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MINOR MENTION. A Week's Hesuiue Carefully Cini|iilel for tlie Capital Headers. Miss Blanche Rowley has returned 'from her trip to Spirit Lake. H. B. Hayward, representing the /Hartford Insurance Co., was here. Miss Maggie and Mary Sullivan and Mrs. P. J. Sullivan are visiting R. D. Welch. W. J. I-Iealey has arranging some shelviug in his window on which to display his goods. Henry Koch returned from St. Paul where he purchased a stock of dry goods for the fall trade. The attention of our readers is re spectfully called to the ad of Hubbard & Palmer in this issue. Mrs. Will Dodson came home from Plaukinton Saturday morning after a visit of several weeks with relatives. Jay Mansou. secretary of the railroad commission, went home to Flandreau to remain over Sunday with his family. Geo. Dougherty was over from Mt. Vernon Saturday and said that corn in that vicinity was doing splendidly. Homer Sampson yanks out "the coupl ing pins on the west end accommoda tion with the same alacrity as before his vacation. Harry Hall arrived from Omaha Fri day af ternoon and will take a position with Champeny Bros., having charge of the clothing department. Miss Jessie Fuller who has been Ink ing the testimony in the Scott and Van Eps cases, returned to her home at Yankton Friday morning. Lost, June 18th on the road between Mitchell and Spencer a heavy shawl, one side dark-drab the other light. Finder please leave at this office.. The condition of J. W. Beattie's lit tle boy. who was struck in the eye with a stone, is not much improved and it is feared he may lose the use of the eye. The campers have fixed up a nice place at the river for bathing purposes by hauling in several loads of grave) and building a platform to the water's edge. W. 1,». Hanson of Fort Dodge, Iowa, was looking over Davison county land with a view to investing. He was well pleased with the country surrounding Mitchell. A. K. Hager returned last Friday from a business trip to Kedlield. He said at Tulare an immense rain fell Thursdry night, and that the crops in that vicinity do not compare with those down this way. Frank McCormick of Sioux City is the new operator at the Milwaukee depot, which position has been vacant for some time on account of the lack of business. J. O. Vansyekel. representing God den & Ballard of F.mrnettsburg, Iowa, dealers in granite monuments, was in town Friday and appointed W. H. Mill ham as agent of the company. Jim Spears is out on the road selling ice by the carload and will ship a quantity to surrounding towns. Jim says he finds it pays to advertise when a man has anything to sell. Froqj the long line of freight cars standing on the Omaha sidetracks it would seem as if the company was making preparations to haul a goodly portion of the wheat out of Mitchell. The Monmouth Merchant Mills ship ped a carload of new wheat to Minneap olis and Friday received notice that it brought lili cents on that market. Fri day the mill received SCO bushels of new wheat. Al. Hammer is home from the Rose bud Indian Agency, where he was working with II. O. Greene's surveying party. He reports all the boys good health and enjoying life the best they can under the circumstances. Mrs. Laura E. Courtright, who went to Cripple Creek, Colo., early last spring, was married July -Ith to Thos. P. Wiltse, a resident of that place. Mrs. Wiltse's Mitchell friends extend congratulations. While on a bicycle trip out west Thursday evening in company with !£. P. Winsor we noticed several fields of very tine corn, particularly one lying west of J. W. Mason's. Mr. Mason says his wheat will yield 10 or 12 bushels per acre. C. M. Coolev, vho runs on the postal service between Aberdeen and Sioux City, says he will soon make his head quarters in Mitchell again. Mr.C'ooley owns a quarter section of good land near town and he thinks he will make some money out of it this year. Yankton Press and Dakotan: Chan ges in progress at the state hospital for the icpime will give accommodations for fifty more patients. The dining room is being made into sleeping apartments and a new dining room fit ted up in the basement. When chan ges are completed the hospital will ac commodate 425 patients. Chicago papers of Wednesday made an elaborate announcementof the death of Judge John Dean Caton, who was brother-in-law of J. II. Sherrill of this city. He was for 22 years on the sup reme bench of Illinois and tried the first criminal caie in Chicago's history The deceased was quite wealthy. He was 83 years old at the time of his death. Miss Marie West went to Chicago Monday morning to have her eyes treated. few injuries of his buggy Allen Ladd received from being thrown out Saturday evening. John McMamara, who was nearly cremated in the city jail two years ago, is back from Iowa. N. L. Dayison, of the Mitchell Na tional bank, went to Chicago Monday morning to be gone a week. Several private picnic parties were caught in the storm Sunday and re ceived a thorough soaking. James Tlaynes came over from Mt. Vernon Monday morning. Mr. Haynesis in very poor health at present. Jim Bates has an Alexandria horse in training which can do a mile in '2:311 and even better on a good track. Secretary of State Thorson and Com missioner Lockhart came in on the east train Saturday on their way to Pierre. Judge Haney went to Tripp Saturday to transact some legal business for Judge Smith of Yankton, who is out of the state. Allan Ladd while out driving Satur day evening turned the corner sharply which resulted in about demolishing his buggy. Mrs. Jay Thompson, Hubbard & Palmers agent has returned home from Omaha and is ready now to receive your orders for coal. Farmer Johnson, living south of town, was in the city Saturday and said his wheat went 16 bushels to the acre. He finished threshing Friday. Geo. K. Freeman of Elk Point and J. S. Clark of Milwaukee were guests of Register Boynton Saturday afternoon. The gentlemen were on their way north. Mitchell's traveling men, and there are quite a number who make their home here, started out on their var ious routes Monday morning for a week's travel. Mrs. W. TI. Meierstein o." Sioux City arrived Monday to visit with her daughter, Mrs. F. A. Craft. Mrs. Nugent of Kimball is also visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Cralt. Mrs. Sid \V. Smith and Miss Lulu Selby came from Parker Saturday and will again make Mitchell their home. Their household goods arrived Sat urday evening. Miss Mable Riley will not roturn to Mitchell this fall as she has been en gaged to teach a term of school at Laketield, Minn., where her father is in the lumber business. Miss Leehan, who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Kd. Leehan, return ed to her home Saturday at Rock Val ley, Iowa, via Sioux City where she will visit a short time. D. A. Mizoner received word from Mrs. Mi/ener Saturday that her brother died an hour before she reached Mason City. He was injured in the abdomen by the explosion of an emery wheel. While driving up from Ethan Satur day Dr. Warne's team took it into their heads to run away. The Dr. was able to keep them in the road and after run ning five or six miles gave it up bad job. The wind Sunday turned Ole Pine's over as he was coming up the hill east of town. His young lady friend was brought to town in the Alex Mitchell bus which came by at that time. Camp liiverview was not badly dis turbed by the storm Sunday evenin The tents are all new and strong and they withstood the fury of the storm in good shape, although it was cold and damp early this morning. The wheat on Jerome Wiltse's and Dr. McCartney's joint farm west of town was threshed Friday and the gen tlemen were highly gratified to learn that the wheat went 10 bushels per acre. Nervous debility is a common com plaint, especially among women. The best medical treatment for this disor der is a persistent course of Ayer's Sar saparilla to cleanse and invigorate the blood. This being accomplishod, na ture will do the rest. There is some ground for hope that the wheat market will be stronger this year than last and ihat is in the com parison of last year's prices with this In 1894 the first carload of new wheat in Minneapolis brought only T)4 cents but the first load this year brought 08J cents and the two carloads of the cereal were identically the same grade of wheat. This is certainly a hopeful in dication and one that will bring joy to the heart of the farmer and business man alike. W. .1. Healey, O. P. Graham and Geo. Bomgardner met with an unfor tunate accident Saturday evening while riding down to camp Riverview on their wheels. A barb wire fence had been put up at agate which had hith erto been open and they not knowing it crashed into the wire. Graham went into it first followed by Healey Bomgardner came along an hour after ward and ran into the same wire The two first were bruised considerably and Mr. Bomgardner while ho got his share of bruises had the ill luck to break his wheel in several places. John Mabbott of Mt. Vernon the city Monday. from Miss Frances Miner returned Parkston Tuesday afternoon. Miss Frankie Kintigh went to Emery Tuesday morning to visit reletives. Mrs. John Bowers came in from Chamberlain Tuesday to visit with friends. Mrg. Haynes of Sioux City arrived Tuesday and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weller. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Russell are the happy parents of a young son, who ar rived at their home Saturday. W. H. Conyes, of the clothing firm of Smith & Conyes, went to Chicago Wed nesday to lay in his stock of fall goods. The best is what you want when you are in need of a medicine. That is why you should insist upon Hood's Sarsapa il la. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. li. Logan moved up from Camp Riverview Monday even ing, Mrs. Logan having been sick the past few days. To restore grey hair to its natural color as in youth, cause it togrow abun dant and strong, there is no better prep aration than Hall's Hair Renewer. Father Maher started for Sioux Falls Tuesday but will visit in several other towns around here before reach ing that city. Father Flynn of Madi son, who was visiting with him, accom panied Father Maher on the trip. The storm broke a window glass for Winsor & Mohr, Mr. Winsor's came being knocked out leaving Mr. Mohr's undisturbed. It is presumed Borne missile Hying through the air came in contact with the window. xtensive cattle shipments are being made from points west. Eight car loads arrived from the west Tuesday which were taken on to Sioux City by the freight train over three hours to shippers. which was held accommodate the threshing outfits farmers around Quite a number of have been sold to Mitchell and evidently there is some grain to thresh. Monday and Tuesday five outfits were sold and delivered, two of which were steam and three were horse power. The state fair managers have been quite successful in securing special trains for the state fair at Sioux Falls. The Omaha road will run a special from Mitchell and it is barely possible that the Milwaukee will do the same. With an arrangement of that kind towns surrounding Sioux Falls will be able to send in good crowds. The Turn Bezirk of the upper Mis souri will hold its fifth annual turnfest at Yankton on the 18th inst. The reg ular exercises speaking, singing, dancing and athletics—will be the program upon that occasion. The fest will be under the united management of the Sioux Palls and Yankton socie ties. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Silsby were caught in Sunday evening's storm quite a distance from town and no friendly house in sight. They managed to reach town pretty well drenched with water and mud, not caring to go through another similar exprience. The wind came near turning their bug gy over several times but as they were going with the wind the buggy had a chance to keep right side up. Wessington Springs True Republican: Joe Scott came up from Mitchell last Saturday evening, to join his wife and children, who are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Vanderveen, of Dale township. Joe used to be a resident of Jerauld, and still owns his farm, now occupied J. N. Goepfert. This is his first trip here for fiye years. He is now a fire man on the C. M. & St. P. R'y., be tween Mitchell and Siouz City. They returned home Monday. There is not much doing at the U. S. land office in the way of reservation filings at present, though Register Boynton says that during August the number will increase, owing to the limit of time in which settlers who have filed on the land to make their applications at the land office. At pre sent the register and receiver are ex amining evidence in contest cases on which they are to render decisions. Supt. Cosgrave came down from the north Tuesday in his special car, having been making a tour of observa tion around this part of the state in company with W. G. Collins, general superintendent, E. P. Ripley, third vice president, A. B. Bridges, division freight agent, and Harry Hunter ol Mellette. Mr. Cosgrave said the party was greatly pleased with everything that came within their range of vision, but they were a little disturbed about moving the great crop when it com menced to come in. Madison Leader, .'11: President Gra ham's lecture before the teacher's in stitute last evening was fairly well at tended but was worthy of a larger audi ence. Dr. Graham is a pleasing speak er, has a deep rich voice, deliberate manner and is both logical and pleas ing in the treatment of his theme. He threw out many useful suggestions on the home'and school training of chil dren, decrying the stiff, formal and perfunctory manner of training and pleading for the sympathetic develop ment of their faculties, tastes and habits. W. R. Smith has commenced buying wheat at Bard. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hitchcock went to Sioux Falls Thursday morning. Mrs. M. H. Rowley has been sick for several days but is now improving. Mrs. C. W. Gil lis and son went to Ethan to remain afew days with friends. Will Harker is assisting in Smith & Conyes during Mr. Conyes' absence in the east. Sheriff Smeltner of Canton tvas in the city Thursday on business before the land office. Misses Priscillaand Alice Bridge of Sioux Falls are visiting Mrs. N. H. Williams. Nine cars of stock were brought in from Chamberlain Thursday morning and sent on to Sioux City. D. W. Burright departed for l'.ldora, Iowa, Wednesday. Mrs. Burright is reported as not being any better. M. B. Cleminger is putting 15 elec tirc light chandliers in the Baptist church. Booth Bros, are also having their place of business fitted out with incandescents. We call attention to the new adver tisement of Booth Bros., who have just engaged in. the shoe business. The gentlemen will keep customers posted on prices and new styles through THE REPUBLICAN. Wm. McFarland, general foreman of the I. & D.-divison of the Milwaukee, with headquarters at Mason City, was in town Tuesday, and was the guest of Thos. Liddell. He went to Mason City Wednesday. Photographer Wiltse went down to Camp Riverview Wednesday and took three different views of the camp. Everybody got up early and the entire camp was on dress parade when the photographer hove in sight. Ellis Tatman is back in Mitchell on his annual pilgrimage, coming here from Jacksonville, Fla. Ellis has grown a fierce looking mustache and it took his friends a few moments to rec ognize him, so great was the change in his appearance. "Canst thou minister to a mind di seased?" asks Macbeth. Certainly, my lord: the condition of the mind depends largely, if not solely, on the condition of the stomach, liver and bowels, for all of which complaints Ayer's Pills are ''the sovereignest .thing on earth." In another column the veteran and pioneer merchant of Mitchell calls at tention to hie new line of goods and the accompanying low prices for which the reliable house of P. T. McGovern is noted. Give Mr. McGovern a call and he will make it so interesting for you that you will call a second time. A gentleman living at Redfield, H. P. Packard, has succeeded in reducing the cost of artesian wells so that they are now within the reach of almost every farmer. Mr. Packard says he is now able to sink a three-inch artesian well for $1,200 and that he might be able to reduce it to an even $1,000. The Scotland fair people have seDt out their premium list and a postal card addressed to the secretary will bring you one. The Scotland fair has a good reputation for having a good exhibition and we trust their efforts this yaar will be met with success. I. W. Seaman of this city has charge of the speed department. The conductor of the freight which came in from Sioux City Tuesday said he had about 125 tramps between here and Sioux City but that he kept firing them off all along the road and left 4i at Parksion. That conductor has the thanks of this city for his kindness. But we eventually expect to see those 125 hoboes get into Mitchell. They have learned of our generous treatment. Monday afternoon Judge Haney over ruled the motion of H. C. Preston, who asks for anew trial in the injunction cases against Fred Widmann, Tobin & Bingenheimer, James Gormley and J. P. Stewart. Mr. Preston told TIIK RE PUBLICAN before he returned to Sioux Falls that if the court ruled against him he would carry the cases to the supreme court. A number of young ladies went to the river Monday afternoon to enjoy themselves in the cool atmosphere. That they might have all the comfort possible they each agreed to wear Mother Hubbard dresses and sun bon nets and strange to say they each kept their promise. Misses Duncan and Boggs were leaders iu the movement and the following young ladies were present: Misses Good, Spink, Monnie and Myrtle Lee, Gertie and Susie Rols ton. Quinn, Nellie Bradford, Ada Wright, June Connor, Mabelle Adams. A young boy was arrested for vag rancy last week and was given five days of labor on the streets, but after serving a day or two skipped out of town. He returned Tuesday and was around among the residents offering a pair of shoes for sale. The case was reported to the police and Tuesday evening the boy was arrested by De puty Brooks. Wednesday the boy was brought before Judge Abbey and not being able to give a satisfactory account of how he obtained the shoes Judge Abbey committed him to jail for five days with instructions that the prisoner be treated to a bread and water diet a portion of the time. Mrs. D. C. Lowe returned Wednes day from Eldora, Iowa, where she has been since last fall.' President Graham went to Wheeler in Charles Mix county and lectured before the teachers institute last night. Rev. E. H. Teall, pastor of the Bap tist church, exchanges with Rev. A R. Button of Armour next Sunday. Misses Grace and Blanche Welton ar rived from Spirit Lake Thursday and are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sid W. Smith. J. C. Klemme came down from Huron Thursday to adjust the 'loss of Jos. Harker's fire and he found very little difficulty in making an adjustment. Mrs. J. F. Book and Miss Emma Albertson, who have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Neilsen, returned to their home in Chicago Thursday. It is stated on pretty good authority that the Milwaukee will extend its re gular passenger service to Chamberlain, the change to occur the first of Septem ber. The freight train will also con tinue to run. A small bunch of hay was set afire by some boys in Mrs. Gilbert's yard Wed nesday afternoon and being close to the barn there was some danger of its catching from the blaze. The fire de partment responded to the alarm but the fire was extinguished before they arrived. Deputy Sheriff Cunningham of Orange City, Iowa, was in the city Wednesday looking for a man named Wilson, who also went by two other names. He is a horse doctor and has been making towns around here, but Thursday morning went north with a bunch of tramps. Policeman Gordinier said about .15(1 tramps came up from the south on Wednesday evening's freight. They were kept in the vicinity of the depot all night and Thursday went out on .the various freight trains. Most of them bought what food they got, at least the city did not furnish them any thing to eat. We carry a full line of leather and rubber belt ing and endless thresher rubber and (iandy belts, We have just Received a car load of \v O Born, Thursday morning Aug. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tipton, nee Emily Roger?, at Armour, a daughter. Albert Hensler came in from Mt. Vernon Thursday. Mr. Hensler is a re sident of Cincinnat:,Ohio, and came out here last month to look over a farm which he bought a year ago. It lays within a mile of Mt. Vernon and he is so pleased with it that he has about de cided to move onto his farm. Men are at work making the connec tion between the water works pump and the well and they expect to haveitcom pleted within a week. After that water consumers can be assured of having pressure three hours a day, divided be tween night and morning. The effect of pumping from the well direct will be beneficial, as two years ago this 6ame plan was adopted with the result that the flow was greatly increased and it is quite probable that the same good result will follow the same experiment. Makes the Blood Pure This is the secret ot the cures Sursaparilla. Head this: "lam so glad to write that I am now in per fect health and it is all because by Hood's Hood's Sarsa parilla made my blood pure. My health broke down with troubles peculiar to women, nervous sys tem was shat tered and I had to take my bed. The physician said there was little hope for me. A neighbor told of wonderful euros by Hood's Sarsa parilla nnd I decided to try it. When I had taken 3 bottles, I could sit up and now I am perfectly well and strong. Hood's Sarsaparilla has done all this for me." MRS. C. V. FADERER, La Platta City, Colorado. *X IJ ojllt, cure habitual constipa nOOU S 4 lllS y0u. irlce 25c. per box. Artesian Well Pipe and Casing. This is the best pipe that can be bought and we are selling it on a very close margin. We have the name of selling the best pipe that can be bought. We get it from the best pipe mills in the country and we have no "rejected" pipe or poor stock of any kind. J. HE ALKY HARDWARE CO., Mitchell, S. D. O N E W E E AUGUST 5th to 12th, \v Whenever you think of a stove, think of us for we are the only firm in this part of the state ordering in carload lots. This means low freight and low prices. 1-3 OFF! 1-3 OFF! 1-3 OFF! will ive 33 i=3 PER CENT. OFF On all WHITE GOODS. They must go, Mammoth Fall Stoe This is a cash salt we need the room for our that will arrive this month, and you must have the doe. MITCHELL DRY GOODS COMPANY, Dealers iu New Goods. Her Majesty's Gorsels. Agents for Butte rick Patterns'. Agents for Duck Brand Mackintoshes. 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