The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-18

oelldin united SatteS land office, |
was in the city tuesday.
c. G. Bras arrived home Tuesday
evening from a trip Of three weeks
out to the Black Hills country.
Boru, to Mr.. ana Mrs. Win. seiser,
at their home southwest OF the city,
Monday evening, Oct. IA, a sen.
Il. j. spangler went over to Sioux
Fails Tuesday to attend the ses-
sion of United States district court,
opens there today. MIR.
s%pangle1 has several cases before the
court.
c. y. Morse, OF Hanson county,
left Tuesday morning for Oklahoma TOT
attend the convention OF the Farmers
National Congress. bsing appointed
a delegate from this section by Gov
erllor Crawford.
Charles Calvert, George Emmons
and Daniel Morris, of Springville,
Iowa, old friends of c. L. Hampton,
arrived in the city on the delayed
excursion trains of the Milwaukee
road "wednesday evening. After
spending a day here they went on
west to look over the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. j, f. Anderson
departed on a trip out to the Black
Hills country. On the way out MIR.
Anderson will inspect the branch
yards OF the Anderson Lumber Co.,
which are located in nearly every
town west Of Chamberlain to the
Hills country. They expect to be
gone several weeks.
d. NJ. Mueller. OF White Lake.
and Miss Mary Rebens, OF Okaton.
were united In marriage Tuesday
morning at the Holy Family Catholic
church, the ceremony being per-
formed by Father Shea at 8 O'Clock.
The brides parents live In this city
and she IS making her home on a
claim on the reservation.
The four-year-old son of Mat Holm,
who lives down IN Tobin township,
met with a severe accident Wednes.
day evening when the little fellow
was run over by q wagon load of
corn, %fracturing bis lower Jaw. The
boy was brought to the city and
placed in st. Joseph's hospital. The
fracture vas reduced and wired to.
eether Thursday morning. The boy is
doing we'll since his accident.
The Aberdeen News states that
Messrs. Absher. Pease and otners
were granted an electric light fran
ch1se at the regular meeting Of the
city council Monday evening, the
vote being practically unanimous for
the franchise. only one vote being
recorded against 1t. According to
previous statements the men declare
that they will have their plant in
operation eayly in January.
w. 81. Gregory has rendered his
resignation as roadmaster on the
Milwaukee road, to 20 into effect on
Oct. q. His successor will be II.
Mcmahon, OF the Southern. Minnesota
division. Mr.. Gregory rctires from
railroad life after active period of
AZ years 10 the service. a good Dor
tion OF which time be has spent with
the Milwaukee company. He moved
to Mitchell some eight or ten years
ago and has invested in quite a good
deal Of real estate In this and other
counties OF the state.
The committe Of the W. c. t. q.
which had charge OF the trades day
among the merchants Of the city
last Saturday have made their re-
port. A dozen or 20 business men
gave a certain per cent Of their sales
on that day TO belp the ladies erect
a public water fountain u the
corner OF Main street and Second
Avenue east. The merchants p,e.
sented the ladies el29.55 a. their
share Of the sales. and after an e1-
pense OF Sl8. 80 they have left s1lO.6
Tor the purpose Intended. The COM
mlttee desires to extend its sincere
thanks to the business men and TO
the people Who extended their pat
ronage on that day.
Along about midnight Wednesday
night Policen an White, of the Mil
waukee yards, was notified that
there "as d crazy man in an emip rant
car that was pulled into tine wards
during the evening. The brakeman
thought the fellow had crawled in
a way car at Memo and had GOT into
the emigraDt car later. When MIR.
White went into the car The man
was crawling around on his hands
and knees grabbing at imaginative
objects. He had a Ratchet in his
hand and was shouting to bring
the on. The policeman took the