The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-06
THE weekly ROUNDUP.
Jackson Platt was an arrival at the
on New Years day.

Idlnnekalita on New Years day.
DIR. Stewart visited Buffalo Gap on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
j. L.Burke, came i'll from Farmers
Vile Monday and put up at the Minne-
kahta.
County commission crs have been in
regular session at the court house
since Tuesday.
Ladies, call at Mrs. f. rhcrncttons
for the magic stamping outfit; only
fifay cents each.
Call on MIR. Phcrnctton and see the
Black Hills gold rings manufactured
by the King jeweler.
VIM. Enochs and James Kingsbury
were arrivals at the Minnkahta from
Oclrichs on Tuesday.
Trains on the +. Z. 6 NJ. V. are
little irregular owing to drifting snow
in Nebraska and Iowa.
Commissioner Stack and Judge
Eastman. of Oelrichs, have been in the
city during the past week.
The Lead City Tribune will here
after be issued only as a weekly, with
Saturday as publication day.
Rev. DIR. Mallory, of Lincoln, Neb..
will preach at the NJ. Il. church next
Sunday morning at l0:3O clock.
w. Morgan, II. c. Curtis and II. Q.
Firestonc, rust!ing ranchmen from
Bitter Greek fed at the Minneaahta
Sunday.
Frank Callahan returned from his
protractea visit at Chicago and White
water, Wis, today. He is looking
much better han when he left and his
general health has greatly improved.
Major Eaton, Capt. w. w. LaFleiche,
W. 7. Phillips, j.. H. Gordon, Fred
Willor and Charles Streeter started for
Custer this morning to attend the in
stallation of the officers of the G. A. II.
Post of that place this evening.
Laird and Dawes have about forty
men at work at the coal banks about
thirty miles south of here. They have
built house 24x6O and propose to
have the coal in shape for shipment
as soon as the b.. a NJ. gets along
Sundance Gazette.
This section of the Hills is now en-
jcying good hracing winter weather
and sleighing is excellent there being
about four inches of snow at the pres
ent time. But sltigls and cutters
are distressing! ~ scarce in consequence
Of the usual light fall of snow in Fall
iiiyer county.
MIR. Edward Boyd and Miss Katie
Burns We're married at st. Mary's
Catholic church in Rapid City, on
"Wednesday morning, Rev. Father
1 Mahoney officiating. The contracting
parties have many friends in Hot
| Springs vino join with the STAR in ex-
tending congratulations.
John L. lSlair, the original owner of
the Fremont. Elkhorn 4 Missouri
Valley railroad, is the richest man in
New Jersey. owns three railroads in
Kansas. two in Missouri. and one il,
Iowa. ALTHOUGH, "A years of age and
worth Sl2eoo,Ooo. he is still planning
new money getting projects.
Denj. II. Porter the rustlins sheriff
OF Caster county was i'll the city a few
days last week on business connecte,
with his office. Bcn thinks he ca,
make Il murder case out of the recent
shooting affair at Fairhurn and think:
he has conclusive evidence that it wa:
IL cold bloodel and pre-meditatet
murder. 1t will take some fine detect
i've work TO ,nravel the mysteriou
case, but if there is any one in the
Hills who car do it it is B. Franklin
Porter.
One of our ranchmen, says th
Austin Revcille has made prepar
alton which he intends 10 plaster owe
his cattle TO protect them from tn
cold. 1t is made of tar, red clay an,
linsccd oil. and he claims that the mix
!. ture forms a coating on the hide of tn,
animal which is impcrvious to waite
and acts as IL blanket to keep the win,
from chilling the stock. He is goin.
to gather up his cattle and coat then
with it.
Rev. j. w. Hancher came dow,
from Deadwood and Spearfsh ol
yesterday. He is member of TIL
committee on plans and' specification
of the trustees of the Black Hill
Methodist college, and the committe
had been to Speartish to look over TIL
normal school building there, to gail
some idea of what is needed for
college building. Several plans ar
under consideration by the committee
but nothing definite has been decide,
OH as yet journal.
We have received from the manage
ment Of the st. Paul. Mimi eapolis an
Manitoba railwaya neat folder cor
tanning time tables and other valuabl
information concerning the countr
traversed by this extensive systom 6
). railroad, together with new and @,
It ceptionally accurate map of the nortl
western states and territories. I'll
Manitoba is rapidly assuming prom
!. inent place among the great trun
lines of the continent and its road-bec
!. equipment and rates are such as
: compare favorably with any tran
: continental Ike.
= If good coal in large quantiti
= should Ne found down al Lackawana-
: if the II. 4 a., The Cheyenne & Mort
: crn and the Fremont, Elkhorn Il,
Missouri Valley should build the
I lines there, it looks to '';, man up tre'
tlat that might become a point of son
Importance i'm the. futurc. Then. ia