The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-24

I. NOVELTIES OF THE MEws


bloomsbury. Pa.-To recover her pocket
book, Miss I-ottie Drake jumped from IL
rapidly moving train. She was found sit
ting by the track. having escaped with IL
few cuts and bruises.
London, Eng.-At the Bagham Abbey
Flower show the earl OF Brccknock, s
wears old. son of the Marquis Camden, ex-
hihited a collection of vegetables grown in
his own little garden, and won a prize.
Peaks Island, Me.-Nellie Robinson, a
waitress at a hostelry here, lies at the
point of death as the result of a sudden
| din In the ocean while she was greatly
oyerheated. The nerve centers in her body
! are paralyzed, as we'll as all the muscles.
New York-This notice has been put IN
place on boarded up fronts of mansions on.
Riverside Drive, Filth avenue and upper
Madison avenue. 1t reads as follows:
Thieves and burglars take note. Jewerly
and silyerware are stored with safe de-
posit company.
.Ch,caso-Thes chief OF, police of Racine,
Wis. has ordered his pdtr6Imen to shoot
speeding autoists who refuse to hault
when commanded. The town Is deter
mined to prevent speeding through It's
streets. Much of 1t. it is declared, Is done
by Chicagoans. N
Mahanoy City, Pa.-Because of the Gus
tom prevailing in the anthracite field to
observe the funeral day of victims of mine
fatalities the employees sacrificed about
81, 600, 900 in wages last year. when GA
lives were lost. The average amount paid
o,,f In uyo a q dav at n single COllicrv Is
$500.
New Orleans, La.-Fo not having paid
his poll tar the Second district congress.
sional committee ruled Judge Bossier in
eligible and made Judge Davey the demo-
cratic nominee. Six of the present delega-
ton will therefore he returned to congress,
only Colonel Robertson now being in
doubt.
Providence.-David Hill, colored. 1M
years old, but as spry as the average man
Of 80, was arraigned In police court on q
charge Of revealing. The police got him
on Battery street, where he was flourish
ing a revolver and threatening to shoot
passersby.
Danbury, Conn.-One Of the fine cows in
the dairy herd on Robert Russelrs farm
In Brookfield has given birth to a calf
!, which has no eyes. The sockets for the
eyes are there and the lids also. The
calf is a normal, healthy one in every
other way and it's sense OF hearing is I'M
usually acute.
Chester, Pa.-Half crazed with pain from
an aching tooth and being unable to get q
dentist to extract the molar, Henry Wes-
ley. a cook, took a thin wire, fastened it
around the tooth. tied the other end tc
the rear of his employers delivery wagon
and yelled to the horses to Get up" The
tooth was pulled.
Kansas City, Mo.-A "crying ROOM for
babies is a unique feature in the designs
for the new Roman Catholic Church of the
Annunciation. The idea originated with
the Rev. Father William j.. Dalton, pas
tor of the parish, who had in mind the
mothers of his district who are kept from
attending mass by turbulent offsprings.
Chicago, H1.-A fox terrier known as
Bill jolly" was found dead, and the chill
dren within a radius of half a dozen
squares believe that he committed suicide.
EARLY in the morning the dog was found
dead on top of a gas range, with the ga.
turned on. Some time ago Bill was run
down by a trolley car and one of his legs
badly injured.
Boston. NASSAU exciting battle be.
tween a whale and a school of eight OF
ten sharks was observed by passengers
on the fruit steamer Bound Brook. The
struggle went on desperately. the waite.
fairly boiling as the Sea was dashed into a
mass of foam by the mighty efforts of the
contestants. AS the ship drew out of range
the energetic sharks appeared to be get
ting the upper hand.
seaford, Del.-on the farm of w. L.
Bell, a mile from Seaford, several of his
fields are submerged with water to a
depth of from one to three feet and perch
and catfish in large numbers can be seen
swimming about. A colored farm hand
caught, with a wash basin in less than
an hour, a bushel of fish. The phenom-
enon cannot be explained. Other farm
ers report similar conditions.
StroudsbcTg. Pa.-Josiah Green and his
wife came to town and bought goods in
Gedrich's store. Mrs. Green and Mrs
Gedrich got chummy and Mrs. Gedrtch
promised Mrs. Green that she would soon
visit her in the country. She failed to pay
the promised visit, and Squire Haney was
obliged to listen to evidence to decide
whether or not the Greens were entitled
to 81 damages for their disappointment
The squire decided in the negative,
Pittsburg, Pa.-James Cook, of this city.
dreamed that his wife, who eloped from
home July 4, was in Harrisburg with
James "Buckshot" Frazier. Captain Of
Detectives James Egan took no stock In
his dream. but to humor him, the Harris
burg police were communicates with and
a few hours later they wired back that
they had Frazier and the wife. The
couple were brought back to this city. Mrs.
Cook is heartily sorry for her escapade.
Bucharest-stefan Danielescu. OF. Bush
tent, was so given to reporting that he
could not refrain from reporting his own
death to the newspapers, his only comoen-
sation being the appearance of his initials
under the items. Recently he sent.letters
to the papers In all large cities. SAVING
that on the arrival of the letters he world
be dead. He reported his sS:cide with an
the details, and accused a number of resi-
dents in his town as being responsible for
his deed.
boat being rowed by a stall
wart isherwoman named Vogel capsized.
A young man swan out TO the woman,s