The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-06-01

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Mr. Varncy reports slow progress on
the we'll being drilled on the Sawyer
ranch, four miles southwest of town.
A depth of a.! feet had been reached
up to Monday morning. when the
machinery broke down and the work
was necessarily suspended for the pres
cnt. MIR. Narncy thinks the Indications
are not very favorable for the finding
ii water at reasonable depth in that
locality.
After quite a protracted season of
cool, rainy weather the sun is again
shining with lis usual warmth. Vege-
tation is growing rapidly. small grli,,
looking especially promising. Corn is
doing fairly we'll although the weather
has been too cool during the past week
or ten days to cause IL rapid growth.
The crop OF hay in this county will be
enormous il the present favorable pros
poets continue.
Owing to the wasl,-onts ON the rail-
road King Kennedy. the illHsionist.
yentriloq,,ist and leading all-ronnd
slight of hard performer was unable to
appear in this city last week as advcr-
tiscd He will. however, give an enter
ta;nment in this place. on Tuesday
evening, June sta. Mr.. Kennedy
comes we'll recommended by the press,
and the entertainment will no doubt
be very interesting.
The mass convention called to meet
1T the court house on last Saturday
afternoon for the purpose of nomin-
aiins IL candidate Tor county supcrin-
tendcnt failed to materializc owing to
the uMfavorable weather and lack of
interest taken in the matter. The 18th
day OF Jane is the day appointed for
the election of county superintendent
and other school officers and some
action looking TO the selection of canli-
dates should be taken Immediately.
Charles Pitts and Charles Russell, u
couple OF prisoners confined in the
county Jail in this place. awaiting trial
fer burglary and shooting with intent
10 kill. respectively, broke Jail on
"Wednesday night, and have not, up to
the ti.na of going to press. been re-
captured. but the sheriff and two
deputies are after them ana notice of
their escape and descriptions of them
have been sent out and it is altogether
probable that they will soon be appre-
!.cnue.l.
Mr.. II. w, Sham IS also d believer in
i liberal display of printers ink and
sees wherein a liberal support of the
s,cmr paper will prove beneficial to his
business as we'll rs to- The town i'll which
ii is rullishcl. He occupies space IN
This isSre of the STAR to tell the read
ing pul,;ic What le is prepared 10 90 in
the way of furnishing all kinds Of
meat. He keeps IL neat shop and
knows The proper oaper in running a
meat market. Evcryihing is swee!
and clean and nc,l.ins but trst-class
meat kept IN stock.
l'ha B. & NJ surveyors. reported
Last wee.; a III mou'i. Of Red CANYON.
have since removed camp 10 a point Il
fe% mile west Of Spring on The Hill.
Rains weather has delayed their pro-
.srcss somewhat, otherwise they would
have been much nearer Custer than
they now are. They probably reached!
Spring Oh tie Hill yesterday, twenty
four miles Sonti of this city, aud may
reasonably lie expected 10 reach this
place neNt weer;. Strong hopes are
still entertained ly the people here of
the building OF the road to this point
| the present year.--Chvoniclc.
We are under obligations TO W. w.
(; l.ai'lcicli for valuable services rendered
in getting ont last weeks edition of
| lln STAR. When It is considered that
/ the editor is also acting in the capacity
of foreman OF the job and composing
rooms. devil and general roustabout
and constitutes the entire type-setting
| force and editorial staff The difficulty
encountered in publishing the paper
can be faintly imagined. We ask the
| Indulgence of our readers for amy short
com;nes and any items of general
! infeles. vii! be thankfully received at
this office.
The cloudy. wei weather of last week
did not seem to depress the spirits OF
dampcn the ardor of the Custer Chron-
icle man in the least. He comes up
smiling this week with an entirely
new (D and choice assortment
of rumors 1t says: The Harhcy
tin deal was a rumored reality: i'll,
1 organization OF q number of tin and
gold syndieates in the east and wesi
witha view to carly and extensive oper.
ations in this locality. has been glyer
out as being w"!l authenticated facts
the sale of a valuable wafer right to d
western company for 100000: sandry
! tin transfers, and railroad racket whicl
we are under pledge not TO print, whicl
! if ever half were told. would. in Il yer,
brief period place Custer upon the tol
round of the ladder of northwestern
metropolitan fame. are but a portion
of the rumored assurances of Custer.
prospective progress. which have com,
TO the surface during the week.
DR.. NJ. j. Bliem. wife and daughte.'
arrived from Chicago on Saturday las
and have rooms at the Minnekahta
The doctor wili'otIice with DIR. Jenning
in the building just north of th'
sIinnckahta and will remain her
during the summer as medical advise
for the Hot Springs company. DIR
Bleime is said TO be gentleman o
thorough education in both letters ant
medicine. He is il graduate of TIL