Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-30

Baker was Il young lady of the best
graces OF mind and appearance, and |
universally admired by all her friends.
She was a member of the Methodist |
church and Sunday school, and in her
death the community loses one of its
fairest and best young ladies. Her
parents and other relatives have the !
unreserved sympathy of all i'll their
deep bereavement.
The old settlers have perfected a
preliminary organization, and elected
p. f. Mcclure chairman, With G. W.
Richardson secretary treasurer They
issue an invitation for all those who re |
sided in the city up to and during 1881
to join The date of the big ice gorge
in the Missouri river, which Hooded the
fiat, was March 81, 1881, and this was
suggested as a date for yearly meet
ings hereafter. When all the eligible
old settlers are enrolled another meet
ing Will be called to perfect the organ
ization.
VIM. III. Maxwell, contractor on the
government building and his foreman,
| Newton Stahl, arrived Monday and
have started operation on the tounda-
tions of the new structure, where 1T
was left off when cold weather came
last winter. Mr.. Maxwell was sur
prised to learn that we have had
| spring here since the middle OF Febru-
ary, and that he might have put in
that much more work, but says he VIII
soon have his own superintendent and
a full force of masons and carpenters
on the ground and hard at work.
The Owl and Cosy restaurants are
each the proud possessors OF new music
boxes which reach from the floor to the
ceiling. They are a $3.50 piece OF fun
iture, and have the full orchestra at
tachments, including snare and bass
drums, the craps" and all the music
making things used in a regular orches-
ira. 1t is worth a nickel of anybody =
money to hear one of them play class
ical, sacred, profane or ragtlme music
The pIats of all the free dilivery dis
tricts in the city are now complete and
householders can obtain the certlii
Gates showing the numbers OF then
: dwellings by calling on the city audit
or at the council chamber There are
a lot of houses in the city, whose oc
5 cupants are getting their mail deliveret
!. every day by the carriers, that are no
numbered, and it is time they shoul(
| be. There is no further excuse.
The stockmen of Hughes count,
met in the court house Saturday, an'
Y ok up matters of interest TO then
! coming up under the legislation passed
: at the last session. Most of the stool
V growers from the east end of the coum
l ty were on hand. VIM. H. Congdo
of Giddings, was elected stock inspet
y tor for this county, which is posltlo
provided for under the new law,
E. W. LaPlant, Of Cedar Rapids
Iowa. who owns a house wreckln
= plant, has been in the city to give pro
;, perty owners on The fiat estimates o
= the cost of raising some Of the brio
blocks al store buildings to the G!
!, tabIished grade He believes it WouI
= not take long or be much Of task
. raise every building on the fiat
n grade.
~ w. L. Walker, All old express me-
d senger on the Tracy and Pierre run,
in the city with family and will g
re out to his homestead near Midland
re spend the summer. His sister, Mi
d Florence Walker, will also take up
it. piece OF land in that vicinity.
lg The adjutant generals office h
tn sent out the itinerary of the three arm
It. officers who will inspect the sta
lg troops next month. The inspection
he Troop b will be made by Major Oh;
,e- Byrne, of the Thirtieth infantry
ed Fort Smelling, on April 10.
re A. b. Nelson and wife are movi
ne from one of the Henderson cottae
ey this week They will pack TIN
ed household goods until their new re
10 dence on Prospect is complete, meS
'as while making theft home with W.
ire Nelson and wife.
General Conlliin has gone to Wat'
GOV wn to check up his property accou
- ability with his successor, Adjuts
cil General Englesby. 1t will require s.
ei- eral Waeks to turn over all the matte
'1o al guard quartermaster stores d
y ordinance.
~ Tenants are complaining that ho
~, ~ tents have generally taken another
49, ward jump this spring, and a g
~ many are figuring that it wouldn't ts
long to build and pay for a comforta
cottage with what they could save
rent.
~ Il blanchard 10 Eaol, from 4 Nh