The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26

y. a. TruaN arrived home Friday
evening from Hot Springs. S. d..
where he has been for tile benefit
of his health. He says he is much
improved.
The Boston Boomers, a female
aggregation Of baseball PLAYERS. are
scheduled to play a game in this city
with a local club on Aug. 5. The
young ladies are said to be putting
up a strong game OF ball this year.
A larger force of men in the line
Of stone masons and carpenters were
put to work Wednesday on the
Western National bank building and
they are making up the lost time of
the past twelve days.
Governor Crawford in appointing
delegates FROM various parts of the
state 10 the National Prison Congress
to meet in Chicago, Sept. 1910, has
selected DIR. 'Fhos Nichlson, presi-
dent of Dakota Wesleyan University,
II. L. Parmley, OF Sioux Falls, ID G.
Thomas, of WATERFOWL, and S. Il.
Young, of Plankinton.
Mrs. John Lempke, who lives Il
miles southwest or P|lanKinton is an
inmate at the hospital .and a few
day, ago she was operated on for gan
stones of the bladder. over sixty of
them being removed during the
operation. AT the present tine Mrs.
Lempke is getting along nicely and
will undoubtedly recover.
Miss Florence Branch entertained
the U-Go-I-Go club at her home
Friday evening in honor of Miss
lillian !-.- l]lead!ey. Of .Menno. Thee
par .ook OF a dainty three course
luncheon. which resulted in a very
pleasant affair. In the evening the
young ladies attended the recital at
the city hall.
~ Mrecking crew was sent out to
Chamberlain this afternoon to get
an ChSluC duu a Cdl VII Ulie UIdCk.
The engine vas backing on a switch
which stopped at the end of a high
place with nothing to stop the cars
from dropping.-ten-feet to the ground
below. Something happened tv the
airbrakes and the two went over the
nd of the switch.
Mrs. HI. d. Butterfeld left We'd
nesday for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to
visit with her mother and sister a
week. On Wednesday of next week
Mr.. Butterfeld will join her in
Chicago and they will go from there
to Washington for a brief stay and
then on to New York to make their
purchases Of fall dry goods and
novelties. They expect to be away
about a month.
James Spears has a large adve1-
tisement in The Capital today
calling attention to the fact that he
wants to dispose Of all his property
north of the Omaha track. He has
listed all the property and has at
tached the prices for which 1T will
be sold. There is a good opportunity
to buy some good property at moder-
ate prices. MIR. Spears says he wants
to dispose of the property Sc as to
get into other business
At the city hall next Sunday night
Col. S. E. Young Of the South Dd-
kota Training School at Plankinton
will speak on the subject "What
shall we do with our Boys?" Every
parent in Mitchell should hear this
address. Wherever Col. Young has
given 1T 1T has been recognized to be
a valuable and needed message. lie
comes by special request OF those
who have previously heard it.
Promptly at the hour OF service,
eight O'Clock, at the city hall. The
hall should be crowded to hear this
message.
Ray Hannett, formerly of this city.
had a narrow escape from death in
the severe storm west CT Chamberlain
Saturday evening. In company with
another travelling man Mr.. Hannett
had driven about twenty miles out OF
kennrbec wien they discovered the
approach of the storm. Whipping NJ
their horses they reached Il house
and put the horses in the barn, and
hurried Immediately to the house.
They had no sooner got in the house
when the barn was struck by light
ming and both horses were killed.
The shock knocked out every window
in the house and the men escaped
without Injury. 1t was a pretty
close cali for Ray and it isn't at all
likely that he want to get into
another storm of equal sevreity.
The Milwaukee company has er.
ployed AL Scott as the day policeman
at the depot grounds. An officer has