, door in the south part sc as to famil
Iiarize themselves with this exit il
case of fire.
DR.. r. j. Lamme returned Frida,
7 evening from Montrose. He spcn
! the day there yesterday settling VI
the sudden departure of the tenan
on his farm. The man had a famil
/, of eight and wrote the doctor tina
be was hopelessly IN debt, that b
r had decided to leave the country. an
e gave him a statement OF what wa
I left on the place. When DR.. Lamm
reached the farm he found that til
tenant had sold 100 bushels Of oat
4 land some wheat and other Stuff. an,