The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-23

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for a few days,
Mrs. Amy Darling has returned
from Kersey, Colo, where she has
been visiting for several weeks.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Widmann e.
to Parkston Friday morning to spend
a few days visiting among old
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Evans, of
Denver, Col, arrived Thursday to
visit at the home of Mrs. A. X. Cam
pell.
Miss Minnie Larson arrived Thurs
day afternoon from Wayne, Neb. and
will stay the coming winter at the
home of her uncle, John l.. Nelson.
Miss Larson is an accomplished
pianste and intends to start a class
in music.
j. w. Dawes departed Saturday,
for Maroa, Ill.,, and will return
in the course of a week or ten days
with Mrs. Dawes, and they will make
their future home here. Mr.. Dawes
is engaged in the real estate bust
ness.
The present pleasant weather is
giving the Milwaukee company a
good chance to get a large amount
of concrete work done at the round
house than il t had turned colo
sooner. A much larger cinder pit is
being made at the present time, and
the finishing of the concrete work
for the addition to the ro~undhouse
is being carried on.
Ernest Goldhammer departed this
morning for Hot Springs, Ark.
where he goes for the benefit of his
health. About a year ago he cut
his finger and blood poisoning set
in, causing him considerable trouble
but his finger healed and he thought
it was all right. a few days ago the
sore broke open again and the poi.
son spread over his system and he
was in a Very bad condition. Mr.
G~oldhammer closed up the meat
market and started on his journey
at once.
DIR. Worrell, the speaker schedul
ed for county option meeting at the
methodist church Friday night failed
to arrive. However. a fair sizet
crowd had gathered and that tho
people might not be disappointed
DR.. Wilkinson first addressed them
He took up the literature ISSUED
against county option and discussed
the arguments put forth. The short
talk that he gave was very able ant
convincing. Rev. Mr.. Grafton, sup.
erintendent of the Anti-saloon Lea.
que, concluded the meeting by dis.
cussing and outlining the plan of the
campaign for county option. He
made an appeal for funds to carry OF
the work which was responded tt
very generously.
There was only a fair audience
out to e The Lieutenant and the
Cowboy" at the Gale theatre Frida,
evening, and they were rewarded b.
being entertained with a thrilling
drama in which the cowboy was al
to the good and made a hit with the
audience. The dramatic scenes are
laid at a military post and the plo.
hinges around the holding up OF
stage coach and the Withholding O
the months pay Of the soldiers, IL
which the cowboy figures in the frs
and the o of the colonel of thu
post in the second, both of whom
come out victorious through foul
acts, each one of which is full of in
terest
]. E. French was in from his Pros
per township fart Friday, and sait
that the farmers had commenced tt
husk corn in that section of thu
county. The yield he said was small
IN comparison to other parts Of thu
county due to the fact that a disas
trous hail storm covered a wid'
stretch Of country about the middle
of June which drove the corn int
the ground. and that it took it /;
long time to recover. Mr.. French
said that the farmers we're glat
enough to get the 25 to 35 bushel.
per acre under the conditions. A
report from Badger township is tt
the effect that corr is running from
$50 to so bushels per acre.
Presho people are sore at Cham.
berlain and the Milwaukee road, be
cause they allege that Chamberlain
stopped the people from going gu
there and the Milwaukee did not ru1
its trains so that the crowd could
continue on. Presho say Chamber
lain spread the report that blacl
small pox was prevalent there ant
that no accommodations could b,
secured. W. S. McLain, u. S. Com