The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-20

Our Smithw;clss correspondent thi
week suggests the propriety of holding
county fair this fall in view of the i'm
mense crops of all kinds that Fal
Mver-county will produce this year
The suggestion is good one, and will
no doubt, meet with general approval
Fall River county could in no better
way advertise her immense resource
and unrivalcd capabilities than by a,
agricultural fair and her display of tins
blooded stock and enormous vegetable:
would he second to no other county il
the territory. This county also pos
sesses several flyers of no mean speed
and horse racing could be made al
interesting feature of the program
Suitable land for fair buildings and
i race track could be secured adjacent te
Hot Springs. BY all means let us have
a pumpkin show.
A most enjoyable surprise party OF
Hot Springs young people assembled
at the residence of DR.. J. Houghton at
Springdale ranch on Wednesday even
ing. it being the occasion OF the visit of
/ MIR. and Mrs. S. NJ. Houghton and Miss
Sue Neill, of Dcadwood. The party
congregated at the residence of DIR.
Stewart and from there marched to
the Houghton homestead. Upon reach
ing that place the surprised parties
were pleasantly serenaded by the most
exquisite music rendered by Messrs.
Lynch, Mueller and Thaycr, afte,
which the company proceeded to take
possession of the. house. The evening
was most enIoyably spent in dancing,
singing and pleasant social chat. Re-
freshmcnts were served and the party
dispersed at late hour all agreeing
that an exceedingly pleasant evening
had been enjoyed.
The commission appointed to secure
the signatures of the Sioux Indians to
the cession agreement left Washington
on the 16tl, inst. and may be expected
to begin their labors at once. The COM
mission is composed of Judge John V.
Wright. of Tennessee, the law clerk of
the general land Office; Rev. w. N.
Cleveland, missionary of the Episco.
pal church at Rosebud agency, and
Capt. II. II. Pratt, superintendent of
the Carlisle, Pa, Indian school. Work
will he begun at Standing Rock agency.
| The other agencies will be visited i'm
their regular order as they are reached
in moving down the Missouri river.
ii is said that the Indian defense
association, including General Denver.
DR.. Bland and DR. Sunderland. will be
in the field about as soon as the com
mittee. stirring the Indians up against
the proposed reduction of the reser-
walton.
B. A. Miller. editor of the Aims
worth Journal. accompanied by his
wife, w. Z. Alexander, the gentleman
who formerly travelled through the
Hills in the employ May Bros, whole
sale erocers of Frcment. but now en-
gagged in the mercantile business at
Crawford. and wife. J.. Hall, banker
of Crawford. and Mr.. Ellis. a Crawford
hardware merchant. wife and boy, COM
prise party of pilgrims who arrived
at the Springs on Tuesday night and
campca Oh Warn brook. They will
make an overland tour of the Hills
going via Custer, Rapid City and possi-
bly, to Deadwood. The outfit consist
irg of two two-seated carriages and a
grub wagon started from Crawford on
Monday morning. coming bv way of
Hat creek and Cascade. They have so
| far had very favorable weather and all
are apparently enjoying the trip I'M
mensely.
| II is reported thst the much talked of
and long delayed Ha,nev Peak tin deal
has been closed and that IL large num-
her of the bonded claims have been
taken up and paid for. If thus is true
the people of the southern Hills will
soon see the realization of t'leir fondest
dreams. The reduction of tin ore OIL a
Il gigantic scale will probably be COM
menced ere long. and the southern
Hills will fairly tremlrle with buzz and
hum of pondcrous reduction nachin-
erv. Says the Rapid City Journal:
What may not be expected when the
work of producing tim from such mines
shall have been set on foot? That the
bi "A Of a mammoth tin producing in-
dr. ". giving employment to thous-
ands Of operatives, is near at hand
cannot be doubted. The dawn of a
great prosperity for the Black Hills
cannot long he delayed. In this pros
perity, all who appreciate the work of
an agency that has been potent in It'd
ing over a very hard time will certain
iy hope the Harney Peak company and
those through whom it has worked may
have generous share.