The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-12-23

telephone system.
Robert Dodge, of Lawrence, Kan.
is ncre ON a visit to his daughter.
Mrs. b. Z. Newbury. MIR. Dodge is
close to 80 years old and for a gentle
man OF his aye he is very active and
takes a keen enjoyment in life.
John Kinsey was liberated flom
the county Jail Tuesday morning after
serving a fifty day sentence, which
was imposed Nov. l.. by Justice Nc
Kinley. Kinsey was convicted of
stealing a fur coat at the Waverlv
hotel.
Mrs. George Summers, who has
been vlsiting her husband in the city
for the past two weeks, returned
home to Chicago Friday morning.
Mr. Summers is connected with the
work OF installing the gas plan. in
the city.
Mrs. F. S. Turney, left Monday
evening for Ludden, N. D., being
called there by the death of her Sis
ter. Mrs. Turney said she had no
intimation that her sister was sick
until she received the telegram dur
ing the day she died suddenly.
While the eastern states are revel-
ing in below zero weather this sec
ton OF South Dakota is not kaving
very cold snaps. While it commenced
showing Thursday the them ometer
did not 20 down to any great extent
and Friday it registered 81 de-
grees above zero as the coolest dur
ing the night.
MIR. and Mrs. p. j. Bradley, who
have been visiting their daughters,
Mrs. Con Sullivan, and Miss Theresa.
returned Friday to their home
at Savanna. Ill. Miss Bradley, who
is n of the operators IN the tele-
phone office, accompanied them and
will remain there a month before re-
turning to her duties.
Bishop Haze has notified the cler-
gy of the Episcopal church in the
state That Rev. f. Nj. TAFT, of Phil
adelphia who vas appointed as as
sistant bishop for South Dakota by
the recent conference of the church,
has resigned the position. Mr.. TAFT
assigned as his reason that his
mother would be unable to remove
here on account of her advanced age
and poor health.
The w. r.. c. completed its cleo
ton of officers, all being left of the
list was the delegates to the state
meeting. The delegates are as fol-
lows: Miss Lillian Patterson. Mrs.
VIM. Miller, Mrs. Henry Geiger.
Mrs, Lannie Brown, MIS-. Sarah Wells
Miss Minnie Grace. The %alternates
are: Mrs. Geo. a. Silsbv, Mrs. Har-
riet Grace, Mrs. j. Is. Wolgemuth,
Mrs. Lillian Doud, Mrs. w. Plotner,
Mrs Clara Daniels.
Rev. Chas. II. Powell priest-in-
charge of st. Mary's Episcopal
church, contemplates IA possible re-
moVal from Mitchell. He has re-
Gently received four calls to become
the rector of other churches, three of
them in California and one of them
in this state. MIR. Powell is a very
capable preacher and we would 1e-
gret with his many friends i'm the
city to have him leave. He has not
as yet determined what he will do
in the matter.
At the regular meeting of the Or
der OF Home Guardians new officers
were elected for the ensuing year as
follows: President. c. G. Halphide:
vice president, DIR. c. y. Bower; sec
rotary and treasurer, S. CatLrell mar
shall, Roy Jewell matron, Mrs. Ell
enor Raymond; Sihyl, Mrs. Cora
Posey: watch, II. G. Tapp; trustees,
r. e. Cone 3 years, w. ii. Conyes, 2
years; WIN. Scallin l year. The in
srallation will occur the first meeting
IN January.
The indications are that Mitchell
is to have another daily newspaper.
Such we learn from a prospectus is
sued bv Messrs. L A. Il L. III. FRY
Co, who are to 5e the publishers.
e. y. Fry is at present conducting a
paper IN Nioprara, Neb., and he re-
Gently established a paper at Lake
Andes. The prospectus states that
the first issue of the daily will take
place Monday morning. Jan. 8, 1905,
and will appear every morning in the
year. The name of the paper will be
the Mi tchell Daily Star, and will be
republican in politics 1t will be
seven-columns and four pages, and
will cost Is cents a week.
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