The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-25

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million Sunday evening there was a
very heavy thunder shower.
Rev. Mr.. Evans. of Armour.
preached in the Congregational
church Sunday morning and evening.
and his two se1mcns were of a highly
interesting character, and both were
very much appreciated by the people
who heard them. Mr.. Evans is one
of the applicants for the appoint
ment to the passionate of the church.
Benjamin Weeks, who was mys-
teriously injured recently, is reported
b; hs father to be improving to some
extent. Mr.. Weeks says his SOL does
does not as yet realize that anything
happened tu him at the time Of the
accident and insists that he is sick
with the grippe. The young mau is
conscious most all of the time, hut
he remembers nothing from the time
he received the blow on the head.
ii. E. Hitchcock arrived home
\ 4NlOlludy llOl. bllOuA SllI. llClI
he accompanied Mrs. Hitchcock a
week ago for a surgical operation.
He reports that she is improving
nicely since the operation was per-
formed. Mrs. Hitchcock's many
friends will be pleased to know of
her good condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Larkin, who
have been south the greater part of
the winter, have returned home to
their farm IN Beulah township. MI.
Larkin said that they were in Okla
homa but a short time ago, and that
there was a poor outlook for the VIM
ter wheat or account OF drouth. He
will be on his farm the greater part
of the summer and will put in a
crop.
Spencer News: The Salem Regis
ter is now issued in the name of +.
Desmond Lowe, wife of Q. c. Lowe.
a few weeks ago, Mr.. Lowe, for
reasons best known to himself, left
Salem without.imparting his destin-
aion. He has since written to
friends from some point in Nebraska
that he didn't intend to return.
This is regretted by all who knew
Charlie, as he was a good newspaper
man, a fine fellow and as honest as
the day is long.
Il. c. Currie, vice president of the
First National bank Of Bell Fourche,
arrived in the city Monday afternoon
to remain a few days. MI. Currie
was a former resident of Mitchell
years ago, and was a member Of the
J firm of Washburn & Currie, which
! will be familiar to the old inhabit-
ants. MIR. Currie informed his
friends that he was about to dispose
of his interests in the Hills country
and return to this side OF the state.
Mitchell will be pleased to welcome
Mr.. Currie as a resident.
A meeting of the tennis players
was held Friday evening at the
Mitchell Club rooms for the purpose
of organizing for the season. DIR. A.
j.. Dix was elected president, L.. j.
Welch, secretary-treasurer, and Or.
Ray Smith ground steward. Just as
soon as the weather gets sufficiently
warm the club will be ready for the
spring campaign, so that the players
can get in good shape for the tourn-
r ament that will be held in Sioux
Falls in July. The membership OF
!, the club is limited to eight and two
courts will be prepared for play.
Friday evening Frank r.. Winsor,
jr.. entertained the S. S. and h. X.
E. o. clubs at his home on west
Fourth street at a I O'Clock dinner.
Covers we've laid for fourteen young
ladies and gentlemen and an excel
] lent menu was served. The table
deco rations were of a st. Patrick
I~character, and prominent among
them was a silver candelabra with
five green candles burning. The
guests found their places at the
tables by means of green dinner
, cards, which later were pinned to the
guests with a bunch Of Shamrock.
The social amusements during the
evening were many and varied, and
the young folks enjoyed everything
to the uttermost, voting their host
a royal entertainer.
Mrs. f. w. Dowd. who has been
residing in Mitchell for about a
! year, filed a charge of insanity
) against her husband, DIR. f. W.
Dowd, who resides at Emery. the
case being laid before Judge Abbey,
and it was heard at Alexandria Sat-
, urday before the probate judge
!, of Hanson county. DR.. Dowd went
3 to a hospital at Omaha about a year
ago to receive treatment for his
trouble, and on his return several
months ago was some better. Late
ly, however, his condition has be-
come worse and it was safer to have
:. him placed in the asylum. His in