The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-29

l.. e. Stair sells the Rambler
Motor Bicycles.
Mrs w. H.. Gregory came home
from Chicago Thursday afternoon.
Col. Linn, editor of the Canton
Leader, accompanied the Greig
Sangiorening to this city and re-
turned home Thursday morning.
Miss Clara Rcierson arrived from
Mablc, Mimi, and will make her
home i'm the future with her broth
Ell, r.. N. Reierson, and family.
Does YOUR back ache? Don't delay.
Get a box of Kidney Elites = the
most wonderful remedy for all kid
ncy trouhles-and they will make
you right. Price p cents. L. O
Gale.
y. G.. RAthbun wants to secure .
few more slide trombone players for
the new band organization. If there
are any in the city Mr.. Rathbun
would esteem it a favor if they
would make themselves known.
Revs. W.. S. Shepherd. of Water
town, and a. { Shepherd. of Yer
million, We're i'm the city Wednesday
ON their way 10 tloir homes. They
had been ont to Mt. Vernon to attend
tile funeral Of y g6uaIer brother.
Miss Katie Rlshmole. who has
been among the teachers in the rural
schools i'm this city for several years,
left this morning for North Yakima.
Wash, to which place her parents
removed last fall. She expects to
make her home there in the future.
Miss Rushmo1e has a fine reputa-
ton as a teacher in the schools.
a gold and silver medal contest
was held at the Congregational
church Tuesday evening, in which
there are six contestants i'm the gold
and eight in the silver. The exercis-
es we're begun with prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Tomlin. During the evening
III. z. Tapp broke the monotony OF
the speaking with sone music with
his g%raphophone. Tile winner OF the
gold medal contest was Mary Sea-
man, and i'm the silver contest Char
ity Miner carried Off first honors.
Another contest was announced for
two weeks.
The annual election of the COM
pany officers Of the lire department
was held Monday evening with the
following result: Hook and Ladder
Captain, w. Z. Sinnamon: lieuten-
ant, John S%turgis: secretray-treasur-
er, G. III. Nogus. Hose No. Cap
tain, Roy Hacket: lieutenant, Ar
thur Wright; secretary-treasurer, j.
G. Markham. Hose No. Captain,
Clyde Kimble: lieutenant, Peter Wall
strum; secretary %-treasurer. George
Like. The chief and assistant chief
Of the department will be appointed
at the first meeting of the city coun-
Gil in May.
Monday evening Major aud Mrs. o.
w. Coursey entertained the officers
Of co. d. and the other officers Of
the battalion of which the major is
at the head. at a five O'Clock dim
ner. The invited guests were Col.
and Mrs I. j. spangler, Captain
Oscar Williams. Captain and Mrs.
Tbos. Briggs, Lieutenant and Mrs.
Clyde K1mball. L~ieutenants Seaman.
kuh and Gregory. The dinner was
served in sever courses and was a
vely happy affair. 1t was arranged
in honor of tile coming of Adjutant
General Conklin, who was expected
to speak at the military entertain
ment, but when Major Coursey re-
ceived word Of the a%djutant's in
ability to be here he decided to have
the dinner party just the same.
Superintendent Tucker arrived in
the city Wednesday evening on a
special train over the Milwaukee
road from Aberdeen with the mem
beIs of the South Dakota Railroad
Commission composed of 81. G.
Smith, Dick Smith, Frank LeCocq,
and j. a. Stanley. secretary of the
commission. rhe gentlemen were
met here by Supt. Collins. j.. w.
Shelby and w. p Warner and taken
out to Chamberlain on a special, re-
turing to Mitchell Thurday morning.
Here they were turned over to Supt.
B%eardsley, who accompanied the
commissioners in his private car TO
Platte, leaving on tie ii o'clock pas
scnger. During the morning the
commissioners and the railroad Off
lcials spent several houls in the city,
looking yer the business portion.
The commission els are making a
Jour Of the state looking into cases
of railroad station improvements.