Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-29
The c%hautauqua at Big Stone Lake

n chautauqua at Big Stone Lake
will be held July 2 IL.
Miss Daisy Solberg visited with
friends at Blunt Sunday.
j. w. Laughlin transacted bust
ness at Blunt yesterday.
Editor Gossage of the Rapid City
Journal. is a Pierre visitor today.
j. H. Cox of Onida, was in the city
Tuesday OF a short business visit.
H. X. Gardner came up from Hur-
on yesterday to look after legal bust
ness.
Misses Goldie Warmer and GLADYS
Nash of Blunt, were Pierre visitors
Saturday.
Business men of Miller have pledg.
ed $500 for the equipping of a public
play ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.. Horner arrived
home yesterday from a visit to Min
nesota points.
G. F. Conditt and family are NOV
ing into one of the Hyde residences
on Grand avenue.
Redtield is making a strong fight
for the state national guard meeting
to be held in June.
The Brown County Holiness asso-
citation will hold camp meeting at
Aberdeen June II 81.
E. kinyon of Ladysmith, Wis, was
an arrival yesterday on a combined
business and pleasure visit.
Miss Rose Hengel has completed a
term of school near DeGrey and is
now at her home in Pierre.
Mrs. Hausman has purchased the
laundry equipment heretofore oper-
ated by A. c. Johnson, and intends
to continue the business in East
Pierre.
A number of the business houses
on main street are being treated to a
fine coat of paint which helps to
beautify the places.
Word reached here today of the
death of Mrs. Whaley, wife of John
Whaley, who departed this life at the
family home near Harold yesterday.
The funeral and burial service occur
tomorrow.
James Benthine, long a dealer in
merchandise at Leslie, Stanley coun-
ty, has disposed of his personal eff
fects, including live stock, and is
we'll on his way to Seattle, where he
intends to reside.
Onida Waterman: j. W. Dolan and
son arrived last night from Huron
with a a of household goods, etc.
and will locate at one on the Stull
ranch near Okobojo. which Mr.. Do
Ion recently purchased.
An inch and a quarter of rain fell
here Monday, giving this part of the
state two inches in less than a week
All ofthe western section is we'll soak.
ed and vegetation is getting well
started.
l.. b. Beynon, manager for the
Western Union here for some time,
has severed his connections with the
company and with his family will
leave Saturday for Elesian, Mimi,
where he has a position with the
Northwestern road.
j. A. Brimmer, machinist, in the
employ of the G. 81 N. w .Co., will 90
to Meade County next Monday morn.
ing, where he has land interests. He
will also pay a visit to his mother
who resides in Rapid City while in
the Hills country.
Members of the local fire depart.
ment are getting in readiness to at
tend the state meet at Belle Fourcht
the week of June Z. Pierre laddies
always make a first class showing anC
this year will endeavor to climb t,
the top notch.
The many recent rains have un-
doubtedly supplied the soil with al
the moisture necessary for some time
The next thing to the coming crol
lies in the likelihood of the surfac,
baking, and drying out quickly wher
the hot dry weather comes on.
Final arrangements have been made
for the State Sunday School Conven
tion to be held at Parkston next Tues.
day, Wednesday and Thursday. No
doubt this convention will be tn,
most largely attended of any previou.
like affair eve held IN the state.
The town of Hurley has been mad,
defendant in a $40, 900 damage suit, in
stituted in the United States court b,
J. L, Reid, q travelling man. NV,
years ago Reid fell off a sidewalk lead
ing to a railroad depot and broke hi.
ankle. Efforts to effect a settlemen
with the city proved unsuccessful.
The commencement exercises o
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