Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-27
THE LOCAL NEWS.

THE LOCAL NEWS.
Goods are going out Of the Capito
Furniture Store at q lively rate. The,
have both the goods and the prices
A. j. Kendall shipped a car of whea
yesterday to Minneapolis. He report
led a yield Of rs bushels per 2o'
Iacre field. ]. N 5-ss
]. H. Gropengeiser came in from tn,
west today, and is en- route to hi
home in Onida. He passed a month
in Montana.
o. s. Basford, commissioner of in
snrance, attended the National In.
snrance Commissioners convention
(which adjourned a three days session
lin Detroit yesterday.
The East Pierre Saddle Horse com
pany, has fine lot of driving, draft
and saddle horses to rent or sell.
Saddle horses delivered to any part OF
the city. Phone No. l-6-2-F.
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Journal-World Spirit, Huron, Aug.
30: Engineer w. Fl. Bliss returned
Monday from Pierre, where he went
Sunday on business. He and Mrs.
Bliss have recently returned from an
extended tour of the Black Hills.
Chas. T.. Hyde and children return
ed yesterday from an outing at Sylvan
Lake, Black Hills.
K. y. Yokum has made arrange
ments and will shortly engage in the
saloon business in Highmore. i
The old veterans and other residen is
os Lyman county are taking great in
terest in old soldiers reunion which is
20 DO held in the new town of Kenebec
on September 8, 4, and 5.
J. Garfield West, auctioneer, came
home last night from near Murdo,
where he sold the personal effects of
Mrs. Robt. Moon, which brought her
- 800. A crop of tWenty-four acres
of corn, growing upon sod, was knock
ed off at $500 per acre.
John Pierson, who owns a tract of
land near Blunt, was in the city Mon
day. Before leaving his Illinois home,
Mr.. Pierson had decided to sell out
his land interests in this county, but.
upon inspection Of the same a change
came over him, and he wisely decided
to hold and improve the entire tract.
Aberdeen American: Judge III. G.
Fuller, Of Pierre, chief justice of the
South Dakota supreme court, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. G.. w. Nash.
He is suffering from an attack of
rheumatism, which keeps him confin-
ed to the house. He will return to
Pierre as soon as, he is able to do so. h
The real peacemakers in this world
are children. Have you ever thought
what a vast tangle life would be with
out them2 says the Kansas City Star.
And, # you will set yourself about it,
cal u YOU recall one case after another
thin your own observation where a
line, clear-eyed mite of boy or girl
with a face like a flower has settled
conf ugal quarrels on which no Hague
conference could ever have made the
slightest imp ression2
Loss Of stock still continues in CLAY
county and In some instances several
animals have died in herds that were
yaccinated over two weeks ago. An
thrax vaccination, it is said, works
similar to smallpox vaccination. 1t
will be effective with some horses and
cattle, while it will not touch others.
The farmers have come to the con
clusion that about the only thing they
can do this fall is to yaccinate aud de.
pend on der weather to check the
anthrax spread 3. n
In the supreme court yesterday the
court affirmed the lower court III the
State vs.. Fairchield and the State VS.,
Schulz both Grant county cases. They
We're both ga doom cases inswhich cor
|victions had been secured on charges
VI. hcSRlug open on sunday. The de.
clsion OF the court holds that it is not
nece ssary to prove that anyone enter-
ed the building or that d sale was
made Proof that the building was
open is sufficient in itself to secure
conviction
he public schools seem to have de-
veloped cosiderable school book graft
fostered TO some extent by the school
board and school officials. TOO many
fads ara crowded into 4 nine months
and the result. too often, liz. that not i
single study g mastered and the very
lfonnda tion Is the pupil'a education L
faulty The latest fad il to teach arri.
lcultnro In schools. 1t would De vel
fOr the boards of educa tianSt o examine
Itte papers of the sixth, seventh ma
Iefghth grade stud hts and ascertain nov,
imany can reach 50 per cent iii the fun
damentaI Studies.
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Ghicago Eyening Post The cam
lspaign must he DrAt nv dill III when n 81