Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-08
G. H. Gray was in the city on Mon

G. h. Cray was in the city on Mon
day from Highmore.
A dance will be given at the st.
Charles Friday evening.
A. f. Moore went out to Philip this
morning on a business trip.
Mrs. Frank Grandle is up from
Canning visiting with relatives.
Mrs. c. Molick and son Chris, ar
rived home today from a visit in st.
Paul.
Mrs. Allan Darner and baby arriv-
ed home today from a visit to points
in Iowa.
Attorney L.. T.. Sephens is away to
Highmore, where he is attending a
term of court.
The High school foot ball team will
play the Indian team Saturday after
noon at the Athletic park.
Mrs. Geo. Millett returned this af-
ternoon from Minneapolis, where she
was called by the illness of a rela-
tive.
A. F. Clough and family departed
this morning by auto for their home
at Canova, after a visit at the Nc
Caffree home.
Meade county, this state, one of the
largest in the United States, has 1900
square miles. 1t is as large as both
Rhode Island and Delaware.
Blunt Advocates: A crew of about
fifteen men have been busy the past
putting steel girders on the railroad
bridge near the Poor Farm.
Some Americans find that it costs a
great deal more to return to their coun-
try than it did to leave it, but with a
great many it is not a question Of cost.
Miss Marguerite Karcher returned
this morning from an extended trip
in the European country, she also
visited with relatives in Illinois.
Quite q number of applicants took
the examination before the state bar
the first of the week. Otto B. Lin.
stad vas admitted to practice law in
the state.
Mrs. j. W. McMacken of Shiloh,
died at her home at that place yes.
terday afternoon of pneumonia. The
funeral services will be held at Oko.
bojo the latter part of the week.
The county commissioners of Hughes
have appropriated 5000 to assist in meet
the expenses of the poultry show which
will be held iu Pierre in January by the
Central South Dakota Poultry Growers
association.
Judge James w. McCarter, demo
cratic nominee for governor, is making
an aggressive campaign; he is also at
tracing large crowds to his meetings.
With Richards in the field dividing the
opposition, the election of McCartel
seems a certainty.
Next Monday Senator Pettigrew
will take the stump west of the Mis-
souri, IN behalf of the candidacy Of
r.. o. Richars. 1t has been many
years since Mr.. Pettigrew had any
thing to do with the politics Of this
state.
A Kansas printer has notified tn,
merchants of his town that he will
soon be in need of a pair of shoes, /.
new shirt and a sack Of flour, ant
that he will call for bids on thes'
items, as this is the custom of tn,
merchants when they want four dol
lars worth of printing.-Sauk Cente
Herald.
The lumber is on the ground 70
the construction Of the depot at LAX
City, one of the new towns on tn,
Paramount & Veblen to Day county
} and the rails will reach the tow.
within the next few days. Man.
buildings are going up, and plans ar
under way for the erection of a Bar
fist church.
> When the Hughes county voter goe
to the polls November 8, the accomme
, dating judges will hand him four ba.
lots, no more no less. Contemplate
+. Of the task of properly marking thes
ballots need not discourage nor squelc
the voter, provided he has taken pain
/. to read and digest the proposed law
which will be published in the offici;
. papers Of the county once each wee
. the two weeks preceding November ;