The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-24

spent SATURDAY AT ltlll'N Attending a
teachers meeting.
Henry Koch is enliycning the an
pearance OF Ats general merchandise
store With new paper aud paint.
l. L. stair returned from his IND
TO Chicago, where ne attended the
automobile show Ne went on TO
Indiana points and was s%uowhouud
FOR several days.
Tom Johnston has been working up
at Elkton for for several months
and returned To the city Friday night.
He went to work in The Rebuplicln
jon rooms Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Frad let Tor
the eastern dry goods markets Satur-
day morning. and will visit Chicago.
Philadelphia and New York for their
Sprlng and ulnmcr goods. MIR. lrad
said that very likely they would 90
to Washington March 4 to Witness
the inauguration ceremonies of presi-
dent Roosevelt.
y report has been in circulation
for several days that 1hoS. Fuller
ton. who is in Miami, Fla, was SER
iously in with leprosy. The report
is wrong, as Emil Becker received a
letter from MI. Fullerton today stat
i'm. that he never felt better in his
HE and That i'm company With his
brother he was about to start on "a
trip to Cuba.
j. NJ. Erion. president of the South
DakoCa Live Stock Association. left
Saturday afternoon tor Pierre. and
was Joined here bv y. +. Wickhem.o of
Alexandria. The gentlemen 20 out
there for the purpose of aiding the
passage of the So coo Appropriation
for the stock building to he erected
in Mitchell some time this year. The
appropriation went through the sem
ale a few DAYS ago unanimously, and
they hope to he nearly as successful
as in the senate.
Are YOU going to have a sale: See
the Mitchell National Bank. They
are prepared to take care of YOU. Get
their terms.
ANDREW Eddy writes from his home
pelton. Mich, that the people in
that country are snowbound to beat
the band. He says that the snew is
I feet and . inches ON the level, and
that it is impossible for people TIC
hardly get away from their homes.
The conditions in Iowa are even
worse. where parties who have just
come from there say the now is 4
q inches on the level. South
Dakota is getting along mighty easy
in comparison with eastern sections.
y fire occurred at the home of
'llhos. Morgans Thursday evening.
which caused about $50 worth of
damage. but which is fully covered
bv Insurance. Mrs. Morgan in pas
sing from one room to another hap.
pened TO push the portierres near OF
over the lamp, which immediately
ignited. She eXtinguished the flames
quickly with a couple OF buckets of
water. In doing so a portion of the
water tell ON the piano standing by
and did some damage to that. The
portierres We're destroyed. 1T was IL
very close cali
For Sale. 100 acre farm Els of
NWl4 and the VIZ Of MEL Sec H..
twp l0l. Range 60. situated is miles
west Of Ethan and s miles south of
Mitchell. Price S2l.5o per acre. For
further particulars apply to III. G..
Eder \ &c. Blue Ear1h. Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Evans have con
cluded the purchase of the furniture
and fixtures of the Waverlv hotel of
$. h Thompson. aud took 5
session Monday. MIR. Thompson and
family expect to 90 east for a short
time and later i'm the year may move
to California to make their home.
He has conducted a fine hotel since
he has been i'm business there ANA
has always had "A good trade. Mr..
and Mrs. Evans have been conduct
ing a boarding house near the corn
palace and by the removal will SIM
ply enlarge on their business.
Secretary ellis, secretary of the
South Dakota Firemens' Association,
returned tom Pierre. In company
with President Jones he spent a Or
tion OF the week at Pierre to sta rt
some legislation that would be Dene-
fetal to the volunteer fire depart
ments OF the state. The state insur-
ance law requires that , per cent of
the premiums OF old line companies
shall le paid to the fire departments
represented in any town. In Mitch
ell this has usually amounted to
about $500 annually. 1T has been
gradually cut down in the past few
years by reason of the increased
amount OF business that the mutual