The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-09-01
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
II THE COURSE OF A WEEK,

Miss-sDstellA Hofstetter depsrted
this morning for Cedar Falls, Iowa.,
where she Will attend the State Teach
ers' college for the next two years. !
For nrs ana tornado insurance sss
w. =. Rathbun. agent for the Royal
Co. /,
Mrs. e. O. MeEwen returned home
Tuesday p. m. to Mt. Vernon after
visiting with relatives In the city for
several days.
Mrs. B. v. Wilder. two sons and
little daughter returned home satur-
day night from Rothiemay. Montana,
where they spent the summer with
Mr.. Wilder. 4
DR.. Stevenson, the well-known eye,
ear, nose and thnoat specialist of
Sioux Falls will be in Mitchell from
4 p. N. Wednesday, Sept. 14th, and
Thursday, Sept. 18th, at the Widman
Hotel. Glasses also fitted correctly.
The residence of DR.. Mayer, the
veterinarian, was broken into Monday
night. but the robbers we're frighten-
ed away before they secured. anything
of value. DR.. Mayer said that he
could have captured the robbers II
he had had a gun when he discov-
cred them.
Sheriff and Mrs. Plotner departed
for the Black Hills country, going to
Sturgis. where Mrs. Plotner will re-
main for an indefinite period for the
benefit of her health. The sheriff
will probably remain in that section
until after the opening of federal
court at Deadwood.
The Omaha road has arranged to
run a special train from Sioux Falls
to Mitchell Saturday evening to ac-
commodate those who attend the
Roosevelt gathering in the Queen
City. The train will leave Sioux
Falls at 1890 o'clock. This will give
a great many an opportunity to at
tend who otherwise might not go.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. E. Morris return
ed home from their automobile trip
to Richland Center, made in company
with two of Mr.. Morris brothers.
From Richland Center they autoed to
Chicago and. to points in Illinois.
making the trip OF 1880 miles with
out any special accidents and having
a fine time.
Their was a good precipitation of
moisture Monday night. The indica-
tions were not particularly good for
rain, but late in the evening the evil
dence commenced to accumulate in
the west and northwest. A heavy wind
preceded the rain, and enough mois-
ture fell as to help out the corn and
make fall blowing much easier. The
precipitation amounted to SO inches.
j. E. Washburn left Tuesday a. m.
for a trip out to San Francisco, CAL,
to remain a month with relatives.
MI. Washburn is making his final Wis
it before leaving for South America
to engage in missionary work. He
will return to this city about the LIST
Of october to attend the session of
the Dakota Conference, which con-
venes in Mitchell about the middle Of
the month. At the close Of Confer
ence he will leave for his foreign
post.
H. D. Butterfield returned home
Monday evening from his trip to New
York and Chicago, having been away
for a month on his semi-annual buy
ig trip for his dry goods store. MI.
Butterfield said that he had been sue
cessful in laying in a fine line of
goods for the fall and winter trade
and that he had secured some espe-
cially fine novelties by making a per-
sonal trip to the market centers. A
portion Of the new goods has arrived
and the rest will be in right away.
The Milwaukee company has COM
pleted placing the first layer Of sand
under the rails and ties between Nit
chell and Aberdeen, the work being
finished Saturday night. This will
make the roadbed much more solid
and will insure comfortable travelling.
Eight inches of sand and gravel were
placed on the roadbed since Juyl of
last year and this has settled about
4 inches. A second layer Of sand and
gravel is now being put on and about
fifty miles of roadbed has been COM
pleted on the way to Aberdeen. 1t