The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-24
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.
Grover B~ridenback, of Mt. Vernon.
is visiting his sister. Mrs. Fred Rcgge.

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Charles Royce, of Ida Grove, Wis.
is visiting with his parents, MI. and
Mrs. P. Royce, and his brother, Fred
and family.
Mrs. f. G. Drake and little children
left Monday morning for her former
home at Abel, Iowa, to visit with her
parents for a month.
James Anderson, of Sheldon, Iowa,
arrived in the city to take a position
with The Only Way. Mr.. Anderson
is an experienced tailor and will
make a good addition to the alreayd
good force of men employed by Mr..
Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Boyles enter
tanned the es st side bridge whist club
Saturday eevning, with three tables
at play. The head prizes were won
by Mrs. George r.. Foster and Oney
Sweet. Refreshments were served at
the close of the evenings play.
Prof. j. G. Lindsey, of the high
school department, departed Satur-
day evening for the Black Hills coun-
try and will be away during the
weeks vacation. On account of the
bridge being out at Chamberlain he
went around via Pierre.
Eugene McGovern departed via the
Omaha road Sunday evening for Palo
Alto, CAL, called there by the serious
condition of his father, P. T. Nc
Govern, who has been quite i'll for
the past week. Mr.. McGovern wa.4
have to submit to an operation.
VIM. T. Trotter. of Mt. Aver, Iowa.
announces a public auction of jacks
to be held in this city Saturday,
March 26. Mr.. Trotter has a fine line
of animals and he guarantees them
to be strictly firstclass. The sale will
be held at the Plotner livery barn.
The Y. M. G. A. meeting at the
city hall Sunday afternoon was n
of the interesting occasions Of the
year. 1t was addressed by Rev. E. R.
Martin, superintendent of the Ameri-
can Sunday School for North and
South Dakota. Mr.. Martin delivered
a very helpful and inspiring address.
Music was furnished by a quartette
composed of Misses Pixley and Yer
milyea and Mesdames Boyden and
Whitaker.
Miss Stella Steibner, a student at
the University, lost her purse contain
ing several valuable articles while
getting off the Omaha Monday
morning. Miss Steibner had been at
her home in Farmer over Sunday
and as she was leaving the coach she
remembered her purse on the car
seat but on going back to the place
some one had taken it with all it
contained. The police investigated
the case but could find no trace of the
thief. The purse had in it a valuable
gold watch, two bracelets, and a small
sum Of money.
N. N. Irwin, the representative of
| Tohr n0rno~or 80 Cbo~o-l1oL To
who has one of the sewer contracts,
arrived in the city Saturday and
with his force of men commenced
Monday to get things in readiness
for starting the ditching machine.
There are some repairs that have to
be made on the machine, and as soon
as that is completed the work will be
taken up, starting at the intersection
of Main street and First avenue, run
ming the ditch west. Mr.. Irwin
thought they would start the machine
about Thursday.
Sixty-fve new members were mi
tiated into the Modern Brotherhood
of America Monday evening, and
there were about $50 members pres
ent to see the work. This brings the
membership of the lodge up to nearly
400 and makes Mitchell the banner
lodge of the state. The work was
done by President Branch, and assist
cd NV Manaoor Ctoupor Tho 1otfar
has been largely instrumental in in
%creasing the membership to such
large proportions. Supreme President
Hanley, of Des Moines, and Supreme
Secretary BALI, of Mason City, we're
in attendance during the evening and
witnessed the work. Both officials
were invited to speak to the members
and both spoke with great enthusiasm