The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-12-07

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Monday, % c. 3, a sou.
Mrs. LA Merritt, WHO has been
Visiting With the Fraser families
nuiihWest OF tie city, left rhurseaY
Tor het h0ete al TownaetlI', Muul.
Mn. aud Mrs, Il. a. Craft are5now
settled In tllelg new home ol tie
conner Of Sixth street and Duff str ct,
which they purchased of w. j.. Bur
ton. The Burton family have moved
t" Lane, where Mr.. Burton is con-
Quoting Il general store.
"A. III. Scott, the Milwaukee con-
ductor, is lack on his passen er run
between Mitchell and Sioux City.
He was transferred to another rnn,
which be thought would lequire
his femoval from this clty, but he
s.ys that he is back on the run TO
stay.
George Davis, who stabbed james
Russell Sunday night, was bound
over to che circuit court in the sum
OF ST 900. Russcl! is getting along
vely nicely and will pull through.
Two OF his wounds are healing all
right, but the third cut is not doing
so we'll.
L. j. Metcalf, of Storm Lake,
Iowa, arrived Monday evening,
called by the serious illness of his
son, Roy, who is Very low with ty-
piloid fever at st. Joseph's hospital.
For the past ten days Roy has been
d%elirlous, but this morning he vas
reported 5s being son euh4t Letter.
Mrs. c. S. Phelps and Mis- r. S.
salinger, OF Carroll, Iowa, we're
visiting With MIs. j.. w. Powers
and Mrs. II. A.. Boylan and returned
home Iuesdiy. Mrs. Phelps is the
mother of Mr.. Boylan and WAS maxi
ing a short visit at his home before
they leave for Seattle, where Mr..
Boylan expects to move the first of
the year.
NJ. Patterson, of st. Paul, is going
to give the young people a place of
amusement for the winter, just as
soon as the cold weather sets in. He
has leased the ground at the corner
of First Avenue east and Lawler
street and will erect a building 4OxlOO
for the establishment of an ice
skating rink. The ground will be
flooded inside the building and also
twenty feet to the west so that when
the weather is pleasant n side Of
the building can be removed and a
larger area of skating surface per-
mitted.
L, r. Erskine and family have
moved to Mitchell from Highmore
to make their home i'm the future,
and they will make their home in
the Tapp property until spring,
when they will move to the south
slice and live i'm the property Mr..
Erskipe bought of DIR. Nicholson.
He is ,he president of the Dakota
Improved Seed Co.. which was Or
gained in Mitchell sevreal weeks
ago. Mr.. Ersline VIII prove a very
valuable addition to the busins IS
circles Of Mitchell and Tie Repuhli-
can is very glad indeed to welcome
himself and family to Mitchell.
Sheriff Cook buried Edward Col
Inns in the paaper's portion of Grace
land cemetery Wednesday. Collins
is the man who died in the jail
Tuesday morning as the result of
tremens. Up to the present
Time n sheriff has been unable TO
u any trace of his friends. He
this morning that Collins re-
ceved last winter about $500. his
share OF ali estate, and which was sent
to him while at Plankinton. AS soon
as he can get in communication with
the parties at Planainton who knew
Collins, he thinks he will be able to
find out something about the de-
ceased IAN,
Tuesday evening occurred the
annuai election of officers in the A
o. U. w. After the election re-
freshments we're served The FOL
are the officers: Past Master
S. M. Burton; master
p. Brennan; foreman.
Strong; overseer, Jay Hemin-
tinancier, j. ii, Ferris; re-
L. j. Welch; recorder, o. A.
guide, G w. Walrath; inside
Marion Born; outside watch.
Higgens: trustee three years. G W.
Walrah representative, j. 4. Smith
alternate representative, s. NJ.
Burton; medical examiners, Drs. b. a.
Bobb, +. w. Freyberg, E. e. Reamer.
Porter j. Whites company gave a
fair presentation of Faust, at
The Gale Tuesday evening. to a
audience on the first floor. but
N the balcony and gallery the atten.
was large. Frederick j. Will
son, as Meplisto, while a clever