The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-22

spent Sunday in the city with rel
atiyes and returned home Monday
morning.
Mrs. j. b. Haynes and son, Owen,
returned home to Mt. Vernon Satnr-
day evening after a pleasant visit OF
several days with relatives in the
city.
G. II Mcdowell and family. of st.
James. Mimi, have just moved to
Mitchell and are occupying the
Henry Lewis residence Or east Sew
enth street. Mr.. Mcdowell is a
freight conductor on the Omaha
road.
John Z. Carlson was up from his
Prosper township farm today. He
said his father died this morning
IRON old aye. The funeral will be
held at the Swedlsh-Lutheran chuIch
about twenty miles southwest OF
Mitchell. on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs James Hogan went
TO Rediield this afternoon 10 make
their future home. Mr.. Rogan will
have charge Of a hardware store for
a Minneapolis firm. Both are popl,-
lar young people and their departure
from Mitchell will be regretted by
their large circle Of friends. and we
trust that they will do we'll in Red
field.
The Western Passenger Association
will restrict the use of clergymen's
half fare tickets in the future. as is
announced in Il circular just sent out
by the secretary of that association.
Heretofore the clergymen have been
allowed to ride as frequently as they
desire, but under the new ruling they
will be restricted to fifty half fare
tickets during The year. This takes
effect Feb. LIST. All roads i'm this
state come under this rule.
Lewis Philips, of White lake,
passed through the city Monday en-
route for Tyndall, where he has pur-
chased a hardware store and other
property. Mr.. U. v. Wells, of
Kelley's Land Agency, accompanied
Mr.. Phillips and will help him 10 in
voice the stock. Mr.. Philips traded
bis Brule county ranch of 800 acres
for the hardware stock and buildings
owned by Thompson & Koehn at
that place. The trade was handled
for Mr.. Philips by Kelley's Land
Agency, of this city, and Mr.. Dew
ers, of Tyndall, looked after the in
terests Of the Tyndall firm.
NJ. D. Purdy arrived home Monday
morning from Minneapolis, where
be has been attending the Minnesota
Poultry Show for the past week.
The Mitchell exhibitors had the sat
isfaction OF getting in on the prizes.
MIR. Purdy with his white Leghorns
received third prize on cock and
third on pen. MI. Geo. Law dis
played his light Brahmas and got
third prize on cock and fourth on
cockerel. Both breeders feel pretty
good over securing recongition in the
big classes that were exhibited at
the show. Mr.. Purdy said his birds
scored within a very close margin of
first places, and that he was we'll
satisfied with his results at the
show. He traded a cockerel that did
not win a prize for a cock that tied
for first place and won second prize.
1t was a very happy gathering Of
young people Of the Christian En-
deavor Society Of the Congregational
church which assembled at the
home OF Judge and Mrs. j. N. Crow
Saturday evening. when those two
hospitable people opened Their pleas
ant home for the entertainment Of
the society's members. The attend
ance was large and the amusemcnts
provided during the evening were
very entertaining, prominent among
which was a progressive word con
test, in which Miss Emily Bras was
awarded the head prize for forming
llC SltdLcSU IuIJDct U SLDdl WORDS
from a large one Some excellent re-
freshments we're served and these
formed one of the delights of tie
evening. Mrs. ID. r. Tomlin, Mrs.
r. Il. Ruth, Mrs. O. l.. Branson and
Mrs. G W. Downey assisted Mrs.
Crow ut the party. s
Quite a collision occurred near the
south side bridge Sunday evening a
little after 9 o'clock, in which two
teams came together with great
force. Levi Peirce with his wife and
boy were driving home when they
were met half way between the
bridge and the railroad track by
Fred Grinnell, who had two people
In his buggy. Mr.. Peirce said he
thought he heard a buggy coming in
the darkness and pulled over to the
right as far as possible, thinking to
avoid a possible collision. Mr.. Grin
pol1 opfAonf1v oon1d nat n %lo -