The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-06
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MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN,
THE COURSE OF A WEEK..

w. L. A blot returned from Ptesho
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Abbot owns
a ranch near there and heWaS out to
sell some cattle.
Glen Hopkins went to st. Paul via
the Omaha road Monday evening and
will accept d position in n of the
Job offices of the city.
Miss Minnie j. Bingham, the pro-
fessional nurse, left Wednesday, for
Canton to take charge of a very SER
ious case for the next two weeks.
Rev. II. S. Wilkinson went over to
Salem Wednesday morning via the
Milwaukee road and that evening he
| delivered the sermon at a mis-
sionary service to be held.
o. +. Cassem, who returned from
Presho Wednesday, says the town
is full of business. hut there are
many rough characters on the streets.
He said he saw five fights in
one evening.
The business meeting of the Y. p.
S. G. f. of the Presbyterian church
was held at the home OF Mrs. @. G..
Dean Tues1uy evening and there was
!. large attendance An informal pro-
gram was gwen and refreshments
We're served
Miss Meile Tillotson. who has been
%sIudyinu Voice ut npS Moines. Iowa.
arrived home Monday evening for d
vacation oil five weeks, when she will
return Miss l~illotson will continue
ner studies Under Miss Gu0dykoottz
while ut home.
Geo. ". Ficklin aud Miss Ellen
afternoon from Council Bluffs, Iowa.
and at 6 O'Clock they went TO the
residence Of Justice Mckinley, who
united them in marriage. They de-
parted Wednesday morning for Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
The assessors of the county were
in session TUESDAY afternoon at the
auditors Office. Agreements were
reached on the question of assessing
real aud personal property and the
assessors were given their books and
STATIONERY for their work. They will
commence their duties May l..
Manager White. of the Mitchell
Gas Co., stated Tuesday that it would
be i'll possible for the company to
conlinue the allnisht service OF cleo
trio lights at the present time and
that the service would be d%iscontin-
ued. Mr.. White said this was due
only to the fact that there is liable
10 be a shortage of coal owing to the
strike. The company has about a
seven weeks supply and as soon as
the strike is over with the all-night
service will be resumed.
EARLY Monday morning Rev. A..
Craig Bowdish became quite i'll as a
result of an attack of appendicitis,
and the physicians thought that il
would he necessary to perform am
Operation before the day was done
unless a change appeared for the
better. Mr.. Bowdish, however.
passed the crisis and it was not n,i.-
essary to perform the operation. lie
is reported as being greatly impro ed
today.
& very impressive service was held
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning. The Sacrament OF tie
Lords Supper was observed. The
strengthening feature Of the services
being that almost every member was
present to participate. Thirteen
new members were received, making
a total of siXty-two accessions, TWEEN
ty of which being on profession OF
faith. during the three years pas
torate Of Rev. Surbeck. The church
has more than doubled it's Gember-
ship since the present pastor began
his labots here.
In conversation with several of the
assessors i'm the cIty yesterday they
stated that very little would be done
! for a week toward sowing wheat.
On account of there being 81 much
snow on the ground Through March
the soil is too wet to do anything.
Some pieces of ground are said to be
dry enough but the general move
nent toward seeding operations will
not begin before another week. In
the northern part of the state farm
ers have beenin their fields for three
or four days.
Without waiting for the completion
of their wholesale building Palmer &
Co. have leased George Liko's build
ing adjoining his hotel and opened
an Office for the transaction OF bust
ness, which is in the hands of j, r..
Dunlap. Two travelling men have