Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-14
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horse auction on the 21st. This will
| be the last for the season.
The Sioux Falls Masonic Temple as
| ISOLATION has opened bids for the con
struction OF new Masonic temple in
tlllt city. j j. Oieson of Red Wing,
| Mimi, was the lowest bidder, at $s7.-
| 9l3.
| Articles of Incorporation have been
| filed for the Capital City Cement COM
| pany at Pierre, with a capital of
| S1,000,000. Incorporators: Florence
| M. Winner, Chester w. futile and
William j. Lee.
The Minnehaha county authorities
have arrested man giving mis- mama
as Thomas Murphy, but whose true
| name, it Is believed. is Pat Glaster.
| He is charged with being implicated
in robbing Arthur D. Porter.
The barn of Ira Erickson at Red
| was destroyed by FIRE. In it were six
teen horses. one hundred tons Of hay
| and six hundred bushels of grain, all
of which burned. The origin of the
fire is not known. The loss is over
| $4,000; insurance, $500
On account of the increase in school
| attendance at Pierre. the assembly
room Of the Carnegie library has been
| secured for the central primary pupils
the coming term. But this is only tenn
porary, and the city viii lbe obliged
| to furnish another school building in
another year.
Nine carloads Of landseekers and ex
cursionists We're unloaded at Huron
recently. The throngs Of homeseekers
arriving every week reminds the old
settlers Of the boom days Of the early
| SOS. What is specially gratifying In
that so many newcomers are In search
| of land upon which to make permanent
homes and not for speculation.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
organization of the First Baptist
church at Huron was an interesting
| affair, but unfortunately not one OF
the original members was present. In.
terestfng papers were read and many
| "reminiscences and experiences were
related OF early church days in Huron.
NILS. Augusta TOSL anu MIS-. n. IL.
Walker presided at the sessions.
Grace the ten-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Mamie Stringer of Deadwood,
has mania for leaving home. EVERY
year since she was four years Did she
left home about this time and has
sometimes remained away several
days. Once she travelled the entire
distance between Sturgis and Dead
wood. She made her annual getaway
last week and has not yet been found
No especial alarm Is felt, for it IL
| thought probable that she will he To-
Gated in short time either in Dead
wood or the immediate outskirts.
At a meeting held at Sioux Fe1.s BY
rural mail carriers from all parts Of
Eastern South Dakota, an organize
ton to be known as the South Dakota
Rural Letter Carriers association was
formed. Officers were elected as fol.
| lows: President, e. B. Swarthout OF
Sioux Falls; vice president, H. O.
| Berg of Canton; secretary, C.. g. MOT
| fit of Groton; treasurer, G. A. Easbey
OF Valley Springs. e. B. Swarthout
was elected to represent the state at
the national convention Of rural mail
carriers at Indianapolis on Sept. 10.
The first arrest in the history Of the
| state Of woman on gambling charge
has been made by the authorities Of
Aurora county. The defendant is Mrs.
N. M. Hester. who has restaurant in
| White Lake. Her alleged violation Of
the law consisted of raffingo off phon-
ograph. The complaining witness liz
an Italian. who alleges he invested in
| tickets for the rattle Rafties are COM
mon In the state, and it Is said If pros
| ecution is pushed all who purchased
! Oh nces on the monograph. as well as
the owner of the building in which the
| rattle took place, will be made defend.
ants. Following Mrs. Testers arrest
all the slot machines and gambling de-
vices were ordered removed from the
| business houses of White Lake.
| K. w. Parliman, a prominent attor-
ney of Sioux Falls, was arrested by
the Brown county game warden.
| charged with a violation OF the game
| laws. 1t was alleged that he shipped
a box, tightly covered, to Sioux Falls
addressed to Mrs. r. w Parliman.
The game warden took possession Of
the box there and went to Frederick.
from where the shiment was made
| and arrested Parliman.s Pasliman's at.
torneys moved that the case be dis
missed on account of the unconstitu-
tlonality of that section of the statute
under which he was being tried. The
attorney for the state protested vigor-
ously, insisting that it was not up to
a justice OF the peace to declare a sec.
ton OF the statutes unconstitutional.
but that he should find the accused
guilty or not guilty on the facts. The
justice could not see it that way, how
ever, and on the grounds of unconstf.
tutionality Of certain sections OF the
law dismissed Mr.. ParIiman.
Sheriff Wright of Yankton arrested
at Trip thieves who stole the pony
team belonging to Mrs, Araminta
lSWearingen. The crime, which was
thought to have been done by men.
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