The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26

from their trip to Postdaln, N. y.
Miss Hattie Goodwin lett Friday
evening for points in Minnesota TO
make Il visit of several weeks With
friends.
Mrs. ID. p. Williams and son, E. p.
Williams, of Chicago, arrived to
make a visit at the home of ID. W..
Collins.
Frank Jones has been visiting his
parents at Big Stone Lake for the
past two weeks and came home Sat
urday morning.
A. G. Larson, Of Canton, was in
the city Saturday. He had been up in
the vicinity of Letcher looking at
some farm lands.
G. NJ. Peck left Saturday for a
point ten miles south of Springfield,
where be Will conduct Il tent meet.
ing in the Bohemian settlement.
The services will last two weeks and
Will close with d Sunday school CON
vention.
Miss Mabel Barlow. who spent her
summer vacation with her mother,
Mrs. J.. II. barlow, left Saturday
for Pueblo, Colo, where She has a
position as teacher in the public
schools. She ramained over sun.
day With friends at Canton.
Prof. f. H. Hotf returned home
Friday afternoon from his tlip to
Cleveland, Ohio, where Mrs Uoif is
still visiting. The professor went
out to Washington SPRINGS this Satur-
day to conduct IA teachers insti-
tute for the next two weeks.
The fail term of the city schools
will open on Monday, Sept. 5, and
there are just two weeks left for the
students to have all the pleasure
that they can extract in that time.
Nearly all of the school houses in the
have been improved somewhat
the summer vacation.
Mrs. James Paine, and son Earl,
who have been visiting during the
summer with her sist%er-in-law, Mrs.
b. b. Pooley. of Badger township,
returned to their home at st. Paul
this morning. They were accom-
panied by Miss Bedtime Pouley. who
will spend a few weeks in the Twin
DIR. j. G. Mccartney left this
morning for st. Louis, being joined
Vermillion by DR.. Collins. Both
gentlemen are members Of the State
of Dental Examiners, and
their purpose in going to st. Louis
is to attend an International meet
ing of the state board of examiners.
The convention will be keld there
next week.
Friday evening the band gave its
concert at the corner of Main street
and Second Avenue, which was
listened to by a large ard enthusl-
astic crowd of people. The program
rendered was an excellent one
throughout, four of the selections be-
OF the concert variety, and in
their rendition the band showed d
fine proficiency. The marches played
were of the stirring kind and a few
selections were given. The
band is %practicing diligently under
the direction of e. G.. Rathbun and
The members are showing an active
interest in the development of the
o~rganlzation, and the music that is
rendered shows the result Of the
practice.
Wm. Smith, a negro, was placed
in the county Jail Friday evening
until he can pay a fine of $50, which
was assessed against the gentleman
of color Yesterday by Justice Tobey.
Smith had been p1owling around
Ethan for a day or two and finally
swiped a pair Of pants and overalls
rom the store of Phillip Germschied.
He was caught with the goods and
be didn't have MUCK show of getting
away from the justice court. When
Smith was arrested and searched it
was evident he was in pretty good
shape to defend himself, for two re.
volvers and two razOrS were found on
bis person. 1t would have been an
all day job with anybody IL Smith
could have got action on them with
his artillery and his shaving uten-
sils.
Ray Branson and DR.. Ray Smith
came home from Sioux City Friday
evening, having been down there to
attend the tennis tournament.
They were in the doubles and re-
NAMED in for two rounds, but were
put out by an Omaha team. Bran
son made a splendid showing in the
matches and played his way
through a number of good men up
the semi-fhals, and when a player
accomplishes that much he has done
a great deal with the fast company