The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-20


:. Mrs. j. l.. Wingtield received IA
message Sunday from Mr.. Wing
fields sister III Sioux City stating
that her little is months old boy
was scalded to death by falling liz a
boiler OF hot water.
Judge Smith, Preston Il Hannet,
A. q. Hitchcock and St%enographer
Boyles went up to Washington Springs
Monday to be present at the
term OF circuit court. which opens
there Tuesday morning.
Or. r. j.. Lamme arrived home
Sunday from his trip to the James
town exposition, where he was also
In attendance at the meeting of the
Southern Dental Association. Mrs.
Lamme will not reach Mitchell until
the latter part of the week.
In the absence of Pastor Wilkinson
at The Methodist church Sunday,
DR.. Nicholson occupied the pulpit
in the morning, delivering a most
excellent sermon, and in the evening
the w. Is. NJ. s. filled in with a
splendid program by the children o.
the Sunday school, many excellent
numbers of songs and recitations
heing given.
William Rlcbey, who lives down in
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grain destroyed recently ty some evil
disposed persons. They came to his
farm after dark and scattered the
stacks OF gram in all directions and
over a large area of ground so that
it was OF little use to hin a%fterward.
He has offered a reward of $50 for
the apprehension OF the parties.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. U. Hoon re-
turned home Monday morning to Ar
mour. Mr.. l1oon expects to move
to Mitchell along the latter part OF
the year and will engage in the
wholesale grocery business in con-
nection with his brother. c. w.
Hoon. The latter is arranging the
old opera house building at the pres
ent time for the Wholesale business.
a government fish car arrived in
the city Tuesday morning for the dis
tribution of fish for the streams in
this vicinity About 900 croppies
and black bass were secured, some of
which were placed in the river di,
rectly east OF town at the bridge
and some were placed in the lake by
the Milwaukee roundhouse. Not as
many fish were apportioned tic
Mitchell as was requested.
James Meredith, CT Elburn, Ill.
is visiting with r. a. Hyde and
wife. Mr.. Meredith's son came out
here for his health recently and was
aiken sick with typhoid fevor and his
iuotner was sent for. The young
nan is growing better at present.
Mr.. Meredith is an old friend of Jos.
Swift, ST., but be had the best oil
Joe when Mr.. Meredith greeted
him on the street. They had not
met in a quarter of a century.
Carl Knappe. one of the prosperous
farmers in Baker township, was ii
the city Tuesday on some bushes;
matters. He closed the deal for THE
purchase of a quarter section o,
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Tor which he paid S35 an acre, a goot
price for lard located that far away
The purchase of this land makes Mr.
knappe the posSessor of sever
quarters of land. six of which are il
a body. Carl S VS. that is about
enough land tor BIN aud that ne car
give a quarter to each OF his children
and then have some left. Mr.
knappe has lived down in Bake
for a good many years and ba:
piosuered we'll. They have raised
! good crops down there this year aut
their corr now is out of the way U
frost.
Leonard Hull AID wife, of Portage
; Wis, have been visiting with Jobr
Sibelz and family for a couple o
weeks and returned home this morn
ing. Mr.. Hull is a Wisconsin, farlne
and lie took much interest in exam
inina the corn which is produced
here. He went down to the corr
palace Monday evening and asked
} half alphabetically, if the corn wa
J produced here or "a shipped in
just then several wagon loads wer
J being taken into the palace huildin,
and he han an opportunity to dis
, cover that the corn was grown RICH
in Dawson county He said tina. th
I farmers down in Wisconsin would no
believe that corn could be developed t.
the extent that he saw in the palac
building, and added that it wa
. farther advanced than Wisconsin
] corn. He said he would admit tina
] he was skeptical at first, but he wa
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