The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-25

of his son, G. w. Derr.
Pastor LETTERS and the church mem
bership are getting their plans in
readiness for the series of revival
services which start at the Baptist
church next Sunday evening. Rev.
George III. thompson, the harp evan
ee'ist. will be in charge and the peo-
pie are urged to hear him at the first
service.
j. S. Daniels has been confined to
the house for the past week with an
attack of the grippe. He is reported
as being some better today.
Prof. c. D. Hardy returned from
Ames, Iowa, where he went to act
as one of the judges in the college
oratorical contest. where a candidate
was selected to represent the agricul-
tural college in the state o~ratorical
contest to be held this winter.
The Milwaukee's north passenger
is run in two sections nearly every
day of the week at the present time.
Connection with the train from Min
neapolis is rarely made and there are
usually a dozen n more passengers
to go south from the Minneapolis
train, which therefore necessitates
the running of another passenger
train to Mitchell. For some reason
it seems impossible for the Mime
apolis train to make time out to Alb
erdeen.
FOR SALE-13O head of sheep.
Sold cheap if taken soon. Toland Bros
Mt. Vernon, S. D., R. r. g..
B. F. Evans, an employe in the
job department of the Republican,
left Friday evening via the Omaha
road for jamestown, N. D., to accept
a position as a linotype operator on
the Daily Alert. Mrs. Evans went
to Parker to visit with relatives for
a week until her husband had things
prepared for the family at James
town. MI. Evans anne here from
Parker several years ago and estab-
lished a job printing Office which he
sold out, and since then has been in
this office.
Thursday afternoon William H.
Sieg and Miss Anna Noldner, recent
ly Of Chicago, were married at the
home Of the groom's mother, Mrs.
Matilda Sieg. 904 Second Avenue
west. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Mr.. Loose, pastor of the Ger
man Lutheran church, and it was
witnessed by a large number of
friends. After sincere combinations
had been rendered the married couple
a fine supper vas served. The bride
and groom were the recipients of a
large number of useful wedding pres
ents, for they are very popular among
their circle Of friends. Mr.. sieg is
a stone mason and has lived here
about five years. The bride came out
from Chicago during corn palace
week and is a worthy young lady.
A clipping from the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, Of Nov. IA. vas re-
ceived by Judge Abbey today in let
ter from his son., Winslow. The clip
ping referred to the arrival in Seat
tie of twenty carloads Of hogs which
were shipped from this city via the
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroad
to Frye, Bruhn & Co.. and which
were bought in this section of the
state. The run was made through
in 88 hours, though IL hours were
lost by reason of hot journals On the
stock cars. The distance is 1855
miles. The firm referred to recently
established a market in this city to
make its headquarters for buying in
this state. shipping them here and
then reshipping in trainload lots to
Seattle.
The local postofice is commencing
to receive the usual Santa Claus
letters which generally ponr in for
a month or so previous to the holt
days. They are written by children
in this vicinity who wish to warn
the patron saint of the little ones as
to the kinds of Christmas gifts they
most desire. Arrangements we're
made seevral years ago in some of
the eastern cities through a special
ruling of the postofice department
that all letters addressed to Santa
Claus should be put in the hands of
charitable societies. they to investi-
gate the individual cases Of the let