The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21

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Mr. an iirs. d. NJ. Tiffany LETT
Saturday via tue Omaha road FOR
San l'iego. Cal. wh,ra they will
sperd tue rem .inng portion of the
winter.
Frei Widmann is equipoin. the
Whitman hotel with fire escapes to
mort strictly comply with tile laws
of the state. One escape is placed on
each 81 e of the binding, and is a
Il ei befDr by naving ropes pl ced
in each OF the ruolns. The escapes
AZ! constructed of iron aud a plat
form il placed at each window, with
an iron LADDER reaching nearly to the
glounu. These will AFFORD a ready
csc ,pe from the building in cas- of a
coul'agration, which 1t Is to b.
hoped will never visit tue hotel.
Friday evening Miss Pea:le Wilson
entertained a goodlv number Ut her
young friends at her home in homo
of Miss Jennie Claypool. n uf the
teachers OF the high school depart.
ment, who given up her place. The
decorations we're In sympathy with
Valentine day, the rooms being very
prettily decorated With hearts and
other emblems Of the day. Miss
Wilson entertained her friends in Il
most pleasing .-manner and toward
the latter part Of the evening light
refreshments we're served. There was
much sorrow expressed by the young
ladies owe the departure OF Miss
IClaypool and they all sincerely
regretted that she had decided to
leave them.
Friday .eveuing a miscellaneous
shower was given In honor of. Miss
> : Leota Cope at the home Of Mrs. G.
@. Dean, and which was arranged
for by Miss Florence Macmurray.
There we're a large number Of ladies
present. aud the evening was most
t thoroughly enjoyed. Frappe and
waters we're served by Misses Luella
Fonken and Eva RycklDan. and the
hostess was assisted by Mrs. w. E
/. Fonken and Mrs. A. Anderson. Miss
Cope was the recipient Of a lar2e
g number Of useful presents OF all
d kinds. The evening was devoted to
s games and amusements of q general
I%cbaracter.
Miss Jennie Claypool. the teacher
: OF mathematics in the high school
department, departed Saturday
O for Marion, Ind. where she has
L accepted a position in the schools
I Of that city. Miss Claypool received
word Friday afternoon Of her election
= to the place. She Immediately FLED
resignation with the school board
e and without waiting for action de
J parted at nee for her new work. An
y Increased salary Of SIS per month wa,
10 the incentive for Miss ClaypoD
leaving the Mitchell schools at till.
n: time oi the wear. when 1t is neal,
impossible to secure a teacher to takl
d her plac She is a very capabl,
teacher and it is to be regretted
that she could not remain at leas
to fill out her year. Prof. Hof will
10 teach her classes until another car
be secured.
j. E.Serveson arrived home F,ida,
Id morning from an .eXtentied "trip j,
at the east, stopping at points il
lie Virginia Maryland, New York an
.. Rhode Island. Mr. Seryeson mad,
tie trip hack to Virginia really 70
re the uurpose IF investigating Ia,
ownetship Of some land, which b
1e had been Informed belonged to SON,
Sc of his ancestors which was due t.
t. come bin as one Of the few heirs
,g He said that there we're about 1,5O
is acres in the tract but after investi
ar eating the situation thoroughly h
IS thought that it would take about a.
much money as the land was wortl
to secure possession of it. At an
:, rate be will do nothing about 1t TO
80 the time being.
% There was a stranger down at tn
* Milwaukee depot this morning VIII,
got just what was coming to hin
Is from Paul Scott, the colore1 janito
at the Gale. The stranger was pref
tie ty we'll filled with booze, was vel
IS dressed, and had the appearance o
i'd being something OF a gentleman
is when clothed In his right mind. H,
d was Just full enough as to tacKl
Paul for some reason, but Pau
,r shook him of and went awav. 4
er moment later the stranger tackled
IS Paul again. grabbing him by TIL
coat lapels and shook him good ant
plenty. Paul pushed the fellow wa!
and told him to keep away. at tina
the stranger reached for a piece O