The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-15
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN mn
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

kape e at bl2, DrOmO grass seed
at 10 cents at Motley, McKeel & Bar
ber's.
Leo. Doyle is up from Beresford to
remain a few days with his parents.
He is managing the Touring mill
and electric light plant at that place.
Morgan & Mowry will pay highest
market price for hides, pelts and tai
low. See them before selling. Office
south Nam street, opposite Webster,
Cook & Cos. hardware.
P. F. Stafford, Of Rockwell, Iowa,
a brother-in-law of Frank Gibbs,
arrived in the city Thursday with a
view OF locating here. He is a
painter and paper hanger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Manchester re-
turned home Saturday evening from
Milwaukee, where they attended the
funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. A. E. Manchester Friday.
Rev. a. Sunberg, OF Salem. spent
Sunday in the city and held Swedish
Lutheran services at the church on
the south side. \ new society vas
organized several weeks ago and
services will be held twice a month
in the future.
Presiding Elder Hager and Rev.
III. S. Wilkinson went to Parker this
morning to attend a Joint meeting
of the Mitchell and Sioux Falls dis
tIicts of the Methodist Ministerial
associations, which will continue
until Thursday morning. President
Nicholson will give four lectures on
the bible during the session.
Superintendent Collins, of the Mil
waukee road, arrived in the city
Thursday Afternoon and remained over
night. He joined Assistant General
Superintendent e. W. Sewell. who
came down from Minneapolis Fri
day and the officials went east.
The assistant general superintend-
ent was accompanied from Aberdeen
by superintendent Tucker.
DIR. III. P. Carson occupied the pull
pit in the Presbyterian church Sum-
day morning and evening and he
preached two Of his usually good
sermons to the congregations that
greeted him. DR.. Carson is one of
the strong workers in the religious
cause in this state and is doing much
to promote the Presbyterian cause.
He is always warmly welcomed to
Mitchell.
The famous Elwood fencing for
sale. Motley, Nickel g. Barber.
j. II. Murphy and son, A...W. Muir
ply, of Chicago, we're in the city
over night and went south Friday
morning. Mr.. Murphy is the man
ager of Allanson & Co., which has
charge Of the eating houses on the
Milwaukee system, and paid a short
visit to Manager Graves of the Mitch
ell branch. Mr.. Murphy finds that
the lunch rooms recently established
out this way are q paying investment
and they accommodate the travelling
public very much.
Mrs. Ford. the mother of the
Ford brothers, who reside nelr
Letcher, died at her home Friday
evening. April 8, aged 81 years.
While Mrs. Ford had not been in
very good health it was MT thought
hel condition was at all serious.
Since the death Of her d%augther-in-
law, Mrs. Daniel Ford, last week,
the physician stated that sine grieved
herself until death followed. Fun
eral services were held at Letcher in
the Catholic church Sunday morning.
Mrs. Grace Derome, of Valley
Springs, occupied the pulpit of the
Congregational church Sunday even
ing and gave a very interesting dis
course on the subject of foreign mis-
SionS. Mrs. Derome is associated in
this work quite extensively. being
president of the state society. and
has bad occasion to see the success
of foreign missions. She gave a fine
account of the work that is being
accomplished across the water and
how the work is Icing extended.
She urged the people to give Of their
goods to further prosecute the mis-
s!onary work and help the self-deny-
ing missionaries. Mrs. Derome re-
turned to her home at Valley Springs
this morning.
The county commissioners adj
journed Thursday evening. a good
share Of the day was spent in fixing
up tax rebates. There were quite a
number of people who called during
the day to have their taxes adjusted
on account OF some errors they
claimed were made in the assessment
last year. During the closing part of
the session Sheriff Koch, who was
rooont1r o~-o;n<.l % A..