Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-27
LOCAL LACONICS

j. G. Merrill is building two dwelling
houses.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kelly,
June 25, q son.
"Henselin. the Hypnotist'' at the
Opers Honse Saturday Night.
O.S. Basford, Insurance Commission.
or, was at Redfield the first of the week.
Chas. Humphrey, a limb of the law,
began practice in Fort Pierre this week.
The traffic between Pierre and Fort
Pierre is much greater than IN any
former year.
Vim. Floyd of Okobojo sold last week
l2S head Of horses. The lot was ship
ped to points east.
Chief of Police Core had the pleasure
OF running in wooden leg with part
OF a man attached to it.
Mrs A. E. Lucas is enjoying visit
from her sister, Miss Gertrude Riebe,
whose home is in Rochester, MINI.
l. McGanon was in Pierre from Oko-
bojo last week. He stated in the mat
ter of crops that locality is bio ssoming
as the rose.
Mankato Commercial College, Man
kato, Mimi. trains more people for bus
iuess than any other school. Write
for catalog.
Judge and Mrs. Corson returned
Tuesday, after stay of three months
in Chicago. Both were greatly bene.
fled by the trip.
Huron college summer school opened
with an enrolment of $50 students, the
largest attendance ever known at
summer school there.
!, Stanley county towns almost with
out exception are preparing to celebrate
the nations birthday this year in
really gorgeous fashion.
James Rabdau, an old time resident
of Pierre, was in the city this week.
He is located at Belden, Neb., where
fortune attends his efforts.
Before the adjournment at Huron of
the Philip Christian Union, Mrs. 9. H.
Ainsworth of this city was named IS
one of the vice. presidents of that so.
ciety.
1t would please any number of small
boys IT the writer of "How doth the
little busy bee improve each shining
hour" were denounced as q nature fax.
or, also.
Fcrt Pierre's Fourth of July cele.
bration this year will couple with it a
sort of old settlers reunion. Eight of
the original settlers still remain its
citizens and they will be the stars of
that jubilee occasion.
Pawanee Bills Wild West ST. ow is to
be in Pierre next Monday, and will give
performances afternoon and evening.
He is said to have splendid aggrega-
ton with hin this year, and they put up
fine, entertaining show.
Twas SATURDAY; "Going out to see
the game tomorrow" "Yep I'm
awful busy, too" Why don't you wait
and read about it in the newspaper %
"That wouldn't do me any good. I'd
have to see the game to understand the
article"
Since bills were posted announcing
the coming of the Wild West show, the
i kids about the city have been busy in
u gathering nickels. Some are selling
Il pop corn, :others are offering "lemo
Y lemo!" and not few are working the
"shine" for all it is worth.
Miss Hughes took her formal depart
ure from Pierre on Saturday. Miss
Hughes intends to join the H. X. War
rem party of Yankton and 60 to Mon
\ treal, June 20, where the party will re-
4 main two months. She will return in
in September and enter normal library
work.
Charles Rhorer returned Sunday HI
passed the greater part of las. week al
Watertown, where state meeting Of
tiremen was held. Mr.. Rhorer says the
gathering of fremen there was tht
largest ever held in the state, and say
contest were spirited. Clear Lake wol
every prize worth winning.
+ Tuesday noon speeder left the tract
just west of the passenger depot whel
being propelled st the rate of ten mile
an hour. Three occupied seats on tn
conveyance until it left the track, whel
all we're thrown In front Of it. Tw'
escaped injury, but the third sustained
injuries which sent him to the hopital
The Okobojo Times has an interest
ing example of the manner in whic
land values in Sully county have risen
A 800 acre farm has just been sold TO
5000. A Pierre man comments sadl
on the fact that only four years ago n
wore out good horse and his owl