Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-21
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"A. M, Samuels is Ill of grip.


deraled to-day.
Minstrel Show Saturday afternoon 3
T. M. and $50 M.
Bert Garner spent several days the
past week at Onida, visiting his parents.
The lid is on at Fort Pierre. Gam
blers have been forced to auit the town |
A. Potter, Hughes county's obliging
register of Deeds is home from visit
to kinfolk in Minnesota.
Fireman McMatt. who was injured
III Monday nights railroad wreck, is
slowly recovering from injuries sus
tanned.
Many teams are coming from Blunt
and are bringing the pas sengers that
were got off there at the time of the
wreck.
Snow began to fall early yesterday
morning. Late in the day the storm
broke, leaving mother earth covered
with snow.
John l., Jones, state bank examiner,
registered yesterday at the Lock He
is just entering upon the discharge OF
official duty.
Phoenix like, the rate bill has risen
in the house 1t is thought that it Will
pass the house today.
The local lodge, A. f. and A. M. will
hold special meeting tonight Crhurs-
day. work in the third degree
John Lockhart came in from the
east on Tuesday. He was a passenger
on the i'll fated freight train which was
wrecked Monday night.
Miss sarah Karcher, sister Of our
townsman, Henry karcher, arrived on
Tuesday from Freeport, I'll. Miss
karcher will remain here few months
The Fidelity Land & Trust Company
have decided TO open a branch office
in kidder county North Dakota, having
recently purchased several thousand
acres Of land in that section.
Rev, T. b, Randall, rector of the
Episcopal church OF Elk Point, has
been in the city for several days, hay
ing spent a portion of the time on his
claim i'll the vicinity Of Grindstone
Buttes.
DR., Stevenson the well-known eye
ear, nose and throat specialist of Sioux
Falls and assistant will be in Pierre
Thursday, March 7th to 3 p. N. Frid ay
March Sth, at Locke Hotel. Glass e.
also fitted correctly.
Smokers, in so far as possible, SHOULD
! buy the home made article The hes
cigars obtainable are made in Pierre
and the makers merit your patronage
Hamlets are built into cities whereve
the consumer stays by home manufac
turers.
Capital Journal: Two punches 0
antelope have been seen several time
, during the past month north of here i
ranges 20 and 81. These little animal
are having a hard time tryn
to escape the sight of claim shacks an
the settlers.
Il. NJ. Taylor, a newspaper man c
= wide eXperince, has decided to 20 t
Alexandria, where he will establis
himself in the newspaper bushes
He is a versatile writer and is rarel
equaled as a printer. The Free Pre-
hopes that success will attend him.
The work of constructing the ste,
railroad bridge at Pierre has BET
' abandoned until the flow of ice h
passed this city. Several hundred ca
! loads of railroad property we're landt
: in Fort Pierre during Friday and Sa
q urday.
: Sioux Falls Press: The man wi
u, has seen a roLin has reported, but
~ refused to permit himself to be quot
u as an authority, | t is HI, opinion til
&c the robin has been here all winter al
he says there are a few that do II
a migrate. That is why one robin do
70 not make a spring.
n, go
- The Dakotan we'll says: We ha
mentioned it before; lest we forget
speak Of it again. Now is the time
~ select the flower and garden seeds,
y fruit and ornamental trees and {
" shrubbery for spring planting.
. were all proud Of our flower show |;
August. Let us make the flower she
q of 1907 a state event.
~ Fifteen miles east of Pierre, Sund
- night occurred a disastrous wreck.
70 west bound freight train of thirty fo
cars. pulled by two engines. At t
q point mentioned the track spread,
o. engines and head eight cars pass
IN safely over but all Others were derail
'ss and destroyed. Nearly one mile
track was torn up. Trainmen escap
VS. uninjured.
ia Latest reports from the ranges sin
n. the thaw began Indicate that the IL
ne Of live stock has been largely overes