Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-30


A. P. Anderson and Pat Durkin were
IN yesterday from Grow Creek.
c. F. O'Br'en of Hoven, transacted
business matters here yesterday.
Born, to Mr., and Mrs. Clarence Nc
Mullen of FIT. Pierre, on Sunday a son
4. f. Dorothy shipped a carload of
fancy stock cattle to Philip yester-
day.
Mr., and Mrs. Geo. Holley of Fl.
Bennett, are visiting with friends in
Pierre.
Thos. Dunn of Sioux Falls. was in
the city yesterday on insurance mat
tiers.
5. I. Doyas was in the city yesterday
from st, Paul looking after business
matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Lyman are re.
Jolcing over THE arrival of a daughter
at their home.
Miss NADIA Pinckney is doing steno-
graphic work for the Stock Growers
bank at Ft. Pierre.
F. j. McCalmont has returned from
a several weeks trip to Wisconsin
and Minnesota points.
Supt. Moulton of the p. R. c., &C
c%ompanied by his wife, departed yes
terday for Minnesota points.
Fred Baade and Walter Cowan from
the east end of the county, were trans
acting business matters here yester-
day.
Ben Martin is in Pierre today. Mr..
Martin is on his way from North Da-
kota TO his home near Haydraw, in
Meade county.
Mrs. j. a. Davy, who accompanied
her husband to Tampico, Mexico,
several weeks ago, is expected home
within a few days.
Mrs. Grace Matteson of the east
end of the county, is spending the
week in Pierre in the interest of her
candidacy for superintendent of
schools.
Olaf Brandt, of near Fort Pierre,
died at the hospital yesterday after a
several weeks illness. The funeral
was held today from the Lutheran
church.
S. d. Blair returned this morning
from sanborn, n. d. He reports
that wheat sowing is the industry in
dulged in by people in our big sister
state on the north.
The next regular meeting of the
South Dakota board of pharmacy for
registration and general business
will be held at Brookings, on the goth
and 2lst of April.
A miscellaneous shower was given
Miss Maude Hill at the Y. F. Bennett
home last evening. The marriage of
Miss Hill to Mr.. Toland of Huron
will take place Easter Sunday.
Miss Hazel Johnson, who has clerk
ed at Moore's store for several months
last week severed here connection
with the store and is now visiting at
the home of a sister near Blunt.
Howard Bros, hardware store at
Blunt, was again burglarized Sunday
night, supposedly by local thieves.
A revolver, a box of pearl-haudled
knives, scissors and flashlights were
among the goods taken.
Governor F. NJ. Byrne has Just &C
cepted an Invitation to speak on "a
Dry South Dakota" at the state
wide prohibition session of the state
Sunday school convention at Huron,
Thursday afternoon, May 4.
The little folks of Central school
gave an operetta at the assembly
room at the high school Friday eve
ming. which well pleased the large
audience. A neat little sum of 500
was realized and will 90 towards the
purchasing Of a vIctrola for the
school.
1t has been publicly announced that
The state of South Dakota is main
tanning 100 employees, while Ne
brask& has but 667 and Iowa less than
500. South Dakota thriyes more on
politics than do its %neigbbors. 100
employees help the machine wonder
fully, remarks the Huronlte.
The western portion of the state
was storm swept yesterday and today.
Fully two feet of snowfall at Dead
wood. tieing up railroad traffic. The
Northwestern company ordered all
its big snow plows west early this
morning in the hope of lifting the
blockade Friday.
Manuel Sylvia of Fit. Pierre, was in
Pierre Saturday, and while here our
chased Dan Patch, the black racer,