The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-13
local NEWS NOTES
From Thursdays Daily

(Fr"m Thursdays Daily.)
Ludwig Lovenger of White Lake
was a business visitor yesterday and
today in Mitchell
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George Hug
hart. 401 West Eleventh en- on
Wednesday, May s., a son.
Mrs. A. E. Porteous. who has been
quite i'll with heart trouble at Long
Beach, Calf, where she is with Mr..
P%orteous and their two daughters, is
reported to be gaining in health.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Ross.
OF Beulah township. on Wednesday,
May 5, a o n
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Dundas depart
ed last evening on a business trim
TO st. Paul.
The Bethel Union Sunday school
gives a special invitation to all
mothers OF the community to be pres
ent mex Sunday at the Mothers
Day" service. The service will be
special for the occasion and it is
desired that every mother be present.
The interior of the kempton cafe,
recently damaged by fire, is being
repaired by the owners. c. F.. Reeves
and j.. e. Wells, and will be in bet
ter shape than before the blaze. New
plate glass windows will be put in
and possibly a steel ceiling.
Mrs. f.. A. Miller and little son,
of Jamestown, N. D., has arrived for
Il visit at the home of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. e. r. Grinnell. She
expects TO remain for two or three
weeks.
One of the coolest nights of the
season was experienced last evening,
the mercury dropping to 80 degrees
above zero, two degrees below the
freezing point. There was frost on
the roofs and sidewalks this morning,
but it is not believed the frost was
heavy enough to do any great amount
of damage. The strong wind during
the night made the temperature
much colder than it appeared to be,
md probably saved growing vegeta-
ton from serious damage.
' Building permits issued by the
city since January l have totalled
$35.3S0, instead of since May 10,
1914, when the office was establish
ed by city ordinance.
AS a private telephone exchange
has been installed in The Republican
office, all calls for the editorial rooms
or the city editor should be made
over the trunk to the business office,
No. PHI. The telephone No. 2172
has been discontinued.
A. II. Clark left this morning for
Il weeks visit at Kansas City, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Beckwith and
Miss Grace Beckwith arrived home
last evening from California, where
they spent the winter. Most OF the
time they spent at Los Angeles.
F.. A. Sullivan. who has been in
Mitchell since early in January in
charge of the work of the state ex-
position building commission. left
this morning for his home at Kansas
City, Mo.
The second annual choir festival
of the Episcopal churches of the
state will behold in S. Mary's church
on Wednesday evening, May -, at
8 o'clock. No admission fee will be
charged, but a silver collection will
be taken to defray the travelling eX-
penses of.visiting choirs. Each mem
Der of or contributor to the parish is
entitled to a ticket. which will be Civ
en- out at the close of services next
Sunday morning and afternoon. Tic
ket holders must be in their seats
before the opening Of the service. At
7:45 O'Clock those not holding tickets
It'll No urnlnNv,n to oil ,nopnrpinl
seats.
W. T. Mcconnell, of Washington
Springs, formerly vi~ce-president of
the Western National bank. was a
business visitor today in Mitchell.
Walter McCurdy, of Lane, cashier
Of the Citizens State bank of that
place spent yesterday in Mitchell on
business.
Ben Bowen, of Sioux City, form
erly a conductor on the S. c. and ID.
division of the Milwaukee road, was
in the citytoday. Mr.. Bowen is now
general chairman of the Order OF
Railroad Conductors.
Last nights frost was reported to
be general, extending as far west as
MuTQO ana east 10 SLdLS llle. mo SCI
ious damage is reported to have
been done by the chill.
In four days, the names of 1899
residents of Mitchell and data con-
corning them has been gathered by
the four enumerators working under
City Assessor j. II. Davis. The enum-
orators, who are working separately
from Mr.. Davis and his two deputies,
Buell. Evans and r. F. Ruth, are
averaging about 120 people each day.
Judge Dick Haney left this after
noon for Pierre in response to a mes
sag stating that Judge Dighton Cor
son, one OF the first justices of the
state supreme court. was dying.
David H. Ballard this afternoon OBJ
tanned a license to marry Mrs. Mar
tina O. Rogers. Mr.. Ballard recently
came to Mitchell from Tacoma, Wash.
Conway Bever, of York, Neb., ar
rived this afternoon and will assume
the position as v%iolinist and director
OF the orchestra in the Gale theater.
He succeeds H. w. Peterson, who
will be director of the Metropolitan