The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-24

Mrs. Hattie Smith, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Harbert
during the winter, returned to her
home in Chicago Thursday morning.
Hiram Stevenson has been visit
ing with relatives at Ainsley, Neb.,
for the past three months and r.turn-
ed to the city Wednesday evening
S. w. Ricord has been awarded
another contract for drainage bitches
in Hanson county, the last one being
about 1000 feet in length. Mr.. Ric-
ords is just finishing up a long ditch
in the vicinity of Farmer.
E. S. Whitaker and Rev. Mr.. Not
son were at Alexandria Friday to
attend a meeting Of the men of the
churches of that town in connection
with the Laymens' Missionary Move
ment convention. Mr.. Notson went TO
Fulton for an evening meetinn.
Daniel Mcguire, a nephew of
Francis mcguire, arrived in the city
Sunday afternoon. He went on to
Letcher this morning to attend to
some legal matters concerning the
settlement of an. estate, and will re-
turn to visit at the Mcguire home for
a few days.
Miss Myrtle Coleman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Coleman, was
united in marriage at Ogden, Iowa,
Saturday evening, March 70, to Mr..
Frank Porter, a leading attorney of
that place. She has been residing
at Ogden for the past two years. The
friends of the bride will extend their
sincere congratulations.
James B. Bately resumed his work
on the road as a travelling salesman
Thursday. For the past 2 months he
has been laid up with an attack of
e%rysipelas of the head, and he has
had a very sever siege of it. Mr..
Bately said that he appreciated the
many kindly min%istrations that he
received during his illness.
Mrs. Rank Maynard left Thursday
morning for Des Moines, Iowa, being
called there by the illness of her
daughter, Miss Mabel. A sweeping
order went into effect in Des Moines
recently which required vaccination
on account of smallpox. Miss May
nard stood out against the order until
the last but finally succumbed. She
is now a very sick girl as the result
of the vaccination.
Thursday at the office of the
First Methodist Episcopal church
MIR. Edgar P. Plummer and Miss
Naomie Jontz we're married by the
pastor DIR. j. S. Hoagland. Mr..
Plummer is a. machinist. They
leave this afternoon for their claim
at Hettinger a little town west of
Lennon in this state The good wishes
of many Mitchell friends go with
them to their new home.
While John Longstaff, of Huron,
was in the city Wednesday he was tell
ing some friends that his town is
! going to inaugurate a new system for
taking care of the garbage and waste
matter about the city. The city coun-
Gil has arranged to institute a cream
atory into which will be dumped a.
the garbage and refuse matter that
can be burned and thus destroyed.
Huron has had a very difficult time
in handling the garbage and the
! council decided that the creamatory
was the easiest and chapest way to
dispose of it. The c%reamatory will
be put in right away. .
The fire alarm sounded Sunday
noon for the first time in several
months, occasioned by a fire in the
vicinity of the ice houses of Isaac
Spears on the Milwaukee tracks. Mr..
Spears has some ice stored there
which is covered with straw, over
which he intends to erect a building
at once. A passing engine dropped
aspark in the straw and started the
blaze. 1t was put out before the fire
department arrived by some parties
standing near. The damage was very
slight. About midnight the flame!
broke out again and Mr.. Spears wa
called down there to watch thu
flames, and which he finally subduet
himself.
The services of Holy Week bega1
au%spiciously in the First Methods
Episcopal church Sunday when grea
congregations gathered morning ant
evening for worship. DR.. Hoaglant
preached both sermons. The morning
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