Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-05-25

w. v. Manley came up from De
Grey yesterday.
Perry 0lifieid arrived from Clark on
Tuesday for a visit with friends.
w. ii. Bruno arrived yesterday and |
will spend the summer in Pierre.
Mrs. A. Runyan and son of Grind
stone, are in the city for short stay.
Dr.. Mary Noyes Farr has been re-
elected grand receiver of the Degree
of Honor.
Miss Lucilla McCalmont has con-
tracted to teach ingthe village school
at Big Stone.
Will Mosier arrived from the east
yesterday, enroute to his homestead
east of Hayes.
Mrs. Anna Ziegler, mother of Mrs.
Anna Hegglund, arrived from Sioux
Falls Tuesday.
Sunday afternoon the Pierre ball
team will go to Blunt, where they
will play the local team there.
The commencement exercises of
the Pierre high school will be held at
the Grand Thursday evening, June /.
During an electrical storm at Philip
on Monday night, a bolt of lightning
struck a dwelling there, killing an
aged man.
Ray Walker was in the city yester-
day from Lindsay. He reports that
in the Cheyenne river valley a gener
Gus fall of rain would help conditions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Garner and Ed
itor Besancon were among the Blunt
people who took in the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra musicale at the
Grand last evening.
A. P. Stowell arrived Tuesday from
Huron. He came to Pierre to check
out G. FL. Drake of the Western Union
office in this city. Mr.. Drake has been
given a more lucrative position with
the Western Union in st. Paul.
Remember the date upon which
Yankee Robinson, the circus man,
will be in Pierre with his consolidate
ed shows. Yankee will be with us
next Saturday, May 27 The usual
street parade will occur at II O'Clock
The following high school events
will take place during next week:
Sunday, a. M, baccalaureate sermon
at Baptist church by Rev. FL. l.. Rus
! sell. Wednesday evening. class day
exercises at the Grand, admission CSC
to all. The proceeds to go toward the
high school reference book fund. On
Thursday evening will occur the com
ment exercises at the Grand.
From reports in the Black Hills
section OF the state petitions are be-
ing circulated under rush orders to
carry the immigration department
law to the people for vote. While
there is some difficulty in securing
signatures to this petition, the back
ers of the move claim that they will
be able to get their list filled in time
to stop the action of the law at least
until vote can be taken.
The United States court is in ses
sion in Deadwood. In addition tc
the usual number of farcical Indian
eases, in which Uncle Sam pays, be.
sides the fees of the officers, the ex.
penses of a big bunch of Indian anC
h;.f breed witnesses, Interpreters
etc., there will be a grist of cases
against men from various towns
along the reservation line charged
with Bookkeeping and selling whiskey
to Indians. For many years ALLEGED
ctfenses among the Indians have furn
ished the principal business for the
United States court.
| The new met weight" law of this
state, which requires every package
| of food of any kind sold in this stat,
after the first of July to be branded
as to just its actual amount il
weight and measure, is worrying tn,
wholesalers which ship food stntfs III
to the state. The law allows an,
dealer in the state to dispose of an,
stock on his shelves at the time o
the going into effect of the law, with
out compliance, but prohibits an,
further shipments into the state afte
July first unless the correct weight O
} measure is stamped upon the packag
or container.
4 A suggestion has been made that
portion of the fund provided for pub
Lefty in this state by the last legisla
tive session be used to pay for an ex
hibit at the land show in Chicago, i
November next. This show attract
visitors all over the country, and it i
thought that no better use could b
, made af a mart IF tho fund tnu.rd &c