The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-29
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Herrick have
moved into the former Outright resi-
dence on Third Avenue west.
Mrs. o. p. Shaw came up from
Scotland Saturday to visit her
parents. MIR. and Mrs. George II.
Miner.
Elmer e. Briggs, formerly a resi-
dent of Aberdeen but now of Mime
apolis, was in the city on business
Friday.
+. c. Ward left Saturday for
Kansas City to dispose of some of his
telephone holdings in that section
of the state.
Mrs. Jennie Wiltse returned Fri
day afternoon from Yankton where
she attended the funeral of her aunt,
Mrs. A. M. English, who was burned
to death the fore part of the week.
y party of land buyers from Ne
braska are in the city looking for
chances to snap up Dawson county
lands. In the party are S. Frank,
l.. o. Beard, C. w. McWhinney w. w.
Chilnen, and j. l.. Dever of York an.
G. L.. Neiberg and j. E. Gehris, of
West Point.
T. j.. Spangler has been over at
Sioux Falls for several days this week
attending to his part in the Canton
wine bankruptcy proceedings, which
are pending before the federal court.
The evidence on certain features of
the case has beer submitted and this
portion will be argued before the
our on May 81.
DR.. j. F. Doyle of Longmont. Col
orado, was in Mitchell Friday look
ing oyer the city and visiting with
friends. Besides being a practicing
physician DIR. Doyle is a prominent
member of the knights of Column
bus and helped to organize the Ord
er of Home Guardians lodge at
Longmont, which has over $50 men,
bers.
George E. Foster came home Fri
day evening from Sioux Falls, where
he was a witness in the case of the
government VS.. Anton Wagar, form
erly a United States Commissioner,
charged with retaining money of set
tiers. Mr.. Foster received a telegram
Saturday stating that the jury
brought in a verdict since last night
declaring Wagar innocent of the
charge on all counts.
John Anthem, jr., returned from
Buenos Ayres, South America, re-
Gently, having been down there to
represent the j. 1. Case Co. in the
Introduction of its machinery. He
left a few days ago for New York,
and Saturday sailed from that port
for Odessa, Russia to take up the
work for the Case company. He goes
direct to Hamburg, Germany, and
then travels by rail through Germany
and Austria to his objective point. Ii
is a fine trip and a splendid business
experience for the young man, and
he will make the most of his oppor-
tunity.
Late Thursday afternoon what
threatened to be Q bad oc-
Cured or lover Main street. A hoy
was holding two teams on the south
side of the Dakota Seed Company's
building when they were FRIGHTENED
by an automobile and started up
Railroad street. One wagon was
overturned and left near the corner
of T.. B. VanAlstine's warehouse. Be
fore the horses were stopped they
had badly demolished the gas light
near the freight depot and narrowly
missed smashing up considerable
farm machinery that was piled up in
front of the warehouses.
The county commissioners We're in
session during the day. Friday. at the
auditors office. The main purpose of
the meeting was to dispose of the five
petitions for drainage bitches that
have been presented. The board or
dered a survey made of the proposed
site for a ditch through LOOMS run
ming west. also a survey will be made
of the ditch petitioned for by F. A.
Mccormack of Blendon township. On
May 10th the petition of G.. w.
Downs for a drainage ditch through
part of Lisbon township will be heard.
No action was taken regarding the pc
tition of Frank Weller or of the Da-
kota Seed Company.
The Republican received a copy of
the American Musician, of New York
which contained a picture of Miss
Myrtle Lee, who is pursuing voice
culture in Berlin, Germany. A brief
writeup of the young lady indicated