The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-18
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

! A. w. Gaines departed Tuesday
, for Fayette, Iowa, to attend the
funeral of his niece, Miss Blanch Ed
dleman.
Do you want a Hoosier kitchen
cabinet free? See Johnson Bros.
Furniture Co. or read their adver-
I tisement.
Mr. and Mrs. A. a. jerks and chill
dren went to Winthrop, Iowa, Tues
!. day to visit relatives until after
, the holidays.
!, Rev. MI. and Mrs. Trevithick, of
Hartford, arrived in the city Tuesday
morning and Mrs. T%revithick, who is
a sister of DR.. H. S. Wilkinson, was
taken to ST. Joseph's hospital.
The old soldiers and the Woman's
Relief Corps are preparing for a ser
les of entertainments during the
winter and the old soldiers expect to
get the first one started at an early
day.
G.. A. Lee and family arrived in the
city Monday afternoon from north
eastern Kansas, and expects to make
his home here until spring, when he
will rent a farm some place in the
I county.
MIR. and Mrs. P. w. Edwards, of
Los Angeles, Cal, arrived to visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Harris. They
have been visiting at Albert Lee,
Mimi, and are on their way to their
California home.
George Carton came down from
Redfeld Tuesday to visit among
his numerous friends for a short
time. Mr.. Carton was formerly en-
gagged in the laundry business in this
city and is following the same thing
at Redfeld.
f. w. Hobson is arranging to give
a sacred concert in the Methodist
church Sunday evening. He has a
Especially selected chorus of 25 voices
and he has arranged a program that
: is made up of some especially fine
I, music. The entire evening will be
devoted to music. and the public is
very cordially invited to attend.
What do you think of a slight
rainfall on the 18th and 10th of Dec
ember? That's what happened in
Mitchell early Tuesday evening and
J "Wednesday. The real winter weather
! is holding off in fine shape,
and it is likely that December will
!. not yield anything very bad, al
though snow is predicted for tonight
and tomorrow. Three inches of
snow fell in Aberdeen this morning.
Tuesday evening at the Congregat-
ional parsonage, G.. Wellington
Church and Gertrude Kruse were
married, the ceremony being per
/, formed by Rev. A. Craig Bowdish.
The bride has just proved up on a
claim near Murdo and the groom has
one on which he lived the full five
year period. Mr.. Church has a
brother in the city who works in c.
v. Priests barber shop.
Miss Lillian Bras was the winner
I in district No. 6 of the Sioux City
I, Journal contest, which closed Satur-
day night and the decisions were
announced in each district in Tues
day mornings Journal. Miss Bras
received 1,44O,77O votes, and her
next nearest competitor was some
100000 votes behind her. AS a re-
! ward for her efforts and those of
i, her friends who did some valiant
:, work for the young ady, she VIII re-
ceive as a present a fine piano cost
ing $500.
A stranger stepped into the West
Tuesday night IL Wednesday took
asked to have 100 pennies converted
into silver. When Assistant Cashier
investigated them later he saw that
! they had been badly damaged and
!. had the appearance of having been
in a safe blowing operation, for they
were bent and marked with powder.
He did not get a good look at the
party as there were several men at
the window when he called for the
Exchange.
Charles G.. Woods has disposed of
his entire stock of shoes to the Hath
away Shoe Co. in order that he might
have room for his larger stock of
clothing. In order to do this Mr..
W. - AN--A 9 O. -1 =-
n great sacrifice on his shoes, but he
n felt he needed the room for his cloth
ing department. The Hathaway COM
q. pany will start a sale on these shoes
e. Saturday morning. and they will be