The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
IN TOWN AND
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN m
THE COURSE OF A WEEk.

Mrs. Joshua Slater is reported to
be seriously i'll with pneumonia,
with small chances for her recovery.
j. r. Besancon returned home
Tuesday from a trip out to Miller,
where Mrs. Bcsuncon is visiting at
present.
Wanted, a girl to work for her
board and attend school. Small wages
paid. Mrs. A. q. Berry, east Second
street.
Rev W. N. Coffee came down from
Washington Springs Tuesday to
spend the day in the city with his
brother. who is quite sick.
John Mcdonald, claim agent for
the Milwaukee road. was in the city
Tuesday evening and spent a pleas
ant evening with old friends at the
Mitchell Club.
Will Spangler, who is located
at Meckling, spent Sunday in the
city. lie is conducting a grocery
store at that place for two wholesale
grocery houses Of Sioux City.
I. N. Aud, OF Oaco,na. arrived in
the city Wednesday, accompanying
Mrs Auld this far on her way back
TO Vinton, Iowa. for a visit. Mr..
Aud returned on the afternoon
train.
NJ. Korn received a letter Tuesday
from Mrs. Korn announcing her safe
arrival IN London, England, for
which point she left about a month
ago She will visit with her parents
there and return to Mitchell about
april lst.
Rev. G. Z. Hager returned home
Tuesday evening from a trip to
Charles Mix county. Sunday Mr..
Hager dedicated a new Methodist
church at LaRoche, which cost 81
200 and every dollar OF Indebtedness
vas paid on the day OF dedication.
A. T. Ireland. OF Woonsocket, was
in the city looking up material
Tor his state band, and desires to Sc
cure three musicians from this city
To have Mitchell represented IN that
band will require q donation Of 1925
for the support Of three men, exclus-
i've we understand OF the 500 donat-
ed by the county.
Parties coming down from Aber-
feen Wednesday stated that anoth-
er livery stable fire occurred there
Tuesday night. in which a large sta
Bile just to the rear of the Sherman
house was totally destroyed. Seven
teen head Of fine horses were CON
sumed in the flames, the greater
share Of the animals belonging to pri-
yate PARTIES in the city. 1t could
not be learned how the fire origin
ated. This is the second livery stable
that has been burned i'm Aberdeen in
the past few months.
The Pouch Brothers and their fam
lilies arrived Tuesday from their
ranch near Chamberlain to become
residents Of Dawson county. Several
months ago they bought the JOHN @.
Anderson ranch four miles south or
this city, comprising something like
$50 acres. Messrs. Pouch will 90 into
the cattle business on an extensive
scale, and are now having 1875 head
OF cattle driven through from Brule
county, which will reach here the
latter part of the week. For the
present these families will reside on
west Second street, until the ranch
is vacated by Jake French about the
middle OF February.
The weather moderated somewhat
during Monday night and the mercury
kept getting closer to the zero mark
after staying away from it so long.
The warlnest the atmosphere was
during Monday was IA degrees below
zero. Toward evening the mercury
commenced to make its ascent, and
Tuesday morning at 8 O'Clock it bad
reached 8 degrees below. A sundog
was visible in the east Tuesday
morning, which is said to be an indi.
cation that the cold weather is not
over with. A year ago at this time
. the thermometer averaged from 20 tc
IS degrees above zero, the last cold
snap of the winter coming about the
18th Of February, when for a week
the mercury ranged from 10 below
zero to Is below.
The regular meeting OF the En-
campment, L. O. o. F., held Monday
was more than an ordinary affair,
owing to the presence Of n. A. Ran
ey, of Mareng0, Iowa, who is the Gen.
eral Commanding the PatIiarchs
Militant of the World. After the
work OF the session was finished Mr..
Raney delivered an address that last
ed over an hour, which had to dc
with the workings of the Camp and
Patrialchs. One of the members said
that his talk was highly interesting