The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-18

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Mrs. j. e. Preston left Tuesday
for Speartish, where she will make
!; her home.
Rev. a. E. Carllart has been in the
north part of the state for the past
week or ten days giving his stereop-
ticon entertainment and came home
Tuesday morning.
Jos. Herbert arrived in the city
Wednesday afternoon from Chicago
to make a visit with his parents,
Mr.. n Mrs. VIM. Herbert. He was
accompanied by a friend, Lawrence
Whitley.
The partial eclipse OF the moon
Monay night got around on time and
there were a large plumber of people
out to witness the beautiful sight
during the hour that the earth was
in passing. The eclipse Of the sun
will occur on the 3Otb of this month
and will be visible in this section.
j. II. Holmes, OF Aberdeen, came
IN Wednesday from Chamberlain,
where he attended the sale Of town
lots Tuesday for the new town of Re-
lance. situated II miles we t Of
chamberlain. Mr.. Holmes said that
only a fair crowd was present and
that the number of lots sold AMOUNT
ed to 20, the aggregate price for the
entire number being 81, ZOO. The in
terest manifested in the purchase OF
these lots, he thought, augured we'll
for the future development of the.
new town.
According to the schedule that is
given out in the Sioux Falls papers
the train that is to be extended fron
Sioux Fails to Mitchell will not ar
rive here at any s%easonable hour to
be OF benefit. The paper stated that
1.-THE train will leave Sioux Falls for
Mitchell at $50 p. M. which will
bring it here about 10 O'Clock or a
little after. This train reaches Sioux
Falls at 3:40 and lays there three
hours before coming to Mitchell. and
as a matter of accommoda tion to.
people who want to get here early
in the evening the three hours wait
could be cut out at Sioux Falls.
Mother Joseph. OF the Presentation
Sisters hospital. came down flom
Aberdeen Wednesday morningand had
a conference that afternoon with the
gentlemen who are assisting in get
ting the movement started for the
construction OF the Mitchell hospital.
a number Of matters were discussed
relative to the project and Mother
Joseph felt very much encouraged
with the situation as it STANDS today.
She has a number OF bids on the
building and after returning to Abb
erdeen this evening, il non others
have been filed in her absence, she
will open those she has and award
the contract at once She is very
anX Gus to have the work commenced
so that as much as possible can be
done before cold weather sets in.
DR.. w. e. Crane sustained some
severe injuries Monday evening a lit
tie after 6 O'Clock by falling down an
%eleyato. shaft in the real OF Schlim-
gen & BUYERS place OF business. The
rear o is o or less dark and
before approaching the elevator.
which opens in the basement, he
asked if it was all right and was told
voc RI 40 nhon1 I'm fn11Inr i,o
struck the opposite side and was
thrown back, his head striking on a
sharp part Of the elevator. and then
fell to the bottom, a distance OF
about six or seven feet. He vas
picked up. and was able to walk to
his IONS with the assistance Of a
couple OF friends. Or. Freyberg was
called in to attend to his injuries.
One rib was broken and the scalp
above and back OF the ear was blok-
Ell in Two places and an i%ndentation
i'm the skull was quite noticeable.
DR.. Crane iSsresting easy at present.
John Erickson, a farmer residing
near Mt. Vernon, developed an I'M
~conquerable desire Monday evening
to display his ~horsmanship, and
mounting his steed. t at usually does
a lard days work on the farm, lie
appeared on Fllst Avenue east and
lgaye the animal free rein under the
impetus of the whip and boot heel
AS II result he had the people who
were crossing any street throl gil
that t~horoughiare jumping sideways
and he came near running over three
or four persons. There was no chance
for the officers to catch him while
breaking records, aut soon Erickson
became dry, his throat was parched
and he dismounted to so into a sal-
Don to qnench that rapidly gathering
thirst. Then it was that Officer
Slater nailed the young man and