The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-22
DER CITY & COUNTY
A Page Of Interesting Events That Have
Occurred Among the People and Told
for the Benefit Of All.

IHe rural route carriers VINO made
the trip over their territory Wedues-
day, said that the roads were very
f0lgh and that the going was some
thing fearful. They appreciated the
fact That their hour Of departure was
changed to 8 O'Clock 10 the morning
and they are able to get home before
dark.
Miss Merle Tillotson, who is with
the Elma r.. smith Concert Co., will
pass through the city Tuesday after
noon with the company for Mt.
Vernon, where the company appears
in the evening. Miss Tillotson writes
that she has just received a fine rec
ognition of her services with the
Slayton Lyceum bureau, in the way
of a substantial increase of her salary,
from $50 TO Sl2O per month. Miss
Tillotson expects to be home along
about Easter.
a special freight train was sent
down to Scotland just before noon
Thursday to bring in some loads. A
half dozen passengers, who wanted
to 90 to some intermediate stations,
We're quick to take ADVANTAGE of the
opportunity to get there today by
riding on the freight rather than tC
wait until tomorrow morning to take
tie early passenger.
Encouraging words have been re-
ceived from Mrs. R. +. Terpenning,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. b.
Rogers, concerning her condition.
She submitted several weeks ago to
an operation in the hospital at
Rochester Mimi, and the latest
word is to the effect that she is
improving rapidly, and is 0 able
to sit up a portion OF each day.
The Milwaukee company is running
just enough freight trains to Sioux
City via Canton as will take care of
the most urgent business. There is
a great congestion OF passenger and
freight trains at Marion Junction,
and the dispatches have their hands
full in getting the passenger trains
through on time. which they are
doing under pressing circumstances.
PARTIES coming in from Pierre
today state that the Northwestern
road had abandoned all further work
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bridge across the Missouri. The
road has been working on a steel
bridge at Pierre since last fall and
many thousands OF dollars have been
spent in obstruction of tile caissons.
but the ice conditions are so great at
Pierre that the company cannot
! pursue further work on them. 1t
will mean a loss of thousands OF
dollars to the company since it Las
been required to quit the work. and
the line across the reservation will
be delayed several months as a con
sequence.
A citizen who had to climb out at
5 o'clock Tuesday morning to &c
south TO Pafkston on the early morn
ing train. put the query to The
Republican: why couldn't the Mil
waulee company start that early
morning passenger out about s or
O'Clock in the morning, inasmuch
as it IS only run as a local train as
far as the %wasbout, and that it comes
tack as the regular passenger. There
are many people who have business
along the line who feel that they
ought not to be required to get out SO
early in the morning when this
Arrangement could be made to last as
long as the washout holds good at
Vermilliop."
Cecil Braught returned home We'd
nesday evening from Buencs Ayres,
South America, having left for that
country Oct. ] 1906, to act as an
expert for the International Harvest
er Co. He was employed on the
Deering division and set up those
machines and showed the natives
how to operate them successfully.
Cecil said that IN some parts Of the
country the natives still used oxen
for the motive power of these mach
ines, while in Others, where they
we're more adpvnced, they employed
the use Of horses. He had a splendid
time, but hesitated in saying that
he would like to make the trip again.
On the way over, after leaving New
York, he said that he sailed on the
water for 26 days without seeing
land, and that it was two weeks
before they even saw a boat. Cecil
said when he was able to get his feet
back on earth again he felt like he
never wanted TO get Off The earth
again. On his way home Cecil said
that he stopped off at every port
where the boat stopped Tor an hour
or Two. He remained a week in
London, England, before embarking
for New York. He left Buenos