Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-13
Local Items of Interest.

Pierre is acquiring a reputation as
boat building place. Both the Scotty
Philips and City of Fort Pierre were
made on the banks Of the Missouri
here. besides some of the smaller craft
The jim Leighton has been rebuilt an0
remodled so many times during its
/ twenty live years of service that scarcely
single piece of timber remains that il
first came up the river with, from tn,
4 Mississippi. AT the present time Z. +
Mcclure and j. r. Mcknight are work
ing on the hull of what will be hand
some gasoline launch when completed
which they have already named TIE
81" lie and Nc" Frank McGugin is alsc
& finishing up a fine piece of work III tie
way OF sail boat, which will soon lie
launched. Its sides are of canvas, oven
a frame work of wood, and is designe,
from models Frank copied while Twin,
on the coast. Ii is what a seaman would
call a cat boat"
Death claimed as its victim Saturday.
at her home in East Pierre, Mrs. Sara
Jane Green, wife of John S. Green,
The funeral ceremonies were bel a
the home Monday, and the remains
taken to Okobojo cemetery for inter
ment in the family lot. Mrs. Green
was stricken with paralysis six months
ago, and has remained helpless ever
since, death only relieving her suffer
ings. She, with her husband and som !,
came to this state thirty years ago, SCI
Ting in the southeastern part and re-
moving to Sully county in 1888, anc
some years ago to Pierre The deceased
was d kind Christian woman, a. tru,
wife and devoted mother, qualities thai
endeared her to her sorrowing husband
and three sons, as we'll as all Others
They have the united sympathy Of
everybody.
The monkey named Jocko, which en-
tertains visitors to Odemark & Brig
nols, and which was imported specially
for this purpose by Signor AL toni,
Brignolio, cut up great caper Mon
day. He broke through the back win
dow OF Anderson's news stand and
was making real merry with all the
cigars, candies, and other articles in the
! place, until the proprietor arrived. A
crowd stood out in front and watched
the monkey break a showcase and do
other mischief, but were unable to stop
him. The signoI has settled all dam
ages but has sentenced Jocko to $lCO
fine and thirty days in solitary contine-
ment, and lie must work out the fiji e
like any other housebreaker.
James Douglas, of Fort Pierre, was
in the city Tuesday telling his friends
of the thrilling escape he and his wire
{ had in the Bad river flood. They were
trying to get to high land in a boat
when it capsized, and both got into a
big tree top, where they stayed for
Douglas tied his wife fast in the tree
with rope cut from Il COW hide that
I drifted in OH the flood, and says that as
the water kept rising they kept climb
ing higher, until he was afraid the
tree top would end and nothing left for
them but to float off
A crew of Northwestern engineers
have been stopping in special car OH
one of the sidetracks for three days.
No one seems TO know what they are
doing except that they have run some
lines down the river and appear to be
working on the grade proposition along
the tracks on the Hat.
John Griffin is showing bird he
says he captured one morning before