Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-31
Briefs.

Misses Mae and Eta Bach are pas
sing the week in Hurley. W
Mrs. Thos. Brown went to Blunt
Monday to visit her son and family.
Banker Everhard of Highmore was
business visitor III the city Tuesday.
Gov. Herreid and private secretary
Warner went to Sioux Falls the first
of the week.
b. A. Cummins went down to Sioux
Falls Tuesday for an absence of day
or two on business,
Mrs. l.. II. Glow who has been visit
ing her mother in st. James, Mimi, ar
rived home Saturday.
q. M. Livingston of the Okobojo
Times came in and spent Sunday with
his brother John at the hospital.
Attorney Goodner went down to the
Queen City Monday to attend a meet.
ing of the state board OF regents
Mrs. L. E. Phillips was called to
Tyndall Wednesday to attend the fun
eral of her mother Mrs. DuFrane.
j. f. Simmons, travelling representa-
tive for the State Publishing Co, was
in the city for a day or two this week.
Prof. Ramer of the examiners board
returned to Milbank Tuesday to be pre-
sent at the Grant county convention
next day.
A new directory is about TO be issued
by the Capital City Telephone Co, De-
sired changes should be given to cen
trail without delay.
Mrs. p. Il. Mcclure and daughters,
, the Misses Bowen, returned Saturday
from delightful sojourn in California
through the winter.
| Deputy q. S. Mashal Langhlin came
i'll Monday from sixty mile horseback
trip ont OH MORGAN river serving sub
poenas for U. s. Court.
Il. G. Hedger went to Aberdeen,
Tuesday, and will be an interested at
tendant upon the republican county
convention to be held there today
| A young scion OF the house of Hyde
| now divides with real estate the atten
tions OF Chas. L.. The young man
found the name of Theodore l.. wait
ing for him.
Land patents have been received at
the local office for Henry Marso, Iar-
rold; L. L. Conklin, Onida: G. w.
Smith, DeGrey.
A bounty Of two cents per tail offer
ed by the commissioners up in Ed
munds will set all the kids in the
county chasing gophers the next two
months. Gopher EN- boys.
Col. L. T. Farr went down to Hola-
bird Monday to look after business
| matters at the ranch, returning at
night. The Colonel takes lots of pride
in his Hyde county possessions.
The Capital City Union will have a
cooked food sale at 1. w. Coles drug
store Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to
| S O'Clock. Cakes, pies, doughnuts,
| brown bread, baked beans, etc.
Mr.. Ed. +. MertZ, vice president of
the Milwaukee Paint and Varnish Co.,
was here several days visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. M. j. Schubert He left on
his return trip home Tuesday after
| noon.
I Miss Bessie Mathleson returned Mon.
day morning to Rockford, ILL.,, to re-
sumo her musical studies. Her friends
are confident that she will fully realize
in the future the promises of the pre-
sent in her mnsicaltculture.
Presiding Elder j. o. Dobson filled
the NJ. E. pulpit sunday morning. lie
had been prevented by the storm from
meeting his Okobojo appointment.
DR.. Dobson is an able pulpit orator
whose sermons are always profitable.
Mrs. Meade, Mrs. Gray and Miss
Janette Jarvis. comprised party of
Blunt ladies who came in Monday
afternoon. The ladies first named re-
turned on the next train but Miss Jar
Wis remained to visit her cousin Mrs.
! W. w. Hall.
The special meetings held by the
Methodist people in the Schubert block
close tonight. Interesting services
have been held and with good attend
ance, but there have been no marked
results in the way of conversions, as
was hoped for by pastor and people.
Pierre has numerous societies, but
the one organized Saturday at the home
of w. A. King, by the ladies of East
Pierre, under the name of the Surburb-
an Improvement Society, promises to
be OF much benefit in a field not here
to-fore occupied. Mrs. Billinghurst
was elected president of the society
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