Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-20
LOCAL LACONICS
Speed the corn pillow.

Speed the corn pillow,
Thermometer was in the nineties yes.
terday.
Landlord Wiggam made trip to
Aberdeen this week.
Mrs A. l.. Thorne and Beatrice are
in from Capa for visit.
Marsh Baker is able to be about town
after an illness of several days.
Music may do some good. While a
boy is whistling be can't be smoking
cigarettes.
Hon. G. II. Burke has returned from
Sioux Falls, where he went to meet
Secretary Taft.
The fisherman are hard at work at it
and many breakfast tables are adorned
with the toothsome catfish.
More than $500 will be spent on the
scream of the eagle by the town OF
Blunt on the Fourth of July.
Miss Jennie Mallory returned We'd
nesday from Oberlin, Ohio, where she
has attended school the past year.
Geo. Keimholz, of Big Stone, has &C
copied a position as clerk in the office
of the clerk of the supreme court.
We have been expecting to hear any
day from Harry Orchard that he is the
fellow who struck Billy Patterson.
The belated corn crop, too, is prepar-
ing to celebrate the Fourth of July by
being as high as usual on that date.
The Pierre young people who have
been at Vermilion attending school the
past year, are expected home tonight.
Do you want toknow about the Man
kato Commercial College, Mankato,
Mimi? Write for their catalogue. 1t
is free.
Those who complained about the
cool and tardy spring have lost no time
In getting arrayed against the sudden
summer weather.
A very large amount of commercial
printing has been done by this office
this week Every customer comes
back and brings friend.
G. H. Williams, foreman of the COM
posing room at the State Publishing
Co. is confined to his home with Sc.
we're attack of lead poisoning.
Editor Prewitt was in the city Tues
day from Philip. He stated that the
town in which he lives is growing and
that many people are locating upon
lands In that vicinity.
The Northwestern railroad proposes
to celebrate uly 4th by driving the last
spike on the extention from Pierre to
Rapid City. This is fitting occasion
for such celebration.
A blind horse fell through the roof
Of cave shack, near Hardingrove, in
to Mrs. Werner's canned jelly. A
derrick was built to release che horse
from his under ground imprisonment.
The Fourth is to be celebrated in the
good old fashioned way at Fort Pierre
Fireworks, speeches, brass bands, and
all kinds of hot ones will be the order
of day twenty four hours long.
With warm weather and clear sky
for few days, and we'll forget all our
troubles. Even the corn will jump for
ward with joy at rate rapid and relia
BILE enough to happily the husbandmar
and all his household.
The state land department depart
Tuesday made the distribution OF
the June apportionment Of schoo
money to the schools of the state
amounting to 100000, making nearl!
$3.50 to each pupil in the state.
A special train, four coaches, bearing
President Hughtt and Vice Presidents
Whitman and Gardner, of the North
western road, were in this city Saturda,,
afternoon, and while here the officer
inspected the improvements which tn
road is making here.
Mrs. E G. Collar of Champaign, LII
lie here on visit to Mrs. G. E. Val
Saun and Mrs. M. v Wilson. Mrs
Collar resided in this vicinity in tn
$685. and on the occasion of her visi
she sees great Improvement in the cit
and the country round about.
j. A. Torbet, long connected wit
the train service of the Milwaukee roa
as conductor, came down from Nc
bridge last Thursday. He says tn
construction work on the new Mil
waukee line has been materially inter
fered with by floods, which have bee
chasing one another, but ten days apar
A hot wind swept over the city Sa
urday night from shortly before MID
night until the early hours OF Sunda
morning The breeze was blowing
stiff gait amounting almost to gal'
and the temperature OF the moVln
al 70 1inQ tQ this