The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-27

from the celebrated Pierce (Neb.)
Roller Mills carload of -four and feed
which they are selling at prices never
before heard of in this market. Every
sack warranted. TIE boys buy their
goods in large quantities for cash there
enabling them to sell at greatly re-
duced prices.
The Buffalo Gap News and Hot
Springs STAR are indulging in some-
what bitter controversy over the
question of advisability of survey
Of the, at present, unsurveyed lands Of
Custer and Fall River counties; the
News claiming that such survey would
be detrimental to the public interest,
and the STAR vice versa. If it were
not for the fear Of being drawn into
the quarrel, we would be tempted to
say that the Stat. has fairly vanquished
the News by the light of the (Dick)
Moon.-Chronicle.
The weather during the past week
has been simply magnificent. The
snow is fast disappearing and day or
two more of this kind Of weather will
leave the ground bare and dry. Stock is
IN excellent condition fat and frisky
and the inhabitants of Hot Springs
and Fall River county are contented
and happy. Truly we are favored
people and cordial invitation is ex-
tended to our less favored friends in
the east to come and participate in our
enjoyment and partake of our pros
pevity. Will you come?
A Georgia newspaper comments as
follows on the fact that German
chemistla succeeded in making brandy
olt of sawdust: "What chance will
the prohibition movement now have.
when man can take q rip saw and 60
out and get drunk with. a fence rail?
What is the use of a prohibitory law
if a man can make brandy mash out
Of the shingles of his roof, or if he can
get delirium trelnens by drinking
the legs of his Kitchen chairs? You
may shut an inebriate out of GIN shop
and keep him away from the tavern,
but if he can get uproarous on boiied
sawdust and dissected window sills any
attempt to reform must necessarily be
a failure"
Avery enjoyable leap year surprise
party occurred at the residence of MIR.
II. Lowe, two miles north of town on
Thursday night of last week, and that
it was genuine surprise was evinccd
by the fact that the Loves had retired
for the night. The ladies of the party
were up to snuff in the carrying out of
an affair cf this kind. They procured
a sleigh and team and gathered up the
gentlemen Of their choice and right
royalty did they treat them after they
arrived at theit destination. The
evening was spent in dancing and card
4 playing and sumptuous meal was
spread after which the party dispersed
all agreeing that the first leap year
party Of the season was grand success.
\ This Office is in receipt Of q copy of
immigration Commissioner McClure's
book on the Resources of Dakota"
copy of which can be procured free of
charge upon application to P.F.McClure
Pierre. Dakota. tits publication of
500 pages containing reliable inform-
alton concerning the climate, soil, pro-
{[stsr t %4s5als als tope,gTaphy etc. to-
amount of statistical information,
illustrations, diagrams and maps.
The agricultural and mineral resour-
ces of the Black Hills are dwelt upon
at length aud will result in turning a
vastamount of immigration in this
direction. 1t is withal valuable
compilation of facts and figures and
will be productive of vast amount of
good to the territory.
We infer. from our'Smithwicks letter
that some action has been taken by
few of the enterprisng citizens of that
portion of the county looking to the
survey of the unsurveyed land of this
county and the opening for filing of
that surveyed sometime ago and for
which the plats have not been received
at the local land office at Deadwood.
The enterprise and rustlins proclivities
Of these people. chief among whom is
MIR. Sanford Parker, cashier of the
Bank of Oelrichs, Is certainly COM
mendable, and the gentlemen who
have been foremost in fastening this
matter deserve the thanks Of
the people Of the entire country.
Acorn our Bradley Flat CORES
pondent is also deeply interested in
this matter and has been in COM
munication with the surveyor general
of the territory regarding it. The
surveyors reply published in another
colunn) to letters of inquiry brings
much encouragementan and it is probable
that these lands will be surveyed and
plated during the coming summer.
"Chub' (there is evidently a typo.
graphical error hcrc-should have been
"Chump') contributes the following
bit Of intelligence (?) to the Oelrichs
Times of the 21st inst: II do not
write often. but when ! see what
there is in the boom, or-Hot Springs
as none will know it by that name.
But to be on the mountains or the
plains and see star. one would think
as the shepherds Of old did when they
seen the star in the east, that they must
go, but If you do, take something to
eat with you for l was there few days
ago and went all over town and could
not get anything to cat. and l asked
why that was and they said there was
not trade enough to keep open, and to
tell the trnth Ibid not see but one fat
man in town and that was Judge
Dudley he looks as though he would
] winter. managed toget some crackers
and cheese at "a grocery store and left
for home where l don't feel so lone
, some" Will "Chub" kindly sends us
the key to the above. There must be
some mysterious meaning in it-at