The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-03
I'M TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS or INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN,
THE OUR OF A WEEK..

MIR. and Mrs l.. ID. Milne returned
home Friday evening from their trip
to Huron for Attendance at the edit
urial association.
/ ne local corps OF the salvation
Army desires to tender its thanks TO
Mr.. III. g.. Nichols ior the uonation
of a second hand organ for use in
their hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Bancroft. of
WASHINGTON Springs, were in the city
Saturday Ell route home from Huron.
where they had been to attend the
meeting of the editorial association.
Ford Zeitlow. of A bcrdeen, snperin-
tendent of the Dakota Central Iele-
phone Co., came down from that
place to Superintend the INSTALLATION
of the new long distance telephone
connections which are being put in
the local office.
w. j Frad * Co. in their new adj
vertiSement today announce a clear
ing sale in ladies skirts and dressing
sacques, the prices of which are de-
tailed. The company has just i'm
creased its floor capacity by restoring
the balcony which was formerly in
the store, which will he devoted TO
the display OF suits. etc
One of the Important gatherings
to be held in Mitchell this month
is that OF Young Women's Christian
ASSOCIATION, which cOnvcnes Friday,
Feb. 10. and will continue over sun
day. Some excellent speakers have
been secured for the convention.
Delegates will be present from the
various colleges i'm the state and the
gathering will be an important one.
MIR. and Mrs. ID. III. Strothers, who
reside d few miles northwest of town,
have been down to Nit. Vernon and
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the past
month and have just returned home.
Mr.. Strotbers said he was very glad
to get back to South Dakota, where
we had weather that was worth EN-
during. Iowa, lie SAID, was covered
up with snow and that it was not
very pleasant getting around, and
that the cold was intense.
Or. and Mrs. Lamme went over
to Sioux Falls one day last week and
Monday morning when they were tc
take the Omaha train home DR.
Lamme went to check the baggage
and Mrs. Lamme went into the train
but while the DR.. was getting the
baggage checked the train pulled out
and the DIR. was left with the
money and tickets. MIS-. Lammt
says the conductor being acquainted
with the DR.. very kindly brought hel
on to Mitchell and the Or. arrived
on the evening train.
John Q. Anderson and his wife
We're in the city Monday between
trains on their way home to Cham.
berlain. MIR. Anderson conveyed the
electoral votes to Washington. IIt
said the president expressed mucl
pleasure i'm receiving the vote OF
South DAKOTA. superintendent
Finn. OF the Indian school at Cham
berlaln, was also Just returning froa
Washington where he had been as !
representative of the citizens o.
Chamberlain and the school to pre-.
sent to President Roosevelt a buck
skin coat and feather cap. He eN.
pressed his delight with the gift
which was very appropriate for the
CITY OF Chamberlain.
Pensacola, Fla, Daily Journal, ~
Prof. Il. a. Duncan, of Mitchell,
South Dakota. arrived in the city
yesterday afternoon and will spend /;
few days here looking over the city
and adjacent country. Prof. Duncan
is n OF the best known men in ed
ucational circles in the northwest
and he also has large property inter
ests there. His work in connection
with the founding Of Dakota Wesley
an University made him a promi
nent figure among educators and bus
mess men there for many years
though he is not nov actively con-
nected with the institution. While
in Pensacola, he will be the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l..
Mayes, at 907 North Alcaniz street.
Alton Packard, the %cartoonist anG
musician, ave an entertainment il
the city Monday evening at the opera
house under the direction of tho
University lecture and concret course.
The house was filled and the audi,
ence was thoroughly taken with the
work done by MIR. Packard. He is
skillful i'm his drawings. which are
done with d%irectneSs Of method and
rapidity. 1t was wonderful the way
sketches appear on the paper. as if
by magic they came into sight.
While drawing his sketches MIR.
Packard keeps up a steady flow of
talk, which is intermingled with bits
of nonsense and the recital OF some
poem that is applicable to his work