The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-02-02
IN TOWN MI COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
u! THE COURSE OF A WEEK

church members on this occasion. He
expects to come here within a month,
but his family will be unable to come
until! after the close of school in
June. :
George Koehler and Roy Hackett
went to Chicago Sunday morning and
will remain through the week to at
tend the automobile show and look
after ONE business matters.
A game Of basketball was played
Wednesday evening between the
eighth grade team Of the central
school and the high school team. The
lads in the central school were the
victors in a game that was wholly one
sided. The score at the end of the
first half stood Is to 3 for the eighth
grade and at the end of the second
half the high school fellows could not
make a brace and only increased their
score by four points, while the grade
boys showed their score up nine
points, the score being "a to z in IA
vor of the eighth grade boys. At
times the game was exciting, and
there was some surprise occasioned
when the younger fellows landed with
such force on their older opponents.
Norton and Zavit, forwards; Evans
and Jones, guards, and Salisbury, cen
ter, was the lineup for the high
school. White and Kibbee, forwards;
Smith and Hull guards. and Doyle
center was the fast bunch for the
grade victors.
ans Aid Society of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal church, which was
held in the p%arlors Thursday after
noon, was a meeting of great inter-
est. Mrs. B. A. Bobb presided at the
business session, which showed that
the affairs of the society are prosper
ing. The program of the afternoon
consisted of an admirable paper up
on John Wesley-College Man at
Oxford" by Mrs. C. e. vermilyea.
The souvenirs of the afternoon were
artistic etchings of John Wesley
when a student. This work was done
by Miss Patterson and was much APP
preciated. The parlors had been tas.
tily arranged by Mrs. Will Scallin's
division of the society who also fur
ished the refreshments. The atten-
dance in spite of the bad condition Of
the sidewalks was very large, among
the company being many new peo-
pie and visitors.
William LaFortune was arrested
on the charge of Jess Marshall and
his wife, who alleged that LaFor-
tune insulted the woman on the
street by making indecent proposals
to her. Both the husband and wife
swore to the instances, and that one
night while they were walking on
NJ, I street Marshall went into a
ste, e for a moment and his wife pro-
ceeded to the corner, waiting for him.
She was overtaken by LaFortune and
another party, and that he made a
proposition to her that was insult
ing. At that moment Marshall came
up and heard the remark, and he
struck LaFortune in the face. At
that moment Officer Christensen came
up and placed both men under ar
rest on the charge of disturbing the
peace. In Justice brakes court
Thursday evening the case was tried,
with the evidence submitted on the
part of the husband and wife. La
Fortune admitted everything except
that he declared he did not make
the remark attributed to him. The
court found him guiltless, and with
that decision City Attorney Miller,
who appeared for the Marshalls in
their charge, dismissed the cases
against the two men Of disturbing
lle peace.
Mayor Hitchcock came home from
Sioux Falls Saturday. having been
over there for several days appear
ing in the disbarrment proceedings
against the firm of Dougherty and
Robertson, Of Dell Rapids. Mr..
Hitchcock was appointed by the su
preme court to represent that body
in the disbarrment proceedings at
the time of taking the testimony be-
fore the referee, A. II. Orvis of
Yankton. A start was made in the
case at this time. The firm is charg-
ed with unprofessional conduct, one
of the things alleged being that they
started divorce proceedings between
a man and his wife without their au-
thority.
The Y. NJ. G.. A. basketball team
is home from Sioux Falls, with three
defeats cherged up to their credit.
The first was a 40 to 10 defeat by the
500 club and then Saturday evening
the local boys remained over to meet
the high school teams. The first half
Was played by the second team of the
Sioux Falls high school and they
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