The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-27

Mrs. S. Starns and Miss Kristin
Martinson have been visiting in tn,
city and returned home to Woonseck
ct today.
Mrs. j.. w. Ruan has ben visitin,
in Minneapolis for the past thre
weeks and returned home this morn
ing.
DR.. Ray Smith has moved his den
tai Office into the front rooms owe
Dieal & Browns drug store.
Mrs. L. j. Hofstetter departed vi,
the Milwaukee road tor Madison
Wis, yesterday, being called there b,
the serious Illness OF her father.
Mrs. j. w. Clevenger, of Chamber
lain, has been visiting with Mrs
Thomas Morgan for several days thi!
week and returned home this after
noon.
Mir. and Mrs. r. l.. Propst ant
family of Mynard, Neb., arrived il
the city Friday afternoon TO make a
visit with their daughter, Mrs. a. +
Test. They made the trip overland il
their automobile.
The Elks had initiation Friday ev-
ening, four candidates being put
through the work. A fine luncheon
was served at the close of the even
ing. IT was expected to have a class
of fifteen from the waiting list of So
candidates who have besn voted in,
but they We're unable to get around
for the initiation.
p. P. Sands brought into Mitchell
today five potatoes raised en- his
farm. They looked more like pump
kins than spuds, the five of them
weighing nine pounds. The largest
proved a little over two pounds. They
are of the Snow Flake variety. A
bushel and a half of seed produced
no less than twenty-one bushels of po-
tatoes.
Jos. Swift, jr., who is In Belle
Fourche in electric wiring work,
narrowly escaped a serious accident
a few days ago. He was standing on
the ground beneath a high pole,
when the mar working at the top
dropped a three pound chisel to the
ground. 1t passed within an inch
of Mr.. Swift's head, but struck him
on the foot and severed the large toe
and nearly two of the smaller toes.
Republicans were here from Alex
andria~ Mt. Vernon, Fulton, Letcher
and many of the surrounding towns
to attend the republican rally last
night. They agreed that it was the
biggest rally in the state so far and
that it would not likely be repeated
again in the campaign. Many of the
strangers stopped to greet the speak
ers and pleadge them their strongest
support not only at the polls but in
personal effort to bring out the full
strength of the party in their locality.
VIM. H. Schneider, of the firm of
SCHNEIDER & Mueller Piano Co., of
Omaha. is in Mitchell today, trying
to find a warehouse in this city large
enough which will admit of the stor-
age of a large number Of pianos, to
make Mitchell the distributing center
for the entire northwest business of
the company. Since the SCHNEIDER &
Mueller Co., started in business here
a few months ago., they have been
able to get a good footing, and their
business has doubled since they COM
menced business in Mitchell.
We have eeen waiting for the kill
ing frost to come along and put a
quletus on things which have been
growing along just the same as in the
balmiest of July weather. The kill
ing frost got here this morning when
the mercury went to % degrees. The
frost came the latest this sea-
sion than Or a good many years. The
frost came in September when
mercury went to 81 degrees, but
it did not injure anything in the
Held or garden and since then things
nave been growing right along with
out the least interruption from cold
weather. For the killing frost to
hold off until this late in October is
something of a record in this state. !,
The first Sunday of the new confer
year opened auspiciously at the
First Methodist Episcopal Church.
The pastor, DR.. Hoagland was greet
by great audiences and the music
Of the large chorus under the leader
of Prof. Hobson was fine at both
services. AT the conclusion of the
morning sermon the pastor welcomed
nto the church twenty new members.
1t was announced that next Sunday
preceding the sermon the pastor
would conduct an infant baptismal
and that parents wishing their
baptized will have an oppor-
unity of presenting them at that
line. The new organ is rapidly near
ng completion and will be ready for
soon.
Rev. w. NJ. MAR, of Sioux Falls,
preached his first sermon Sunday as
he new pastor of the Congregation
II church, having accepted the call of
church early in the week. Mr..
sermon was preceded by some
editorial thought of the day, and
which he said would be a feature of
he Sunday morning in the
'uture, which would enable him to
ouch upon certain topics of the day.
'1r. MAR spoke in a personal vein, of
himself and family, and said that he
lad always been used to hard work.
which he believed, would be one of
he essential features in the pastor
tie in Mitchell, and added that if