Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
LOCAL LACONICS

Tom G. McNamee, lawyer paid a
visit last week to friends in Brooklngs.
Judge Garland will convene the June
term of the United States court one
week from next Tuesday.
Superintendent Hatch is out visiting
the rural schools. One by one they are
being dismissed for the usual summer
vacation
Huronite: All the visitors at Pierre
during the grand lodge session of the
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs report the
time of their lives. Pierre is gaining
reputation as hospitable town.
Some flyers will go in the races next
month over in tie Corn Belt Circuit.
Seventy entries have been made for the
Flandreau meet, where great speed
program will be pulled off June Is 81.
G. NJ Livingstone drove to Onida on
Tuesday. He says that much prairie
is being broken and new farms opened
along his route of travel, and says grain
has splendid color and growing fast
Bad river left Its banks Friday and
on Saturday the Cheyenne did likewise.
Sunday the Missouri went on bender
and is still rising. When these streams
act that way it is the last sure sign that
the drought period has passed.
Some frivolous person has remarked
that illness was like struggle between
two people, and that the doctor resem-
bled the third man, who interviewed to
separate them with club. Sometimes
he hits the disease and sometimes the
patient.
Attorney L, j. J ohnson of TT Pierre,
will conduct the defense in the case of
State against Gust Tusha; the defend
ant is under Indictment for murder
One thousand dollars has been pledged
at Emery and Alexandria to defray the
necessary trial expense.
The Missouri river here raised three
fee: on Sunday night, carrying away
about one hundred feet of the North
western company's temporary bridge
used by the bridge construction com
pany. This was the second loss by flood
making the construction slow and OK
pensiye.
Commencement comes but once a
year-and that's why SO much is made
of it. Like marriage and death, the
average person passes through it but
once, and the young lad who graduates
from the high school is entitled to some
consideration for the day on which hs
gets his sheepskin.
Wlnona Arrow, an Indian wife OF
Arrow, Of the Crow Creek reservation
refused to stay any longer in the tepet
Of her husband on account Of alleged
cruel and inhuman treatment, ant
brought her woes to judge Boucher, a
the term of the circuit court just closeo
here, and was given decree Of divorce
On June 5 and the people of tn,
eastern portion of the state will assem-
BILE at Brookings in one grand jubilee
The Northwestern has not only grant
ed a liberal fare, but has signiGed it
willingness to run an excursion trail
m>Huron to Brookings. Governo
Crawford has consented to deliver al
address there June 5, aud Congressman
Hall will speak June 6. A long list o
sports will be pulled off each day.
Crop conditions in the central par
of the state, have been wonderfully i'm
proved by the warm weather of tn
past week and the heavy rain whic
has fallen Wheat is very we'll rooted
and the acreage will not be material
decreased. There is a great deal O
breaking being done. Nearly all thi
new land will be sown to fax, and tn
present year promises to see the great
est flax production in the history of tn
state.
Miss Mamie Hall, who came to th
city two weeks ago from Atkinson
Neb., left Friday for her Nebraska hom
disappointed in the hope that she woul
soon be able to wed Roscoe Moore. He
hope was shattered by the refusal of til
state pardon board to consider shorter
Ing the sentence which Moore is servin
in the state penitentiary on the chare
of larceny Of stock from Butte coul
ty rancher. Moore's sence will expil
next year
Today we decorate the graves of til
soldier dead, who gave their lives in d.
Tense of their country. This is a beal
tiful custom, and it is day that ever,
body should join in commemorate
the deeds of the fallen heroes and sho
honor to the living. The old soldie
are little too old to attend to tho
duties and the custom is now beiL
taken up more every year by the ciyi
ians, and really it is their duty to do s
and the old soldiers should be guests
honor