The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-14

stock of millinery of Miss Margaret
McMannaman. Miss Mathews left for
her home Friday and expects
to return shortly and assume possess
sion of the stock.
Rev. Walter M. Grafton came
home from Pierre Friday, hav-
ing been out there on business con
nected with the county option petit
ton of the Asti-Saloos League. Mr..
Grafton said that the petition had
not been filed with the secretary of
state as yet, but would be shortly.
superintendent S. \. Nj. Young
who has had charge of the Indian
school at Chamberlain for so long.
has been transferred TO an Indian
aool on the Yakima reservation, in
the state of Washington, and expects
to leave in the course of a couple of
weeks for his new home.
Thursday afternoon the Baptist
Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs. c..
w. Gillis and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year.: Presi-
dent, Mrs. G. w. Gillis; first vice
president, Mrs. George Law: second
vice president, Mrs. e. S. Gould: sec
rotary, Mrs. Emma Scoville; treas
urer, Mrs. j. l.. Jones; board of dir
ectors, Mrs. Il. NJ. LETTERS, Mrs. Jen-
SEN, Mrs. Kjelmyr.
The %acetylene gas plant in the In
dian school at Chamberlain blew up
a few days ago., and two men we're
in the small building which housed
the plant. The building, 16x2O,
was blown literally to pieces, and
the men were blown through the
walls, although neither a injured.
The explosion was due to a defect
in the mechanism of the plant, and
when it occurred Chamberlain peo-
pie thought they had been visited
by an earthquake.
Charles Casky has a big dark gray
Norman team of horses which he has
been diving around and they took
the eye of John NJ Orion as being a
very desirable farm team Mr.. Erion
bought them for $3.50. He intends to
return to the farm this coming spring
and he thought a fine team like that
would come in quite handy. The
21fOnlnhjIn h9C - mot h1rf fhn
price of good horse-fesh very mater
tally when a team of horses will COM
mand that figure.
The annua meeting of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Congregational
church was held Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. +. A. Craft, who
was assisted by Mrs. j. d. Powers.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President. Mrs. II. M.
Clark; first vice president, Mrs. j..
n. Grow; second vice president, Mrs.
o. T. Litchfeld: secretary, Mrs.
Craig Wilson: treasurer, Mrs. S.
Cattrell. The year has been a very
successful n with the ladies and
their treasury is we'll supplied with
funds.
e T. Iceland gave The Republican
a series of ten buffalo pictures which
he secured o. the ranch of Scctty
Phillips near Fort Pierre. just lie
fore Christmas. The pictures show
the capture of two buffaloes, a male
and female, which Mr.. Phillips sold
to Lords park in Elgin. ILL.,, from
the time the 220 buffaloes were
rounded up and the two animals
were roped and placed in the large
crates for shipment. The last picture
shows a buffalo that was killed for
Christmas meat, and the steaks that
were sold from it cost from SO cents
to 81 per pound. MI. Iceland thinks
Of making up a souvenir Of these
pictures from half tones to sell.
DR.. j. L. Seaton occupied the pull
pit in the Methodist church Sunday
morning and evening, and gave two
very interesting and helpful SER
mons. He stated that a forward
movement was being inaugurated by
the local church which would have
it's elimination on Sunday, Jan. 81.
The committee having charge of this
movement is arranging to secure
the presence of some great leader
in Methodism for Sunday to encour-
age the disposition of more bonds,
as was the case a year ago when
the church was dedicated. 1t is de-
sired to secure sufficient money to
decorate the church, which has not
been done as yet, and to purchase a
pipe organ for the edifice.