The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-01-27

his arm Tuesday evening. He stepped
out of the house and slipped on the
icy steps.
w. H. Irwin and family, of Plank
linton. moved to Mitchell yesterday
and r getting settled in the resi-
dence that Mr.. Irwin bought of w.
H. Hawkins, at 7O9 Fifth Avenue
east. MI. Irwin is n of the old resi-
dents of Aurora county.
Two inches of snow fell last night,
just to keep the supply on hand un-
til the time comes for another thaw.
One naturally expected it to be colder
this morning, but the thermometer
indicated that it was warm, register
at Is degrees above zero as the cold
est during the night.
j. s. Daniels arrived home Tues
day evening from his eastern trip. He
attended the convention of the north
west lumbermen at Minneapolis and
then went on to Chicago to attend to
some business matters. Mr.. Daniels
also went to Cincinnati to visit with
his daughter. Grace, who is attending
the Conservatory of Music at that
place.
w. T. Dawson and family arrived
in the city from Armour, where Mr..
Dawson has lived for a number Of
years as pastor Of the Congregational
church for the greater portion and
as editor of one of the newspapers
for the period of a year or so. Here
Mr.. Dawson will devote his attention
to the real estate business, and he
and his family will be heartily vel
coined.
Ed Costello and Charles Merritt
We're up before Justice Markham this
morning on the charge of stealing
a fur overcoat yesterday at the Plot
ner, livery barn. They took the coat
to Whites second hand store and
sold it, where Sheriff Plotner and
Chief Cunningham found it. The men
were arrested and when taken before
justice admitted their guilt. Csotello
was sentenced to thirty days and
Merritt to twenty days in Jail.
At the convocation of Mitchell
Chapter, No. 16, R. A. NJ, Tuesday
the following officers were installed
for the ensuing year: A. H. PETERSON.
eminent high priest; w. e. Tipto2,
king; H. D. Butteraeld, scribe; H. R.
Kibbee, treasurer; A. B. McKeel,
secretary; w. T. Mcconnell, captain
Of the host; G. B. Wilt, principal So
j%ourner; g. w. Adams, royal arch
captain; H. e. Hitchcock, master Of
third veil; j. H. Davis, master of sec
ond veil; w. A. North, master of first
veil; w. H. Conyes, sentinel.
Mrs. Julius Johnson, of Fort Pierre
spoke at the court house Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock to a company
of women on the suffrage question,
and while the audience was limited
in numbers the spirit Of the meeting
is said to have been lively and inter-
esting. Mrs. johnson is q very enter
tanning speaker and presented the
views of the women with much taste
and skill. She is said to have pre-
sented some strong arguments for
the cause, which the supporters Of
the movement believe will have
weight with the men when they
come to vote next fall on the suffrage
question.
Letters. from the Mitchell contin-
gent out in the vicinity of Brushie,
Meade county, who are enjoying the
simple life to the full in holding down
their claims, indicate that there is
an unusual amount of snow on the
ground, about two and a half feet on
the level. 1t is a little difficult to
travel and very little of it is done.
One man is usually delegated to make
all the trips to the store and postof-
flee, and this happens but n a
week. One of the parties says she is
getting enough sleep stored ahead
so that when she gets back to this
country that she can go weeks with
out sleeping, II she al draw on the
number of extra hours Of slumber
that is being consumed now.
A special train Of fifteen double
decked cars Of hogs was started Out
Of Mitchell Tuesday afternoon late
over the Milwaukee road for the faI
west. Nine cars were shipped to
Seattle and six cars to Tacoma.
These animals were purchased In the
vicinity Of Mitchell, shipped here and
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