The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-20

Lamme, Thursday afternoon. May
-, a boy.
Mrs. Anna McCurdy and two lutte
%nieces, who have been i'm California
spending the winter, have returned
home.
For sale.-Fifty tons good Jim
river hay, will sell one stack or all.
Also l35 head of sheep. Five miles
south east Of Mitchell west side OF
river. Il. l.. White.
Mrs. Ed. Leehan arrived home
Friday morning from her reservation
claim west of Oacoma. She has con-
pleted her residence and Mr.. Leehan
proves up on the quarter section tc-
day.
r. M. Sphinx and George Like. Mrs,
L. Z. Stair and Mrs. Henry Snow re-
turned from Brookings Thursday
evening, where they attended the
grand lodge meetings Of the a. O.
u. W.. and Degree Of Honor. The
important features before the Work.
MAJ lodge was the adoption of the
guarantee plan, which will require
the jurisdiction of South Dakota to
pay to the supreme lodge the sum of
500, 900 per year, whereas it has been
paying but SIG, 900. 1T is claimed
that all members of the order will
have to pay ii double assessment for
the heNt six months.
Despite the OTHER attractions in the
city Thursday evening the Noble
Theatre Co. drew Il good audience at
the opera house in their presentation
of "Micheal Strogofn. Mr.. Noble i'm
the title role made tho part strong
and he was ably seconded by Gussie
Johnstone, who did the lead. The
members are good and
The play went very SUI oothlv. Miss
Johnstone did a speciality in a song
that had a local flavor, presenting
words to the song for the capital be.
ing located at Mitchell. and she was
roundly applauded. Ed. Sisk also
presented a good speciality.
Rev. A.. Craig Bowdish arrived
Thursday with his household goods
from Sibley, Iowa. and moved them
Friday into the congregational par
sonage. Mr.. Bowdish is the new
pastor of the church and he comes
to Mitchell prepared to minister to
the church i'm an earnest manner to
build up and extend the church re-
]ations with a greater number Of peo-
Pile. He has preached several times
to the citizens and the uni versal
opinion is that he is going to make a
fine success of the work. Mrs. Bow
dish will not come to Mitchell until
about July /, on account of some ILL
ness in the family of her parents.
The Republican extends ii hearty
greeting to MI. Bowdish and trusts
that he will find his work i'm Mitch.
ell much to his liking and that his
efforts will be productive of much
good.
Friday afternoon the old soldiers
moved the piano the Relief Corps
won on the contest, to the post
rooms, and perhaps they didn't en-
joy the fun OF moving it. Chef Doty
loaded the instrument on his dray
from the store of Noble & Son. but
the old soldiers insisted on hauling
the dray to the post rooms them
selves. They unhitched the horses
and by pushing and pulling the dlay
was landed in front of the Carnegie
library. They had four flags to help
out the patriotic spirit, and when
they family got the piano in the
room three cheers were given for the
winners of the contest, for Com
mander Nash and for Comrade Plot
ner, who contributed the greater
share of the time 10 securing tickets
in the contest. The piano will be
every serviceable in the meetings of
the old soldiers and the Relief Corps
and it will be appreciated at every
meeting.
Rev. and Mrs. ID. r. Tomlin left
Friday morning for Speartish. in the
Black Hills country, where Mr.. Tom
lin has accepted the pastorate of the
Congregational church for an in
definite period. Miss Tomlin and
Mrs. Clark will remain here until
after the close of the University in
June and then leave for Speartish.
Mr.. Tomlin reconsidered his decision
about going to Spearfish, inasmuch
as the church people seem so desir.
Gus of having him accept the call in
some way. Until the close of the
school year Mr.. Tomlln will preach
once on the Sabbath day and then
he will take a vacation. On resum.
ing his work he will continue the
n day service until fall, and if his
health permits he will then take up
the regular work of the church.
The Spearfish people were willing te