Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-03-07

w. E. Rem visited home folks at
Miller last week.
Chas. Ellis was an arrival from
Centerville Tuesday.
The Capital City band will give
benefit concert at the Bijou tonight.
w. r. Hill of Sioux Falls is IN the
city. He is registered at st. Charles
R. B. Clark and daughter, Mrs, L.
f. Grill left Tuesday for Oklahoma,
where they will visit relatives.
c. ii. Scheu & Co. have received
shipment of Schiller pianos. The
firm intend to do some strong bidding
for trade.
The cold wave earlier in the week
struck the Black Hills country hard,
the thermometer in some portions of
the Hills dropping to 40 below.
A red hot no-icense campaign has
been launched at Miller. Both sides
have strong forces lined and the
struggle promises to be bitter one.
One little point, however, is worthy
of remembrance in connection with
the invention of the clambake, and
this is the man who invented it did
not consider the clam.
G. G. Redfeld, a representative
business man of Rapid City, is in
Pierre. He says there is at this time
a great revival of business over on
the west side.
Missouri has gone South Dakota
one better in the conserving of the
public health. Towels and combs in
public places are prohibited as we'll
as drinking cups.
The funeral services of the late
James Coykendall were held at the
Ruble undertaking parlors this after
noon. The services were conducted
by Rev. r. l.. Kelley.
Aberdeen American: AL Hide
brand OF Pierre is spending several
days in the city visiting among
friends. He formerly was employed
here but now is in business, at the
capital city. :.
c. B. Ingham, long a resident of
central South Dakota, is in the city
from Miles City, Montana. He says
Montana is experiencing the front
end of general building up boom.
The board of county commissioners
met Tuesday in special session.
When the matter of the shipment and
disposition of seed grain was disposed
Of. An adjournment was had YES
terday.
One of the proprietors of the Butfa-
10 saloon at Highmore has purchased
the Rahm building at Harold, and
probably if the voters are favorable
there this spring will continue the
business at Harold.
A special train willrun from Pierre
to Fort Pierre this evening, to accom-
modate those wishing to hear Geo.
w. Egan, who will deliver an address
in the latter city tonight. The special
will leave Pierre abobt 1880 O'Clock.
L.. Swoboda has leased the store
room, corner Euclid avenue and
Pleasant Drive. and therein will
carry on merchant tailoring bust
ness. SWoboda is good workman
and is certain to build up fine BUSH
ness. He will press and clean cloth
ing also.
1t is no longer permissible for express
shipments weighing more than seven
pounds and handled by two express
companies, to be charged double rate.
Since last August 1, all such charges
are on the basis of single rate or sin
gle graduate.
Houser, La Follette's manager, &C
cuses Teddy of having induced Bob to
enter the race. Huh! Taft's manager
can claim the same thing. They make
it out that Teddy is the little bad boy
who induced 'em to go in swimming and
tied their shirts in hard knot.
Builders of concrete bridges are in
correspondence with State Engineer
in regard to the proposed bridges to
be placed in across Cheyenne river,
and asking that they be notified of
the time and place of letting of con-
tracts for the work, as they desire to
show what they can do in the way of
bridge work in the northwest.
State politics are not attracting
much attention in this part of the
state. That the Black Hills will re-
main loyal to Congressman Martin
NJ one questions and whatever he
may later suggest in the way of a
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