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

MIS-. Y. w. l)O"neV returned hOmt
from Ashton Thursday morning.
III. G. Preston went to Olivcl
Thursday to attend to some legal
business.
Rev. w. w. Ravens, superintendent
of the A~nti-Saloon League, went tc
Scotland Thursday morning.
viii Harkcr came home from Wag.
ner "Wednesday evening. The Hair.
ker Bros. have a store down there
which they are conducting.
The east passenger over the Mil.
waukee road did not reach Mitchell,
until } O'Clock Thursday morning
nearly twelve hours late. Ut was a
difficult job to get through the
drifts Of snow in Iowa.
The moderation of the weather to-
day was a pretty welcome relief from
the cold snap OF the first of the week.
Yet South Dakota escaped the bliz-
zard that ragged in other parts of the
west and east of the state.
John Getty, residing north of the
Omaha railroad, has taken advan-
tage of the good fall weather to build
a one-story brick house, the brick
work having been finished but a day
or two before the storm set i'm.
Pastor Powell expected to have the
Episcopal chulch completed and ready
for service on the first Sunday OF the
Few Year, but the two bad days of
storm prevented work from being
carried on and the opening will have
to be deferred until the Sunda; fol-
lowing.
Noble, Son Il Co.. Thursday moved
their stock of furniture and under
taking supplies to the building across
the street from the former location
in the post Office building. The
south room in the post office build
ing Will be occupied by the Mitchell
Grocery Co., which moves there the
first of the year.
G. T.. Nermilyea went to Platte
Thursday to buy some cattle. He re-
three carloads d few days
ago, and has been buying all fall.
The cattle are placed on farms in the
vicinity OF Mitchell and about the
first of May he will DIVE them to
his ranch in Faulk county, near
Fauklton. He expects to have 500
head by that time.
a quiet wedding occurred at the
home OF Mrs. Bushnell Wednesday
evening, when Miss Ida Bushnell
and Joseph III. Harker we're united
in marriage, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. III. s. Wilkinson,
i'm the presence of the relatives of
the contracting parties. Their MANY
friends will extend congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. IIarker will take
rooms at Mrs. Motley's. Mr.. Har-
ker is employed in Rathbun's gro
Gerry.
The parties who went from Mitch
ell to Deadwood to attend the meet
ing of the State Teachers Associa-
tion made the most of their trip
through a blizzart and were seven
hours late reaching Deadwood, but
everything was in readiness for their
coming and they were given a recep-
zion with the other visitors Tuesday
1t was reported that fifty
people abandoned the trip after the
storm set in.
The change in the weather a few
days ago stopped the workmen from
doing anything further toward the
completion OF Gustaye Schubert's
pop factory. Gottlieb Scheurenbrand
said that they had the cement block
work nearly done when the change
came ana that eight hours more would
finished it. Ii the weather
modities sufficiently this will be
accomplished in a short time and the
carpenter work can be carried for
ward on the second floor. the first
floor being constructed wholly Of GEM
cnt blocks.
Nj. B. Showers. who travels for the
Pratt- Howell Co., states
that his firm is again ready to do
business. This wholesale firm was
burned out in the Sioux City fire.
and saved hardly anything Of their
goods. A special train Of nineteen
cars brought a stock Of goods from
Iowa, where the firm
has another wholesale house and they
will continue their business right
in the Plymouth block, which
affords the firm nearly as much floor
space as the other building. Their
loss amounted to $157, 500.