The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-11

Insurance Co.
DIR. Stevenson the well-know,
eye. ear. nose and throat specials
OF Sioux Falls will be in Mitchell
from 4 r. NJ. Wednesday, May 18th
n Thursday, May 18th, at tn
Wfdmann Hotel. Grasses also fitte,
correctly"
Good clean fax seed for sale by A
H. Belts. 314 Western Natl. banl
building.
7 Rev. G. E. O'Flaherty, NJ. Jacque
mai, and John siberz departed satur
day, and l.. j. Welch left Sunday fol
Rapid City, where they will attene
the state convention of the Knight.
of Columbus, which opened there yes.
terday. Mr.. WEIGH is the state
deputy, and was forced to miss the
opening session on account of sick.
ness. Fully a hundred delegates
went out to Rapid City Saturday ev.
ening.
Arrangements are being made by
the committee for the observance O,
Memorial Sunday and Decoration
Day. DR.. j. S. Hoagland has been
invited to deliver the address on Me-
mortal Sunday and the services will
be hela in the Methodist church. Rev.
Henry Snyder, pastor of the Presby-
terlal church, has been invited to de-
liver the address on Memorial Day,
May 80. The more detailed arrange
ments will be announced later.
j.. III. Davis and his assistant, Buell.
Evans, are hard at work making the
city assessment. They have practi-
cally concluded the work on the
south side, and this week Mr.. Davis
is working among the business men.
The resident section north of the
Milwaukee track will be taken care
of soon. The men are working hard
to give the city a fair and jur as
sessment and they find that the citi-
zens are cooperating with them with
that end in view.
An assault and battery case was
brought up from Ethan Monday af-
ternoon for trial before Justice
wherein Frank Mcpherson
made an attack on DR.. ]. A. How
ard. MCPHERSON pleaded guilty to
the assault and the court imposed a
fine of $50. The assault grew out of
the striking of McPherson's dog by
DR.. Howard, and it so enraged the
that he struck the physician,
and the arrest followed. Several
business mel of Ethan were present
the cas- and when the fine was i'm
posed they took up a collection and
paid the fine for Mcpherson.
The weather was certainly going
some Tuesday, and one was inclined
to think it was mid-July instead of
May. The mercury shot up to 81
uluSl luC. t1iluCl1SC vi llO
arm sur, which is certainly a rec
ord day for May. Along abou. mid
night the atmosphere commenced to
cool off and by Wednesday the mer-
curry had dropped 46 degrees and it
stood at 81 as the coolest of the
hight. With the day SO intensely
not it was a strong suggestion to
BRING out the straw hat, which
would have been quite appropriate
or the day.
There will be a good opportunity
or those who desire to watch the
work of the baseball team. The play
RS are out for practice twice each
lay. playing in the morning from
$50 to 1880 and in the afternoon
rom 2 to S o'clock. This practice
will be observed every day until the
opens May %. The work is
light at the outset but with each sue
day the men will be grilled
little harder to round them into
hape. Batting, base running, infield
york and team work are being in
titled into the men with all the ar
Ior at the command of Captain
'aull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Peters came
.ome Monday evening from Odebolt,
owa, where they were called by the
of a cousin of Mrs. Peters, by
he name of William Lange. He
yas suddenly killed by the explosion
f ten pounds of dynamite, which he
Tas using in removing stumps from
he ground. Mr.. LANCE had ten
ounds of the explosive stuff in a
but it is not known how it came
. explode. One arm, n leg and
is head were blown off, but only a
mall piece of his head was found.
he missing parts were found some
istance from where the ex-
losion occurred. Mr.. Peters
aid that the explosion was heard
nd felt to some extent for a dis
lnce of 35 miles.
The public services of Sunday at
re First Methodist church were ex-
we'll attended. The pas
,r preached both sermons and the
oecial music was Of the usual high