Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-23

Editor A. L. Thorne came IN from
Gapa Monday.
| Mrs. G. b. Billinghurst left Mon
day for Chicago.
William Summerside came up from
Harold Monday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
John I. Newell Monday
Mrs. C. L. Dixie and son of Huron,
spent Sunday with Pierre friends.
II Il. Finder of Rousseau, was in
the city today on business matters.
j Chas. West returned Saturday
from business trip to points in
Iowa
a fire in the Northwestern round
house yards today destroyed a large
amount of wood
The remains of mastadon have
been dug up near Buffalo Gap. This
adds to the already numerous posi-
bilities of the Black Hills.
The second week of circuit court in
Stanley county gave evidence of a busy
term, The Pierre bar has been largely
represented there as heretofore.
John Holman of Yankton, who for
the past year or more has been as
sistant United States attorney for
South Dakota. has rendered his res
ignatien.
w b. Kasper. United States ex-
: aminer in naturalization, of st. Paul
> was in the city last week looking up
ali applicants that are to be given a
hearing vt the May term of the cir
> cult court.
"Aren't you glad" said the first
chick" that we were hatched too
late to be spring chickens?"
. Eyes. And aren't you glad we
5 were Matched soon enough not to be
Easter eggs?"
Dick Purcell of Pierre was in town
j Monday afternoon. Dick is now rep,
Z, resenting the First National Life and
and did nice little stroke of business
II on his first trip here as an insurance
Y, man. Blunt Advocate.
i Six years ago yesterday the doors
of the Carnegie library We're just
/, opened to the public. The occasion
1t was celebrated by a gathering of pat
rons who seemed pleased TO drop {
e. nickel as an anniversary Offering
Refreshments We're there in abund
ance, and were served to all desiring
I'd Monday prairie ire starting nea
ge Flat top butte, in Stanley county
burneo over a large tract of countr.
v and destroyed all the buildings OIL
~ the farm of John Kelley and raj
IN south to the White river before i
"a was stopped. Many farmhouse
were only saved by hard work ant
the damage TO hay and small build
. ings was heavy before the fire wa
- under control,
Y. Gregg & Co., implement dealers a
id Blunt, have an advertisement in th
u. Free Press today. Every article il
I'd the line Of standard and improve
d machines may be found at their wig
70 wan in Blunt. The firm is not il
IN any trust and it will pay one needin
ha any article in the line of farm tool
or machinery TO travel fifty miles t
buy from Gregg & Co.
ay
he VIM. Heinz was on trial yesterda
rs. at Fort Pierre 20 test his sanity.
%. he is DECLARED to be sane by the jur
es he will be placed on trial on th
nd charge of having murdered Ralph /
Miles, DR.. Mead, of the state hosp
or tai for the insane, is one of the pr1
~ cipal witnesses on the insanity hea.
,ss ing. L. L. Stephens is defendin
ad Heinz, and a sharp fight is on.
ho Canadian immigration officials al
nI out on the border with club layir
~ for bunch Of negroes who are bel
lty on settling in Canada. Pact or L
lty reciprocity pact, the people of IL
in Dominion evidently don't want ar
Ter race problems admitted from th
Lis side.
III The first real harbinger of spril
made it's appearance in Blunt Tue
INT day timing its arrival exactly wit
ate the first official day of the season.
ON was not the redbreasted robin n
cal the pale blue anemones on the hi
in tops that heralded the season whit
ate the long haired poet is licensed to i
ity woke his muse aud pour upon lol
suffering world the offspring of h