The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-16
I'm TOWN AND
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Sioux City Printing Co. He has
been sick and came home to recuper-
ate.
M. G. Porter came home from
Plankinton on the freight Friday
evening. he accompanied a party of
Iowa homeseekers out to that place
Wednesday and was showing them
the country.
The Omaha company has COM
menced the construction OF their
freight house which is located on the
site OF the burned passenger depot.
Its dimensions are 20xI0o, and it will
be a solid and substantial building.
Hans Demuth, editor Of the South
Dakota Nachrichten. Of Sioux Falls,
was in the city Friday morning and
went to Scotland TO look after the
interest Of his paper, which has a
fine circulation in the central part
of the state.
Anybody who was looking for warm
weather for the benefit of the corn
crop got it Friday to their hearts
content. At 3 O'Clock the gov
eminent thermometer registered at
los degrees, an unusual point for
September weather.
The dynamo and engine for the
electric lighting plant in The Wild
mann has arrived and have been
placed in position. The electric light
fixtures have also arrived and w. H.
Hollands is making the connection
in the various rooms. There will be
over 60C Lights in tie hotel building.
DR.. r. c. Warne and Andrew Eddy
made a trip out to Plankinton We'd
nesday in the D1's automobile. 1t
was a good so miles for the round
trip and they made it in less than
three hours. They took along a shot
gun with the idea of shooting some
prairie chickens, but as they were
a little afraid that the automobile
was gun shy the chickens we're un-
harmed.
Mrs. a. e. Tanner and family
reached the city late Thursday from
Canton, and h%enceforth will he
counted residents Of Mitchell. Mr..
Tanner moves here in order that his
children car attend Dakota Univer-
sity. We understand the family will
occupy a residence built by j. q.
Purdy, which be finished a short
time ago. Mr.. Tanner will come TO
Mitchell in the course OF a week or
ten days.
NJ. d. Purdy and family left Frida y
morning for the south, and will
spend the winter travelling through
Arkansaw, Louisiana and Texas
They will make the trip through by
team and have a very comfortable rig
with which to make the Tip. Mr..
Purdy has disposed OF his property
in the north part Of the city to
Frank BEDFORD. Mr.. Purdy has
lived in Mitchell ever since a boy
and he has done quite we'll in the
various enterprises in which he has
been engaged.
The Mitchell people are counting
on going to the state fair at Yank-
ton one week from today, which has
been designated as Capital Day. AR
rangements are being made to send
down a large delegation OF people,
accompanied by the Mitchell band.
be crowd will leave on the Milwau
kee passenger at II O'Clock and reach
home that night at 10. Let every
body make their arrangements to
turn out and help make the Mitchell
representation the largest that has
gone away from town this season
Frank A.. Gibbs, the Milwaukee
engineer. has commenced the con
struction Of a new residence. having
disposed OF his place. on the corner
OF Fourth Avenue and Rowley street
last spring. His new residence is To-
Gated on the west side, corner OF Isa-
dor and Fourth streets. 1t will be
a two-story house with Mansard roof,
and covering a ground space Of 2614O.
He already has built a new barn and
put down a good we'll on the place.
With the three new houses being
erected by Thos. Ball across the
street from MI. Gibbs that part OF
the city is improving.
A fire alarm call from the water
works brought out the FIRE depart
ment Thursday afternoon about S
o'clock..and the boys chased all over
the northeastern part OF town look
ing for the FIRE. The alarm in being
turned in did not designate the loca-
ton, ether than that there was a
fire, so we were informed by Chief
McCurdy. The fire was discovered
in an outside kitchen at the resi-
dence Of W. E. Upton, which origin
ated from a gasoline stove. The tel
ephone linemen working in the alley
to the north discovered the tlaZe and