Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-11
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aud has been man who has held the
esteem Of his acquainfAnces ali his
long life. He came TO Hughes county
in 1883, and has resided in East Pierre
for the past fifteen pears. He leaves u
.wifesto mourn his demise. The funeral
occurred Wednesday. and the remains.
we're buried Ia Riversidelcemeter
bad River News. The grading con-
tractors are coming in thick and fast1
to take up the unfinished work from
Philip west to the Cheyenne river
Brown & O'Neil have the contract thru
the town and west about a mile, next
Med & Eddy, next Ball Bros, then.
Ryan Bros, and the next Mcdonald g
Craft, and just west Of them, Falby.
From all indications the grade to Philip
from Fort Pierre will be finished in the.
next thirty days.
The new Hendry orchestra, composed
of as good lot of musicians as there
is in the northwest, will give the first
dance Of the season at the Locke hotel
Tuesday night of next week. The or
chestra will be composed of seven
pieces and will demonstrate that it can
furnish first class music, for anything;
from social hop to the state inaugur-
al ball.
Baptist church: d. c. Smith Minis
ter Notice the change of time. Sum
day morning service l045; Sunday,
School at IL o'clock; Young Peoples
meeting at6.30 A. M; Preaching ser
vice at 7.3O; 1lidweek meeting Thurs
day evening at 7.30; Choir meets at the
close of this meeting. A cordial invi.
tation to whosoeve. will come.
The Free Press is held two days this
week to allow the Hughes county tax
list to be set aud printed. 1t will be
found on an inside page. The law re-
quires this to be printed the second is-
sue of October in some paper in the
county. tits a rush job, very little
time being given for the work OF type.
setting on it.
The Capital Journal is the only paper
in the county that has published tbs
call for the republican primaries for
the nomination of three commissioners
through an oversight of the chairman
and secretary of the committee in fur
nishing the call to this paper alone, and
to none of the other papers in the cOun-
ty.
Ex-senator Close of Aurora county re-.
Gently visited the Alderman orchard at
Hurley where the apple harvest is in
progress. He says the trees each yield
two to ten bushels Of fine fruit, and
his estimate ia that the orchard will
yield in the neighborhood of forty
thousand bushels this year.
i Gilbert Erickson, brother Of the
proprietor of the Owl, was married
Wednesday to Miss May E. Skare,at the
home of the former The bride is
I from Benson, MINI. The groom is
1 quite we'll known in Pierre, and he and
wife have the best wishes of all who
know them.
i A man named Thomas A. Brown, who
is painter, has been arrested III HUI:
ron and had his preliminary hearing
Wednesday on charge ofsaduitery
with Mrs. Probst, of East Pierre, thu
complaining witness being the hu band
of the woman. Brown was bound over
| Captain Philip Lawrence and wife
are down from Huron renewing &C
quaintance with their many friends il
the city, who were gained during tn
residence Of this couple in Pierre 70
many years, at the time the cap
tain was assistant secretary of state.
Mrs. J.. A. Meloon, sister of 9. L. ant
Ed. X. Eakin, and daughter Of Mrs. Z
4 w. Eakin, arrived from Boston Tues
day for visit. Mrs. -Meloon marie,
J.. A. Meloon, who was register 0
deeds in the early days of sully county
and well known to our old timers
Last week both Pierre and Mitchell
made their respective appropriation
for the next year. Pierre provides
total of $2O,50O. Mitchell 1877 ,56f
Pierre pays for interest$6, 100 Mitchell
$500 The rate of the levy is not re
vealed in the published red
Seventy-five fine new chairs hay
been delivered at the, federal building
, for the use of the employees when tn
, building is occupied, including the cur
todian. Three chairs have answered i
the postofiice for the past twenty year,
"A man named Milo Dunkel suicide
by the rope route, at his ranch in west
: ern Sally county last week. Noscaua
is given for the deed, except derange
ment Of the mind. He has been
resident OF Snily 1883 since.
s. b. Carson, known in the early day
n Is Kit, 10 here from Chicago to cor
J lfirm the reports of q Pierre boom, tax
: hand in il. and again become 4 res