The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-04

John Dobson returned to Plank
inton Saturday evening after a days
visit in the city.
Miss Josephine Patton arrived
Thursday afternoon to visit with Mr..
and Mrs. M. F. Patton.
Miss Mabel Maynard returned to
Drake University at Des Moines Sun
day morning after spending Thanks
giving with her parents here.
Prof. F. H. Hoff came home from
Chamberlain Sunday morning having
been out there to see his brother,
who is sick at the sanitarium.
Miss Florence Shelby arrived home
from Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she
is attending the normal school, to
spend her vacation with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Shelby.
j. l.. Leeper, of Spokane, Wash,
arrived in the city Friday morning to
attend to some business matters re-
lating to settling up the estate be-
longing to his wife's father.
The family of VIM. Dodson is
quarantined for diphtheria, the lit
tie daughter, Thelma, having been
taken sick with the disease a week
ago. She is reported as being some
what better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Middlen and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Manning, of Highland, Wis, arrived
in the city to visit Mrs. VIM. Koch,
Mrs. l.. Herzog and Mrs. Henry
Swindler. Mrs. Middlen and Mr..
Manning are sister and brother to the
ladies.
Tom Johnston departed Sunday
afternoon for his home at White Owl
away over in Butte county. After he
L.reached Quinn Monday he had
a horseback ride of As miles to make
ito get home. Tom runs a couple of
newspapers out in that country and
traverses the distance on horseback.
According to the report printed
in the Sioux Falls Press, Mrs. Mag
gle M. Ross, of Sioux City has sued
her husband for a divorce. Mrs. Ross
is a woman Of some ability and has
attracted considerable attention by
her connection with the Kaufman
murder case and her recent attacks
on its prosecutor, George w. Egan.
There is a possibility that Mitchell
will have a militia company again.
Some of the old members of the for
mer companies have been discussing
the matter with H. H. Collard and
trying to get him to consent to take
charge of the organization. Cap is
undecided whether he wants to un-
dertake the job or not, but he de-
clares if he does it will be no side
play.
Several grades in the city schools
ave an entertainment at the city
nall Friday evening that had a good
patronage. Booths We're erected al
various points in the room, and the
visitors made the rounds of them
to find out the nature of them, and
they were highly entertained at each
stopping place. The decorations were
very pretty, and the evening was q
very ENJOYABLE one to all.
Chevalier Crispini is expecting the
arrival of some new material for his
orchestra and which he will utilize
for the organization of a band. He
is i correspondence with several
musicians at different points and If
positions could be secured for them
in stores or Offices it is very likely
that he will be able to land them. 1t
is cooperation of the latter kind
which makes the band proposition a
success in Mitchell.
Old Man Winter landed Monday
with both feet and chased away
the Indian summer that has been
lowering around for the past month.
Sunday. afternoon much to the sur
prise of all a rain started in and
kept up for about three hours, the
precipitation for which was .38
inches. November is not regarded as
much of a rain month, yet it nearly
equaled that of July, August, Sept
ember or October. During the night
snow commenced falling and this
morning the ground was well' cover
ed with the beautiful. Winter can
fairly be said to be with us in good
faith.
A. E. Hitchcock received notice
from the general land Office, of Wash
ington, of a decision in the land con-
test case instituted by A. G. Berry
against U. V. Haines on a timber
claim located a short distance south