The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-09
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Cook
Sunday, a daughter.
For fire and tornado insurance see
w. e. Rathbun, agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
Miss Mabel Maynard returned Sun
day to Des Moines, Iowa, to resume
her studies in Drake University.
Will Scallin returned home Monday
morning from Minneapolis, where he
has been on business matters for sew
eral days.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Maris, of Green
River, Utah, arrived in the city Mon
day to make a visit with their
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. McCon-
nell.
Misses Evelyn Summers, Gertrude
Lyman and Nellie McAndrews spent
Sunday in the city with Miss Myrtle
Craft and left Monday for Madi-
son to enter the state normal school.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hammer have
been visiting at the home of Sheriff
and Mrs. Plotner and returned home
to Lost Nation, Iowa. Monday a. m.
Mrs. Hammer is a sister Of Mrs. Plot
ner.
j. p. Campbell pleaded guilty in
police court Monday a. M, TO being
drunk and paid a fine of $40. Will
lam Tilton will work on the streets
A days, being guilty oil the charge of
vagrancy.
Sunday afternoon at st. Joseph's
hospital James Dobson was operated
upon for appendicitis. He passed
through the ordeal successfully and
is resting easily with every hope of
improvement.
! Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Burgy, of Des
Moines, Iowa. are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Downey,
on the east side. Mrs. Burgy and
Mrs. Downey are sisters.
Sunday evening at the Baptist
church E. T. Cressey entertained a
large audience with stereopticon pict-
ures. showing the journey from
Bethlehem to Calvary" Mr.. Cres-
sey gave an interesting talk with the
pictures.
President Kerfoot returned from
Lane. Monday a. NJ, having spent
Sunday there and dedicated a new
Methodist church. The church cost
J about $500 and there was $4,000
yet to be raised before it was dedi-
Gated. DR.. Kerfoot said that the
people were very liberal in their do
nations and raised the necessary
amount with 5000 additional to be
used for anything that might arise.
Postmaster Wells came home from
Chicago Saturday evening. Mr.. Wells
said the furniture which had beer
shipped for the post Office building
had been lost in transit and that eff
forts were being made to locate it.
He said that whether 1T came this
week or not he would move into the
federal building next Saturday morn
ing and use the furniture they have
until the new is found.
Miss Florence Starr arrived home
Monday from her years leave of
absence from Dakota Wesleyan Uni
versity, and which she spent in New
York and among the mountainous
country of the east. Miss Starr has
been giving special attention to her
art, both in oils and china painting,
and is even more thoroughly equip
ped for her work in the art depart
ment of the University, and which she
will lake up with the beginning of
the fall term.
The Mitchell Tile and Cement
Works has a force of eight men at
work now turning out a large guam
tity of tile, and it is being used as
fast as it can be made by farmers in
the surrounding country for draining
their farms. The cement tile is also
being used by the parties who are put
ting in the drainage bitches in the
county. The company is turning out
a good quality of cement tile, and
the industry is a good one for Mitcu-
Ell. With the large amount of ditcn-
ing that is being done, Mr.. Wayne
looks forward to a large business in
the future.
The sheriff of Lawrence county