Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1903-12-24
Things of Interest that Have Oc-
curted in the City the Past
Week.
A BIG HUNT FOR NEXT MONDAY
What the People Have Been Doing.
The Departures, Arrivals,
Visitors.

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A very pleasant affair that occurred
lasttevening was the surprise party that
was given Mr.. C. u. Billinghnrst, pro-.
prietor of the State Publishing Co, and
editor OF the Daily Dakotan, by his
large force of employees. They swarm
ed in at his household iii the early eve
ming and from the reports given out by
those in attend dance, the occasion must
have been most enjoyab;e. Mrs. Bill
linghurst had been given hint rs to
what might be expected /, and in her MS
ual hospitable manner had prepared R
delectable three course lunch to appease'
the appetites of the visiting printers
and binders. Several members of the
party brought along their musical ms
trumentss.la and assisted materially in
.'making merry As memento of;
the occasion, MT. Billinghurst was pre-.
scented with a gold headed cane, which
is a thing OF. beauty, bntwill not be a
necessity for many years. i
Jim Lewis has just installed in his
shop lathe for iron and steel work.
which anyone can easily see is d dandy
1t is perfection IN accuracy and, since
Jim has always had the reputation Of
being able to make anything from q ten:
penny nail to q washing maching with.
only knife and a hammer, there will
be no limit now to the work he can nc Z
complish. He expects this winter to!
remodel some guns he has, aud also to-
make some new ones. 3
Ken chat should not be over.
looked " q y New Years bali to be Civ
len at the rink by Hose Go. Mol. That
the boys are Going the most to make
the affair a most enjoyable event for all
who attend is shown by the fact that
the ex penses they have incurred already
amount to $40 and they have only got
fairly started. 1t will be a masquerade
and being the first one OF the year will
no doubt be especially pleasing to the
dancers.
| The sIeighing this week has heen ex-
cellenf and everyone with enter has
been out. The small boys with sieds
have Had almost complete possession Of
| the stp.ets aud every passing team had
u chance to haul along behind any
wheresffom one to fifteen sleds.
'The Black Hawk drug store is giving
out ONE attractive calendars, the CEN
trail figure and prominent feature OF
whice is a picture Of "Eskies the spit2
dog WHICH was poisoned a couple of
! years ago, and which was the. pet of
that establishment.
1 Manager Richards Of the Western
/ Union,ssays that the dozen or fifteen
i eleciricsclocks for which he took orders
some time ago, will be installed soon
/ The delay is caused by the present
1 scarcity OF the company's electricians
NJ Miss iss Bessie is.;a.t!iees iMs.;a.tth!iieese: is teae fre.s
| Illinois where she has been attending
|schosl the past season, to pass the heli.
days with her parents aud friends. Miss
| MathiasDn has made ccmmendable pro
gress IN hef musical work the past year
4 Ed Hilger attended to the work OF
baggageman at the depot for severa]
days during the absence of Lu Lilsi
bridge who went to Minneapolis for Q
short visit, from which he returned
Monday.
i, After few weeks work driving the
4 Pierre Fort Pierre hack, Harvey Gren
ard is again at his old stand in Edson's
| blacksmith shop, where he will do his
special line Of work, horse shoeing
n A feature of last Sunday evenings
service at the Methodist church was
i the soprano solo, sThe Holy City, very
effectively rendered by Miss +. NJ
Knox Of the Colored Concert Go.
Il Arthur Heggiund, son Of Louis Heg
I9Innd, and Miss Josie Zigler. sister o.
Il Mrs. b. M. IIegglund, are here from
Sioux Fails for visit with their rela
q htives.
/ Billy Borst, who has been stayifS
close to the ranch several months. cant
!. to the city the first Of the week for :
visit aud ts attend to business matters
nj NJ rs. ID Eo entertained II EN-
I, l,ers of the Supreme Bench and n y nc
4 4 Mrs. Frank Crane at an elaborate din
lnsr russday evening. ss5s