The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-03-25
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MA -RS OF interest," THAT HAPPEN
IN TIE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Mrs. NJ. X. Eliason arrived home
from her trip to Esmond, Huron and
Pierre, where she visited with friends
for a week.
MIR. and Mrs. f. j. Herrick return
ed Monday evening from Rockford,
Illinois, where they have been visit
weeks.
County Auditor Henry B. .Ander-
son left Monday afternoon for Pierre,
where he will meet with the county
auditors andthe state board of equal
ization in determining the schedule
of assessment for the coming year.
j. c. Bryan left Monday for
a trip to the southern part of the
state and will go vel to Gregory to
be present at the sale OF the lands
that were left in the Mitchell dis
trict.
Miss Jennie Williams vel out TO
Mt. Vernon Saturday evening being
called there by the injury her faith
er received. She will remain until
she leaves for her claim in the Black
Hills country.
Harry Curran, who has been visit
ing i'm the city for several months,
Left Monday for G%uadalujarg
Old Mexico, where he is associated
with a mining property. MIR. Curran
is an expert ~assayist. lie expects To
be gone about a year.
George e. Foster went down TO
Gregory Tuesday to be present
at the sale of lands which are left
in the Mithcell land district. Mr..
Foster will act as purchasing agent
for several parties and expects to buy
a section for himself.
The Ladies Aid of the Congregat-
ional church Will be entertained by
Mesdames o. T. Litchfield and Elliott
! Lyons at the home of the former,
al Second Avenue east, Thursday
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock. A good at
tendance is desired.
Two programs were received IRON
the College of Music of Cincinnati,
Ohio, ON which the name Of Miss
Fannie Mccormick, Of this city APP
pears. Saturday evening she played
the opening piano solo at the stu
dents recital when she rendered ION
the Wings OF Song" by Mendel-
ssohn-Liszt. On Thursday evening
+, she appears on the program of the
recital given by the pupils OF Nine
Louise Dotti and WIFI sing where
Corals Lie, by Elga1. Miss McCor-
mick is making fine Roadway with
her piano studies and voice culture.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Downey arriv-
ed in the city Monday morning from
Brookings and will make their home
in Mitchell in the future. Mr.. Down
ey is the general state agent for the
Central Life Assurance Society, the
HEADQUARTERS of which are at Des
Moines. Iuwa, and he is moving
down in the. part of the state where
the bulk of the business is transact
ed, and where the railroad facill-
ties ave- letter. Mr.. Downey viii
have Offices in the Western Natfona-
bank building.
N. u. Barker, the travelling sales
man for the american Type Found
ers' Co.. of Minneapolis, and who is
otherwise known as Buffalo Bill
was in the city today. Mt. Barker
said that beginning the first of Apri
he will change houses, and hereafter
will be associated with the Mergen
thaler Linotype Co., travelling IL
the states OF North and oosts Dakota
and Minnesota. Mr. Barker a beef
covering the territory 80 long tina
he is we'll enough acquainted Will
the publishers and who would b.
prospective buyers of a linotype ma
chine.
= Rev. D. D. Proper, of Omaha, oc
cupied the pulpit at the morning
service of the Baptist church, whel
he spoke of the Opportunities ant
Needs of Christian Work in Western
States and Territories" He referred
with special emphasis on the need
of more work among the settler
i, in western Montana, Idaho, Arizon'
and Nevada, and among the Nor
mons in western Utah and Wyoming
He also touched upon the needs o
the Navajo and Hopis Indians in NeN
; Mexico. DR.. Proper gave a thrillinI
: recital of the in which III
P~enitentes, in southern Mexico, in
} ficted themselves for a forgiveness
8 of their sins. He stated that whe.
7 any member of the tribe sinned the
l stripped their bodies to the waist an
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