The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

friends during state fair week.
Miss Elizabeth Winslow, Of Sioux
Falls, arrived to make a visit with
Mr.. ami Mrs. c. G. Ralhbup.
Edison Potter, of Bfushton. N. Y.
arrived to make a visit with e. l..
Potter. He will he here a week or
ten days.
MIR. and Mrs. j. j Evans came
home Monday evening from their
trip to Fairfield, N. Y, where they
have been visiting for several weeks.
Miss Nell d. Harvey one of the
newly elected teachers in the city
schools, arrived Wednesday from
Woonsocket. She was unable to be
mere Tor tine opening dav on account
OF a death in her family.
Prof. L. A. Stout Departed Tuesday
morning for Chicago to make prep
arations for moving his family, who
will follow in about 10 days. Prof.
Stout will spend the year at Chicago
University taking a postgraduate
course.
w. L. LaFolletle left Monday
evening for a trip out to Rapid
City, going via the North Western
road, and will attend the big cele-
bration that Rapid City Will hold
this week for the completion of the
two railroads into that city.
The hunters are returning from
their two days hunt around this
section for TIE prairie chicken. but
they all bring in the same report of
the scarcity OF the birds. The
hunters turned their attention from
hunting chickens to shooting ducks
and nearly every man who was out
succeeded in getting more ducks
than chickens.
ID. b. Miller and ID. A. Braught
went to Minneapolis Tuesday even
ing as the representatives Of this
city in the conference to be held
with the Commercial Club of that
city with reference to the building
Of the railroad between Mitchell and
Marshall. Mimi. Representatives
| will be present from practically all
other towns on the proposed route.
MFR. and Mrs. Lee Wolgemuth and
the baby came down from st. Paul
to make a visit Of several weeks with
Mr. and Mrs. j. b. Wolgemuth.
Lee is now connected with the
Great Northern railroad in the same
line of engineering work as he had
when with the Omaha road, but at
a better salary and a better chance
for promotion.
w. "A. Wheeler, manager Of the
DAKOTA Improved Seed Co., has made
a contract Cor the purchase of a
re sldence on Duff street, near Sixth
Avenue east, which was owned by
r. A.. Craft. He will move in as
soon as the deal is closed. Mr..
W beeler thought that renting houses
in Mitchell vas too preca1ioUs a way
of having a place to live for any
great length of time.
Sheriff Cook had a fellow in Jail by
the name'of Hawley who answered the
description OF a fellow who jumped
a bond OF So, 900 at Silver Lake, Ind.
The sheriff telegraphed the chief Of
police at Silver Lake and asked what
he wanted done with the prisoner.
The chief telegraphed back: "Keep
Ha vley IS years then send him home,
we don't want him" The sheriff
didn't keep him 35 minutes after
that.
Bacon & Co. finished moving last
Tuesday into the Gale building, on
the corner Of Main and Fourth
streets, but it will be several days
before they get around to selling
goods. The firm is putting in a
bake oven to keep their bakery bust
ness going. Chas. G. Woods will,
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grocery just as soon as the carpen.
tiers al get his fixtures in position.
DR.. and Mrs. w. o. Robinson. OF
Tyndall, we're visiting in the city
with DIR. Geo. P. Dix. They are ole
friends of the DR.. and years ago Or,
Robinson learned the profession
under the direction Of 1.-the ole
man." Today DR.. Dix took hi:
guests for a drive over the city and
showed them what improvements
have been made in Mitchell during
the past ten years, and they were
quite agreed that the Mitchell O.
today in no way resembled the city
when they were among its residents
Fred and William johnson are pre-
pairing to open a furniture ant
second hand store in their buildin.
on Main street, near Second street
aud will SOOn be In readiness Il