The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
IN o AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAI HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

S. A. Ramsey was down from
Woonsocket Wednesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Records depart
ed Wednesday for Chicago for a
visit of several weeks.
George Tussey, who looks after
the troubles of the Dakota Central
Telephone Co. was in the city today.
For Sale-A good gasoline en-
CINE in good condition. Fred Wede-
base.
Frank Sampson OF Usage, Iowa,
arrived Tuesday evening and is Wis
law, G. w. Hoon.
Mrs. Frank Rollings, of Alexan-
dria, has been visiting at the homes
of E. A. and Ira Loomer and return
ed home Tuesday morning.
James w. Clark has been up to
LOOMS for a couple of weeks do
ing some decorating and painting
in the Congregational church and the
State bank.
Miss Amelia Reinhart, who has
been visiting her sisters, the Misses
Reinhart, left Tuesday evening for
Rapid City, where she expects to re-
main.
Judge Kennedy, of Canton, was
in the city Wednesday,, ON his way
home from Pierre, Where he has
been watching the work of the legis-
%lature.
3. l.. Banner, one of the contract
ors on the government building, ar
rived in the city Tuesday evening
from Kokomo, Ind, to look after the
work. He expects to remain here
some time.
Monday the government Their.
mometer tried to break the record
for cold weather for the winter, but
the best it could do was to equal the
other coolest days, and the mercury
stopped at 81 degrees below zero
At s o'clock 1t was is degrees below
The mercury has gone below zero
every night for the past seven nights
The Milwaukee passenger from the
east did not reach Mitchell Monda.
night until 11:45 o'clock. The de
lay was occasioned by a snowplov
being derailed and turned over in tn
snow drift and a compound engin'
that was acting as a pusher alst
went off the track. 1t was eviden.
to the officials that it would take
some time to get both engines bacl
on the track and consequently the,
ordered a track build around the
wreck. Railroading is having it:
difficulties these days.
Bandmaster Jeffers came dow
from Selby Monday and hereafte.
will make his home in Mitchell. hi
family arriving as soon as the wealth
err eases up a trihe, and will occup.
a residence five blocks west ON Thir,
Avenue. Mr.. Jeffers closed a year.
engagement with the selby bard
and gave a band concert IsIida.
evening last, of which the pape
spoke very highly and compliments
the director on the splendid ban,
he had built up in the year that h
had charge of the band.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Smith return
ed Saturday from Yankton, wher
they had been in attendance at tn
funeral of Mr.. Smiths uncle, Alv
M. English. Mr.. English was a res.
dent Of Mitchell in the early day:
living on a claim southeast of tn
city from 1878 to 1882. Since the
he has been a prominent resident {
Yankton. He was identified wit
the G. A. r. and knights of Pythia
both of which attended the funer;
in a body. In another column is gi'
en- the obituary as printed in til
Yankton Press and Dakotan.
Chief of Police Cunningham sal
that practically all of the Sidewalk
in the city were cleared of the sno
of the past weeks precipitation. a
though it took some urging to HAY
some of the walks cleaned. II
chief of police says he wants to Sc
an ordinance passed giving the eli
authority to clear the sidewalks
snow in front of vacant proper'
= that is held by eastern people. I
thinks it is an imposition on the res
dents to clean the snow from the
. walk and then have the adjacel
property perhaps impossible. III
chief is right on the proposition.
The cold weather Saturday eve
+ ing vas not very encouraging,rfor
largo attendance of tho nootin0