The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-17

Beginning Saturday Wllhur Lewis
will open a farmers restaurant in thu
building formerly occupied ny Jacob
Hauert. Good meals will be S rived
for - cents. No increase of price on
big days i'm Mitchell.
"A. A.. smith. of the post oilice
force, went to SiuuN l1alls Tuesday
evening to attend the grand lodge
session OF the I0emen. which is NOW
in session. Quite a tew delegates
passed .hlongh the city Tuesday
morning fronI the weSs On their way
to Sioux Falls.
The Round Table met Min Mrs.
Geo. Il. Foster Monday evening am
in place OF the regular program
the evening was devoted to matters
of ii ST. Valentine nature. The
rooms were very prettily decorated in
a name becoming the occasion. and
a DAINTY luncheon was served.
There was a wide range i'm the gov
eminent THERMOMETERS Monday, a diff
ference of IS degrees from the coolest
to the waflnest period. 1T was %
below in the early morning hours and
% above during the afternoon. Tues
day morning the mercury was below
as the coolest during the night.
w. III. Williamson brought i'm the
first harbinger of spring. 1t was a
butterfly which he found flying around
his house Tuesday afternoon, and
he brought it to this office To show
that he was not telling a fairy tale
of something that would seem i'm
probable. |; is to be hoped that MI.
Wilkinson's butterfly i'm indeed a pre-
cursor OF spring weather.
Mrs. Wickham. aged 81 years. died
at the home OF Mrs. Sine. on the
south side Tuesday morning of old
age. Short funeral services were
held at 4 80 i'm the afternoon by Rev.
III. 5. Wilkinson, and he accompanied
the remains to Bonilla Tuesday night
on the late Milwaukee passengr, leav-
ing here at one O'Clock. The re
mains were taken across the country
to Hitchcock. where the interment
took place i thursday. The deceased
has made her home with Mrs. Sine
for the past year and a half.
Pierre Capital journal: General
George y. Silbsy, national bank en-
aminer, OF Mitchell is in the city eX-
amining the three national banks of
the city. Mr.. Silsby bears all the
traces or a band worked man. Usual
lv he presents no evidence of official
duties weighing heavily upon him.
but The abnormal Increase Of national
banks from Twenty-Five In the state
five years ago. at the time Mr.. Silsby
was appointed bank examiner. to
seventy at this time. means more
than double the amount of work. and
in addition MIR. Silsbv has lust re-
turned from a trip to North Dakota.
where he examined A national banks,
at the request of the Comptroller of
the treasury. No official of the treas
ury department has seen buster DAYS
recently than has the examiner of
South Dakota
O. III. l.. Werneicke. who will be
remembered as d former resi- dent of
Mitchell. has just retired from the
Globe-Wernieke Co.. of Cincinnati.
o.. %disposing of his interests in the
company for S304, 600. He moved to
Grand Rapids, Mich, about a year
ago and became associated with the
Macy Co. in the manufacture of hook
cases. etc. When Mr. Werneicke was
a resident of Mitchell about Is years
ago, he was manager for the Buckeve
Co.. and it was here that he Original
ted The idea of the unit book case.
which later brought him fame and
money. His first model was made by
John Roth. but it was several wears
before he did ANYTHING with it other
than TO get it patented. The Buck
eve Co. transferred him from here to
Sioux City and then to Minneapolis.
MIR. Werneicke finally vent to Grand
Rapids and it was an easy matter 10
interest capital in the manufacture
of his book case. Mr.. Werncicke
married the daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Abbey shortly before leaving
Mitchell. ~~Their many old time
friends i'm Mitchell will lie pleased To
learn of the success that has come to
them.