The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03

Miss Alice Barlow went out. to
l'lankinton Friday evening to visit
With relatives a few days.
Division Freight and Passenger
Agents Love. OF Sioux City. and
Warner, of Mason City, accompanied
the pure seed special over the Mil
waulltc roa1.
Rev. w. f. Greene's two young
sons Donald and Willie arrived i'm the
city Friday evening from THEN New
York state home, Schenectady. Mrs.
Greene and daughter will come to
Mitchell after the close of school in
the summer.
Manager Nichols has closed Il on
tract with Gus Hin. OF New York,
for a big attraction which will come
March %. The Happy Hooligan Co..
a musical comedy. with 40 people, is
UNDERSIGNED for the opera house ut
an early date.
The tiremen had a good crowd at
their poverty dance Friday evening.
| which was delayed in starting on ac-
count of the pure seed lecture. After
the floor was cleared the dancers
made up for lost time and entered
heartily into the pleasures of the
occasion.
Owing 10 circumstances which
have arisen Chaplain White will not
commence the proposed series of
meetings at the Baptist church until
the latter part of March or the carly
part of April. lie is now at Bea-
trice. Nebraska. from there he goes
to Aberdeen and thence to MITCHELL.
Sampson Hicks, who resides on
Second Avenue west, will operate the
street sprinkler this summer. having
purchased the outfit manipulated by
Jacob Schmidt last year. Mr.. Hicks
states that he will have a new and
up-tu-date sprinkler for street work.
and that he will also have two tanks
with which to supply masons during
the building season.
Drs. Warne and Frebyerg made a
trip down into Baker township Fri
day to attempt to stamp out the
scarlet fever which has been prevalent
there for some time. They found
six cases in different families. which
they %quarantined, and also found %
cases that had passed through the
disease. The houses were ordered
fumigated and two OF the school
house in the immediate district we've
also ordered fumlgated.
Rev. +. p. Leach, of Sioux Falls.
general secretary of the state Sunday
SchoolASSOciation, IA in town Satur-
day, making preliminary arrange
ments for the state Sunday School
convention which is booked for
Mitchell. May GIL. In conference
with the pastors an executive com
mittee OF five vas named to have
general charge of arranging for the
convention wbicb viii he one of the
largest and best conventions OF the
kind ever held IN the state. 'Tbe
"narvaid" plan of entertainment.
which has been adopted, Giving del,
gates lodging and breakfast only. " II
reduce the butdon of entertainments
and ut the same time allow Mitchell
people an opportunity to attend the
convention.
''Whv Women Sim received u fine
presentation at the opera house Fri
day evening by a very capable com
pany. The title of the play suggests
something. perhaps. Of a nature that
the average thcatregOer would OBJ
ject to. but it was simply the story
OF a wife not unloved. but. rather.
neglected and i'm her neglect she tails
a victim to the wiles OF an unscru-
pulous %blackleg. In the glamour OF
his love the woman did not see to
what lengths she was drifting until
without attaching some dishonor tic
her name. Wlthal, there is a good
moral TO the play, one that is often
overlooked and one that applies as
much to the husband as to the wife.
in fact eve more so. The scenery OF
the drama was indeed beautiful and
gave an added charm to the sur
roundings. The company is com
posed Of very clever people through
out, and the climaxes are brought to
a highly exciting point. The work
OF Miss Howard, the wife. and Miss
DeFoy, the piquant French lady.
was especially praiseworthy. The
costumes worn were indeed beautiful.
and called forth comments from the
ladies present. Mr.. White, the nus
band, Mr.. Allyn, the intriguer. and
Will Fields, as the Jew, were excel
lent in their characters. The viii
lany of Mr.. Allyn was not rough and
coarse, but Of the polished variety
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