The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-18

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land. Address F. Demoney, Mitchell,
giving price. description and loca-
ton.
John Dobson came in from Plank
linton Monday evening to remain a
few days. He is the assistant super-
intendent of the reform school at
that place.
ID. A. Mizener departed Friday
for Chicago to attend to some
bushes matters and visit his SON,
Mark, who is attending a medical
college there.
Willis Bartlett departed Monday
evening via the milwaukee, road for
Rapid City, where he viii remain a
short time before going to live On his
claim, located some distance south of
the Rapids.
Miss ell Z. Hammond, of Albion,
Iowa, is visiting at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. S. E. Morris. Miss Mann
mond is on her way home from North
Dakota and will likely remain in the
city for several days.
In police court Thursday Justice
Markham fined T. j.. .McLoughlin So
on the charge of being drunk and dis
orderly. h prisoner was rather fl
nancially embarrassed and was re-
handed to four days in the county
Jail.
Thursday afternoon the large sign
of the Dakota Improved Seed Co.
was install ed on the south side of the
old opera house in plain view of the
Milwaukee depot. The sign is the
work of Alex Dumas and is one of
the largest in town, running across
most of the south part of the building
Sheriff-elect Plotner took Frank
Cummings and Walter Wallace to
Sioux Falls Friday where they
will each serve a sentence of one
of grand larceny. Deputies Allison
and Slater accompanied the prison.
ers.
The annual election of the Modern
Woodmen was held Friday evening
with the following result: Consul, j.
A. Wright; adviser, c. r. Johnson;
banker, j. L. Lovinger; clerk, VIM.
scallin; escort, E. Miller; Waterman,
James Spry; sentry, A. T. Kings;
manager, A. G. Bergquist. The lodge
has now a membership of 165.
Frank ]. Lang and Miss Marie Mel
son both of this city, were united in
marriage at the Methodist parsonage
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. the
ceremony being performed by DR.. H.
S. Wilkinson. The groom is an en-
ploye of the steam launry. The bride
and groom have many friends who
will extend their sincere congratu-
lations ove their marriage.
A. A. Truax Thursday completed
a deal whereby he traded six of his
elevators to G. Frederick, of Trip,
for land located in Nebraska and
North Dakota. Mr.. Truax secures
2,1OO acres of land, and the amount
involved in the transfer is $50, 900.
The elevators disposed of are locat-
ed at Jefferson, Burbank, Vermillion.
Fullerville, Freeman and Brandon,
all South Dakota towns. This leaves
Mr.. Truax ten elevators distributed
at good points in the state.
''The Devil" was presented at the
Gale theatre for the second time
Thursday evening within a short
space, it having been played a couple
of weeks ago by another company.
Ernest Fisher appeared in the title
role, and he had a finer conception
of the characteristics than Mr.. Fors-
burg, who appeared in the other
company. His speech was excellent
and his mannerisms at times were
as good as his words. The supporting
company was very good throughout.
with the possible exception OF the
model, the young lady in the first
company far surprising the one in
the Fisher company.
DR.. Thomas E, Green delivered a
lecture at the Gale theatre Thursday
evening as one of the numbers Of
the lecture and concert course. The
lecture was held at an earlier hour
on account of the dramatic produc-
ton that was to follow later in the
evening. DR.. Green's subject was
the Gospel of Discomfort" The
lecturer is one of the most vivid word
painters that ever stood before a
Mitchell audience and the scenes he
described of which he had been a
witness was revelation of the beau
ty of the descriptive art. This dis
content among mankind, he declar-
o1 1,oc tho ~~u,ov <Lot J,:.:~,