The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14

Merle, arrived in the city Wednesday
to make a visit with her sister,
Mrs. c. G. Dean.
Mrs. F. L. Gilmore who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. A. Liver
more the past week, has returned to
her home in Chamberlain.
District Superintendent A. C. Shep-
herd of Sioux Falls arrived in the
city Wednesday and is visiting at
the home of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Philetus Shepherd.
Edward s~atterthwait, of Salem,
Ohio, arrived in the city Wednesday
to make a short visit with his cousins,
MIR. and Mrs. A. B. Test, who are now
residing on Third Avenue east.
A unique and disastrous swindling
game was worked in Washington
Springs the other day by three
smooth strangers. After driving in
to the town they sought out the
proprietor of the garage where one
claimed to be the representative of
the Rambler automobile company
and obtained three machines for the
ostensible purpose of demonstration.
They started out of the Springs and
have not been heard of since. leaving
the owner of the garage in the hole
about $4,000.
The big ditching machine belong
ing to Fanebust & Sons was started
to work Wednesday on Duff street
working north. The machine plowed
up the dirt and removed it from the
ditch in a seemingly easy manner,
and with it working we'll an immense
amount of work IA be done yet this
fall. There was quite a crowd of
men watching the operations of the
machine this morning, for it was a
new way in which to excavate dirt iii
this section, although o. e. CasseE
has a machine operating in the coun-
try a good portion of the time.
George Stone, a gas filter in the EN-
ploy of the Mitchell Power Co., came
near passing in his checks Monday
afternoon about 2 O'Clock. He was
making some gas filings with the
store of Diehl & Brown and was
working beneath the building in the
rear part in a trench that had been
dug a short distance under the build.
ing. Having made the hole in the
main and a short pipe under the
building Mr.. Stone was attempting
to connect the two pipes while the
gas was escaping. He inhaled It az
it escaped but hoped to make the
connection quickly enough and not
be oversome. He realized in a few
moments that the gas was getting the
better of him and crawled out Of tn.
hole and called for help. His assis
tants carried him into the drug store
and he at once became unconscious
remaining SO about ten minutes. Man,
ager Sherwood worked with and gave
him some stimulants and later will
the aid of DR.. Ball the young mar
came out Of 1t all right and he wa
sent home in a hack.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Harriet r
Labadie gave a reading at the cit!
hall for the benefit of the Woman
Library Association, and she vas Civ
en- a fair audience. Mrs. Labadi
read from the book the incidents a
disclosed in that excellent book b,
Charles Ram Kennedy, "The Servan
in the House,. The story of itself j
highly interesting and as told In
fine dramatic manner by Mrs. Labadi,
took on a greater interest. The char
acters in the book were depicted wifi
a fine intuition by the reader and sh'
gave a fine contrast of her interpre
tative powers. The lines of the vica
and his brother were given with mucl
intenseness and strength as she rea'
the impassioned words Of the tw'
strong characters Of the book. TIL
scenes between the vicar and his wifi
and between Robert, the wears bro
Their, and his discarded daughter
:. were both presented with niue.
earnestness. The closing act wa
: made exceptionally effective as sh
; closed tue !%nsldents Of the book. Til
library association cleared about $40
3 Gravel work on the Milwaukee
, road north of here has just been cal
ed off and nothing more will be don
until spring. The graveaing wa
e started early in the summer afte
l the gravel bed was opened a fe,
miles north of town, and the roadbe
has been covered to the extent Of 10