The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-05-11

IecciltN arrived Ill TINS city from Ne
brassa. reports very fair busines:
considering the short time he has been
here. Geo. Lcng is learning the
art and is rapidly blossoming into a
photographer of no mean ability. May
his shadows never grow less. MIR
Roe has an al. in another column,
The Northwestern Live Stock Jour
nal comes forward with this timely
suggestion: More attention should be
given TO the horse round-nps of the
country. Most of The large herds are
badly scattered. and in consequence
there are many losses. Some uniform
action should he taken in regard to
strays. These should be gathered. held
i'll pasture and advertised so that the
owners could recover them.
DR.. Stanley was appointed probate
Judge of Fail River county by the
commissioners on Friday of last week
vice Chas. S. Eastman, resigned. The
appointment was unexpected and un-
solicited by the doctor, but his appoint.
ment is very generally approved
Judge Stanley bears the homer Will
becoming dignity and will no doubt
administer the duties of the office with
ability.
The work of stripping the quarries
and getting ont stone at Fall River
Falls is now actually under way about
fifteen men being employed in that
work and TWENTY-FIVE or thirty bull
teams are engaged in transporting the
rock to The railroad, near the Cheyenne
river bridge where temporary side
track is being constructed for the use
of the stone company. \ boarding
house 20xaO feet in size mas been built
and is now about ready for occupancy
Several stone filings have been
placed upon ID. L. Jacksons ranch. one
mile south of town. during the past
week. Our granger friends down the
valley should not mourn the loss of a
portion of their ranches as it is in IL
good cause and may be The means of
securing u railroad for Hot Springs.
III is SAID iE;,t these mineral claims are
being taken for the purpose of securing
the riglt-o mp Fall River valley
for lhc 4. Il. Il Nj. V. railroad
DIR. Stewart is engaging quite cx-
tensively ill horticulture and has, dur
ING the past two weeks. set out Il large
number of frui! trees and grape vines.
Prof. James Ridpa,h. who is an expert
encea horticllturist, has sapevintend-
Ell the work of laying out the grounds
and planting the trees and vines. which
insurcs its being we'll and scientifically
done. DIR. Stewart has already dcmon-
strated that grapes and apples can be
grown successfully i'll Fall River valley.
II is reported that the Gillette party
OF I'. n NJ. surveyors which worked.the
fore part of last winter in the neigh
horhool of Custer and Hill City are
about to resume operations where they
lef. OF: last winter. The Chronicle is
authority fot the statement that they
have ordered change of their mail
matter from Crawford TO Custer winch
would seem TO indicate their early
arrival at the latter place. Deadwood
is said TO he the objective point and
neither time nor expense will be
spared until that town is reached.
w. NJ. Alexander, of Custer, was in
townstle first of the week for the pur-
pose OF organizing a company to locate
and develop a tract of oil lands, ten
miles west of Jennys Sstockale. i'll
Wyoming. He succeeded in getting
Il number OF om citizens interested in
the enterprise. Mr.. Alexander says
there is every indication of oil in that
region and as the b. IL Nj. have route
Surveyed into the heart of the oil and
coal country i'll Wyoming it will soon
be within easy access. The B. 4 M.
company have secured several thous-
and acres i'll that locality.
A settler near Rapid City who adj.
yertised 10 prove up on his prc-cmption
last week came to town with his
witnesses. but finding that $50 judg-
mcnt had been filed against him. and
that the $500 which he had made
arrangements to borrow would not
bring him out whole. he abandoned
the idea of securing title, filed home
stead or his claim and thus fooled the
tax-satherc'. money loancr and stony
hearted creditor. lie says no financial
broker is gong 10 eat bananas in
Florida next winio,' on his hard earned
money. while he is sucking snowballs
on a mortgaged ranch.
Dave Davidson came over from
Buffalo Gap Tuesday. Dave is anon g
the unfortunate individuals who are
accused of being implicated in the
shooting of Potts and Arthur at the
Gap last fall. He was subpoenied as a
witness i'll the examination of Wm. lar
chow and while on his way to Custer
was himself arrested. He waived ex-
animation before Justice Lewis at
Custer and was placed under bonds in
the.snm of $500. The complaint
against Iarchow was withdrawn and
he was released. McHoes, of Buffalo
Gap. was also arrested on n charge of
being implicated in the killing and was
bound over in the sum of $1,000.
Owing to the brcakage of our press
we were somewhat late in getting out
our last weeks edition of the STAR.
When we started to run the
edition Friday afternoon as usual, the
slap-bung gave way, allowing the for.
ward gllder-fule to fall and break as
it struck the tlunker-hopper. This, of
course, as anyone who knows anything
about press will readily understand,
left the gang plank with only the flip
flap to support it, which also dropped
and hrnke off the Uan1aar.chol,a. fLl,is