The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN I'M
Tilt COURSE OF A WEEK.

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home Saturday morning.
Nh. and Mrs. e. Z. Storer and son
returned Friday from their outing
trip to Chicago and Madison, Wis.
MIS-. j. G. Grouse went to Sioux
City this morning to visit with her
husband, who is in business there.
Mrs. c. d. T'ousley, who has been
visiting at Sioux Falls, LeSeur,
Mimi, and Minneapolis, arrived
home Friday evening.
Miss Lenore Prescott went to
Armour last Saturday and will join
the Foster family on a camping ex-
petition to Lake Andes.
W. N. Hollands left Saturday even
ing via the Omaha road to attend
the national convention Of the Sta
tionary Engineers. Mr.. Hollands
went as the alternate of Jos. Swift,
jr., and to represent the local associ-
alton at the convention.
r. B. Smith. editor Of the Lane
News, was in the city today on his
way home from a trip into Iowa.
Mr.. Smith says that the new town
'of Lane is growing very nicely this
summer, three or four new buildings
going up and more in prospect.
Carl Furshner, OF Plankinton, has
commenced work on his hotel and
restaurant building. This morning
he put q force of men to work exca-
waiting for the basement. When COM
pleted it will be occupied by Paul
Scott, The latter stated that the
building was to be completed within
six weeks, so that 1T will be in good
running order by corn palace tine.
Fl. d. Butterfeld departed last
Saturday on his trip to the New York
market for the purchase of his fall
and winter goods. He expects to be
gone about a month and in company
with Mrs. Butterteld aud daughter
they will do some sightseeing in the
east.
Asa Dodd and Lewis Shuster came
home last Saturday from Miller,
where they have been for two or
three days. The gentlemen are maxi
ing a deal for the purchase of eight
or ten quarters of land in the vicin-
ity OF Miller and expect to have the
purchase closed this week some time.
While at Miller Mr.. Shuster disposed
of n quarter. Considerable land is
changing hands in that section of the
state at the present time.
The regular meeting Of the board
OF education was held Friday even
ing, and most of the time was taken
up in the discussion OF routine bust
ness matters. A new teacher was
elected in the person Of Miss Duncan,
Of chamberlain. who will teach the
fifth and sixth grades on the east
side, Miss Frizzell, who taught the
room last year, having been trans
ferred to The west side. Ii is under
stood that there is a probability OF
another vacancy occurring i'm the
teaching force before school begins.
County Superintendent Quigley is
conducting ii. summer school at the
court house at the present time,
which iS inc rnuci1,r in ,t tn,,ln,,o II
is open to any of the teachers who
desire to perfect themselves for the
examination which occurs on Aug.
IL and is. Il ere is no fee attached
to the school. Prof. Quigley devotes
the hours from 10 to IL am and he
now has twenty students. He said
that he could teach twice as many
without any greater effort and the
offer is open to all who desire to Inn
prove the opportunity.
l.. y Gale has been away on a va.
cation trip lasting two weeks. going
from Chicago to Minneapolis aud st.
Paul and thence to Duluth, where he
made a trip around the lakes. He
arrived home last Saturday. While
in Chicago Mr.. Gale looked up the
street attractions for the corn palace
this fall and has options on some
very fine attractions and will close
contracts with them in plenty of
time to secure them. Mr.. Gale finds
it a difficult matter to get things alb
.solutely new as nearly everything
good has been out with the circuses.
but be assures the public that he will
have something that will be enter
tanning and wei worth seeing every
day OF the corn palace.
George Like is not through making
Improvements around the Merchants
hotel, Notwithstanding he spent
about 81, 600 in %remodeling the prop
erty last year. His hotel business
has increased to such an extent that
more room is re01ired fer %ssleenino