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

II. II. Carey and NJ. c. Belts were
over from Mt. Vernon Monday.
NJ. e. Orrell went to Gcddes Mon
day to do some plumbing work.
Mrs. Vim. Miller left Monday
for Waterloo, Iowa, to make Il visit
with her parents.
Mrs. b. a. Bobb has been visiting
with relatives at Sioux Falls for the
past week and returned home Mon
day evening via the Omaha road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Larkin have
! been away on an extended trip to
southern points and arrived home
Monday, going to their farm west
Of town.
Allie Lathrop. of Milwaukee, who
lis employed on the clerical forces OF
the Wisconsin railroad, vas in the
city, visiting his mother, Mrs. l. W.
Seaman.
Miss Myrtle Lee, teacher of music
at the University. is spending her
vacation at Ashton and went to
Minneapolis to hear..Adelina Patti in
concert on the evening of Dec. 80. {.
Mrs. 8. II. Greene and two little
boys lett Monday for GALLON.
Ohio. Mrs. Greene was. .callel- there
by the serious..illness OF. her mother,
who suffered a stT1ok;esof.paraiysis one
day last week and her condition is
reported to be worse.
! G. @. Bras went z to Aberdeen
Monday. to. attend the meeting Of
the State Teachers Educational As
ISOLATION. Mr.. Bras is a member of
the State Teachers Reading Circle
and goes n day IN advance to attend
the meetlng..of that auxiliary.
Miss Mary. Windle went to Aber-
deem Monday afternoon to attend the
South Dakota Educational Associa-
tion. Miss Windle, who is the in
strnctor Of music in the city schools,
will read a paper or that class Of
work before u association during
the meeting.
Rev. II. S. Wilkinson. pastor Of
the Methodist church, had a flourish
ing service for the last one OF the old
year. at the morning services the
membership OF the church vas In
creased by IL, who associated with
the society by letter. Large audi
ences were in attendance both morn
ing and evening.
Miss.May Rogers. of Minneapolis,
who came home to spend the holt
days, was taken sick a few days age
and 1T has developed into diphtheria.
The house has been quarantined and
every care used to prevent the posi-
BILE spread of the disease. Miss Rog-
ers' many friends in the city will re-
greet to know of her sickness aud hope
that a speedy recovery will be posi-
BILE.
The government records of the 10.
cal weather departu.en fail to show
as great q range in the temperature
as occurred on Christmas night an,
the day following. At IL O'Clock
Christmas nioht the thermomeler
registered IL degrees below zero and
in the afternoon of Saturday it reg
istered 40 above zero. making a range
OF SO degrees i'm a libtle over twelve
hours.
I. At the Baptist church Sunday eve.
ming Rev. L. j. Giblett held bap-
tismal services, and two new mem.
bers were received into the church.
In the short time that MI. Giblett
has been at the bead Of the loca.
church he has made a fine impression
Oh his people and they express them.
selves in a hearty manner over his
work. During the day Rev. IT. NJ.
Shanafelt, the South Dakota Baptist
missionary, vas present, but took ne
part in the services of the day.
Bishop Hare paid his annual visit
to Mitchell Sunday and preached a,
both morning and evening service!
at the Fpiscopa! church. AT tn.
morning service the bishop held con
tirmatlon services and three new
members were received into thu
church. His sermons were of a prac
tical nature, and in the evening HI
explained pretty thoroughly the i'm
portance of confirmation and what Il
meant by the remuneration of th'
world, the flesh and the devil. Thu
bishop said that a few days ago Will
%enroute to another part Of the stat
he tarried in Mitchell several hour
and took a walk over the city ant
that he was pleased to note tn
splendid improvements that had beel
going or in the past year or two. Fl,
said he had been coming to Mitchell
for the past twenty years and tina
the people we're doing a fine thing il
developing the town. He regretted
hi -said. to see that the Episcopa
Ichnrch had mt. tent nacn with th