Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-09
M ention

AVoV' aeAiC1 MCSdIttly Helu SeTVaCoS
at Harold Sunday.
lack I. Sutley has been spending a
week or SO in the city.
Glenn Lillibridge was down from
Blunt the last of the week.
|. w. Goodner was reelected president
of the board of regents at the meeting
of last week.
Messrs Kleinschmidt and Burleigh
are down on Chapelle creek this week
building shacks.
w. Smith, one of the last years set
tiers of Byron township was in the city
trading Saturday.
Oscar Hood was the lucky man to
draw the photograph ratified off by
Hurlburt & Hausman.
Capt. Dotterwick is alone at present
his wife and two daughters having gone
to Winona for visit.
A very pleasant and profitable lawn
social was held at the home of John
Westlund Thursday night.
Mrs. Harry Rathmell returned Satur-
day after an absence of month visit
ing in the eastern part of the state.
Hon. E. w. Eakin suffered stroke
of paralysis Thursday night which has
seriously affected one side Of his body.
Messrs Hood and Moulton have been
engaged in the inside repair work at
the Bank of Commerce the past week.
R. L. Kelly's business property has
been frightened up with fresh paint
applied by Hinsey, Davis and Collins.
Will o. Clough was in the capital city
Saturd ~ in the interest of the Sioux
City journal and remained over Sun
day.
The high school students held an Gin
door picnic" at the armory Friday in
place of going to Oahe through the
rain.
b. G. Thayer has accepted an invita-
tion to crate at Chatfield Mimi. July
4th-a place of 5000 about 25 miles from
b. C's. former home.
Paul Ullery and Dick Lynot are max
ing the east side of the Bank of Com
merce look like new under the strokes
of their trowels and brushes.
L. l.. Stephens and G. T. Swenson re-
| turned Saturday from Mitchell where
they attended K. Z. grand lodge. The
order meets at Sioux Falls next year.
The interior of the bank of Commerce
is being considerably improved in APP
pearance this week, among other i'm
| provememts being new metal ceiling.
1t is generally conceded that the rain
of Friday and Saturday was just the
thing. Conditions in the country were
fair but right in this locality the rain
fall was very timely.
Dick Purcell's barber shop has been
reprinted and repapered this week by
Nick Howard. In consideration Of its
being baseball headquarters, maroon is
now the prevailing color.
DR.. 0. N. Hoyt of this city has been
appointed one of a committee OF two
to present report on homeopathy in
South Dakota at a National meeting at
Niagara Falls this month.
Jim Johns and Louis Welcome are
among those who are making proita-
BILE thing out of Missouri fishing these
days. They both know the river like a
4 book and never fail to get the fish.
Commissioner Perkins has had his
family household effects removed to
Sisseton where he recently won a yalu-
able piece of land through contest. Mrs.
Perkins and the children left Friday.
| The work of completing the laying
Of the gas mains down Coteau street
was finished the first of the week and
residents along that street can now
have gas by tapping the main supply.
Frank Kalish was up from Giddings
Saturday marketing some chickens. On
4 his return home he was accompanied
by his little daughter who has been
staying in Pierre this winter and attend
ing school.
w. G. Yates has sold cement block
manufacturing machine to- John Hayes
of Fort Pierre who expects to do some
building. The machine has the appear
ance Of being very practicable and will
no doubt come into quite general use
as money maker and saver.
| g. w. Sanders who has been at the
hospital several weeks suffering with
4 blood poisoning of the hand was oblig-
ed to lose the thumb and two fingers
by amputation last week, DR.. Robinson
performing the operation. It's hoped
that G.. WIS. recovery viii be rapid
from now on.
startling Evidence.