Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-16

Fort Wayne blaine club. We had it hot
and heavy for Il time, and those kickers
learned from me that they had better have
stayed at home" From all other ac-
counts it appears that the colonel gave
the Fort Wayne crowd a big tongue LASH
ing when he discovered from them what
! their mission was there.
The high school commencement cxer-
ciscs were held in the rink last Friday ev
enins, the three graduates, Berton Z.
| IlaSkins, Frank D. Fulton and Miss NJ.
Adella Trumbo each delivering well
prepared GRAFTON, these exercises being
interSpersed with music. Saturday night
the three above named together with
Mrs. S. &. Dewell, nee Miss Alice Getz,
! and Maurice Mcmillan, the only two for
mer graduates. met at the residence of
Prof o. II. Taylor to organize high.
school alumni society. Mrs. Dewell was
chosen president. Frank Fulton vice pres
idcnt, Berton Haskins treasurer and Miss
Trumbo secretary. The society starts
out with five members, but it is hoped flu
ture graduating classes will swell the
number and attest the efficiency of pierrcs
city schools.
| a roll call of those who left their affairs
| in Pierre to attend the convention in
Minneapolis last week is as follows: Coy.
| Mcllette. Judges CorSon and Bennett,
| Auditor Tay or, Treasurer Taylor. Secrc
tary Ringsrnd. Frank Crane. l.. III. Bailey.
Il. Il. SiearnS. T.. c. Patterson. ChaS. l..
Lid n It,
Owen a. Rowe. Z l.. Bioberg. Herman
Sterud, L. W. Stewart, j. ii. Owen. I. w.
Pratt, a. L. Carter and S. q. Dewell.
| They were all accommodated more or less
with tickets to the convention hall. and
witnessed the republican elephant.
| Last week the FREE PRESS gave news
item stating that j. ii. Owen had secured
the contract for putting up some $4,000
worth of Indian schools Is Flandrcau In
addition 10 this he is awarded the con
tract for putting up buildings at Rosebud
to the amount of $1,000. and will do the
same act at Standing Rock to the tune of
$4,000, while he supplies Fort Sully with
about .65 tons of coal. Jim has
| his eye on other work of this
kind which he will 10 doubt secure
| through his facilities for getting there on
prices. He is q typical hustler.
| Political pilgrims returning from Min
ncapoli> We're not so badly imbued with
politics that they failed to take note OF
| the fact that the crop showing from HUI
ron west to Pierre was by long odds better
than further east Vegetation of all
kinds along the road through Hughes and
| HYDE counties is away ahead of wha, they
have in eastern and southeastern South
Dakota and Minnesota.
| Jas. \. Ward has disposed of his con-
trolling interest in the pontoon bridge To
J. c. Eager and the latter will have gen
eral supervision of the bridge hereafter.
Mr., Eager is one of the most thorough
and cnterpriSing business men Pierre has
ever had, and any project he is interested
i'll is always conducted upon Il line that is
satisfactory to the general public.
Sioux Falls Press: Fort Pierreites don
like the name of their town-it Savors so
much of of barracks, soldiers and general
rawneSS. you know. They like ii better
however. than a name which Identities
| them as Il portion Of Pierre proper
West Pierre, etc. AT least that is the
story of the Stock journal printed at Fit.
Pierre
y company OF invited friends assembled
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs w ~ Bur
rington Saturday evening To bid farewell
to Mrs. j. q. a. Bradcn. sister OF Mrs.
burlington. who has been on visit of
some two months duration. Mr.. Braden.
| register of the Aberdeen land Office. ar
home.
Most of the Pierre contingent TO the
Minneapolis convention returned Satur-
day night well pleased with their visit
and the result of the contest. They agree
that Harrison is all right and his nomina-
canery aud lie will be winner in Novem-
Der.
ID. L. Flannery. late weather observer
here. and who went to Washington for
the purpose OF. being reinStatcd in the SER
vice. writes that he has succeeded in his
'u'i "Hb i'lIt pcopis lOI llle
good interest they took in his welfare
His new station is Jacksonville. Fla
w. II. l.. King returned from Newton,
Iowa, Monday night for Il few weeks visit
with his family here. He reports that
South Dakota altd especially the Mis-
souri, slope are ahead of Iowa in croppros-
poets this season, and that it will induce
many homeseekers this ways.
A raft of drift wood brought down the
river by I. f. Farnum and others went
under the pontoon bridge in the north
channel yesterday afternoon. After hard
work the jam was loosened when it was
found one boat was slightly mashed but
no serious injury done.
The petition fora sidewalk along Re-
treat and Decatur streets as stated in
former issue, is liable to be remodeled by
the city councils SO that it will be built
along the south side of said streets a!to-
gether, from Fifth street in East Pierre to