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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Billings m state Prison.

In the district court of Bremen county.
County Attorney Dawson made a motion
that NJ. E. Billings, convicted of the muir.
der of Willis S. Kingsley, December 81,
1887, ut that time county attorney, be con-
signed to the state prison at Anamosa.
The motion was %antagonized by the de-
PENDANT. who is himself an attorney, but
the court sustained the motion. and Bill
lings was conveyed to Anamosa by Sheriff
Jarvis. County Attorney Dawson argued
from the standpoint that Judge Ruddick
had exceeded his athority in the matter of
clemency to the defendant in allowing him
to remain i'll the county jail since his con-
viction for murder in the second degree at
the April special term of court, and he
was sustained by Judge Rlddick, the pre-
siding judge at the time. who was evidently
actuated by n desire to give the defendant
every conceivable opportunity to establish
his innocence. The defendant has printed
an abstract of three hundred and fifty
pages for the supreme court. which is adj
outlook is that the case will not be con-
sidered by the supreme court before jan
uary next.
Verdict in an a. o. u. W. Controversy.
Another important decision has been
rendered by the supreme court in the A.
O. U. w. controversy. The case in which
it was made came from Clinton county,
where Henry Book was n member of
Schiller Lodge of that order. After the
division in the order in 1882, ut which
time Schiller Lodge remained Will, the
state organization. Bock and several other
members of the order. DESTROYS of adher-
ing TO the National body, united in organ
izing a new lodge called Loyal Lodge.
The Grand Lodge. National branch, which
is defendant in this case. refused to issue
to him "a new certificate without the sur
render of the former one, which the Grand
Lodge held to be binding on itself as the
Legitimate Grand Lodge of Iowa, which it
claimed to be. Book kept up his dues in
both lodges until his death, when the
State Grand Lodge paid the full amount
of the certificate held by his wife, taking
UP the receiptcd certificate. A like claim
was made upon Loyal GRIND Lodge, but
payment was refused without surrender of
the certificate, which, Of course. the claim
ant could not produce. Suit being brought
the district court found for the defendant
The supreme court affirmed the finding oh
the ground that Book had only n con-
tract of insurance, the full amount of
which plaintiff had received.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

AN officer Of a French regiment con-
demned several soldiers for breaches of
discipline to run for three hours, car
rying their rifles and full equipments.
A corporal named vallad at the end of
two hours fell down exhausted. The
sergeant wished to let him rest, but the
superior officer insisted that he be made
TO get up and finish his task, saying
that he should run until he dropped
dead. The corporal got up and shot
himself dead with his rifle.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
A Victim of Wine and Women.

Perry Welsh, agent of John Paul's lum-
Der yard at Britt, has disappeared. Inves-
tigation of the books showfrequent fraud
ulent entries and that he has dcfrauded
the company out of quite a sum of money.
A number of citizens held notes against
him, each having John Paul's name forged
to it. Women and whisky prompted him
to perpetrate the crime. He leaves behind
q trusting vito and a fright family of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

PHILIP HENRY GossE, 4. R.sS., the
English naturalist, died recently in
London, aged 70 years. Mr.. Gosse
was born at Poole, England, in 1910,
went to Newfoundland when a boy of
II years. eight years later removed to
Lower Canada and then travelled in
this country, studying zoology and
entomology, and making a long stop in
Alabama. He was made an +. II. s.
In 1856. He wal the father of Edmund
w. Gosse, the critic and poet.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

ABOUT two years ago Mrs. Benjamin
Baughn, of Atlanta, Ga, cut the hair
from the head of her little two-year-
old child, and saved one curl about an
inch and . half in length. Afew weeks
later the child became ill and died.
Mrs. Bsughn opened the box in which
she had laid away the little ringlet,
and was astonished to find that it had
grown to be two feet in length. No one
had touched the box, and Mrs. Baughn
il certain that the curl is the same one
abe put away two years ago.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

Why is q door in the potential moodf
M, What is the board Of educatioai
what sticketh closer than q brotheri
a postage stamp, by gum.
Why is it easy to getinto an old mans
housey Because his gait i broken and
What is il that, will give . cold, cur
a. cold, and pay the doctors bile 4
What does q man take when hs has
mean wife2 Hetakes an elixir hs lieke
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Killed in "a saw Mill.

The Hall IS Ducey saw mill, Minnea-
polls. which has been the scene of four
fatal accidents during the past eighteen
months, witnessed an accident last week
which resulted in the death of Edward
Brennan. an old and faithful employe.
Brennan was employed as gang sawyer, i'll
which capacity he was an expert. He had
been working but a short time when a
heavy gate supporting the gang saw fell,
striking Brennan in the back. He was re-
moved to st. Anthony hospital, where he
fingered in terrible pain for about two
hours. The unfortunate mans back was
broken, and, in view of the terrible nature
of his injuries, it is remarkable that he lived
as long as he did. Deceased was SO years
of noe. 49,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

TIE statue of William H. Seward,
Just finished by Walter G. Robinson.
Of Auburn, is described as Representing
Mr.. Seward standing in the act Of de-
kvering the higher-law sentiment, his
right foot extended, his right hand
elevated, the forefinger pointing mp,
the face uplifted and glowing with the
thought, and the form thrilled and ami
mated by the eloquent u~tterance." The
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

A TROUT weighing sixteen pounds and
two ounces is alleged to have been
caught a short time ago in the English
River Itchen, near Winchester. 1t meas
ured thirty-two inches in length, twen-
ty-one inches in circumference, and was
not landed until two hours after it was
hooked. The bait was a live minnow.
The monster is said to have haunted
the stream for years. The catch was
made by q laborer near Turpin, who
sold it for 45. It is being stuffed for
preservation.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Killed by a Colored nov.

A 6-year-old son of Charles Meyers, the
saloonkeeper nearthe corner of Fourteenth
and o streets, Lincoln, was killed by u
fall. He quarreled with a colored lad over
an opening in the prohibition tent during
the speaking. The negro struck him and
he fell upon his temple. He died at 8
O'Clock the following morning.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

The custom of advertising by giving
away articles at industrial and agricul.
tural exhibitions seems to have been
carried to an absurdity ct the health.
food exhibit at Albany. Women 60
away loaded with at least half . bushel
of knick-nscks.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Attacked by a Lynx.

While a young man was passing through
the grove just north of Shelton he was at
tackled by a lynx. which tore nearly all of
his clothing of, but the youth succeeded
in frightening the animal away before it
did him any bodily injury. The people
turned out en- masse to hunt down the AMI
NAL, but as yet have not succeeded in cap
tuvinO IL
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
A sioux city Defaultsr.

l.. H. sloanker, cashier of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway c~ompany's
freight Office in Sioux City, disappeared
aud the auditor Of the road arrived about
the 9 me time to examine his accounts.
The report IL that the accounts are in o
bad condition and that be " $500 short
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
A Birth Endowment sche,ne.

The United States Birth Endowment
Association is the name of q new insur-
ance organization admitted to do business
in the state. The principal place of bust
ness is Minneapolis. The object of The
company is to issue q certificate of mem.
bership whereby the person named in the
certificate as beneficiary shall become en-
titled to receive at the time of his or her
first legitimate child born, not earlier than
three months prior to the end of one wear
from the date of the certificate, a certain
sum Of money under certain conditions.
There are the customary assessments Of
this style Of insurance organization to be
paid in upon the birth of each child.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

A MAN near Fayetteville, Tenn, built
. fire me cool morning lately, and in q
little while saw a pair of big black feet
drop down the chimney. A little search
revealed q colored neighbor of bad rep
utation stuck fast in it, and upon being
released he said that, owing the house,
holder ten cents, he had come to pay
il, and finding doors and windows fast,
chose this mode of entrance; but as his
shoes and an az were left outside, his
tale was not credited, and he was sent
off to Jail.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
A Little HOY Fataiiy Burned.

Early the morning of the 18th inst. a
little boy of Constable Beaclis, of Lincoln.
fell into a bonfire and burned himself so
badly that he can not recover. Other
children were playing near him but became
SO badly frightened that they could render
him no aid. His clothes were almost
burned from his back by the blaze and his
flesh is horribly burned. The boy WIS
Z or & years of age.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Sentenced to swing

John Lee and Martin Moe, indicted 70,
the murder Of Charles Chalen at Brandon
on the 18th Of July last. have been found.
guilty Of murder In the first degree md
sentenced to be hanged. They will be
kept in solitary confinement Tor three
months and the date Of execution .Axed.
hereafter by the governor.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Somewhat of q wheat blockade.

There has been q large movement Of
wheat in the northwest, says the North
srestern Miller, and receipts at the terminal
stations have been ahead Of those of a
year ago, for the corresponding period.
There is getting to be something of a
wheat blockade at Minneapolis, and last
week there was on track in that CITY l.75O
cars waiting to be unloaded in mills and
elevators, representing but little less than
1000, 600 bushels.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
A Roy. Iatnl FAN.

A 1o-year old son of Charles Roselius
fell from the Missouri Pacific railway
bridge at Nebraska City, a distance of
some thirty feet, sustaining internal in
juries from which he cannot recover.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

FArHsR COLUMBIA, an eccentric
character ct Albany, N. Y, has started
. line Of "anti-monopoly" steamers
sseween that city and New York ut a
l0-cent fare. The first trip netted him
. profit Of 47S. One-third of the profits
ere to be divided among the employees
IN addition to regular wages.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

Hans Gotzlieben, who arrived ut Grand
Island last week from Germany, was seri-
ously hurt by a runaway team. He was
riding on the high seat of a dray wagon
when the team became frightened aud ran
away. The driver jumped from the wagon,
but Mir. Gotzlieben chung to the seat. In
crossing the B. & NJ. tracks the box was
thrown off and on top of him. pinning him
to the ground. He sustained serious in-
ternal injuries, which may prove fatal. He
was taken to the sisters hospital. He has
a wife aud three children.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Destructive Prsiri. Fir..,

Aprairie fire last week burnedthe house.
barn, machinery and 1000 bushels Of grim
belonging to George walkup, on o farm
hve miles south Of P~ipestone. The loss
viii b over $4,000. with no insurance.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
aor ePRTNos. OAK.

In Cleveland, Ohio, there il = isav
Who y totally paralyzed by every
thunderstorm. She recovers when the
storm ceases. She would make an ex-
osllsns mother-in-law in a country
where thunder-storns ara freouent-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
What the Black HIN. Can Do.

At the Sioux City Corn Palace exhibit
ton Custer county tool the first premium
for the best display of small grain. Farm
ers of Iowa and Nebraska may opentheir
eyes when they hear this, but ii is Just
what the Black Hills country can do every
year. The small grain raised there is far
superior to that OF the states named.
Union county, Dakota. received first prize
for the best exhibit of corn, grain, grass,
grass seed and vegetables.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Tho Territory for Corr, and Hogs.

Dakota earned more than military hon
ors at the Sioux City Corn Palace. The
prize cup won by the Second regiment was
something to be proud of, but thesethings
are the gingerbread of the world. The
staff of life" is the great disideratum of
all, and along this line Dakota Union
county, received the reward for the "best
exhibit of corn. grain. grasses, grass seed
vegetables" Union county also re-
ceived second premium for the best sepa-
rate exhibit of conn.," just think of it
corn! Everybody outside of Dakota seems
to think that Dakota is IL one crop country
-wheat-but we are getting there" for
corn and hogs, and when it is proved that
We can raise an abundance of hog and
hominy" We shall attract farmers, and this
is what VIC are after. When our fertile
pra, lhes, a IRE filed with prosperous farmers
west,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
TIE NORTHWEST.
GRAND ENGAGEMENT 1OvA1. o. o. F
AT SIOUX CITY.

General News FROM the Hawkeye state
Tin Deposits of the Rlack Hils--Atte,npt
ut Wrcckin4 aud Robbing a BLACK Hills
Railroad Train-Nebraska and Minnesota
News Items.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
200 Ton. of Hay Burned.

Last week while Charles Sinnett and w.
H. Jilson were burning some weeds and
straw on the %latter's farm. three miles
south Of Stuart, the fire broke way from
them md was soon running over a scope
of hay land where thousands of tons of hay
are in ricks. The long absence of rain had
rendered the grass, weeds and other COM
bustlble material as dry as finder. The
whole neighborhood and fifty men from
town went to the rescue. The fire was
brought under control after 1t had burned
oye a scope about two miles wide and four
miles in length. In the neighborhood Of
two hundred tons were reduced to ashes.
Many Of the farmers lost their entire crops.
~ censured for being so ~foolhardy as to
start q fire on such a windy day.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

/.
b acomplete loss;Godkin 4 wagners phot-
graph gallery, IcKean's shoe shop and
Sparks Bank Of Cherry County. The loss
10 estimated ut S2O.OO0, with but little in
surance. Two COWS were burnedin Shaw's
barn. Valentine has just voted a system
Of water works, but it is not yet COM
pleted.
Shot HIS Tenant Dead.
A farmer named Walter West was shot
and instantly killed at the farm house of
r. s. Adams, eight miles east Of Plum
Creek. The murder grew out Of trouble
over the division of wheat grown IN land
owned by Adams and rented by West. The
latter had just brought a load to deliver to
Adams when a quarrel between the two
men arose, which resulted in Adams draw
ing a revolver and shooting West through
the heart. Adams went to tho city that
afternoon and gave himself into Sheriff
Taylor's hands. West was q single man,
about SO years old. Adams is about 60.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Bad Flre 10 YalentiaA,

The finest business block in Valentine
has been burned out. The fire started at
1920 in the rear Of E. lfcDonald's hard.
ware store and spread rapidly, burning E.
McDonald's hardware store his large dry
goods house; Shaw's handsome block, in
which were Shaw's general store and resi-.
dencs; tho United States signaloMcp, which
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

NEOVccttoH = SUIho kAluu NoC6Bb1rys
Albert Gregory md James Mexican,
while discussing the great tariff question
in an Omaha barroom Sunday evening,
grew angry and abusive, and puhed their
coats to settle the question with fstic ar
guments when a policeman interfered and
gave them q ride to the cooler" When
the case came to trial the Judge listened
with an amused expression to the recital
of the political debate, and remarked al its
close that he was himself in favor Of a re-
duction in the tariff, and instead of exact
ing the usual duty Of $40 for fighting, he
would charge them each only 35and costs.
He further remarked that free trade Of that
kind was not best for the people and pro-
lection Of some kind wa necessary.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Pillsbury Says Plant Wheat.

flllsDury says Plant Wheat.
An Otter Tail county farmer wrote G. A.
Pillsbury in regard to the ACCESSIBILITY Of
sowing wheat next year and received the
following reply:
Dear Sir: In answer to your favor of
the goth would say that we think there is
every inducement for farmers to plant
every acre of spring wheat they possibly
can. The world has the shortest crop ever
known and supplies will be absolutely en-
hausted before another crop is fit to use,
aud in our opinion We shall see very much
higher prices before another year comes.
We think it will need two or three big
crops before We get back on to the err of
low prices We have been having for the
last two or three years, and, of course, if
the next crop of the world should not be
more than an average enc prices would go
q good deal higher on the next crop than
they have on this. We do not expect to
see as low prices for wheat as we have been
having the last three or four years for
three or four years to come. You are at
liberty to use this information. Yours
truly, CHAs. A. PILLsBURY.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
Tcrrlble Death of a brakeman.

W. H. Hall, brakeman on the west
bound freight on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road, was horribly mangled
in the Perry yards. The train was made
up at that place and when they reached
the depot Brakeman Hall was not to be
found. The conductor and brakeman
started back and soon discovered the life
less remains of their fellow workman.
Mr.. Halls body was mangled into a hun
dred pieces and the bunch of keys he car
ried in his pocket was broken into number
less pieces. The Theory advanced regard
ing this sad accident is that Mr.. Hall must
have fallen between the cars. Most of the
train passed over his body. Deceased
leaves IL wife and one child.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

A WRITER on German customs re.
marks, in the Womdn's Woyld: "Ofi.
GERS may not marry without the con-
sent of their superiors, and their free
choice is restricted by the regulations,
which require that their wives must
possess a certain amount of property,
Money in Germany being much more
plentiful in the lower or burgher class
than in the upper, middle, or profes.
sional class, it comes about with in
creasing frequency that officers marry
daughters of brewers, farmers, inn
keepers, butchers. and millers, thus
adding N more to the many existing
natural causes which, athwart any re-
naming ~aristocratic prejudices, are
rapidly effacing caste in Germany. So
far as the lives of the people go, she is
already perhaps the most socially lev
eled and Economically behaved ma
ton on earth, and in this respect offers
the strongest possible contrast to two
adjacent countries, Austria and Russia"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26

TOPICS,
Tin Deposits of the Black Hills.

st AssN 1881
1t appears there has been n party sent
over here from London, England, some
few months ago, to investigate thoroughly
the lands i'll the Hills, as it has always
been understood there were some very
valuable tin deposits there, but have never
been developed owing to the lack of rail-
road facilities to get at them, and also for
want of capital, as to work the claim sue
c~essfully it would require a vast amount of
money. Those experts from London found
the land far beyond their expectations in
valuable tin deposits, and at once set to
work to buy all the claims hat were avail
able. They have options on all the land
now, and have already paid down about
S2O0, 000 in cash on the same. The total
amount paid for the lands will foot up in
the millions. They have taken several tons
of the rock back to England, one piece
alone weighing over 5000 pounds. They
have gone to the expense of ut least S1O,-
600 to bring specimens of rock to England,
to show beyond II doubt the immense tin
deposits of the Black Hills. They have
formed a stock company of SIS, 600, 600,
and will start in Mt once to put things in
shape TO operate the MINES. No doubt the
town of Rapid City will have u harvest, as
these claims are in the immediate neigh
borhood Of this town. 1t has now IN
railroad and two more prospective roads,
which no doubt will be built at once. The
Pierre. st. Paul. Duluth md Manitoba
railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad, also the Black Hills and
Northern Pacific from Bismarck, have sur.
yeys made to the Hills across the Indian
reservation, which will not be built across
by tho railroads until the reservation is
bought by the United States. Then there
will be n race to see which railroad will get
there first. One of Deadwood's energetic
business men has formed n syndicate of
about fifteen business men and left for the
scene Of carnage to make investments in
land, which can lie bought o cheap, but
will no doubt double in valaa shorflr