The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN I'M
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

j.. L. ~lIannett returned home Tues.
day afternoon from his trip to the
Black Hills country.
See the notice Of Il public sale of
Registered Short Horns at Mitchell,
May IL to DE conducted ny w. II.
Barclay.
Mrs. l. G. Horton arrived from
Minneapolis Monday to make an en-
tended visit with her SON, T.. NJ.
Horton and family.
A spring tonic for the children.
Give them HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tam Tea. See them thrive. grow
eat and sleep. The children's doc
tor. 35 cents, tea or tablet form.
Scallin Bros.
c. j., w. L. and j. w. Anderson,
three brothers of Plankinton, were in
tie city Wednesday and appeared be-
fore the government board of pension
examiners in their first efforts to Sc
cure a pension. c. j. is eligible for
a pension under the new law that
has just been passed governing the
age limit fo1 old soldiers.
Walter Doolittle, AN engineer on
the Omaha road, has brought his
family over from Sioux Falls and
hereafter will reside i'm Mitchell.
having taken the Barnard house ON
the corner of Sixth and klmball
streets. MI. Doolittle has been lun-
ming into Mitchell for a number of
years and has a large number of ac-
quaintances who welcome his family.
Albert a. MowerY and Miss Mary
Spears We're united i'm marriage We'd
nesday at 1 O'Clock by Rev. Chas.
II. Powell, the ceremony taking
place at St. Mary's rectory. The
groom formerly lived at Tlgin, H.,
and is conducting Crouse's billiard
hall for the present while Mr.. Grouse
is sick. The bride has grown to
womanhood i'm Mitchell and will
make the groom a good wife.
S. A. Ramsey is the new mayor of
Woonsocket, having been elected
on a prohibition platform and
the town went against the license
proposition. Over at Canton. a town
which has not had a saloon for is
years, license won out by a majority
of %. j. w. Sanford was reelected
Chamberlain's mayor and the Citiz-
ems ticket at Plankinton defeated
the republicans and license carried.
Over at Parker license was defeated.
Librarian Bracy authorizes The
Republican to state that after today
the Carnegie library will be open for
securing and returning books
each day of the week from 10 ii. m.
to 5 p. M. This will be quite an
Improvement over the former hours
of the library, which were confined
to mi day in the week in the win
ter. The Woman's Library Associa-
tion expect Soon to have a catalogue
of the books published so that the
patrons will know just what the Ii.
brary contains.
Sioux Falls Pless: w. NJ. Cum
ningham returned yesterday from
trip to Mitchell. MIR. Cunningham
said he was much surprised at the
business activity and general hustl-
ing appearance of the town. the
building operations. especially being
Indicative of a metropolitan city.
The new hotel which is being built
out of Jasper rock will be a fine
building. MI. Cunningham thinks
it will give Mitchell as good a hotel
building as there is in Sioux Falls.
The plumbing and heating contract
alone amounts to I'VE 81, 900.
Mitchell is also building a stone city
hall which will be a fine building.
Henry Stanley. Of Woonnsock ct, is
occupying a cell in the jail Of Dav.
ison county. where he will remain
for safe keeping until the term Of
court sets at Woonsocket next month.
Stanley is the fellow who carried
things with a high hand at Woon.
socket a few days ago, when he Sc
cured a gun and commenced shoot
ing at a crowd of men in a hotel OF
boarding house. He made his escape
at the time but was caught last weel
in the vicinity Of Lake Andes. He
was turned over to Sheriff Koch fol
safe keeping as the Jail at Woonsock.
ct is not considered safe for the re
tention of a prisoner like Stanley.
The first game of base ball Of the
season was played at Athletic parl
Monday afternoon between the Uni.
yersity nine and the high school
club. There hasn't been any great
amount Of practice on either side
on account of the cold weather TIL!
spring and not the best game was