The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08

Fremont, Neb.--
I. Miss June ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
urday to Sioux City, wnere Shells
teaching in the public schools.
The Misses Rogan left Saturday
for Parksuon, nea which..place
they are teaching school this winter.
Miss Charlotte Duncan spent the
holidays with her parents andre
turned to Platte Saturday where
she is teaching school.
Miss Madge Corwin spent the holi.
day vacation with her parents. She
went to Alexandria Saturday to
begin her duties. Monday.
Clarion D.. INTERCHANGEABLE
urday to Evanston, ILL.,, where be
is neutrality-suspicious.
ty, taking a ours in clccution.
Mrs. Clara A.:Lukens-.and Mrs. j..
Il. Nolt went over to Alexndraia Sat-
urday.-totI. install the new. ofice1s.of
the W..R. G. in.the afternoon. They
will return on the evening freight.
the
Methodist church Friday. afternoon
when Rev. HIS. Wilkinson-united in
marriage Leroy NJ. Mabbott, Of Mt.
Vernon, and Miss Iva M. Butts, of
Lnomis.
a. E. Hitchcock, AS referee. and
j. L. Hannett went out to Chamber
lain Monday to finish taking
the testimony in the artesian we'll
damage Ease between the city Of
Chamberlain and MI. Gutenberg.
a Union dance was given at the
Odd Fellows hall Friday evening that
was we'll patronized. 1t was the first
of that character eve given in
Mitchell and the union men hope to
give more OF them this winter. The
Crescent orchestra furnished some
good music.
. Mt. Vernon News: Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Carlson entertained the follow
ing from Mitchell Thursday: Miss
Jessie Walrath...F. M. .KIatz, Miss
Florence Dickson, John Bately, Glen
C. Miller, Miss Edna Daniels, M. b.
Markle, Clarion u. Hardy and. Miss
Mamie Saul.
A contest has been going on in con-
nection with Chas. Burnside's gro
lcery for a month or more in which
a number Of little girls re--endeay-
oring to see who could. sell the most
coffee within u given length Of time.
Iva Snow was declared the winner
yesterday with 1856 points to her
credit and was presented with a gold
watch py Mr.. Burnside.
Friday--evenine--the--Boy Club.and
the Girls Club were entertained~"at
the home OF Miss Jeanette Smith,
tbe..misses acting as%--hostesses to their
| boy friends. Many interesting games
we're played, but the feature of the
evening was the proposals the young
ladies male to their gallants in honor
of the leap year affair. A royalspood
time. wass.reported by the.-.young..peo-
pie.
IN. Il. Patton, ..'agent."of,''the Mill
waukee railroad, bad an opportunity
to go higher in the service Of The
company the first of the year If he
cared to accept it. General Passenger
Agent Miller rendered Mr.. Patton
the agency of the city ticket Office at
Dcs Moines, Iowa, but be could not
see his way clear to accepting it at
the present time. MI. Patton stands
high with the officials OF the com
pany and he is destined to. become
installed in a good position in the
future.
Miss Jess Litsey, formerly ofsthis
city, who is now living in Chicago,
and holding a position as stenographer
to an attorney, wrote The Republi-
can an interesting description OF the
fire in the lroquois theater. Miss
Litsey said she witnessed a portion
of the fearful calamity and the carry
ing out OF the dead from the theater
building. She said she personally
counted between $50 and 300 dead
bodies on the street in front of the
building and in the nearby stores,
which were opened Immediately tc
take care of those injured and dead.
Anybody who went to the opera
house Friday evening with the ex-
pectation Of hearing cultured artists
in the New Orleans Grand Colored
Concert Co. we're somewhat disap-
pointed. The members Of the com
pany were only fair in their singing.
Miss Knox has a sweet soprano voice
and sang the Holy City with good
effect. Mr.. Edwards, the basso pro.
fundo, sang one or two selections
which showed that he had an exceed
iDgly powerful voice and that he
could reach some very low tones. Mr..
Damon, the yiollnist, attempted
something of the classical, but his