Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-16
Local Items of interest.

The railroad company is preparing
tracks in Pierre at once, to hold the
cars loaded with material being brought
ill.,. Most OF the '.Dagoes' and some
o! the Anstrians at work have jumped
their jobs and gone east with the recent
touch OF chilly weather, they having
been raised in a warmer land Winston
Bros, Of st. panl, who have the CON
tract for this work in Pierre, as well as
west to Rapid City, are hiring all the
Scandinavians they can get in the twin
cities to come out and work through
the winter. The Swedes and Norwe-
gians are not afraid of the cold and
are more able bodied than the Italians.
From this time on work on the railroad
extension will be pushed, as material
is being banked up in large quantities
all along the tracks i'll this city.
Circuit court convened at the court
house Tuesday, with Judge Gatfy pre-
siding. The calendar is well filled with
! cases and the term will probably last
for two weeks. Quite a number of
jurors and witnesses are present to at
tend the term. The case OF the state
against j. W. McMaken for obtaining
money under false pretenses was dis
missed. The cases against property
( owners on the grade matter was put
over until January 1t was found that
about half OF She jury selected, who
were former residents Of this county
now have homesteads i'm Stanley county
which necesstates special venire to
ill the list of jurymen.
A lively scrap is on at Fort Pierre as
to who Will be the next postmaster
The Office went up to third or presi-
Dental class the first OF October, under
Il thousand dollar salary. Postmaster
| l'ales, who has been the incumbent
eight years while the Office has been
tourtll-class, seeks reappointment,
| while George ID. Mathieson, jr., and M
Dunning are also candidates. All three
have petitions with plenty of signers
but the betting is in favorcf Mathieson
winning.
The roof of the government building
is all on, thanks to the week of warm
weather. The windows will now be
closed up and work will be prosecuted
all winter on the interior. BY spring
the building will be nearly completed
and next summer the postotlice, lano
office, weather bureau, and other gov
eminent business will be installed IN
handsome and roomy quarters in the
finest federal building of its size ano
cost in the United States.
Mrs. ID j. Binford and daughter
| Ruth. were welcomed home Saturday
/ by MI, Binford. Mrs Bnford has beer
at her old home in Iowa for severa
/ months at the bedside of her father
4 who died recently at an advanced age
Her mother, who is also quite aged anc
feeble, has gone. to Lacrosse to spene
the winter with her SON. Ed. Young
who is we'll known in Pierre, and ex
poets to come to Pierre in the spring oil
a visit.
Dr.. Edward Jaynes, who has beer
here attending Dr. Robinson during thu
latter's illness, departed for his home ii
New Hartford, Iowa, today, his patien
being out OF danger. Many of DR.
! Jasnes's friends have been glad to re,
.Inew old acquaintance with him and tt
know he is prospecting in his profession
The advertisement of the old reliabl.
firm Of IIilger q Hengel appears OF
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