The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-05-11
THE NORTHWEST.
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A new Republican newspaper 10 to be
founded ct Harrison, to take In the summer
crop Of pumpkins.
Judge Dundy has just completed his twcn-
tieth year on the bench OF The United States
court in Nebraska.
The O'Neil Tribune suggests the organixa-
ton Of . Holt county press club fol mutual
benefit and protection,
A mother, two sons and two daughtersfrom
Scotland. have settled upon 1900 acres Of
land IN Davies county.
1ndianols claims that the future holds for
her the proud distinction of being the midway
queen city OF the plains.
Chadron is making wry faces at Alliance,
and declares that there is no home for the
ssfuture great Of Box Butte county.
verdon and Stella, in Richardson county,
will have two saloons each, while Falls City
will perhaps refuse to grant license.
John Carter, Of Rushvlllc, who was tried
FOR numbering his brother, has been sentenced
to ten years in the pe~nitentiary.
~ uCGu pESECu Ill .NVTtOlk
imposing an occupation tax on all business in
the city. The saloon tax will be $50.
The statement in a dispatch in the Bee that
one 8. r. Wciscr had money stolen from him
while stopping at the Fender house in Ponder.
ts false. b facts in the case are that the
above 8. r. w. was dead broke when he came
there, and was in debt for II weeks board
which is yet unpaid, and took that dodge to
work the proprietors of the Ponder house fo,
u stake. Dcermon IL Thomas, proprietors O.
the Pcndcr house.
Struggling has been all the rsge for t;ac
past few days, and the strikers have been do
ing most of it, in Portsmouth The scaps
aad city police are receiving more than Their
share OF attention, and several OF them carry
sore heads. Stephen Aazzcll, u city police
man, has been acting very ~oficious In the
minds vi some Of the strikers, and on three
different occasions has been hunt BADLY. Las,
Friday he entered a soloon on lower Main
street TO arrest u striker, and had scarcely Ell
tered the door when the performance OF
"slugging him was repeated. The city mar.
shall was in front of the saloon at the time.
and In consequence of his not assisting Ruz
xell 1t Is proposed to prosecute Kim as well as
to ask for his dismissal. Seven or eight riot
crs were arrested aud more expected IL
follow.
+. w. Wright, junior editor of the Parlscrs
burg Eclipse, has taken unto himself q VIII,
in the person of Miss Gertie NJ. Bush.
The Gate City says that the Odd Fellows o
Keokuk expect to have the grandlodge of til,
state meet in Keokuk two years from nov.
SAM Williams of Clinton will pitch TO
the Denver base ball team n portion OF tn,
coming season at a salary OF sl2O per month
The annual convention of the lows .tai.
association of chiefs of police and city mar
shsis willbe held at Council Bluffs May SANDY
The papers are poking fun at Des Mcinc.
because the lattcr's base ball team, which re
fuses to play on Sundays at home, rakrs il
the shckels by games in less golly cities Oh
the Sabbath dag.
A little Guild named Albrosky, fell from a,
elevated sidewalk at Iowa City some time az.
and 4 suit for damages was brought. On
April Goth the jury rendered Il verdict Of ssul
TO the child.
There have been twenty-five cases OF COZ.
taglous diseases reported to the board O
. health of Davenport thus far this month, O
which number twelve were dipLthcria, min,
scarlet fever and one measles.
At the interstate oratorical contest heidi,
= >..ssn~ City last night, Sue s.hcmerhorn, o
that city, secured the prize; Ida Simonsol
OF Clear Lake, second, and Bert Dale, OF t.is
city, third. Six schools were represented il
the contest.
j. Matt Kcan, of Wilton, late lieutenant o
company d, Eleventh regiment Iowa yolur
,ccrs, died al his home NJ Wilton last Thur.
day morning after d lingering Illness result
ing directly from his active service in III
arm. A widow and three children suryi,
him.
DAKorA
The Iron Hill bank at Carbonate has close
for want of business.
Armour is to have q Touring mill with = e.
pactty of fifty barrels per day.
Sioux Falls claims to harbor a dude vi,
ptilts, powders and wears corsets.
The Charles Mix county farmers are doin
considerable Quilting this spring.
One up in figures finds that DAsdwoo
spends s.3C0 q day for cigars and stronrdriak
Tic ladies' seminary al Sturais will be q
Important addition 10 the enterprises Of t,;
town.
Thu new city council of Huron has reluca
. the salaries of nearly the entire lis. of ci.
ollie, rs.
Travel to the Black Hills is Increasing. Iii
incoming trains nov carry Il much larm.
humber of passengers than for .na.iy most.
past.
Tho Democratic county convention to sc!c,
delegates to the Watcrtown convention In,
at Grafton last Friday. Only fourteen Gel,
gates attended, owing to insuficient Gull. Til
Day men were out in force and bitterly d.
nounced the manner OF the calling of tbs col
v%en!ion, claiming that no cauc,.scs had bee
called, and that a snap game had been a,
tempted by the Church men. w. j.. Hushc
was chairman and E. L. Daily, secretary.
committee Of three, with j. 7. Duffy, chat,
man, was appointed to name delegates. TIL
committee reported the names OF the follow
'ng: M. X. Mari;san, d. P. Mcleod, s. CARR
cross, V. E%bbinghouser, d. c. Moore, +. i
Daily, Donald Stewart, NJ. Allard, G. Lor
N. Ncebin, John sherkowski and James Bel
Mr.. Duffy moved that the delegation go mir
structed. Carried. The chair then bitterl
denounced the resolution, md unceremon
ously adjourned the convention. 1t wa
noticed that Hill, Mooney md Dooheny c
Grand Forks were present in the interest q