Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-03-27
John Nystrom came In from Oko.

We n0O Guy WlAV0II
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. G.
P. Waggoner Sunday.
Ralph Longstaff returned last week
from Welt in Minneapolis.
Henry Grosclose came in from
Sully county Friday for supplies.
Noah Newbanks returned last week
from an extended visit in Sioux City,
The Northwestern depot at Wolsey
was DESTROYED by fire Sunday night.
Ray Wilson underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis at the hospital
Friday.
Attorney L. L. Stephens went to
Mitchell on professional business
Monday.
Miss Ruth Hyde returned last week
from California, where she has spent
several months.
Judge L. E. Gaffy left last week
for Fon Du Lac, Wis, where he will
visit relatives.
D. A. Sauer of Huron, transacted
business matters in the city the fore
part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. b. Robinson ar
rived Friday from several months
stay in California.
Cashier Haroldson of the First Ma
tional Bank of Brookings. was a
Pierre visitor Saturday.
Winter tried hard Tuesday to make
last stand against spring, but lost
out by small majority.
Walter Henley, who is student at
the Vermillion university, arrived
home last week to spend the spring
vacation.
d. F. Turner left the fore part of
the week for Washington, where be
has the contract for the erection of a
$40, 900 church.
Q. j.. Olson of the First National
Life & Accident Insurance Co., went
to Bismarck, N. D., last week on Of
fetal business.
The Fort Pierre Women's club has
voted $40 to be distributed in prizes
among the children of that city who
have the best flower and vegetable
gardens during the coming summer,
Miss May Leete, teacher in the Cen
trail school, left last week for her
home at Volga. Miss Leete has not
i, been in the best of health, for several
weeks and will take much needed
, rest.
Irish Tommy" Condor is again
the guest of the sheriff of Ziebacb
county, having been caught again.
Since October last Condor has been
in and out of Jail just little oftene1
than any other resident of the state.
| Sioux City Journal, rs: Mrs. n,
u. kenney. of Pierre, who has been
in Sioux City for the last four weeks
attending her mother, Mrs. j. P. Arp,
who has been ill, returned to he1
home yesterday. DR.. Kenney came
to Sioux City Saturday and returned
with his wife.
1 The management of the Riverview
hotel will change hands after April i.
D. D. Oldaker, who has had charge OF
the hotel for several months will retire
and will be succeeded by Pierre Brink
Mr.. Brink is young man of good bust.
ness qualities. That he may have sue.
cess in his undertaking is the wish OF
all.
Governor Byrne has appointed q.
members of the state library com
mission under the state law, w. II,
Powers of Brookings, Mrs. Zillah b.
Wilson of Aberdeen, president of tn,
State Federation of Women's clubs
The other members are Governor
Byrne, State Historian Robinson anG
State Superintendent Lawrence.
4 The Chicago & North Western sta
ton at Wolsey was entirely destroyed
by fire last Sunday night. The fire oc
Cured about o'clock, and no one wa.
in the building at the time it started. i
being about an hour after the eas
bound train had passed the station. TIL,
mail and the company's books wer,
saved, as was also most of the baggag,
and express.
| The work of lifting the snow block
ade on the Milwaukee line from
Chamberlain to Rapid City, is q dill
cult task. To make the work NOR,
difficult many cattle are en-
countered in the drifts east of Mur
| do. The bodies of these dead ANIMAL
clog and break the machinery of th,
plows and rotaries making progress,
slow. Nearly every cut contain
from one to twenty carcasses of cat
tie which drifted with the storm an,