The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16
in TOWN AND N
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Mrs. p. III. Kelley, accompanied by
the children, departed or the Omaha
Saturday morning for Huron, where
She will visit her mother and friends.
The receipts of the Holy Family
school entertainment held in the city
hall June s were $lO7 and with an
expense of $751; leaves the sun of
$685. for the sisters.
A. E. Hitchcock and Virgil Boyles
went to Parkston on Monday to
take some dispositions in a case that
Mr.. Hitchcock has pending in the
United States circuit court.
Mrs. Geo. r. Foster departed Satur-
day for Boise City, Idaho, where
she will visit with her parents. Mrs.
Foster expects to be gone about six
weeks and will visit the Portland ex-
position while away.
Judge Kennedy, of Canton, was in
the city to attend the meeting of the
board of trustees of Dakota Wesleyan.
He expressed hiEself as being we'll
pleased with the report made by
President Nicholson.
Joseph Hanan, a train dispatcher
on the Omaha road, came over from
st. James, Mimi, Saturday to
attend the funeral services over the
remains of the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Chas. MCGOWAN.
Governor and Mrs. Elrod went I'VE
to Sioux Falls Saturday and will
be the guests Of the United CONNER
clal Travellers today. The governor
and wife were the guests Of Dr.. and
Mis-. Thomas Nicholson during their
brief stay in the city.
Misses Maybell and Laura Thomp.
son, OF Huron, arrived in the city to
visit with their cousin, M.s. T. f.
Graham. The young ladies GRADUATE
ed this year from the Huron high
school and it is possible that they
will attend Dakota University next
year
R. d. Prescott left Saturday
for Big Stone City for his annual
fishing trip and will be away about
ten days or two weeks. He was
Joined by .. r. Tinan, editor Of the
Kimball Graphic, who will devote
ten days to angling. Clate says he
has It been fshin' for the past Is
years.
The shipments of cream north and
south of Mitchell ON the Milwaukee
road have reached such proportions
that it is now necessary to run an.
extra car on the passenger trains to
accommodate the traffic. The cream
cries at Mitchell, Mt. Vernon and
Sioux City which handle all the
cream north and south are getting
an immense amount OF that material.
Just a few days ago the shipment to
the Turner creamery in this city
amounted to 500 cans Of ten gallons
capacity.
The Milwaukee road sent out a
special stock train Of nine cars
Saturday for the Chicago market,
and some very fine stock was noticed
in the shipment. W. E. Turner had
tive cars Of two and three-year old
steers, some OF which weighed 1850
pounds. all of them being in the pink
OF condition. Chas. Bailey shipped a
C ar Of horses to Mexico. N. Y, Mr..
Anderson had one car Of cattle, E.
R. Storer n car of hogs and N. Jen-
sen had a car of cattle for the Chica-
go market.
Jos. Swift returned Friday evening
from a trip to Artesian and while
there he visited the hail section. He
stated that the damage first reported
to the crops was greatly exaggerated,
and that only about one-third of the
oat crop was destroyed. At first the
wheat crop looked badly damaged but
after three or four days the stalks
commenced to straighten out and now
it seems to be about as good as ever
Mr.. Swift said that people over there
GOlN uIA1 Tx AJdAl vac NClI ldlkC, dry
quantity OF it being as large as an
egg and it covered the ground to a
depth of several inches. One family,
he said, gathered the ice from the
ground and froze some ice cream.
At 10 O'Clock Saturday morning
funeral services were held over the
remains Of Margaret, the little dauRh-
ter Of MI. aud Mrs. G. H. MCGOWAN.
They were conducted by the Very
Reverend Dean Shea at the Catholic
church, and we're attended by many
friends of the family. The remains
we're laid to rest in the Catholic GEM
etery. The little girl has been sick
for the past thirteen weeks with a
complication Of diseases, which in
cluded typhoid fever, peritonitis,
bronchitis and pneumonia. Her frail
little body made a strong fight to
overcome the disease but her strength
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