Geo. Mull is the new proprietor of the Durdall, having taken possession Tuesday. His family wili be here in a few days. He is a hotel man with an experience in the businees of thirty-three years. Among the hotels he has run are the Garretson Monda-mon of Sioux City and the Wales of Dubuque, He comes from Newell in Buena Yista county where he has been conducting the Newell House. He says he is here to stay and will become a permanent resident. He has every appearance of being a model landlord, and we hope to see himsucceed.