The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-28
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
m THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

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For IRE and tornado insurance see
w. e. Rathbun, agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
Mrs. Clara A. Lukens arrived home
Tuesday from Wabash, Indiana.
where she has been visiting with rela-
tives for the past three months.
Miss Della Burris, of the telephone
office, went over to Flandreau on the
midnight Milwaukee passenger Mon
day being called there by the death
of q little neice, who drowned near
Flandreau in the afternoon.
Alexandria Herald: ]. D. Pinnell
returned to his home at Mitchell the
first of the week after a short visit
with his parents south OF town. Mr..
Pinnell is engaged in contracting and
building at Mitchell. and reports
plenty OF business in his line.
c. r. Than came over from KIM
ball Wednesday and before he got
away he had finished the purchase
of a new automobile, getting 1t of
the Mitchell Auto & Supply Co. Clate
said this was the fifth machine he
has owned. but has sold all his others.
$50 acres Of hay land for rent.
Commercial and Savings bank.
Funeral services were held at 3
O'Clock Tuesday over the re-
mains of the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Oxenrider on the
south side, conducted by DR.. ]. s.
Hoagland. The little girl, aged IA
months, died Monday night Of pneu-
monia.
DR.. Geo. P. Dix returned home to
Aberdeen Tuesday. He was here
to attend the meeting Of the Carizzo
Copper Co. as n of the stockhold-
ers. DR.. Dix is very enthusiastic over
the outcome Of the copper mines in
mexico, which seemed to be shared
abundantly by the other stockholders
who were here.
Nj. & I'd Mrs. Chas Finley came up
from Sioux City Monday afternoon
ami viii again make their home in
Mitchell. Mr.. Finley was formerly
e1ar'oyed in this city in the purchase
of live poultry which he shipped to
Sioux City. They will live in Mrs.
M;lier's residence on the south side.
Monday evening the knights of
Pythias held their regular meeting,
on which occasion three candidates
were given the first rank. At the con-
clusion oe the work the members adj
journed to the cafe of the Mitchell
Catering Co., where a luncheon was
served. A few remarks were made
by the members and feeling of good
fellowship was abundant.
/. 4. Hannett departed Monday af-
ternoon for Reliance, west OF the
riv"f. He vas met th-re ny lis son
Rag. and driven today over To- his
CLAIM in Trip county. Mr.. Hannett
viii: remain there a week to look over
his land and possibly make some ar
Fragments about bui,l ls a shanty.
He expects to o his family to
:lc clam about June l..
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Maroney are
recent arrivals from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr.. Maroney will have charge of the
new ice cream parlors of the Turner
Produce Co., which will be opened
to the public in the course of a week
or so. Mr.. Maroneny was in the en-
ploy of the Bauer Ice Cream Co.,
of Cincinnati, one of the largest in
that city, and is an expert in the ar
ranging of popular drinks at the
soda fountain.
Sorenson & Lampert, who recently
came here and established a cigar
factory in the rear rooms over the
Hathaway Shoe Store, have conlmenc.
ed to manufacture cigars, and as SOC
as their stamps arrive from the gov
/ eminent will be able to place them
on the market. The young, men had a
good reputation where they came
from Cor making fne cigars, and they
eX; EFT not only to MAINTAIN it IA
Mitchell but to make it better.
Census ~enumerators in WATERFOWL
are kicking on their Jobs, because the
pay in sight is SO small, smaller than
they anticipated when they accepted
the appointment. They declare that
If the population Of Waterfowl
reaches 10000 the most they can get
out of it is $3.50, which is to be di-
vided among four of them for fully
a months work. Once on the job they
have got to stick for the government
imposes a fine of $500 for any enum.
orator who quits before his work is
completed.
The Alexandria Herald gives the
details Of the capture of an insane
man in that county just about the
time the severe snowstorm came on
a week ago last Friday. The man
was found underneath a bridge south
of Alexandria and he had been there
for several days. All that he had tc
eat was some shelled corr in his
pockets and the possibility of some
fish hat he had caught. He was very
thinly clad, and if he had not beer
taken into custody the chances are
that he would have died from expos.
ure in the storm that followed. He
was a stranger and it has been diff
cult to find out anything about him.
G.. r. RAYMOND Monday afternoon