The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07

Miss Louise Foster has been the
guest OF Miss Lenore Prescott duling
corn palace and returned home to
Armour today,
Mrs. III. l.. Moore. who has been
visiting with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. b. Miller, during coru pal
ace. left Wednesday for her home
at Panora, Iowa.
Mrs +. S. Cheney and two child
zen, who have spent the summer
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A..
j.. Parshall. returned Wednesday
to her home at Pembina. ~ ID.
Prof. II. II. Otto. in company with
DIR. R. b. Driver. of Chicago. left
via the Omaha road for a trip to tine
poets TO return on Monday next.
Mrs. Il. r.. Storer and Mrs. j. l..
Cook left Wednesday tor Chicago
and the st. Louis opposition. The
ladies said at the last moment they
had permitted their husbands to 90
along.
Judge Smith, Court Stenographei
l5oyles and VI. G. Preston were at
Washington Springs this week hold
ing a term of circuit court for Jcr-
auld county, the inst TO be held This
fall. They leturued home We1nes-
day, court having %adjoumed.
j. Ilamiei EFT Wednesday, tor
Upton. Iowa, He received a tele-
gram at $3.50 O'Clock stating That his
mother. had been stricken viii. par
alysis and was in a serious condition..
He Just bad time to get home and
arrange to leave on the II O'Clock
passenger.
\ great foot race will be ram in
this city on Wednesday, Oct. II. be-
tween Arthur a. kingsbe1y, OF
Hartford, and Leslie Grant, of Scot
land. for 800 a side. The ace will
he run at the fair grounds and it
will be a velv close and exciting
event. bOll MtH are t|oIlSiucTcu
very swift.
Supt. Hof, OF the city schools.
states that several children nave
been started in on the first grade
this week, three weeks late IN the
school. Mr.. Hof desires to inform
the public that no children will be
accepted for the first grade after this
week, as it will be impossible for
them to keep up with the work OF
the other children.
Johnston X Shipley, the ploprl-
etors of The Widmann, lave decided
to keep open then hotel for roomers
while the building is being complet-
ed. During corn palace they accom-
modated hundreds of people with
rooms. The gentlemen expect to
co3mence serving meals about the
middle of October. the delay being
occasloned by the %snon-arrival of a
portion of the metal ceiling for the
dining
The board of education held its
regular meeting tuesday evening and
one of the important matters was
the hiring OF a new teacher for the
west side school for the seventh
grade Miss Mona Doan, OF Union,
Iowa. was employed. Her parents
are living here. having moved during
the summer. Miss Doan expects to
reach Mitchell within a short time,
as soon as the room has been prepared
FOR the school.
Friday evening the democrats, un-
der the craftsmanship of S. f. Goody-
koontz, will hold theiI for
the selection Of delegates to the
county convention. The First ward
%caucuses will oe held in koch's bar
ness shop: the Second ward in Col
Inns Office: Third ward al the court
house: Fourth ward in Winsor's law
Office. The convention will be called
! to order Saturday afternoon at
O'Clock for tie nomination of u leeis
! iatlve ana county tlckeU.
C. II. Potts and wife and little sol,
were ia an accident Tuesday morning
that might.have resulted seriously tc
some OF the party. They were driy-
ing in the country and had crossed
the railroad track a little ahead Of
the passenger train that was ap.
p%roaching LOOMS. Mr.. Potts drove
his team what he thought was a SAFE
distance from the track to avoid 1
possible accident. One OF the horses
I became frightened and gave a sud.
, den jump, which broke the double.
tree. The tongue dropped to the
] gIound and stuck in a clump Of sod
: This thew the buggy IN the all
b and turned it over, throwing the
S three to the ground. Mr.. Potts hae
c three ribs broken in the fall and Mrs
e Potts broke a snail bone in he
arm. The little boy fell so tina
J. when they found him the wheel O
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