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


Monday evening to visit his sister,
Mrs. CLANCY.
For reliable hail insurance see w.
e. Rathbun, 300 Commercial and
Savings bank building.
T. w. Flaherty, of Yankton, spent
Sunday in the city with friends and
returned home Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Woods departed
Monday for Lake Okoboji. Iowa,
and will be gone ten days or two
weeks at that summer resort.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Duncan have
been visiting with relatives ur at
Washington Springs for several days
and came home Monday morning.
Miss Katie Manley has been visit
lag friends in the city for the past
ten days and Monday she re-
turned to Platte, where she has a
fine position as s~tenographer in a
banking establishment.
Quite a few people took Mondays
milwaukee passenger for Dead
wood to attend the first state conven-
ton of the Elks, which commenced
Tuesday night. Among the party
were Fl. G. Preston, Joseph Swift, ST.
Henry Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Burns and Mrs. G. A. Dawson.
/, o. B. Wells and Loren Weber
came home Monday afternoon from
Sioux City, where they were in at
tendance at the tennis tournament.
Ray L. Branson went on to Omaha to
attend the tennis tournament in that
City, playing in the doubles with
John Barton. Meeting about the
same class of players the dope looks
pretty good for the South Dakota boys
to win down there also.
l. J.. Mencon a stranger who has been
in the city selling dress goods from
house to house, was arrested Mon
iday afternoon charged with selling
goods without a license under the
state peddling law. He pleaded guilty
to the charge before Jude Markham
and was fined $26 which he paid.
Mencoff had provided himself with
a city license which is insufficient I'M
der the statutes Of the state.
The Huron Huronite tells of the
accidental death of a brakeman on
the North-We stern road, which oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon late. His
name was Charles Hannigan and he
was riding on the front end of the
train. When the freight was a mile
south of Huron it suddenly stopped
and the other trainmen went forward
to ascertain the cause. They found
that the air connection was broken
and had set the air on the rear OF
the train. Looking back some six
lc1rs they found the mangled body
fcf Hannigan. The superstition is that
when he fell he struck the air boss
md caused it to break. The deceased
man lived at Henry, where he has a
wife and several children. He had
! been braking for the Northwest
ern about two ears.
A Scotch collie dog caused a gooc
deal of excitement Monday wher
it jumped from the second story win
dow over Jos. schlimgen's saloon, Ii
on the awning and then jumed to tht
ground. tearing down the street al
fast as it could go. The conclusion
was that the dog was mad, and HI
was given a wide berth. The collie
belongs to John Baughman, who re
sides over the saloon. TIE dog at
tackled Mrs. Baughman and bit he
to a slight extent. The animal raj
down the street and went between
two buildings, where there was littl
space that no one could get in. TIL
dog was finally gotten out bv the US
of a long wire and was placed in
box. An effort will be made to ascer
: tain If the dog is really mad, o
whether it was only overcome par
TALLY by the heat.
Lewis shuster returned home Mon
day from Deadwood, having bee
: out there for a week and attende
!, the session of the State Bar Associa
, ton. Adjournment was taken Satul
. day and E. E. Wagner of Alexandra
: United States District Attorney, we
electeu president. Mr.. Shuster state
that the question of disbarment pro
ceedings involving Georg w. Ega
was taken up as to what action wouf
be taken by the association. At fri