The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-12
n TERRITORY.
Dec,aealy s.nsationa, Sermon

TERRITORY.
Decidedly Sensational Sermon.
Rev. F. E. Holp, of Sioux Falls, created
n sensation last Sunday night n week by
p%ronouncing prohibition a failure after q
years trial, and by coming out for high liz
cense. This gentleman about IL year ago
in the opera house insisted that prohibi-
ton be given a trial. He said it had been
given n trial. had proven a failure, and now
he demanded u restoration to the high liz
cense system. IF / had a chance and
money to buy a hand-organ or n piano,
and i could play the hand-organ and not
the piano. i would certainly buy the hand
organ. But if 1 was able to play a piano.
l would be foolish to refuse TO buy a piano.
II We annot play the prohibition piano.
let us try the high license hand organ, md
when We learn TO play the former then we
can invest in it," The speaker introduced
statistics 10 show that high license in Des
Moines had reduced the number of places
where liquor was sold to the minimum.
while under so-called prohibition they had
risen to the maximum. The speaker was
satisfied that prohition III Minnehaha coun-
ty had been II failure, and insisted thai
high license he rcinstated until such time
ms the county could enforce prohibition.
This position caused n general rustic in
the andience-which by the way packed
the opern house from gallery to pit. Rev..
Helps remnrks gave great satisfaction
among high license men but created gcner-
nj dissatisfaction among prolibltionists.
In the morning at the Congregational
church Rev. Holp preached his farewell
sermon. He stirred up the animals by re-
marking that if almighty God had said
things against him that the people in the
church had said since Juno 1. l would dare
to call God. IL liar" The speaker said some
plain things i'll II plain way, pleased some
and offended others.
\ Prairie Fire Story.
OF the many good prairie fire stories that
have been sent to the Bismarck Tribune
Office. none have more thrilling nature
than that which reached there last week.
The people of Bismarck saw the red sky
west of the river Wednesday evening but
they did not imagine that beneath that
deep red sky the dcep-dyed red mar was
doing IL most heroic act. 1t appears TINT
Il party of hunters We're in pursuit of game
west of the river and while in IL ravine
were completely surrounded by flames.
All avenues of escape had been closed.
Rapidly and certainly the lnrid flames were
closing i'll upon them. Their cries were
unanswered. their terrible fate stared them
Ill the face and just as they were about to
abandon hope the whoops of Indians came
to their listening ears. At first they feared
that the Indians had started the fires and
were rejoicing over their ticndish work, but
when they saw the dusky warriors fighting
the fire with their blankets the fact that
fIl.air nm ne ~ ,,..,1- -J.,,,1 ,,~,
them. The Indians fought the fire ut one
end of the ravine for over an hour. sue
cecding in clearing II space through which
the terrified hunters passed.
This is IL good prairie fire story. for
whether true or not it gives the Indians
credit for 81 spirit of friendship and indus
try which is usually painfully absent from
their conduct.
Dakota Mound Builders.
Prof. Henry Montgomery, of the Uni
versity of North Dakota, ill conversation
with a Chicago Tribune reporter, talked of
his recent discoveries near DEVILS Lake.
He has found the remains of an extinct
race which, for want of n better name. he
had called the mound builders. He had
been at work on these discoveries since 1888.
TIC cNc;Nateu tWentv-One mOunu last
year. and each mound averaged fifty feet
i'll diameter, with IL range of from thirty to
ninety feet, and was five feet IGN. Sew
cnty-one skeletons of human beings had
been taken from these mounds. The
sutures of the SKULL were quite distinct,
and were decidedly marked in form. Inn
plements of stone. bone. copper and some
of birch bark were cxcavated. as we'll as
earthenware of skillful workmanship.
The copper i'll the tools was undoubtedly
taken from the the rocks in the vicinity,
NJ it is of the same quality and fibre ms
that now produced. The professor is of
the opinion that these skeletons belonged
to a Monaghan race. not such as the Chi
namen of today. but IL lnrger-sized peo-
pie. Some of the skeletons were six feet
in length. Buried i'll these mounds were
also skeletons of bears and other animals.
As affairs of clay were found it is believed
that these animals were offered as a sacri-
flee and that many of the mounds were
sncrificial. Prof. Montgomery is satisfied
that a city once tiourished here, and it is
his intention to continue his explorations
for some time. as there are more yet to he
| opened. He is hard ut work on his draw
ings and studies and will make his report
public ut an early day.
Sitting Hull Not a ..Fighting'' Chief.
Now TINT Sitting Bull is again making
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