The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13

me condition of Mrs. \. ID. Wal.
pole, who was so near deaths door a
couple of weeks ago, is very mlcl
Improved. and she is able to sit ut
occasionally.
Berg S Sweet Laxative Chips are
mlld and effective. Cures constipa.
tion and all bowel complaints,
Makes the blood pure and rich-a
clear skin and beautiful complexion.
Plice 10 and % cents. l.. O. Gale.
y. >. Iceland, president of the
Iceland Art Mfg. Co, arrived Fri
day from Chicago, to which place
he was Sent by the company to make
the necessary arrangements for the
manufacture of their recently pat
ented %stereoscope picture holder.
Mrs. c. w. Downey went TO Ash
ton on Monday to remain a few
days, and was accompanied there by
her neice, Miss Edith Anderson.
who has been making her home here
during the winter while attending
the University.
Roadmaster Gregory has a force Of
men at work on the Milwaukee road
putting in some new steel rails be-
tween Mitchell and Burton on the l.
y ID. division. These rails supplant
those of lighter material, and are
3 feet long, weighing IS pounds to
the foot.
DR.. S. NJ. Smith went out to
White Lake Saturday to inspect
some horses and cattle that are
said to have hydrophobia. There
are several mad dogs in that vicinity
and it is believed that some of the
horses and cattle have been litten
by them.
According to the Sioux City Jour-
nal the extension Of the passenger
train from Yankton to Mitchell will
be a sure thing commencing May Is,
it getting its authority from one of
the officials who passed Though
Sioux City a few days ago in COM
pany with President Earling.
Rev. ID. R. Tomlin and family
have taken rooms at the home of
Mrs. M. Fl. Clark for the present.
Mr.. Tomlin will leave the latter part
OF the week for %Spearfish, where he
will preach next Sunday, and from
there expects to 90 on to the Pacific
coast for a portion of the summer
with the view of looking up a loo :
ton.
The state insurance department
has made the apportionnent to each
town in the state of the two per cent
premium paid in each place
that has a fire department.. Mitch
ellis department will receive as it's
share s2l2.23. Sioux Falls gets the
biggest apportionment of any town
in the state, receiving ST. 1913. 10.
Lead comes next with SITS SIS, and
Aberdeen is IA close third with S667. 80
Miss Katherine Gemmil. of Cam
ton, was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
ID. Milne. Miss Gemmill is an actress
of considerable note in eastern dram
Tic circles, where her work has been
confined for several years. She has
just completed a very successful sen
son with the Way Down East Co. :"
and returned to her Canton home.
She has been re-cngaged by the same
company for next season, starting
out i'm July.
The Electric Co. intends to double
the capacity of the lighting plant to
meet the demands that are constant
ly being made for incandescent
MIR. Falrchild stated to The
Republican that Friday he ordered
a new dynamo for the plant which
will increase the capacity of the
plant 1000 lights. 1t now has a
capacity of 1900 lights and with the
SlCNliOip vi lIC many uGW DllIUlIlES
in the city that will need electric
lights the increased size will meet
the eXigencieS of the occasion. Mr..
Fairchild said that there would be
some improvements in the wiring on
Main street, new transformers added
and the system put in the best pos
sible shape during the summer.
John Roth and his grandson and
S. B. Sphinx arrived home Friday az
ternoon from the ST. Louis exposi-
ton, where they have been at work
for the past five or six weeks in the
Of the interior Of the
South Dakota building on the expo
grounds. Mr.. Roth says that
the work is all done and the arrange
nent Of the furniture was being
made when he left. He said that
the interior was a beauty to behold
with its elegant corn decorations,
and the thousands OF people who
have inspe cted it united in the
statement that there was no hand
somer or more attractive building on