The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-19
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

UNI EH fUZH.E
James Sprey was appointed by
fourth member of the police force.
He will be second night man with
Robert Foran.
M. E. Dennis, day clerk at the Wild
mann left Tuesday for his for
mer home in st. Louis for a two
weeks vacation.
Jack Mclaughlin left by way Of the
Omaha Tuesday for Deadwood
where he will attend the state Elk's
convention now in session there.
Chief of Police Cunningham re-
turned on the night Milwaukee PAS
senger Monday from Omaha where he
has been on business the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. r. Patton and lit
tie son, Jack, departed Tuesday
for Emmetsburg, w Mr.. Patton's
mother is very low with heart trouble
and it is not expected that she Will
survive long.
James Mcdonald and j.. F. Trogh
tried Monday afternoon to corner the
supply of booze in Mitchell and Tues
day We're fined $40 each in po-
lice court for being drunk. Trogh is
a blacksmith and was in the city
looking fer a job.
d. I. Whitlow and family return
ed Tuesday from their western,
trip on which they have been gone
the past five weeks. During that
time they visited the Seattle EXPOSE
ton and points of interest along the
coast, returning by way of the Union
Pacific.
John Wise, aged 19 years, died at
st. Joseph's hospita4 Monday after
noon late, as the result of typhoid
fever. The young man was brought
here Sunday, and was accompanied
by his uncle, Charles Thery, who was
with his nephew when he passed.
away. The body was shipped to
White Lake Tuesday afternoon, and
was accompanied by the uncle.
The long stretch of hot weather
came to an end Monday night, when
cool breeze sent the temperature
down to 81. By morning the breeze
had switched to the northwest, and
has remained there all day. Monday
the mercury took another soaring
and went up to 90, making the day
Intensely and uncomfortably hot. The
new moon proposition of bringing a
change in the weather worked out
satisfactorily.
Some trouble arose in Letcher Tues
day between the Greeks employ
ed on the Milwaukee roads gravel
gang and their foreman. Just what
the grievance of the Greeks was could
not be learned, but about 35 of them
made an attack on the foreman and
beat him up some. T~hirty-five or
forty of them were taken before the
justice of the peace at Letcher and
fined IS each. Five of the bunch We're
arrested on the charge of an assault
with a deadly weapon, and were TAX
en- to Woonsocket.
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Florence and Stanley arrived home
Tuesday from their seven weeks
trip, which included the Pacific coast
states, Seattle exposition and through
British Columbia. On the way out
they stopped with DR.. Youngman and
family at Canon City, Colo, and with
San Francisco, Cal. Mr.. Morris salu
that after all their travels through
the western states he came home
thoroughly satisfied that he found nc
country that offered any better adj
vantages than did South Dakota.
The second installment Of Elks de
parted Tuesday for Deadwooc
to attend tie first convention. In tn.
party that went over the Milwaukee
road were Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Broad
bent, H. w. Byers, H. G. Nichols, ant
R. L. Tremaine, of Ethan. Ira A
Wright left on the Omaha passenge
this morning to join the Sioux Fall
Elks at Salem and go out on the spec
ial train. The Omaha people sen
a special car over to Mitchell for tn
Elks OF this city to occupy on the triI
q out to Deadwood, but most of tn
local crowd had arranged to go GU
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