The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN mn
THE COURSE OF A WEEK..

q. A. Cook, OF BeIyidere. Ill.,, was
in the city and is looking after solne
property interests In the county.
Hal Clark was down from LOOMS
Wednesday. Mr...Clark says be has his
family with him now and that they
are living in the rear of the store
building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Vickers and
little daughter of Alexandria spent
the day in the city. Mr.. Vickers is
the register Of deeds of Hanson coun-
ty.
Albert Stevens. living in Lisbon
township, held an auction sale We'd
nesday of his registered Duroc Jer-
sey hogs. There were many bid
ders present and the hogs brought a
fairly good price, ranging as high as
$4S for the best animals. He sold
forty-two head, the sale being con-
Quoted by Jay HI. Grafton.
Mrs. q. Kohl departed Wednesday
Tor Salem, Ohio, where she ex-
poets TO spend a portion Of the
winter. She will stop at DesMoines.
Iowa, and st. Louis, Mo-, before
reaching her destination.
STRAYED.-rrom pasture last
Monday morning, one dark grey
four-year old horse, white stripe in
face. weight about 100 lbs. Finder
will be paid for their trouble by
notifying. W. r. Smith.
G.. w. ellis arrived home Thursday
morning from his trip to Deadwood
to attend the annual session Of the
Baptist churches of the state. Mr..
ellis said that the Hills people ex-
tended a most cordial welcome to
the people from this side of the river
and indicated their great pleasure in
having the eastern people with them.
Tie date on which Senator Ben
Tillmn will lecture in Mitchell is
Oct. II, appearing at the Gale
theatre. He will lecture on the
negro question, which will afford
the southern senator an opportunity
to make his address OF a particularly
frey nature.
Saturday and Sunday were two
beautiful days on the weather prop
osition. On each day the govern.
ment thermometer registered 81
degrees as the warmest during the
day, but 1t went down to ~ and 40
respectively Sunday morning and
Monday morning. The sharp breeze
from the nortl1 this morning put a
keen edge on the warm weather of
the two previous days.
The Plankinton Herald gives an
account of the death of Milo Hoon,
which occurred at that place Sunday
noon, is the result of the rupture of
la blood vessel in the brain. He
leaves a wife, mother, two brother.
and two sisters to mourn his untime-
ly death. His mother had been TAX
en- to the hospital at Rochester,
Mimi, a few days before for an op-
GRAFTON. Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Hoon
drove out to Plankinton the day OF
his death. The funeral services
were held Wednesday morning.
Funeral services we're held Wednes.
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock over the re.
mains of Henry Pool, at the Free
Methodist church, being conducted
by Rev. NJ. d. Wheeler. The in,
terment was made In Graceland GENE.
terry. Mr.. Pool died Monday evening
at St. Joseph's hospital after having
Submitted to all operation for hernia
which was performed about ten day.
ago. At the time it was though,
that he might possibly recover, huI
his advanced age seemed Ito b,
against him. Mr.. Pool vas 60 year!
old and lived at LOOMS, where h,
leaves several relatives to mourn Inf!
drath.
Many Of the Odd Fellows Of tbi,
city will rememheii Major j. Fl. Nc
Laughlin, Of Fort Randall, who las,
year was the grand master Of tn,
grand lodge of the state. Major Nc
Laughlin died a few days ago Al
Fort Randall, as the result of sick
ness acquired while on his trip t<
Minneapolis to attend the sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows. lie wa.
the founder OF the second lodge O,
Odd Fellows in the state, it beinl
!organized among the soldiers at thu
fort and he kept the lodge in goof
standing until two years agt whe1
the lodge was moved to Geddes. The
funreal services were held today a,
Fort Randall.
Abner Cox and Miss Josephine
Trumbell were married in the pre-.