The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-17

with ner parents, MI. and Mrs. W..
b. Sayles.
Lost.-Between Mitchell and Rock
port June 4th. n new single barrel
Shot gun. Finder leave at this office
and receive reward.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. III. Smith, left
Monday for the St. Louis. expo
sition and will visit at points in
Indiana and Illinois while away.
Miss Mary +. Axtell, a compositor
in The Republican Office, left Monday
afternoon for Cleremont to spend her
two weeks vacation with her father.
Mrs. j. f. Barlow, the worthy
matron of the Mitchell chapter. and
Mrs. Clara A. Lukens went to Yank-
ton Monday to attend the Grand
Chapter of the Eastern Star
Mrs. S. p. Watkins, came down
from Ashton Monday morning to at
tend the University commencement,
and to visit her mother and sister,
Mrs. M. N. Lee and Mrs. l.. W. Sea-
! men.
Miss Grace Smith arrived home
Friday morning from Letcher. She
has been teaching in the schools
there for the past year, and was cleo
ted to the principalship for the COM
ing year.
a. E. Porteous and wife and two
children left Friday morning for Man.
chester, Iowa, to make a visit with
relatives at that place and Water
loo. Mr.. and Mrs. Porteous will
visit the st. Louis exposition before
they return.
Next week, commencing Tuesday,
the races Of the Mitchell Driving
Park Association will be held. and
some good entries are being made.
Some of the best horses in the north
vets are taking in the cilcuit of the
Corn Belt. The price of admission
to the races has been placed at %
cents.
Dr.. II. b. Smiley and Miss Bernice
Brown were united in marriage at
Mt Vernon Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock. by Rev l. P. Potter. They
drove to Mitchell after the ceremony
and took the evening Omaha pas.
enger for the st. Louis exposition
on their wedding tour. DIR. Smiley
and his bride are highly thought of
in that town. the former as a very
successful! physician and the latter
as an accomplished teacher in the
schools.
Walter Seaman returned home Fri
day from Washington Springs.
Thursday evening he participated
in a grand goll medal contest under
the auspices Of the w. G. II. u, i'm
which there were four contestants.
Mr.. Seaman was awarded first place
in the contest by the judges, his
marking being Al 66-lO0 on a basis of
Nv LIlS - IIC uIEIlCSG tltIklLJS
ever attained on q grand gold medal
contest in this division of the state.
and Mr.. Seaman has every right TO
be proud OF the record he made in
the contest.
The Mitchell high school ball team
got home from Plankinton Thursday
night about IL O'Clock after a long
ride of 25 miles by team. The boys
were not as tired from the long ride
as they would have been had they
lost the game during the afternoon =.
They played the reform school nine
and won by a score of s to 3. James
Gregory shot the sphere over the
plate for Mitchell and Lee Hamiel
put up a good game behind the bat.
and as a result Of their good team
work and the able support of the
MITCHELL tielders the Plankintor
score was not allowed to rise to any
dizzy height. Our boys were success,
full in landing on the reform schoo
pitcher for sufficient hits as to pro.
dure a good lead and they main.
tanned it to the end.
c. l. Miltimore, left for Chicago
Sunday evening via the Omaha road
called there by the sudden death o.
his son. Guy Miltimore, which oc,
cured Saturday afternoon. The,
Young mar was killed by an explosion
Of gas in a tunnel at Thirty-ninetf
street. He vas a city engineer ir
Chicago, having been retained by thu
different administrations since the
year 1898. He had charge OF the con.
%struction Of a tunnel and on Satur,
day the men went into the hole witt
a lighted torch. The presence of the
gas was not korwn until the ligtl
came in contact with it and a fear.
ful explosion followed, causing al
immense amount Of damage anG
killing several men besides Mr.
Miltlmore. The deceased was
also employed in the laying out Of
the Worlds Fair grounds at Chicago