Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
SOME EEWsY NOTES.
"A Few Items Of Interest Cleaned
From the State Spirit.

From the State Spirit.
I Great interest will be manifested in
& the work OF a grand jury which is te
convene in Aurora county on the 2fst
instant, for one of the principal matters
! TO receive the attention OF the jury vii
4 be the attempt some weeks ago to as
sassinate L homas w. Taubman, editor
s of the Plankington Herald. While he
was seated in his office one evening the
would be assassin fired shot at Tanb
man through window. That the edi
4 tors life was saved was due to the fact
tina the bullet was slightly detected by
striking the back of the chair. As i;
was. Editor Taubman was wounded In
the back.
Theattempted asss ssinati0n is beliey.
edto. have been caused by the editors
attacks on 4. T.. Stevens, former
Plankington banker, and on the friends
OF Stevens. 1t is intimated that there
is q we'll founded suspicion as to the
identity of the guilty person, and if the
grand jury returns an Indictment it is
probable a genuine sensation will re-
suit.
Mayor Cleaver of Huron and Senator
Hutchinson returned from Chicago
Monday evening where they went by
appointment to meet President Hugh
EFT Of the e. M. 81 N. w. Ry. CO., reli-
tive 10 State fair matters. These gem
tlemen are pleased to report that deed
of the grounds at Huron upon which
the State Fair is permanently located
will be furnished to the state. Col
John III. King aud John Longstaff
other members of the committee return
ed to Huron Monday morning.
\ A certain editor says he noticed
that a merchant of his town makes a
practice OF kissing all the dirty faces
Of his customers children SO as to
favorably impress the mother OF that
community. It is different here in
Watertown. Here some of the moth
ers are Kissed and the kid is given
hoarhound candy if he promises not to
tell. Watertown Times.
Accordingly to a recent court deci-
.aion the man who calls on9a girl twice
Ia week and takes ner to entertainments
soccasionllyis legally engaged to her.
Then, we suppose, if a man throws a
coal hod at his wife a couple of times
week and gives her d black eye oc-
casioniy he is legally divorced from
her, isn't it Floater.
"A posse Of farmers is being organ
lied in this {Sanborn) county for the
purpose of hunting ghosts. Members
of the Hesdorter family, residing in
Beiford township, are firmly of the
opinion that ghost has taken posses
sion OF the upper floor of their dwell
ing. The jeers Of their neighbors can
not shake their belief in the presence of
the ghostly visitor.
Every night about midnight the
members of the family are terrorized
by some unknown being dragging what
appears to be log chain across the
E floor Of the upstairs room. The family
lost a boy by death q short time ago,
and members Of the family declare that
the noise of tbs dragging chair started
about the time of the boys death.
While the dragging. is in progress
they are too frightened to so upstairs
and make an investigation. Neighbors
who have heard of the matter are or
ganizing for the purpose of visiting the
Hesdorfer residence at the ghostly
honr at midnight IN hope that the al
legged ghost will do the customary
dragging set, 80 they can rush upstairs
and discover whether or not it is the
work Of some practical Joker, as they
suspect.
sScra riton, Pa, Feb. s. In sermon
4 on Child Labor at ST Peters cathed-
raj yesterday Right Rev. M. J Hoban,
bishop Of Scranton, came out unequiv
ocally for permitting working boys to
plays athletic games on Sunday,
fters picturing the hardships many
of the boys ii this community are put
! 70 IN the mines and mills, day and
might, Blk days q week, he criticized
tkose who protest against them enjoy
! ing the Sabbath ii harmless recreations
! and added
q say let them play baseball or foot
ball 81 any other kinds Of ball to theil
& hearts content The good Lord vii
~ pleased VI see them az It. i ave-
providi Ing they are good buys 7
sOniavi Ne, 4 Feb, Telephon,
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