The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-03-30
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other mans name To II check.
The Perkins county agricultural association
was organized Thursday at Madrid. 1t ex-
pcc;s to give a fall exhibition.
A baker was convicted and fined five dol
airs and costs at Omaha, Thursday, for sell
sng loayes of bread that weighed less than
ixtccr ounces.
An additional postal service has hccn or
icrcd between Omaha and North Platte.
This makes three services Il day %t.ctwcen the
two points.
The contract has been let for the farmers
cooperative elevator ut Moth Bend. 1t
VIII have " capacity of 1900 bushels and will
cost e. 300.
Jim Bolts, n cclorcd brute IN Nebraska City
WAS arrested for beating his test girl, and
Judge Jones gave him n dose of SIS and costs
and ten days in Jail.
Work has been commenced at Columbus
on changing the course of the I.uup river so
M TO run 1t through the city. They expect TO
have u volume Of power that Will be unri-
vailed west of Niagara.
The commissioners of Dodge have blown In
S3W in u ~frHitlcss chase for the tircIu.. who
put thc torch 10 the nest Of cockroacses IN
Fremont. The alleged detectives tracked,
10 the treasury and Cling To 1t till the last
cent disappeared.
Mr. iNeyscr, u prominent citizen of Nebraska
CITY, is believed to have joined the colony of
crooks in Canada. Mr.. Eevs.r VAS president.
cashier and general manager of Il private
bank, and took care of the surplus funds of
Ills frtends-and it with him to provide Incl
dcntals on the trip. The 1cpositors losses, as
lar a. KNOWN, amount &c Si.WN.
IL. A. Greenwood, mayor of Wy,nurc. has
been arrested for attempting to bribe Jurors.
y lawyer of that town sued him for sl5, OaO
Tor defamation OF character and the case was
on trial last week when it if charged Green
wood offered money to several Jurors il they
would bring in Il verdict for him. The case
As attracting a great deal for attention. as
Greenwood in addition to the unayoralty, is
president o! q bank and one of the wcaltliicst
men of Gage county.
Tuesday night some frnd In human form
cntcrcu thc lstry stable of Scabrfgl,. and
Tucker, AT Council Bluffs, and deliberately
a'"'hcd TIE tines OF Il pitchfork In the hind
!'G oil u valuable pony.
wo Lyons saloonkccpers took too much of
their OWL poison and INDUCED in II shooting
scrare over All imaginary difficulty. One re-
eefved 4 shot in the left lung, which is scri-
Gus, hut not considered dangerous.
Maj. Williams. who murdered a man two
years ago in Council, Bluifs, but was aco,it-
ted. llAS rnsnnPlc 1.na,, .o...A.,
ia the first degree at Troy, New
; fosF, and will go to the pen for u long term.
IN The case of Chase VS.. the Burlington.
Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway COMPANY
tr'ed at Montczuma, sl2,500 damages were
awarded the plaintiff. Chase was injured
"hiic switching at Cedar Rapids last summer.
AT o special election Cherokee voted TO
authorize the town council To donate n sum
s"t exceeding $500 for tile purpose of p,,r-
chasing land for depot grounds, engine hous-
An effort is being made in Story county,
through the medium of petitions, to have tie
founty on wolf scalps raised from 81 to 81
'aaFh. The Nevada Watclnman thinks such 81
s'ratsc' in price would have u tendency to in,
crease the sraising'' of wolves, and the county
would be worse Off than under the present or.
der of things. :
Last Saturday night Il party of young men
from Acklcy went To Rathton, live miles west
of Dies Moines, to attend IL dance. LATE I'm
the evening Il quarrel arose between two of
the party, John Smith and Arthur Marlctte
when Sm!tl, stabbed Marlct.. three times and
escaped. He was ovcrtakcn at Cedar Falls
Sun'sss and was troagh. back to Ackley on ~
charge Of assault With intent to kill.
DAKOTA,
n company mas been organized at Canton
fsr the purpose o! aiding ar! securing ii limo
"f railroad To connect With the Manitoba.
Agent kcasrcy, ~ the Manitoba road at
h'e;'ttet, was experimenting the Other day
Z" actcrnstne whether he had forgotten how
Z" couple cars, when his hand was caught
trtwtcn the bumpers and he lost a finger.
Hugh Mcbride, of Lead City, purchased a
bottle OF l@tcut medicine. the directions ,u
which stated n teaspoonful was To he taken
every hour, but he took the whole contents %!
the tottlc In less than hour. A doctor was
'a''rd aud pumped him out, and it is no.
likely lie will repeat the performance very
soon.
Jesse lowell and l.. u. Rates. two Charles
aitS county farincr., %heea,i. involved In :,
quarrel i'll Arme4.r, Monday. The affair fer.
mihatc" at I O'clock in the afternoon Mt lien
dcrsct ~ Hunters livery barn. Bates in try
hiig ~ avoid Powell hid IN the l,ymow
w mounted a ladder and was struck
VIII a pttcif"'k ON the head by Bates. lie
fell t" the ground, Bates jumping sr,cs him
ana striking him repeatedly on ID. head with
thc FORK. Sowcll's skull is fractured IN sey-
"ral places and he can hardly live. Bates
thinking Inc had killed his man, immc,li.cly
ea'uieI a horse and skipped the tenn. f)c,n.
= saesiit Henderson and Il PARTY started In
pursuit. "'
inc ieoe Springs Star says: Cattle are
sa'a u" '' IN splcudid condition throughout
shc cnttfc Hills. The loss of cattle will mot
exceed ! per cent. while there has been abso.
'"tcly no loss among horses and sheen result
lhs ron Tack OF feed or severe w.at,,c,
when 1t is known that thousands of head ,f
ci''e ana horses have not had II spear of llay
curing Tue entire winter, and been without
shelter except that afforded by the valleys
ans canyons, the mildness of orr climat. no.
bc readily imagincd.n
Fatal and Serious.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 2u-Whcn ,lo
wrcckins crew arrived at Tamarsck am,
cleared away the debris at the scene of yes.
'erdas's wreck the bodies of Brakemen Con-
EIasG anu McAlaster and fremcn Hoops aud