The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-12-30

school In the vicinity of Letcher. is
home for the holiday vacation.
Miss Charlotte Duncan Is home
from Platte, where she is leachinp
school to spend the holiday vacation.
j. n. Grow left Tuesday via
the Omaha road for a trip to Mime
apolis to attend to some LEGAL mat-
ters.
A. A. Boynton, who is doing clc1-
ical duty in the land office at BIS
ark, came home Saturday to lemaia
a week.
Mrs. DIR. E. U. Fisher, Of Rodney.
Iowa, arrived Monday to make a
visit with her parents, Nh. and Mrs.
A. j. Bates.
Having sold my farm | will have a
public auction Jan. 10. 1905, in Pros
per township, township, section l3.
l. Brown.
+. w. Jonas, who represents Mar
slal Field y Co. IN this territory. re-
turned Tuesday morning from st.
Paul, where he passed Christmas.
Thos Nj. Wallace went out to Wes-
sington Springs and Lane Monday
evening to take an inventory OF the
stock liz the yards of the Fullerton
Lumber Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Wolgemuth and
the baby came down from st. Paul
Sunday. Mr.. Wolgemuth returned
home Monday evening, and Mrs.
Woleemuth will remain through the
week.
A poultry show is being held at
Luverne this week and some chick
ems were sent over from Mitchell
this morning. Among the exhibit
ors are Geo. w. Law, VIM. Scallin
and Frank Winsor, jr.
Attorney Gunderson. of Pierre.
was in the city Monday on legal
business before Judge Smith to Sc
cure an order which could not be Sc.
cured in the Pierre circuit..court. ow-
ing to the absence OF the presiding
judge.
Another prospectus has been issued
concerning the publication Of the
Mitchell Daily Star. 1t was an
nounced last week that the new
daily paper would be established
Jan. 8. The latest prospectus states,
however, that the publication has
been postponed unil the morning of
Feb. J.. No information has been
given as yet where the paper VIII be
located in Mitchell or whether it will
take the associated press dispatches.
Christmas Day was quietly oh
served III Mitchell Sunday. The
various churches in the city held
their religious services and the ser
mons by the pastors and the music
furnished by the choirs were in har-
mony with the day. A number of
dinner parties We're held and the no
tells furnished their guests with ex-
cellent menus. The bills OF fare at
The Mitchell and The Widamnn con-
tanned many delicacies of the season.
AT the latter hosiery Dode Fisk's
orchestra furnished music during the
serving Of the dinner.
Late Saturday afternoon G. G
Rofh Hmm ammo many hn " ne /, eo,;D,,c
wlndnp to the holiday business. In
one Of his show windows he bad
erected a pretty design covered with
cotton batting and the decorations
OF f1ult, candies, ETC., made it very
attractive. Saturday as he was light
ing the gasoline lamps with the
lighter the little fame touched the
cotton as he pushed ii through a
small opening to the lamp. In an
instant the cotton was a sheet OF
flame and with great rapidity spread
over the whole surface. The flames
were eXtineuished before they
reached beyond the window by
sprinllling water and -four ovar the
flames. 1t was a sorry looking mess
after it was all over but Mr.. Rath-
bun was gratitied that it was nc
worse.
a quiet wedding ceremony was per-
formed at the home of Mrs Alice A..
Coffin, on Main street, Sunday after
noon at 4 O'Clock. At that hour her
daughter, Miss Marie c., was united
in marriage to Albert w. Thomas.
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. a. Craig Bowdish, pastor OF
the Congregational church. Only
the relatives Of the contracting par
ties were present. After hearty con-
gratulations were offered the newly
married couple the company sat down
to a dainty and we'll prepared we'd
ding. supper. They were the recipl-
pntS Of MANY uSafuI n~rpcoptc frop,