Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-06
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The Ute Indians who gave Sc much
trouble at Thunder Butte last winter
airy escort for their reservation in
Utah
c. M. Henry of Sioux Falls has been
appointed by Gov Crawford as state
inspector Of warehouses and scales, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Olaf Paulson.
Mrs OWE Hanson, living a few
miles northeast Of Sisseton, is dead
as the result of the explosion of a
gasoline stove. Mrs Hanson was so
badly burned that she died.
Pleading guilty to burglary in the
third degree, John Burns, miner,
was arraigned in the circuit court at
Deadwood and sentenced by Judge
Rice to ten months in the peniten-
tiary.
The state insurance department has
admitted to the state the Jefferson
phia, and the London Assurance AS
ISOLATION has again been admitted in
the state, after having withdrawn for
several years.
The business men and other resi-
dents Of Spencer, a progressive little
town northwest of Sioux Falls, in Nc
Cook county, are making arrange
ments to hold a harvest festival and
sports day some time during the
month of August.
Several hundred thousand pounds
| of wool have been purchased at the
market in Mitchell during the last ten
days, and shows a great increase over
the amount produced last year The
price for the commodity ranged be-
tween Is and 16 cents pound.
Rev. F. p. Leach of Sioux Falls, gen
eral secretary of the State Sunday
School association, will be one of the
principal speakers at the first annual
convention of the Stanley County Sun
Gay school association, which will be
held at Fort Pierre on Sunday, Aug. g..
Mrs. Frank Pinkham, wife Of a
homesteader near Bonesteei, cut the
threats CT her two boys, aged fourteen
years and six months, and then COM
mitted suicide by cutting her own
| throat. III health is supposed to have
| unbalanced ner mind. The older lad
! may possibly recover
| The county commissioners of Bon
Homme county have adopted a resolu-
ton instructing the county auditor to
! arrange for submitting to the voters
| of the county at the general election
on Nov. 3 next the proposition of is
| suing bonds in the sum of $4,000 for
the construction of a county court
| house and Jail building.
In line with the larger towns in the
| Northern Hills, the merchants of Rap
| id City have just agreed to the early
closing hour in all the principal bust
ness houses in Rapid City The new
rule goes into effect at once, the
| stores closing promptly at 6 O'clock
| each evening, except Saturdays, when
they will remain open until 8 o'clock.
| Murray Tenhaten, young man from
Wall. while attempting to ride the
! blind baggage on an early morning
train out of Pierre, fell as the train
pulled out Of the yards and one leg
was so badly crushed on a pile of TIM
Der that amputation was necessary
He, in company with another man,
was on the way east to get work in
the harvest fields. x..,,
That the II o'clock lid is not to be
pried off the Watertown saloons dur
ing Mayor Martins term Of office was
forcefully impressed upon the minds
of two saloonkeepers in the municipal
| court by Judge Myers The two Of
tenders We're caught in their saloons
after the closing hour and were ar
rested and hailed to court. where each
pleaded guilty and paid SIS in fines.
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The members Of the Odd Fellows
lodge at Wentworth have made ar
rangements for lodge hall building.
They have purchased the old public
school building, which will be moved
TO a good location on the principal
business street. The building will be
| remodeled and the lower rooms will
be rented, while the lodge will use the
| upper story for lodge purposes, and
may also permit other lodges to hold
| their meetings there.
::
The new Episcopal guild house.
which has been in course of construc-
ton at Huron during the summer, is
| about completed and will be opened
to the public soon, when general re.
ception will be given to the public.
The house is built in the bungalow
style and will be used for various
meetings of the church, such as choir
practice, guild meetings, socials. and
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