Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-14

Smoke House.-F. n. Beacon.
Miss Georgia Snmmerslde of Har-
rold, passed Monday in the city.
Dr.. j, NJ. Walsh of Rapid City, is
in Pierre on professional business.
Yesterday, Ash Wednesday, mark
ed the opening of the Lenten season.
Mrs. Walter Braudhuber has re-
turned from a visit with a sister at
Huron.
Vlryl Crawford Of Binder under
went an operation at the hospital on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bessire of Laurel,
Neb., are guests at the |. M. Dotson
home.
Miss Pauline Kindley came up
from Huron to spend the week with
home folks.
K. 5. Peek, of the high way commits
sion, has returned from a state meet
ing, held at st, Louis.
Judge Mccoy arrived home from
Illinois Monday, where he went to
attend toe funeral of his father.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
a. MarSwed OF Midland, passed
away at the hospital last night.
County Commissioner A. G. Stew
art came up from his ranch near
Blunt Saturday 90 "a short business
visit,
The little son of MIR. and Mrs.
Markwed OF Midland, was brought in
TO the hospital for treatm ent Tues
day.
j. f, Mcnamara of DeGrey was in
Pierre on Fridayo of last week and while
here became a subscriber to the Free
Press.
Tuesday The ice in Bad River broke
up, opening that stream up for some
distance from its outlet into the Mis-
souri,.
Owing to the storm of today the
Hook & Ladder company. have post
poned their masquerade ball to next
Friday evening.
Following the Instructions of Gov.
Nolbeck every unnecessary light at
the capitol will be dispensed with,
as will also the heat of the building.
But before the grass begins to green
We will have to suffer the annual gon-
Talon predictions of the baseball
scribes, Someone is always taking the
JOY out of life.
< Central South Dakota was given
its first spring rain Tuesday afternoon
and evening, which terminated in a
genuine old blizzard. Thus another
Joy was taken out of life.
j. f. Williams of Onida has, at the
stock yards in Pierre, a carload of fat
hogs and three carloads of hogs ia,
at Onida. Owing TO the scarcity of cars
shipments cannot be made at this time.
Fred M Upger of Parkston, is the
ouly South Dakota boy who is listed
with the soldiers who are missing
from the Inflated Tuscania, and
whose burial 10 thought to have taker
place on tue Scottish coast.
Reg, Address of the congregational
church spoke before the high schoo
students Tuesday afternoon. His
address was based on the life ant
deeds of Abraham Lincoln and wal
heartily received by the students.
Kenneth Matter and lake Wagner
received ten day furloughs and ar
rived from Camp Funston, Kansas
Tuesday. They will visit the home
folk until Saturday and will then re
turn to the!r regiments.-Okoboj
Times.
The fronts OF several of the bushes
houses at Plankiaton were treated to
fine finish OF yellow paint last week
The yellow coat is the symbol O
pro-Germanism and was resorted to a
a means Of showing up those who ar
in sympathy with kaiserism.
Francis Hughes, son of j udg
Hughes of this circuit, is thought tt
BE- the Francis hughes listed among
the survivors OF the American trans
port ship, T~uscania, which was tor
pedced last week while enroute tt
France. Young Hughes enlisted will
the Wisconsin troops last fall.
Mrs. John Hausman, who was ser
iously burned over her back som
ten days ago by the igniting of kero
, sene On her clothing, is steadily grow
: Ing weaker and slight hopes are he'll
J, out for her recovery. Mrs. Hausmal
is thought to have set fire to he
clothing while in a state of temper
, airy insanity.
Mrs. Elmer Hawks of Pedro, com
l milted suicide Saturday by jumpin,