The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-05
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

l.. O. Gale is redecorating the in
terror OF his drug store with a hand,
some design of wall paper.
l. Allen Cornwall, of Faulkton,
was i'm the city Friday, returning
home on the afternoon train.
NJ. Korn left Monday for New
York to make his fall purchases and
he will also buy his line of holiday
goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w. Boggs have
moved into the residence corner OF
Sixth and Sanborn streets, which
they now own.
III. ID. Butterield went to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Saturday, where
he will be joined by Mrs. Butte1tield
and together they will visit the east
em markets.
IL. 6. Nichols is getting in some
new fixtures for his jewelly and mu-
sic store to be in readiness for corr
palace week. Other material chang
es are being made in tine store.
Recent!y the county commissioners
purchased a new American flag. the
size of which is l2x20. 1t arrived
Friday and it was run up on the
flagstaff from the court house dome
Saturday morning.
Prof. f. H. lloG. superintendent
of the city schools. left Saturday
for his vacation trip, going direct to
Cleveland. from which place he viii
90 to several smaller towns. Mrs.
Hon is visiting at points in Ohio.
Friday was the hottest day of the
summer season, the government
thermometer going TO 90 degrees IN
The afternoon. and 1T did not show
much disposition to cool Off until
along toward late IN the evening.
Even at ! O'Clock the mercury stood
at 90 degrees.
Business men need to be on the
watch for the wary class OF men
that are coming here with the har-
vest hands. Yesterday afternoon
four fellows visited three or four
stores and tried their best to manip-
ulate their schemes to steal some
goods, but their efforts were I'M
awaiting as they were apprehended
each time and fired out.
John Hagge arrived Friday even
ing from Sheldon, Iowa, with a car
of household goods and the teams for
bis dray line and moved to the brick
residence of Mrs. G. j. Sickler on
west Seventh street. Mr.. Hagge is
the gentleman who bought Jos.
Schlimgen's dray line, and he will
take possession Monday.
Nj. III. Gosche received a telegram
Friday evening from Guy Akin,
the driver of MIR. Gosche's PAGER,
Black Walnut, that the horse won
the 2:22 pacing rae at Blail, Neb..
in three straight heats, the best time
beng 2:l1. Black Walnut is doing
quite an extensive business this sum
mer in winning, not having lost a
race since be started in the spring.
a number of oldtime populists met
i'm the city Saturday and re-or-
ganized the party by electing George
Dougherty temporary chairman and
Ed. Blackman temporary secretary.
A county convention will be held
Thursday, a ug. 25, to select dele
gates to the state convention to be
held at Iankton, Sept. IA. John
Nj. Pease and about a dozen Others
constituted the conference commits
tee.
George Like is making a number
of improvements on the Merchants
hotel building. 1t is being raised
to two stories high ove~ all parts
that were n story aud a small ad-
dition is being placed to the east Of
the office. The entire structure will
be covered with corrugated iron.
Mr. Like says it will cost him about
$4,000 before he gets Though with
the improvements, and he will have
ten additional rooms for guests.
The band concert was rendered un-
der rather unpleasant circumstances
Friday evening. The arc light at
the corner Of Main street and Park
Avenue did not gi We a very good
light and finally went out while a
selection was being played. Mr..
Fairchild endeavored to fix it tut
still the light failed to burn. He re-
GREETED the occurrence very much.
The new portable band stand was
used for the first time and it proved
satisfactory to the band, which has
heretofore stood up while playing a
concert i've ali hour long.
Mrs. Frank Mayes and little
daughter. Of Pensacola, Fla, and
her mother, Mrs. |. Q. Kingsbery, of
Hartford, spent Saturday in the city.
Mrs. Mayes will be remembered as
Miss Lois Kingsbery, and was mar
ried several years ago to Mr.. Mayes,