The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-11-03
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
N! THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Dewitt Norton, OF Minneapolis.
representing the Art Stove Co.. is in
the city to visit with his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. F. ]. Norton, for a few days.
Mrs. H. G. Clark is visiting with
friends in the city, and will remain
until Monday, when she goes to Hot
Springs. where Mr.. Clark went q
few days ago to engage in business.
Raymond w. Doty and Miss Eva
Frances Carlson, Spencer, were mar
ried by Justice Drake Tuesday after
noon, and the young couple returned
home on the evening passenger train.
A. B. Seation came home Wednes-
day evening from his trip down to
New York state, and while away at
tended a reunion Of his old soldier
comrades. MRS. Seaton will remain
a while longer.
Joseph Henzlik has about finished
his new residence out on Fifth Ave-
nue. east and is moving in this week.
1t is a very pretty residence and will
make a comfortable abode for the
family.
| Rev. G. T. Notson went over to Es-
mond Thursday evening and will
there begin his first service as a dis
trict superintendent of the Methodist
Conference, to which position he was
appointed the first of last week.
Will Pattison met with a bad acct
dent the other day. He was putting
on the storm windows and slipped
and fell to the cement walk, breaking
his thigh bone, and bruising himself
in other places. He is the night po-
liceman at the Milwaukee deport.
John Steinmetz came home We'd
nesday fro ma trip out to Lewiston,
Mont, to- which place he was accom-
panied by four or five parties from
this county and from south OF this
city. MIR. Steinmetz stated that he
sold 220O acres of land to these par
ties, who expect to move there in the
spring.
j. w. Broadbent left Thursday a.
m. for Philadelphia, and will be alb
sent a week or ten days. Mr.. Broad
bent stated that he would meet his
cousin, Miss Calvert, at hat place.
She is coming over to this country
from her English home, landing In
New York Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lane came
home Wednesday from their Jerauld
county farm, where they have been
a week attending to the big public
sale which was held Thursday Of last
week. Mr.. Lane said his property all
sold we'll, and that he disposed OF
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Fire Marshall Graft has been at
tending court in Hamline county for
the past week, as an interested spec
tator of the trial against I. w. Ov-
erton, who was tried OF the charge of
setting fire to an elevator building.
Mr.. Craft said the trial lasted for six
days. and finally resulted in an acquit-
tai for the prisoner. There were 16
y illnesses for the state and 81 for the
defense.
Funeral services over the remains
OF the little son Of MIR. and Mrs. IL.
j.. Brewer We're held Thursday at
the residence on south Wisconsin
street, which were conducted by Dr..
]. 8. Hoagland. The remains were
taken to the Norwegian Lutheran
cemetery, 10 miles south of the city.
where Rev. A. E. Carhart held serv-
Ices in the church and the interment
followed in the adjacent cemetery.
Stock in the Aeroplane & Automat-
ic Balancing Machine Co., Is finding
purchasers right along. A day or two
ago, Mr.. Kiser, general manager Of
the company spent a few hours out
at Mt. Vernon, and introduced the
plan to parties there. He was able to
place a good quantity of stock with
! the business men, and who gave evil
dence of much interest in the enter
prise, and displayed their faith in 1t
by investing with their cash.
j. A. Brown is doing quite a good
deal of building over on the south
side this fall, and has three houses
under way on Court Merrill. Each
house will cost about $4,000, n of
which LIr. Brown will live in and the
other two will be for rent, with plen-
ty # takers for them. Mr.. Brown
! came here from Doland in the early
summer, after looking over the state
for a location, and considered that
| Mitchell offered the best advantages
for home as any place he visited in
the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Zimmerman re-
turned to the city yesterday after
an absence Of two years, which they
spent on their claim, located within
two miles of Interior, on the Rapid
| City extension of the Milwaukee
road, Mr.. Zimmerman said they
proved up on their land last July,
and had lived on the claim ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman viii spend
the winter visiting relatives at va
rious places and will return to Nit
chell in the spring to occupy their
home. They will go to Montrose Sum
day.
The fire department vas called out
Thursday evening at $3.50 O'Clock by
ia fire in the residence of Charles
| Weller. Gil Duff street. In some
manner the wood work next to the
masonry of the fireplace became ig-
nited. and for a short time gave evil
dence of a bad fire. The fire boys
made a prompt response with the
chemical wagon, and the blaze was
~extingnished in short order, so that
but very little damage was done. Mr..
Weller spoke highly of the efficient