The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-09-29
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
II! THE COURSE OF A WEEK.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. G. G Waugh

Omaha road Friday night for Ash
land, Wis.,, where, it is understood,
she will be associated with a college
in the music department.
Bernhard Schmidt arrived in the
city this morning from LEIPZIG, Ger
many, and has accepted a position
with Gustave Woelfel as a watch re-
pairer.
Miss Edith Albrecht, who was, for
merly Mrs. Edith Garrett, and who
used to live in this city, was married
Sept. 13 to Mr.. Clarence E. Brown,
at Milwaukee, where they will reside
in the future. Mr.. Brown is con-
nected with, the Yahr & Lang Drug
Co.
j. E. Casey, of Woodbine, Iowa,
arrived in the city to accept a posi-
ton as head salesman in Butterield's
dry goods store, to take the place
made vacant by the retirement of L.
p. Beckwith.. Mr.. Casey's family will
come to the city as soon as he can
find a house in which to live.
Fred Bjodstrop commenced work
this morning On making the improve
ment at the p%ostofice building,
whereby an entrance is to he made on
the east side Of the building, and the
entrance to the north side changed
to admit Of more room in the lobby.
Mr.. Bjodstrup is having the cement
walk laid the first thing so that it
can be used when the entrance is
made.
When the rain finally finished
falling last night the entire precipi-
%tationfo r the day amounted to 1923
inches. The moisture of the day put
an entirely different phase on the
fall work. The ground was dry down
to quite a depth, and fall blowing
was not going to be an easy job. This
moisture has soaked away to quite
a depth and the work will be easy.
G. II. Vermilyea has an enlarged
advertisement today to set forth the
bargains which he is offering for next
week. Mr.. Vermilyea has been MAX
ing some fine improvement in his
place of business in changing the
front. tn secure fine show windows,
adding new fixtures and opening up
the second floor for his millinery and
cloak business. A new steam heating
plant will be added at once. He ex-
poets to have things nearly in readi.
Henry Noble, formerly Of this city,
arrived in town late Friday after
noon and spent the few short hours
until midnight visiting his oldtime
friends. Mr.. Noble resides at Seat
tie, Wash, where he has a passenger
run on the Milwaukee and Puget
Sound railroad to Othello, a dis
lance of 1876 miles. Mr.. Noble used
to have one of the engineer runs be-
l. w. Seaman arrived home on the
midnight Milwaukee passenger from
N. D., where he has been for
the past week looking after the big
ranch in that vicinity in which a num-
Der Of Mitchell men are interested.
He attended the county fair at Man
dan and remarked upon the extend
ed program Of sports run of in one
from 1880 to s O'Clock. MI.
Seaman said there were 29 events on
the afternoon program and that ev-
cry one of the events was finished on
schedule time. One Of the most hui
morous sights he ever saw in a race,
Mr.. Seaman said, was that Of thirty
squaws running fifty yards.
After they started they got in a
bunch and the head one fell and those
following were thrown in a heap.
Pierre, S. DAT their meeting
here this morning the state railway
made their formal com
plant to the interstate railway COM
mission under date of September %,
In which the interstate commission
is asked to take up the matter Of
freight rates for South Dakota, not
only on a complaint that the present
are excessive. but also in pro-
test against the proposed increase in
rates whoch has been fixed for the
first Of November. Outside the for
NAL complaint the state commission
passed a resolution requesting the
majority of the interstate commits
sion to sit at the hearing, which will
be at some point in the state early in
October. The complaint includes a
long lis. Of schedules on like COM
modities from South Dakota points;
and comparative rates from North
Dakota points for the same class of
commodities, in which the difference
on hauls of practically the same
length Is as much as fifty per cent
in some ses The complaint in
every road operating in the
state, and the hearding will bring to-
q large class of legal represen-
in cas- the roads put in an
appearance, which they r very like
" to do.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.
An examination for rural carrier
will be held on Oct. 9Th, to secure a
for route No. s, running east
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