The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-26

Ralph Shearer, a University STU
dent, left Monday morning for Des
Moines, Iowa, to attend a mission
airy meeting Of the Methodist
church.
Morgan & Mowry will pay highest
market price for hides, pelts and tai
low. See them before selling. Office
south Nam street, opposite Webster.
Cook & Co.'S. hardware.
E. E. Remington, who has been
the agent for the Peavey Elevator
Co., for the past year, left Friday
morning for Minneapolis. The
Peavey company sold its elevator re-
Gently to Messe1s Palmer x Pollock,
who have moved their families here
and will give their attention to the
elevator and coal business.
If President Roosevelt had been
standing on the platform of the Mil
waukee depot Friday and saw
the lady with eight small children
get off the west train he would not
have thought that race suicide had
any particular place in this state.
The oldest of the children was eight
years of age and they graded down
about a year apart. The mother did
some tall bustling to keep track of
her flock until the north train ar
rived when they were all put aboald
and started Tor Sioux City.
Rev. Il. j. Giblett and Deacon b.
Morse, of the Baptist church, went
to Wagner Friday to attend the
ordination services of Rev. j. H..
Schroeder, who will be installed as
pastor Of the Wagner Baptist church.
MIR. Schroeder was formerly a member
of the local church and attended Da-
kota University. In conversation
with Mr.. Glblett he said that at the
prayer meeting services Wednesday
evening three new members were re.
ceived into the chruoh, making a
total of sixteen since he became its
pastor late last year.
Thursday j. o. Walrath was 40
years old, and in honor Of his near
approach to his half century period
Mrs. Walrath gave a six O'Clock din
ner to a number of his gentlemen
friends. The table around which
this group was gathered was hand
somely decorated in many ways. and
it was a happy company that Shutdown
to a menu that was rich through
out. The gentlemen representing
the guests were those who came here
in an early day, when this country
was barely settled. The conversa-
tion drifted to those pioneer days
and many interesting incidents were
given by those who participated IN
the affairs that have gone to make
up county history. The evening was
spent in playing slnch.
Mesdames o. L. Branson, T. j.
Spangler and It. B. Smith enter
tanned for the second time Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Bran
son. On this occasion the hostesses
were assisted by Mrs. G. G. Rathbun.
Mrs. f. A. Hammer and Mrs. j. N.
Grow, and a five O'Clock dinner of
four courses was served. Another
poetical amusement was introduced
in which the ladies essayed to com
pose two lines on matriomny, the
effusions being read by Mrs. Spangler.
mrs. Foster, Mrs. Douthit and Mrs.
Reamer wef;o successful at the three
tables completing their poetry first
and drew cuts for the prize, Mrs.
Reamer being the lucky one. The
dinner party was a worthy successor
to the one the ladies gave on Tuesday
afternoon,
Friday afternoon occurred the exer.
cises in the various departments OF
the city schools in commemoratior
of Washington, Lincoln and McKin-
|ley's birthdays, and each department
had its quota of visitors. Perllap.
llJC uIOoC plCUCllUlOuS CAGICISCS WGlt
those given ty the A and B Gram.
mar departments under the direc
tion Of the Misses Grace and Vande
Bogart, and nearly all Of the child
ren took some part in them. Th,
program vas opened with a plane
!solo by Edith Smith, and then cam
iAmerica's Captata, which consisted
of a chorus and drill by the Ate
mound builders; chorus and drill b,
sailors and Yankee Doodles: a drill
Of the thirteen original states; mil
itary drill by sixteen boys, with sew
eral songs being introduced betwee
the drills. The following were th
representations: Uncle Sam, Ray
mond Blynn; Goddess Of Liberty
Bernice Lathrop; Egyptian, Fa
Foottit; Mound Builder, Hazel Ra,
mond: Astec, Hazel Doud: Nors,
man, Eddie Giblett; Indian. In
Wallace; Spaniard, Francis Barto,
Pilrgim Father, Ralph Doyle: iris