The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-12-15

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w. E. Rathbun. agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
The Educator School Supply Co,
purchased of C. w. Johnston, 40 feet
OF ground adjoining the governments
property on the south and fronting
on Lawler street. The company eN-
poets to erect a building on the site
in the spring in which to transact
their business, and which will be ar
ranged with better facilities than
their present location.
AS the Christmas a is coming
on the weather is getting some cold
er, for Sunday morning the mercury
stood at zero and this morning it was
one below zero. This country has
been very fortunate on the weather
question so far during the winter, the
mercury having gone below Zero but
very few times and no storms which
have beenFat all unpleasant.
Word has been received by friends
in the city to the fleet that Mrs. Henry
Schlimgen and John Seers were mar
Tried at Modesto, Calf, on Nov. 5.
The couple will make their home at
Turlock, Calf, to which place they
went shortly after their marriage.
Mrs. Schlimgen went to California
a short time after her husband COM
United suicide, which occurred Sept.
II. Seers was a former resident of
this city and was employed on a dray
line.
Circuit court adjourned Saturday
a. M, until Jan. j, 1911. The court
geanted a decree of divorce to Mrs.
Ole Olson on the ground of cruelty
and she was allowed alimony to the
, amount of 5000. In the case of Will
lam Gregory VS.. Ellen Gregory, the
icourt denied his action begun to Sc
cure possession of a portion of the
property that rests in the name of
Mrs. Gregory.
The following officers were elected
by the Grand Army of the Republic
at its last meeting: Commander, Phil
lip Lucas; senior vice commander, H.
l.. O'Mealey; junior vice commander,
o. ID. Stearns; chaplain. ]. H. Nolt;
surgeon, NJ. Boice; quartermaster.
Wm. Nash; officer of the day, G. H.
Palmer. The officers will be installed
at the January meeting.
Fred Bjodstrup is building the en-
trance to the %postofice building un-
der rather embarrassing circum-
stances. Owing to the delay of the
arrival OF the material Mr.. Bjodstrop
icould not get started on the work in
time to finish it before cold weather,
and most all of the preliminary work
was that of a concrete nature. The
)footings were placed long before cold
weather, but the stone work and the
rest was not started until after win
ter had set in. In order to lay the
|cement walk out to the street it was
necessary to erect a building over the
|sit and place stoves in it. In that
way the walk is being laid and with
the fires being kept up the danger of
the cement freezing is minimized.
There is a little less than two
weeks for Christmas shopping, and
doubtless they will be strenuous
ones, as has been the case from time
limmemorial. The business houses
are in their holiday attire now, and
everything is of an inviting nature to
do your shopping at once. With ia
vorable weather for the next ten
days, 90 per cent of the Christmas
shopping ought to be completed, SO
that the closing days before Christ
mas will not be marred by making
the clerical force of the business es-
Establishments work their heads off
because some were slow in getting
their presents. There is in a way
just as much reason for easy and hap
ply Christmas times as for a safe and
sane Fourth of July, from the stand
point of the clerks.
The Widmann hotel has changed
hands once more, the Mitchell Hotel
Co., having disposed Of it's lease and
the fixtures to II. H. Reed, formerly
of Plainview, Neb. w. C. Stranahan,
who has been the manager of the
hotel for the company, will remain
here for a week and later expects to
take a trip to the Pacific coast. Mr..
Reed and his family have arrived in
the city and took possession of the
house yesterday. He has had a num-
Der of years experience in the hotel
business, and expects to conduct the
hotel on a good basis. He will con-
tinue the method of conducting the
hotel on the European plan, which
was adopted several months ago.
An emigrant who was passing
through the city on his way to the
country north and west was the loser
of a suit case and good wad of mon
ey, which he had slowed away for
safe keeping in the suit case. He
had a car of household goods and
farming implements in the Milwau-
kee yards, and left early in the even
ing to go up town, thinking that his
car would be safe from intrusion.
When he returned later in the even
ing he found his suitcase gone, and
then hurried out to find a policeman.
Together they searched around the
yards and then went down to the
stockyards, where they found the
suitcace alright enouph hut on Onen-