The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-19

w. e. Rathbun, agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
S. H. Goldsmith returned Saturday
afternoon from a business trip to Chi
ecago and Illinois points.
Col. j. L. Davenport went to Get
tysburg Friday afternoon after spend
ing several weeks here visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Posey have
been at Emery for some time and
came home Saturday afternoon.
Eden Miller, of Letcher, went west
on the Milwaukee Tuesday to take up
his residence on a claim near Oelrich.
Ruth Wilson left Saturday for
Huron where she a a position in
the federal building as stenograher.
Mrs. Hattie Brown, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. M. l.. Bobb,
returned home to Richland Center.
Wis, this morning.
Mrs. j.. F. Bradley departed Satur-
day for hilton Junction, Wisconsin
to visit with relatives for a couple
of weeks.
Mrs. f. s. Birkerbine, of Scotland,
and Miss Eva Birkirbine of Sun
Prairie, Wis, are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Cobb.
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Rowley
left Sunday morning for a trip of a
couple of weeks, which they will
spend at Manson, WIS, and McGreg-
or, Iowa, with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Oh
son.
Delvan T. Becker went to Chicago
Sunday morning where he Will Wis
i his parents for a few days and pur-
chase goods for the fall trade. He
stated that the last time he heard
from his father that he was getting
along nicely. Mr.. Becker has been in
a hospital for about two months.
District Superintendent Dobson
came home Friday from a trip over
to the Black Hills country, and spent
a week with Mrs. Dobson, who is
camping out at Spearfish canon. DR..
Dobson said that Congressman Mar
tin reached home from Washington
a day or two before he left for Mitch
ell.
Saturday afternoon Lyman Barnes,
a lad about 12 years old. visited the
Split pantorium and made away with
a purse containing about So. AS the
boys parents we're leaving on the
Omaha t.ey promptly made the loss
good. Young Barnes has not been
seen since the incident. A number
of petty dep-edations around the city
have been laid to him and it is per-
haps a good thing that he has made
his departure.
A1r. and Mrs. H. G. Nichols arrived
home Saturday on the delayed U1il-
aukee passenger from their trip to
st. Paul. Minneapolis, Chicago and
Des Moines, Iowa. Coming home on
the night train an accident happened
to the engine pulling their train three
miles out of Yankton, which put it
completely out of business. With
Conductor Jran, n. Nichols walk
ed a mile and a half over to a farm
use to telephone their conditions to
Yankton. A relief engine was. sent
on and the train reached Mitchell
about 2:3O O'Clock in the morning.
Sheriff Plotner and acting-Chiet
Purdy visited the Jungle west of the
city Sunday forenoon after complaint
had been made and found five hcboes
with a couple of kegs of beer hilar-
iously celebrating. They resented
very much being interfered with and
finally tie officers poured the re,
freshments upon the ground and or
dered the Weary Willies out of town
Three of them left but two that show.
ed fight felt the strong arm of the
law and were lodged in the Jail OF
the crarge of vagrancy. Monday
they PLEADED guilty aud We're fined
IS each or 4 days labor on the
streets. George Kuhns, an elderl,
.t>en who wss rounded IN SatVrda,
night, pleaded guilty to being DRUM
and was sentenced to 4 days in jail
Kuhns claimed to have had his peck
cts picked of his summers earning
while intoxicated.
!. The case of the boy, Merrill Fiske
! who was arrested last week for usfnj