The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-12

Mrs. c, NJ. Willrodt. of SAN Diego.
Cab, arrived to make a visit with
her daughter. Mrs. II. f. Otto.
John Quirk disposed of This resi-
dence property on the corner OF Sec
ond Aveaue east aud LAWYER streets
TO L. o. Gale.
Read the special clubbing offer for.
The capital and Weekly Inter Ocean
on another page. You have your
choice of Two tine premiums in con-
n%ection With the oiler.
W. h. Lower. OF Sioux City. was
in The city Friday. Mr.. Lower is the
owner Of the Jessie Fuller farm OF
800 acres. northwest of town. lie
bad been out to Chamberlain.
Walter Seaman returned Friday
from Woonsocket. He was a
Judge in the declamatory contest
held at that place Thursday evening.
at which time a representative OF
the W%oonsocket schools was selected
TO 20 to the state contest to be held
at Yankton May -. Miss Mary
Stewart o. the contest.
y. q. Mcilenz came up from Yank-
ton Thursday evening and Friday dis
posed OF his residence property ON
First Avenue east to W. Kampschatf,
of Plano township, for 81, 200. Mr..
kampshalf expects to move TO town
in dhe fall. Mr.. Meilenz is engaged
in the laundry business at Yankton
and is getting along In fine shape.
Miss aasne O. Midtbo, of Brunke-
berg, T~ellemarken. Norway, arrived
in Mitchell Thursday afternoon, and
will make her future home with her
aunt. Mrs A. II. Dahl. Miss Midtbo
sailed on the ship Celtic, of the
White Star line, April 10. arriving
i'm New York April 80. There were
2,30O passengers, all from Norway,
Sweden and Denmark.
The joint meeting of the Mitchell
and Sioux Falls ministerial districts
OF the Methodist church was held at
Salem last week and adjourned Thurs
day. Mitchell's representatives were
Presiding Elder Dobson, and Revs.
Wilkinson, Havens and Gilliland, and
MIR. Knight of the college. a very
strong program was presented during
the meeting, which was we'll attend
ed from all parts OF both districts.
Word was received from Egan Thurs
day announcing that r. IT. Rob-
inson had suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis, which occurred two weeks ago,
and that he was in a very critical
condition. one side of his body being
completely pardlyzed. MI. Robinson
was a former resident of Mitchell
and for several terms was county
auditor. His many old friends Will
regret to learn of his unfortunate
condition.
j.. NJ Devers, formerly Of this city,
and now attending Purdue Univel-
isty, Indianl, has brought additional
honors TO mis- college. Thursday night
Ne was of the orators in an inter
state orltoriral contest at Galesburg.
H., in which eleven states were rep
resented and he was awarded first
place by the judges. Iowa scared
second place. Mr.. Devers has been
very successful in the o|ratoIical con
tests in which he has appeared and
his friends in Mitchell are very proud
Of his attalnments.
a letter from S. d. OlmStead. who
is now located at Fredonia. Kan,
says that d fine oil and gas we'll was
struck a few days ago within 40 rods
of the Olnstead plantation at a
depth of l440 feet. With q we'll this
close MI. Olmstead evidently feels
that when he gets ready TO so for the
oil on bis farm that he will not be
disappointed in a big flow. He said
the Independent %retinerles are going
up all through the Oil district and
that the leading oil men assert That
everything viii be readiness within a
year for the independent companies
to do business.
ID. G. Burnside and son. Wallace.
arrived home Thursday evening from
an extended trip to the south, made
for MI. Bnrnside's health. They left
last October and The time was divided
between San Antonio. TEXAS. and at
Monterey, Mexico, and vicinity.
With a full beard and a brown COM
pleNlon MIR. Burnside looks much i'm
proved i'm health. He stated that he
had a very ENJOYABLE time in the
south and there were many things OF
interest to see. He brought home
with him a number of beautiful
views of the country and the old
%tluctures i'm Mexico.
Ole kielmyf arrived home on the
10 O'Clock Milwaukee passenger Sat
urday evening from Lead, where he
had bppn to ATTEND tha convoptIon