The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-21

al t cir home ON the south side,
Friday April IA. a son.
Yrs. A., W. Gaines departed Monday
TOR M|aquoketa iowa. called there by
the serious illness of llet mother Mrs
II, g. Knight.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewellyn Sage. who
reside in Colorado. arrived IN the
city 10 visit with Old friends. Both
we're former students at the Univei-
sity.
j. c. iIelway, living northwest of
town, WAS in the city today TO have
his Capital changed to IEer. Lyman
county, where lie is going to make
his bone on a claim.
The carpenters commenced work TO-
day on L J.Spangler's new residence,
corner OF Fifth Avenue east and KIM
bah streets A. j. Kings has the con-
dence.
Superintendent Il. j. Quigley left
Tuesday ion Nermillion to attend
the annual meeting OF the South
eastern South Dakota Teachers As
ISOLATION which is in session there
This week.
f.. y Bidwell went over to Aex-
antIria Tuesday 10 look after the work
Qf compiling transfers from the le-
cords of Hanson county for his alb
sttact boots. He has Miss Thompson,
OF this city, and two Alexandria
ladies doing the work. 1T is a large
undertaking and will require several
years to bring the books to date, al
though abstracts can be furnished
at any time.
A debate was held at Yaukton col
lege Saturday evening in which one
OF the participants was Laurence
Robinson. formerly OF this city. as
one representative of the Philo So
ciety. The judges gave the decision
to the Philos and the Herald in Ie-
porting the debate stated that Rob
inson was especially good in rebuff
tai. and i'll may almost be said that it
was his ability in this respect that
won for the Philos the debate"
John Gormley, who was taken to
Rochester,, Mimi, several days ago
for treatment. submitted to an oper-
alton Thursday afternoon in the hos
pital at that place. Wilbur CORN
ley received a letter this morning
from Frank at Rochester which re-
ferred to Johns condition. Seven
ulcers we're removed from his stom-
ach and AN incision was discovered
in his bowels. Since the operation
was performed the physicians do not
give very mucn hope of his recovery,
stating that his case is very serious.
Ralph and Guy LaFollette came up
from Sioux City Friday evening to
visit with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. 7. LaFcllette. Guy is asso-
ciated with the Tribune in news
paper work. Ralph is connected with
the United States eeodetic survey.
and until recently his @ork has been
in Arizona. At present he is with a
surveying party employed in the big
Ionto basin near PheniN. where the
government will establish a big res
elNoir in that desert country. He
Will remain in Mitchell several weeks
hafnra ratt ,rai,,nL 70 1jS" Iynrl.
After The base ball game Monday
afternoon there was a track meet
held which was participated in ly
representatives OF the kappas, ijae-
dalians and the Props. The greatest
number of points IN the various con
tests determined the winner of the
meet. and in this respect the lNappas
were the fortunate ones, they secur-
ing enough places to give them 81
points, the Daedalians 56 and the
Props 30 The contests consisted Of
foot races, pole vaultiug. hurdle
races, et.. The athletes have com
menced active training for the atll-
lelic contests which viii be held at
lanklon next month.
Rev. Father Hermeling. of Starr,
died Wednesday, and the funeral WAS
held Friday at that place, Several
Catholic priests passed through the
city today on their way to the tuner
al. among whom was Father tlahcr-
ty, of kimball. He spoke very high
Iy of Father Hermeling, who was
one of the pioneer priests in this sec
ton and was d "a who helped to es-
tablish and maintain the Catholic
church in this state in its earliest
stages. The funeral services were
conducted by Father I. a. Flynn. of
Madison. vicar general of this DID
cese. The Very Reverend Dean
Shea. of this city, also went down to
attend the funeral.
Mr.. ana Mrs. e. A. Graves arriv-
ed in the city Monday afternoon from
Chicago. They spent the winter in