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

Mrs. George Lumley, of Pierre, ar
rived Monday and is a CUES of
Ms. j b. Wolgemuth.
liorn, TO Mr.. and Mrs. Will Pratt,
Sunday, fen. %. 4 son. tile little lad
tipping the scales at 10 pounds.
Miss Ella McGurk, who has been
visiting the Misses Grace, returned
home Monday to Ponca, Neh.
Bonn, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. &. Sc
crlst, Sunday, Feb. 2G, a son, The new
heir tipping the scales at lol5 pounds.
Miss Nellie Grotewold. OF Larcll-
wood, Iowa, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. c. F.. Norris, re-
turned home Monday morning.
Mrs. $. j. Iielson. who has been
visiting with Mrs. c. ID. Tousley,
left Monday via the Omaha road
for her home at Sioux Falls.
Nh. and Mrs. Sam Atkinson left
Monday for a brief trip to Sioux
City. Mr.. Atkinson is the manager
of Edwards, Woods & Co.'S Local
Office.
Miss Dorothy Spangler. a profess
sional nurse OF Sioux City. stopped
i'm the city Monday on her way
home from Aberdeen, and is a guest
OF her cousin, Miss Alice Spangler.
MI. and Mrs. Lee Wolgemutn. of
st. Paul, spent sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. J., b. Wolgemuth, Lee returning
Sunday evening while his wife and
baby will remain through the week.
Mrs. Henry Noble and Mrs. George
Perry, wives of the engineers who
run between Mitchell and Aberdeen
on the Milwaukee road. came down
Monday to remain a few days with
friends.
Dr.. Thomas Nicholson arrived
home this morning from the state
capital. Sunday morning and even
ing he occupied the pulpit in the
Methodist church and was greeted by
large audiences on both occasions.
Walter s. Doolittle spent Thursday
over at Sioux Falls visiting his father
who was injured i'm the Omaha wreck
about ten days ago near Worthing-
ton, Mimi. Mr.. Doolittle's injuries
proved worse than was at first stated.
Saturday the government ther.
mometer reached the 60 degree mark
as the warmest, but we Thought it
was all Off again yesterday when a
light snow covered the ground late
in the afternoon. A return to warm
er weather again Monday was highly
satisfactory.
j Nj. Erion left Monday for
Owassa, Mich. to make a visit with
his brother, who is i'm very poor
health Mr.. Erion is the president
OF the South Dakota Live Stock AS
ISOLATION. and before departing on
his trip me was very anxious 10 near
whether the appropriation had passed
The house for the building to be
erected III tins City.
Parties coming down trom Aber-
deem Monday stated that that
country was covered with snow sun
day as the result of a severe storm.
At Aberdeen is inches oil snow fell
during the day ana it was a very
dildcult matter to get around today.
The storm extended about so miles
south, while at Woonsocket lbe
ground was bare.
SIOUX Fails Argus Leader. %
Thomas Rnshell, organizer for the
L ra%ternal Order OF Eagles for this
side of the river, departed this morn
ing for Mitchell, to arrange for the
institution OF an aerie in this citv.
y charter list of l25 names has been
secured and Mitchell people are anx
lous to be organized as soon as pos
siblc. When Mr.. Busbel returns
the date of the institution Of the
new lodge will ne given out.
At the meeting of the hoard of ed
lcation the matter OF hiring the sup
~ellntendent anu principal tor the
coming year was taken up. and the
board very wisely decided to retain
Prof. II. II. lIoff as Su perintendent,
and Prof. NJ. Nj. Kramer as principal
of the high school. These gentle
men at the head of the city schools
for the past year have put their
mark Of advancement on them and
under their miniStrations for an
other year we expect to see ever
greater progress. The gentlemen
have certainly earned their r~e-elec-
tion and the schools will profit by
the action Of the board.
j. S. Daniels. Robert Burns and
Oney Sweet, representing a portion of
the lumber interests of Mitchell, re-
turned home Saturday afternoon
from Sioux Falls. where they attend
ed a meeting of the Southeastern
South Dakota Jumhprmon;S ASSocia-