The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07

several weeks.
Miss Lottie Tenny went to Canton
Mondey morning to remain through
the Epworth League Assembly.
Miss Fannie Mccormick went out
to Chamberlain Saturday afternoon
to visit with frien"s over the fourth.
Paul and Margaret Barden, who
make their home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Ferguson went out to Broad
land Saturday Afternoon to visit with
their father a short time.
Miss Emily Bras came home Mon
day to remain over the fourth.
She is putting i'm her time this sum-
mel attending the teachers insti-
tutes in the interests Of the South
Dakota Educator.
j. p. McKillop and daughters,
Misses Bessie and Ida, departed Mon
day for Milwaukee to make a
brief visit with relatives. They we're
accompanied by Miss Bessie Hunt,
who will visit at GAINESVILLE. Wis.
JOS. Swift returned from Carthage,
in Miner county, where he settled
losses on the Congregational church,
and a number Of residences and barns
that were damaged during the storm
of June "A. The amount OF losses
was S2,G62. 10, which were carried
in the German Of Freeport.
The State Board of Pharmacy will
hold a meeting in this city Wednes-
day, July 10, for the transaction Of
regular business and the examination
of candidates for registration as
pharmacists. The session will be
held at The Widamnn. Secretary
Bent, of Dell Rapids, will receive the
applications five days in advance of
the meeting.
Mrs. Griswold, who has been visit
ing with her brother, Mayor Silsby,
and family departed Monday for
her home at Rockford, Ill. Mrs. Girls
void remarked az the train was about
to leave in the midst of the rain.
storm that she would be a living wit
ness to the fact that it did rain in
South Dakota, whenever she heard
anybody back east say that this was
a dry country.
Mrs. L. W. ID. Orswell returned
Monday from Alpena, to which place
she accompanied. a party of Iowa
people Saturday.. Mrs. 4OrsweI
stated that she sold the men five
quarter sections Of land near Alpena,
where they expressed the idea that
ahey were greatly surprised at the
moisture they had discovered in
South Dakota after being told for so
many years that there was not
enough rainfall to produce good crops.
A very severe storm struck this vi
cinity a ljttle.after midnight Sunday
and the sharp crashes Of lightning
seemed to strike very close. 1t
seems that july is to be a duplicate
of the previous month in the matter
of moisture, If the second day is any
criterion to 90 by. 1t rained hard at
noon ana in the afternoon a heavy
shower came, and then at midnight
the climax caMe. The precipitation
for the three rains amounted to 1.3O|
inches. Many hang to the belief
that the weather ought to change for
the better as the new moon is now in
effect.
The Mitchell Boiler & Machine Co.
is now ready to do business Practic-
ally all Of its machinery has arrived
and has been set up in the new build
dng on Railroad avenue. In our ad-
vertising columns the company makes
a statement OF what it intends to do
in the way of repairing. j.. ]. Nc
Dougall is the manager of the COM
pany, and his reputation for doing
good, honest and thorough work is
such AS to put entire confidence in
the company. This company isl
owned and controlled by local parties
and there is every reason to believe
that it will develop into a much larg-
ser Institution as the years roll on.
DR.. A. j. Dix, DR.. Ray Smith, O..
B. Wells and G. w. Downey spent
the fourth in Sioux Falls for a friend
ly game of tennis with the Sioux
Falls players. The Queen City play
ers were a little too swift for the
Mitchell crowd and they carried off
the honors of the day. Wells and
Dcwney were defeated by Keith and
Teigen, each taking a set and the
latter taking the rubber. Dix AND
Smith were defeated in three
s%traights by Dow and Phillips. Wells
and Downey were defeated in three
Straight sets by Barden and Hitch
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