The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
j. n. scRlvEH MARRIED
Welded Lady Who Has Decn Teach.
ing in the Indian Schools on the
Rosebud Reservation.

Rosebud Reservation.
A copy OF the Eureka. Illinois Re-
publican was received at this Office
which contains the. announcement Of
the marriage of John H Scriven, and
Miss Ellen Riley, which occurred
Monday, March %. Mr.. Scriven is a
resident of this city. although tenn
porarily living on the Rosebud Agen-
cy while fulfilling the duties Of alot-
ting agent. The announcement of the
marriage Of Mr.. Scriven will come
as something Of a surprise, as few
were aware of the intention of cur
old friend to take the second step
in matrimony. The Eureka paper has
the following to say concerning the
wedding event:
" A quiet but one of the most
notable weddings of the season was
celebrated in this city Monday after
noon when Mr.. John H. Scriven and
Miss Ellen Riley were united in mar
riage at the home of the brides
brother, City Attorney E. ]. Riley,
at 4:30 O'Clock. Only immediate
members of the family were present.
The rooms of the residence were
beautifully decorated with American
Beauty and Brides roses. A. w. Tay-
lor, of Chicago, an intimate friend
came down from the city by the lake
to unite the fortunes Of the contract
ing parties. The bride was attired
in a gown of reseda green.
After the ceremony and a social
occasion a three-course luncheon was
served. Inc bride is we'll known to
many of u people, having spent
much of her vacation time here. She
is a we'll known instructor among
the Indians and has given service in
this work on different reservations,
where her ability has always been
recognized, and has even extended
to the national conventions. She is
a sister of City Attorney Riley and
also of James A. Riley of Minonk, all
other of the we'll known attorneys of
this region. She has resigned from
her school work but will make her
home on the reservation with her
husband, who also happens to be a
a person of state wide and nation
wide reputation.
I'VE learn that the groom, John
H. Scriven, is a native of Iowa, hav-
ing been born in that state forty
miles west Of Dubuque, in Delaware
county. Like so many other men who
have risen to distinction in affairs
of state and nation, he lived on a
farm until he was "a years of age.
He moved to Mitchell, South Dakota,
in 1883 and loves to tell of the early
days in Mitchell, when it was a smaIl
frame Boom town, and of its rapid
solid growth, until, he says that this
years census will show that it has
a population of $500. Mr.. Scriyen
has always been active in politics in
South Dakota, being a staunch re-
publican, and he has held many posi-
lions of trust within the state. He
was a member of the republican state
central committee for six years. and
was it's secretary and managed the
state campaign in 1892, when Har-
,icnr woo Infootn1 NV C1nun1or1 OIL
though South Dakota showed an in
creased majority for the republican
ticket. He was secretary of the sen
ate during the state legislature of
1899 and 1901. He is now holding
the position of United States Special
Allotting Agent, to which he was APP
pointed by Secretary Garfield of the
Interior Department in 1907, an ap-
pointment We understand, that was
made without the knowledge of Mr..
Scriven. He is just returning from
Washington, D. c., where he has
been for nearly two weeks in con-
s~ultation with the Indian department
on matters of Importance in relation
to making allotments to the Indians
on the Rosebud reservation. Mr..
Scriven has also been active in civic
circles, having been Grand Lecturer
of the Masons in North and South
Dakota from 1883 to 1896 and is a
thirty-second degree Mason. He is
an interesting and able gentleman.
The contracting parties will have the
best wishes of all our people. They
left Monday evening for their home
on the Rosebud reservation.