The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
IN O AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF. A WEEK
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Sanger,
sol east Sixth Avenue, Friday, April
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. Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Sanger,
sol east Sixth Avenue, Friday. April
1, a daughter.
CLANCY showed his appreciation of
the efforts of the department by pre-
senting Chief Kimble with SIS for the
boys.
o. d. Stearns Saturday completed
the purchase of the residence of j..
L.. Hannett on Fourth Avenue west.
He takes possession of the property
June 1. Mr.. Hannvtt expects to leave
for Dallas, S. D., shortly and will
take up their residence on a farm
and will likely remain there q year.
DR.. E. E. King, assisted by Drs.
Warne and Bower, performed an
operation Friday afternoon at the
hospital which is something far out
of the ordinary run, and which re-
fleets much credit on the skill of the
the same. Mrs. E. Wright, living near
operation (removing child through
"a oDooA1SuJ. WIZ SOAoS ~
and child are doing nicely. This was
made necessary owing to a deformity
since childhood in the case of the
mother.
The lawn tennis season has got a
pretty good start, and the courts on
the east and west sides of town have
the regular number of men out play
ing the game with the same energy as
in midsummer. The competition in
tennis this season is going to be
fiercer than ever before for the rea-
son that so many of the men are
! about on a par. As soon as the men
get into their stride it is very likely
thai a local tournament will be
started.
The Christian Endeavor convention
which was held in the Presbyterian
church Friday evening was not large
ly attended but those who were pres
ent We're we'll repaid for doing so.
The meeting was presided over by
Miss Hattie Boice. Prof. Lindsey fav-
ored the gathering with a solo of a
sacred character, which was rendered
in a way to elicit hearty applause. The
scripture was read and the invoca-
ton given by Rev. A. C. Bowdish,
pastor of the Congregational church.
The address of welcome was deliver
ed by DR.. T. j.. Macmurray of the
Presbyterian church. Rev. j. P. An
derson, of Huron, the state president
of the Endeavor society, made the
address of the evening, outlining
many methods for increasing the in
terest and usefulness of the Endeavor
meetings. A rising vote of thanks was
rendered the speaker at the close.
Secretary Silsby, of the Elks, re-
ceived a letter from L. d. Milne un-
der date of March 10, and written
from Jerusalem, in which there is
some interesting information. Mr..
Milne said that when they landed in
Jerusalem they were greeted by a
severe snow storm, and that it was
in that country are SO small and the
could not be secured to warm them
up. He also mentioned the incident Of
the religious fanatic who shot two
American girls in the mosque of
Omar on March s.. The young ladi IS
are members of the same party with
which Mr.. and Mrs. Milne are travel
ing, although they were not in the
mosque at the time of the shooting.
He said, however, that after that in
cident the enire party was very anx-
ious to resume the journey. They
were held in Jerusalem, however,
some three or foul days beyond the
limit because of the severe storm
which was raging.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Catholic
church over the remains of Mrs. F. G..
Sebastian, and were attended by
many friends of the family. The SER
vices were conducted by Father Shea,
and they were very impressive. The
remains were laid to rest in Grace
land cemetery and the following were
the ~pallbearers: L. Geiger, M. Bren-
nan, Frank and James Gormley, NJ.
Cation, Phillip Tobin. Mrs. Sebastian
passed away Friday morning after
an illness lasting two weeks, she hav-
ing taken a severe cold a few days af-
ter the birth of a baby, and which
was the cause of her death. Besides
the newly born babe, the deceased
leaves a husband and little daughter
two years old, and a number of rela-
tives. The many friends will extend
their sympathy to the Borrowing ones.
While the audience was not very
large at the performance of The Girl
of the Golden West" at the Gale Fri
day night, it was a drama Which was
appreciated to a great extent, for the
fact that it contained realistic scenes,
and the representation of d period with
which but few are familiar from any
point of view except what they have
been told. The scenes laid in Califor-
MIA in the gold fever period offered
something picturesque in the telling
of the story of the girl who was con-
Quoting a saloon, of the absolute and
honest admiration the miners had for
how tho oNy1oirr 1f tho ctrnnpor into