The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-27
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAppEN I'M
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Mrs. Milo Kern and daughter,
Belle, OF Lisbon township, left Tues
day for Syracuse. N. Y, to
spend Il portion of the summer.
Mr.. and Mis-. Ben Olson and little
son arrived Monday AFTERNOON from
McGregor, Iowa, to visit with
friends in the city for several days
Miss Alma Spickard, who has been
visiting in the city since last fall at
the home of Chas. Bailey, left
Tuesday for her home at Syracuse,
N. Y.
The annual election Of officers of
the Art Club was held Monday af-
ternoon with the folio wing result:
President, Mrs. +. w. Freyberg;
Nice-president, Mrs. @. w. Downey;
secretary, Mrs. Virgil Boyles; treas
urer, Mrs. Ed. Lee han.
Warren Jones, who has been clerk
ing in Wilkinson's grocery store, has
resigned his position and left for
Wilmot, where he has accepted a po-
sition with the Farmers Savings
Bank. Warren is a steady young
man and will serve his employers
faithfully and we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Mcguire an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Augusta, to Mr.. Mar
tin Wider, of Sioux Falls. The we'd
ding will take place in June, shortly
after the close of the city schools.
Miss Mcguire is one of the efficient
teachers Of Mitchell.s schools.
G. w, Adams received a letter this
morning which gave him the happy
information that he is a grandfather,
a son having been born to Mr.. and
Mis-. Fred Adams, last Friday in
Wichita, Kan, to which place they
recently moved from Armour. Fred
has gone down there to take a course
in a business college.
The capital campaign committee
got in a big shipment Of capital but
tons Monday and the attractive
little souvenir will be sent to all
parts of the State to grace the breast
Of the voters. The button bears a
fine picture OF the city hall building
which will be used for the tempor-
array capitol building when the cap
ital cones to Mitchell Dec. 18th.
a crew of the Dakota Central, Tel
ephone Co. which is building the
long distance line east of here, has
erected a tentlng outfit on Fred
Elce's lots adjoining the telephone
office. The crew is setting the poles
out Of Mitchell going east. The crew
that is stringing the copper wire
from Salem this way is this side of
Fulton and it is expected that they
will reach Mitchell within a few
days.
In a large display advertisement
today w. j.. Frad & Co. announce
that the sale of the Vermilyea dry
goods stock will commence Saturday
May IS. The prices that are given
in the advertisement shows that Il
big cut is being made on many lines
of goods. and that they are bargains
not often encountered. MIR. Frad
states that the firm will remain in
business in Mitchell right along. and
that this sale is i%naupurated to clear
out some lines.
The Degree of Honor drill team.
comprising is members, and ten
members Of the local order went over
to Fulton Monday evening to attend
the lodge meeting. The drill team
initiated four new members and per-
formed the work satisfactorily. Wis
itors were also present from Spencer
and Alexandria. At the close Of
the work refreshments were served
and the hours spent with the Fulton
lodge were made exceedingly pleas
ant by the members.
The rain indications Monday af-
ternoon proved good and along about
midnight the moisture began falling.
This morning the government rain
gauge showed a precipitation Of SO
inches, and makes a trif1e over two
inches Of rain for the north so far.
With the rain OF a week ago and the
one Of Monday night makes the crop
conditions all the ::move favorable.
Practically all of the corn in the
county is planted and in a great
many cases it is three to four inches
above ground. while wheat is max
ing a magnificent growth. The crop
conditions could not we'll be more
favorable at this time Of the year.
Monday evening Mdhara's Ministries
appeared to a very large audience at
the opera house and they gave a per-
Torrance that was generally pleasing
to the public. The comedy work by
the colored gentry was up to the
standard and there we're many good
features, particularly Arthur Prince