The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

j. M. ErlOu ana Il. Il, MOSES went
Out to Pierre to attend the session of
federal court, being members OF the
petit jury.
C. b. Wilt arrived home Monday
from Lead, where he was attending
the grand lodge session of the Mason
&c bodies.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Wash
burn, of Farwell. Monday, June II,
a son. Mrs. Washburn is at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Creighton.
Mrs. T. F. Graham and children
Mimi, Monday to visit relatives
Mimi, this morning to visit relatives
a short time before departing for the
Pacific coast.
Mrs. o. l.. Branson entertained the
Round Table at her home Monday
evening in honor of Mrs. Frank c..
Barry. The evening was informal and
light refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Bryant came
home from Vermillion Monday even
ing, where they have been for several
days attending the commencement
exercises of the state university.
The first baseball game of the
travelling mems meeting will be play
ed Friday afternoon, at $50, be-
tween Washington Springs and Letch-
er, the winner playing Lennon Sat
urday afternoon.
Mrs. c. e. Hager left Tuesday
for Huron to attend the meeting
of the ministerial association of the
Huron district of the Methodist
church. She will also attend a dis
trict meeting at Alpena.
Free instruction in practical Ii
brary methods will be given to a linn
tied number of South Dakota High
School and College graduates, under
the direction of Robert F. Kerr, dur
ing the months OF July and August,
beginning July 8, at the state library,
Pierre Make applications to Doane
Robinson, Librarian. .
Chief Perry, of the Mitchell fire de-
partment, and fifteen of the members,
departed Tuesday for Water
town to attend the annual fremen's
tournament. The firemen will not
make much Of a display at Water
town, and the boys will enter but two
contests, the chiefs race and the wet
test. This will be the first time in
ia good many years that Mitchell's fire
men have not taken a prominent
place in the tournament.
The Milwaukee's two special trains
from the south and east Friday
morning will be of great benefit in
getting people to Mitchell in time
for the days proceedings. The Sioux
City train will leave that place at
> O'Clock and reach Mitchell at 1915
a. m. The Canton train will leave
there at Z o'clock and reach Mitchell
at 10 o'clock. Both trains will leave
Mitchell returning in the evening at
II o'clock.
The publishers of "Langford of the
Three Bars" have written to Virgil
and Miss Kate Boyles, the authors of
the book, the cheerful information
that the first edition of their book,
$4,000 copies, has been practically
exhausted and thatarrangements have
been made to start the printing of
the second edition of the book. The
authors have received their first sub
returns from the book, and
are correspondingly elated.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Bevington, of
Sioux City, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Collard over Sunday,
the ladies being sisters. Mr.. Beving-
ton, who is a leading attorney of
Sioux City, had been up to Miller,
where he completed the trade of some
Sioux City property for six sections
of land lying within a couple of miles
of Miller, and which is known as the
Esher ranch. 1t is the largest land
deal that has ever been pulled of in
that section of the state. MI. Beving-
ton will give up his residence in Sioux
City and move to Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. L. T. John died at her home
on West Seventh street Tuesday
about noon, and her death comes as
a great surprise to the friends of the
friends of the family. Although she
has been in poor health for several
weeks, owing to the strain incident
to the operation which her husband
to last week, there was
no thought of her death. She went
down town Monday and on her re-
turn home she was taken with a very
severe pain in the stomach, and in
spite of all that physicians could do
she RAPIDLY sank and death came