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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
CHIEF LusrIcE EuLLER.

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diplomatic representatives, officers of the
army and navy: and members of the Pan
American and maritime congresses.
The address of the occasion was deliver
cd by Chief Justice Fuller and occupied
nearly two hours in delivery. The dis
tinguished speaker began by reference to
the great celebration in New York city in
April last. He then touched upon the
chief historic events Immediately preced-
ing and following the Inauguration of
Washington, discussing them with refer
ence to their bearing upon the welfare of
the nation which was thus being de-
voloped.
The availability Of Washington at the
crisis ut which lo exchanged the sword
for the duties of the chief magistrate was
ono of those ~providential blessings SO often
bestowed OIL this nation. The promotion
of human happiness was the keynote Of
the century in which Washington lived.
In discussing his administration Mr.. Fuller
spoke especially of the wisdom displayed
i'll his choice of a cabinet and mis- selection
of members of tho Supreme court. After
discussing at length the character and of
fetal work of Washington Justice Fuller
traced briefly the history of the nation
through the century. especially dealing
with the period of civil wa from which it
emerged still ono nation.
The speaker closed with reference to the
great responsibilities of the nation and i'm.
portant issues presented for its decision.
The new century, he said. may lie entered
upon in a spirit of optimism bold in fear.
lessness of the faith whose very conscious.
ness of limitations of the present asserts
the attainability of the untravelel world
of a still grander future
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Saved a Lii. at tho risk Of His Own,

But for the bravery and presence of
mind OF Charlie Walker, the billing clerk
of the Fort Madison Narrow Gauge, an
unknown but handsome young lady would
have met with a terrible death at Fort
Madison the other morning. She had
started to cross the track at tho depot
when from around the corner came swiftly
backing a hugo engine. To the horror OF
the several spectators of the scene the
lady stopped, dazed and frightened, di-
rectly in the road of the oncoming en-
gine. She would have been crushed to
death had not young Walker seen her
plight. Dropping his book, he ran, seized
her about the waist and bodily lifting her,
quickly sprang to one side just as the on.
gine rushed by. 1t was SO close o shave
that the young man and his fair burden
were thrown down by the passing tender.
A cheer went up from the assembled crowd
for the brave act.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Scanlan us Il Reior.ner.

d. Seaman. the Irish comedian,
unconsciously acted the part of temper
ance advocate out i'll Louisville last
winter, and he is rather proud of the re-
suit. II was busy at q rehearsal one
day." said Mr.. Scanlan yesterday, in
telling his story, when q mar and q
woman, plainly dressed, entered by the
stage door of the theatcr and inquired
for me. 1 introduced myself to them,
and to my surprise. the began
to envoke blessings on my head, and to
tell me hat j had brought great hap
piness to her family and herself. OF
course ] was Very much Interested ut
once, and inquired how it was that L
had been of service to them.
last winter my husband lost his
situation,' said the woman, and, becom-
ing discouraged, began to drink to en-
cess. He had signed a pledge of total
abstinence a year before, and had kept
it until then. We had saved % little
money. butshe soon spent it at the sa-
loon. He used to come home drunk
every night, or. rather, every morning.
for l often sat up for him until nearly
daylight. Last New Wears night r
heard his step outside the door ut about
IL o'clock, and wondered how it was
that he had come home so early; but
when he came INTO the room he threw
his arms around my neck and kissedme.
He was perfectly sober, for the first
time i'll many weeks
"'Yes,' said the husband. For the
first time in three months L reached
home thoroughly sober. L had been to
the tlleater where you were playing,
and when / heard you sing the "Peek-a-
Boo" song 1 began to think of my wife
and little ones. 1 haven't drunk any
liquor since then. 1 took the pledge,
and 1 am going to keep it. 1 found ann
ployment shortly afterward, and have
been prosperous ever since
Its very pleasant thing continued
Mr.. Scanlan, "to iii:d that some one
thinks SO we'll of You, and is ready TO
bless you, oven before you know it. j
visited these people while L was in
Louisville and dined with them, and I
assure you I never enjoyed u dinner so
thoroughly in my life before."-Ncv
YORK.: sian.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Debt ofHonor.

A Columbia special of a recent date
says: ut becomes u debt of honor.
During the entire prosecution of our
famous county. seat contest, the board has
been repeatedly assured by numerous
would-be honorable gentlemen from Aber-
deen, that they were unidentified from any
costs or expenses by q certain bond given
to them in the outset, but now that the
fight IS over and the costs are fairly and
Justly lodged on them in the form of a
judgment against Brown county, these
same bondsmen failed to put up, and the
commissioners are coolly Informed that
the bond they have so safely kept and re-
lied upon was given for anothev purpose,
n that they have no protection in this
case. as the county is responsible. Par
Ties Interested in the reputation of Aber-
matter up without attracting attention, but
unless settled soon legal steps will be
taken to collect under the Judgment"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Of that place, for alternating his wife's aseo.

tions.
Mrs. T. j. LocKARD. Of Union. fell
through a trap door into the cellar, and
broke her arm at tho wrist, but was not
otherwise seriously injured.
A PARTY of Des Moines sportsmen have
started on a deer and bear hunting trip to
the mountains of New Mexico and Ari.
IONA.
|. ED E. FULLER, of Dewitt, was severely
burned about the face and hands the other
day while lighting q fire with kerosene.
A FORT DODGE fisherman last week
caught IL pickerel in the Des MONIES river
Weighing twenty-five pounds.
A PosroFFIcE has been established Mt
Pigeon, Pottawattamie county, and VIM,
Reese appointed postmaster.
DURING Francis Murphy's eleven DAYS
temperance meetings i'll Waterloo 1900
people signed the pledge.
Since February %, 1863, Rev. Moses
Downing. of Bloomfield, has united in
marriage 42l couples.
COOKING and sewing schools have been
organized by the Industrial Relief society
of Davenport.
CEDAR RAPIDS wants Francis Murphy
to hold 8 series of temperance REVEALS in
that city.
GEo.iFosTER, one of Boone's Oldest
residents, died last week ut the age of 20
years.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

Ar last it has come! Vengeance has
finally been wreakcd upon the fend
who takes other peoples umbrellas and
never returns them. Dover, N. H.. is
entitled to the honor of making the first
move toward wiping from the face of
the earth the man whose conscience is
like an umbrella turned inside out by
the wind. Several citizens who had
been deprived of their rain-protectors
assembled in a store and laid for the
u~nprincipled thief. He came in, took
an umbrella, and went out in the cold,
drizzling storm. The committee fol-
lowed him and had him arrested. He
was convicted and sent to jail for three
days and assessed 50 and costs. An
other man who took an umbrella from
the hallway of q private residence got
sixty days in Jail. This is a good be-
ginning. Keep up the good work,
gentlemen, and your fame will mount
higher than Eifel's tower.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
The News In I,rict.

The printers of Pierre will organize a
typographical union in the near future.
A MUSCULAR thief entered a blacksmith
shop in Deadwood recently and lugged off
an anvil.
THREE car loads of food and grain were
shipped from Yankton the other day for
the relief of the Miner county sufferers.
Miss Ida KENT, a school teacher Of
Willard, had her shoulder bone broken and
was otherwise injured in a nav the
other day.
The game of football between the uni
versity of Dakota and the Nebraska uni
versity teams has been postponed until
early in the spring.
The Deadwood Pioneer jumps onto an
alleged newspaper correspondent for an
Omaha paper who, after visiting that city
and receiving the hospitality Of the citi-
zens, deliberately wrote a lot of gihberisA
to his paper with the apparent intention
of injuring the interests Of the city. After
twisting the slanderer in q way that he de.
serves the Pioneer advises Deadwooiy
merchants to patronize cities that are mot in
the habit of sending put s~landerous cor
respondents.
IT is estimated that tho number Of hogs
marketed in the counties Of South Dakota
this season is larger by half than for any
previous season.
A. RANDALL, of spearlsb. gathered
some fresh. ripe tomatoes from his garden
last week, notwithstanding the fact that
there has been q couple Of heavy snow
falls there this season.
REPRESENTATIVE P1cKLER the other
day addressed a Woman's Christian Tenn.
perance meeting at the national CAPITAL.
He proudly referred to the fact that the
two Dakotas were the first two states to
enter the union with the constitutional
prohibition clause, and said that the citi-
zens of those states were Determined 70
hibit.
PIERRE complains Of . lack Of lsbor,ss
to work on city improvements.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Not TO Be Moved.

l. When Anna Dickinson was travelling
about tho country in war time to fulfill
her lecture engagements, she was abun-
dainty entertained and bored by the
%pertinacious questioning of many a
chance acquaintance. One man, who
insisted upon talking with her during a
railway journey, ended their interview
with an astonishing proposition, begin
ming with the leading question:
"Lecturin's your trade. mint it? You
make your bread and butter by it, don't
you?"
My tired head nodded what served
for an assent to his inquiry.
We'll, now, all's grist that comes to
your mill, then? One fellows stamps
ares good as another's, hcy?'
1 was forced to admit the very self
evident proposition.
well, now," growing emphatic and
dragging out some bills and currency,
"look here. You'll never lecture in our
town; it's too small. But Id like to
hear what you can do when your steam's
up. There's q dollarll nay you for o
good square talk and all the tiXiu's."
L made it manifest to him that it
"outia AoV, "iiu once more heid my
peace.
what! Not for a dollarg Well,
then, it's pretty steep, but 1 don't mind
just for once going So"
Not even for 50 could 1 be wound up
and made to go, and his forbearance
was exhausted.
well, 1 never did see your beat!
Yon won't lie sociable. and Won won't
make q square trade. You're not the
woman for my stamps" putting back
his currency. IT wouldn't talk to you
if-wall, I'd as lief talk to q stone wall.
Perhaps you'd like your own company?v
AS I did not contradict him, he gath
cred himself up and ~re-planted himself
for o slow roast by the fiery dragon of q
stove; but evidently lie bore no malice,
for, getting out at q lumber town in the
woods. she paused near me-, and said:
IF you ever should speak anywhere
round. I'll come to hear YOU"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Minor unnurninnx.

FRED POLICY, of Naponec, was acct
dentally shot while out cunning for quail.
The shot was fired by his brother, who was
about thirty yards distant. One side Of
his body was completely peppercd with
shot, but owing TO the distance and small
ness of the shot no serious results are
feared.
WALTER PECK, q 13-year-old boy liv-
ing near st. Paul, was thrown from a
buggy and had his arm broken, but he sue
ceeded in stopping the team and drove to
Scotia, where the fracture was reduced.
Two engines were almost completely
demolished and ono fireman badly bruised
by a collision of freight trains at Hum.
boldt. The cause of the accident was the
failure of an engineer to obey orders.
L. NJ. MARSH, of Spauldiug, has sold
the patent which he recently obtained on
an angular bit to an eastern firm for
STA, 600. This brace will enable mechanics
to bore a hole at any angle desired.
The merchants of Stratton have organ
lied a stock company for the purpose of
buying grain and making tho town the
best grain market in the southwestern part.
of the state.
CONGRESSMAN LAWS will introduce q
bill fora public building at Hastings, ask
ing therefor an appropriation of 1926, 900.
AN unknown disease, entirely different
from cholera, has carried off all tho hogs
of George Lawrence, living near Richland.
DURING the month of November one
Schuyler firm shipped ninety cars of baled
hay, employing thirty-six hands.
HANS GRIM, u Blair sportsman, the
other day shot n golden eagle measuring
seven feet from tip to tip.
HEBRON Methodists have been obliged
to build an addition to their church to nc
commodate worshippers.
The merchants of Stratton have organ
lied, a stock company for the purpose OF
buying grain.
Rev. A. H. EWING has presented n 500.
pound bell to the Presbyterian church ut
Utica.
THERE are eleven divorce cases or the
district court docket CT Kearney.
OMAHA law students are preparing for a
course of lectures this winter.
The flour mill ut Pierce is turning out
$50 barrels of -four per day.
MARQUETTE is without q single saloon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Railway Men Killed.

The east-bound mixed train leaving
Watertown about l o'clock on the Mani
toba, was derailed while turning a curve
on a down grade about two and a half
miles east of South Shore. Engineer
james P. Ha,nes, of Reading, Pa; Fire.
man john Kirlahan, of McGrcgor. Iowa,
and a brakeman named Rooney were
killed. Conductor John Blake was seri-
ously injured in the bowels. Conductor
Blake laboriously made his way back to
South Shore for help. consuming about
two hours in walking the two and a half
miles. A special train of officials passed
the train. also eastward bound, at South
Shore. Engineer Haines was a man about
40 years of age and leaves a wife and four
grown children. Fireman kirlahan was un-
married. Brakeman Rooney was making
his first trim.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

AMONG postal oddities in the service,
the system ia old Mexico is, perhaps.
the most curious Under the ruling y
letter car be sent from the northernmost
corner of. Maine to the most southern
point Of Mexico for . 20 same. but vice
versa in Mexico . resident there can not
communicate with his next door neigh
bor without paying the local rate-5c
the same beyond the borders into the
United ststes, but back again Il = only
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

An officer of the American steamship
Santiago sends to the photographic
bureau an account of a waterspout
which that vessel passed through near
n of the Bahama Islands last spring.
He says: 1.-THE steamer passed through
the outer edge of the waterproof, the
diameter of which I Judge to have been
fifty to seventy yards. On passing
through the outer edge I observed that
the center was hollow, the water circlinc
from west to east, or against the sun.
The water that fell on deck was very
salt. and the drops as large as 5o-cent
pieces. During the few seconds of our
passage through it the wind blew at the
rate of thirty or thirty-ive miles per
hour. did not observe any calm i'll
the center at all, the water arising from
it resembling nm inverted fountain.
After clearing it the wind resumed it's
original force, about fifteen miles per
hOur."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
ssate institution Hcnnrts.

Superintendent Knapp, of the Lincoln
asylum for the insane, reports 800 patients
at the institution he represents December
l. OF these 157 are males and 1872 females.
He also furnishes the clinical history of
Sarah Shattuck, a patient from Adams
county who died during the month.
Superintendent Mallalleu, of the state
industrial S hool, Kearney, report as fol-
lows: Family a, girls, II; family b, boys,
43; family G, boys, Al; family e. boys, A,
and family L, boys, AZ. Committed dur
ing the month, ., and number paro,ed 8,
making the total attendance December 1,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Eulogizing tho Dead Professor,

At a meeting of the Omega chapter of
the Psi Epsilon fraternity, and other resi-
dent members of the fraternity in Chicago,
resolutions of sympathy with Prof.
Olson's family strongly eulogizing the dead
professors character and learning were
adopted. The Boston Herald says Of Prof.
Olson: "Dr. Edward Olson, who perished
in the Minneapolis fire, was one of the
most accomplished polyglots in the coun-
try. He could talk no less than eighteen
languages, and he had n smattering of as
many more. Last summer he was a dele
gate to the Oriental congress at Stock.
holm, and he was the only man there Who
could address the assemblage in every
language used there"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
GOV. MELLETTE MAKES A TRIP
THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA.

The People OF His state Being Generally
Wei Provided For Postal Service
Changes In lowa-Sioux City to Have ~,
Elevated Road-Nebraska State News.
Gov. Mellette drove across from Blunt
to Gettysburg the other day, meeting on
the way the relief committee of Sully
county at Oneida. He reports that the
people generally are being we'll provided
for, and that the present indications are
that all who need help will be cared for.
He expressed much satisfaction over the
condition of the farmers in Potter county,
and said he was surprised indeed to tiud SO
few of them in need.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Committee Membor,bins.

Tho new senator's of North and South
Dakota have been given membership of
standing committees as follows:
Senator Pierce-Tcrri cries, pensions, census.
civil service and retrcnchincnt.
Senator CascyAtailrolds, organization md
conduct OF executive departments, Transports
tion routes to seaboard. immigration.
Senator ~Moody-1ndiam depre1ations tchair-
man, mines and mining, pensions. im,nirra.
ton.
Senator Pettigrew-1ndian affairs, immisra.
ton. railroads, improvement of the Mississippi
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
I'ierre's New Flag,

The ladies of Pierre contributed means
topurchase the finest flag that could be OBJ
tanned, and recently they assembled in the
rotunda of the new capital building, amid
several thousand spectators, with the
band playing national airs and amid loud
cheering they raised South Dakota's forty.
two star flag over the new capitol building.
just being completed. The scene was I'M
prcsslye.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
FITTING CELEBRATION.
coMAEMoRATIoN OF wAsHlNGroN,s
INAUGURATION.

Our National Representatives. Meet and
Listen to an Eloquent Grafton by Chiel
Justice Fullcr ON a Century of Our Gov
Washington dispatch: The ceremonies
OF Congress IN commemoration of the CEN
tennial of the Inauguration Of George
Washington were held Wednesday In the
hall Of the House Of Representatives.
b hall had been especially arranged
for the OCCASION, its usual seating capacity
being trebled by the introduction of addi-
tional chairs. The galleries were filed
with the families Of Congressman, and
Cabinet o%flcers, and government officials,
and presented a brilliant spectacle.
Seats had been provided in front
of the Speakers desk for the President
md Cabinet. Vice. President. Speaker
Of the House, Justices of the Supreme
Court, the Hon. George Bancroft, cele-
brated historian, and others Of official
prominence. Members of the Senate and
House occupied seats in the chamber,
where places where also provided for the
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

A coMpos1roR at a printing office was
setting i'll type this verse of scripture:
~And Daniel had an excellent spirit in
in him." But he made it read: "And
Daniel had an excellent spine in him."
Mr.. Spurgeon said it wa not much of a
mistake. ALI good men nowadays
need "an excellent spine" They re-
quire to hold the truth in its integrity,
to believe it upon the word of its divine
author, and then stand erect and un-
finching. whatever opposition befalls
them. This was the case with Daniel.
His excellent spirit revealed itself in
the texture of his backbone. The
lions den confronted him, but he did
not yield an inch. And he went into it
with far more composure than the King
went to his sleepless bed.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

THE English statistics give q notable
decrease in their convict population
during the last twenty years. The
total number of convicts under sentence
for penal servitude was 6,4O5 in July;
twenty years ago it was II, 900.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Justice just Ahead

During the transition state from a terri
tory to statehood, the insufficient terms Of
court have seemed to be even less efficient
than before. During the last two months
no jury terms of court have been held, and
those charged with o~ffenses have accumu-
lated in county jails. This will not con-
tinue much longer. A number of the cir
cult judges have given notices of terms of
court in January. which will depopuiate
the jails and populate the pen"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Two Clerks of tho Circuit Court.

McCook county ut present has the bene-
fit of two clerks of the circuit court, H. H.
Pierce holding over ana d. d. Kane hold
ing under appointment of the county
commissioners. Each have a separate
Office. The matter has been taken into the
courts and will probably be made q test
case. as both parties have secured abba
counsel,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20
Death of Rev. Joseph Ward.

Rev. Joseph Ward, d. d., president of
the Yankton college, and for many years
pastor of the Congregational church of
that city, died ut s o'clock on the morning
of the 11th, Mt his residence in Yankton,
of Dialects, and a few minutes later the
sad intelligence was conveyed to the peo-
pie by the tolling of bells. The death has
caused universal sadness in the county
and will DO mourned throughout the state.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-20

90. So those Mesicans who live on the
borders take advantage of our postal
system, and each morning with mail
bags of unposted letters, step across the
river to adjacent American town, pat
ronize our postoflices and send their
mail back into their own country or
abroad into ours ornamented with pro-
files of Washington aud jefferson.