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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Figures from l,o,lseville.

OOUGEv1LLEs WIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. James +. Brown. Of Linden,
are the parents of eleven children. ali Of
whom are now living in different parts Of
the country. Mrs. Bleakly. a daughter. IL
in Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. james Gallon.
blessed with families Of twelve children;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hutchinson, OF
Mineral Point. have had a like number.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry. Curry. of the town OF
OF Dodgevillc. have magnified tho record 6y
one: and enjoy the enviable distinction Of
having become the parents of thirteen chill.
dren in their respective families.
M. and Mrs. Erick Halvcrson. of Dodge
eral Point; and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Thomas. of Mi1lin. are the parents Of four-
teen children. Kearton Coates. a wealthy
farmer and u former member Of the Leg.
i~slature. Of the town OF Linden. is the
boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Linley. Of the town
of Arena. have had seventeen children.
John Cruise. Of the prolific town Of Linden.
comes forward with q bright and Interests
and Mrs. William d. Williams. Of Dodge
Vile. preside over u family OF twenty.two,
children. Mr.. Williams being tho father Of
all Of them. he having been twice married.
Mr.. Williams is a wealthy farmer and lives,
sssse NAA' NsS SsAA0 NAONAo tAlO OOul0Stl0
sccpter over tho largest and most INTEREST,"
ingi family. perhaps. in this part Of Wiscon.
sin. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry D. Grifiths, Of
the tow OF Dodgeville. carly settlers. and
WHO now enjoy q comfortable home and
competence. arc the joyful parents OF six
teen children. Of whom two are twins. Mr.
and Mrs. Francis rrideaux. of this village.
besides being the happy parents of three
other children. enjoy the proud distinction
Of being the parents of two pairs of twins,
Capt. W. Il. Jones'. Of Ridgcway. made e
record OF twelve children. among whom were
three pairs of twins. This was considered
q very remarkable record until . famiiYln
Mineral Point made a record that has
been excelled. or ut least has not been mdS .
public. in this part Of the State. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Jacka. of that place. were the
proud parents of ten children. among them
u pair of twin. girls. Tho girls grew to
w~omanhood. and one Of them married VIM.
Paynter. of Mineral Point. and became the
proud mother of twenty-one children. The
other III married John Huxtable. also Of
that city, and raised a family of nineteen
children. among whom were two pairs Of
twins.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Come in lunches at Grand Rapids.

GRAND RAPIDS Mich.
Tho wife Of Professor La Pierre was one
OF IL family of twenty-thrce children. and
she is herself the mot her of eleven, six Of
whom are still living. John Van der Hauten
Is the father of twenty-five children by two
marriages, and nineteen of them were alive
ut one time and all living under the same
roof. Seven of the children have died at
various ages: There were only two sets Of
twins. The late Leonard D'voge was the
father OF fifteen children. Ave OF whom are
nov living. one of the five being Professor
John shekehee is the father Of thirteen
children. only four Of whom were girls.
John w. Phillips has the credit OF being the
father OF thirteen boys, all grown to man
hood and themselves parents of large fam
lies John Poisson is the father OF an
oven dozen children. none of them twins.
a aeqsuat the %Ma|| s 2 G %.rr the fsmin I'm,
rS Town Ass has has nine girl; and two
dton, the eldest fourteen years. six of them
boys. Aaron B. Turner. editor Of the Eagle,
has two boys and six daughters living and
one boy laid away to rest. John Montague,
OF Georgetown. has thirteen children living
and two dead. and all but three camc either
as twins or triPlets. Seven of them are
girls. and the eldest is eighteen. years Of
of triplets. two pairs Of twins. two solitaires,
and lust fall the mother gave birth to four
babies at one time. All but the quadruplets
IRE living. Julia A. Moore. OF Edgarton.
known us sthe Sweet Singer OF Michigan.
had ten children. j. Loshoskey has his
modest home adorned with fourteen olive
branches. Ten of them are girls. with four
family. tho eldest Of the lot being twelve
years.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
TOPICS.
New and Rich PLACER Mtnes.

Two oldtime prospectors and miners,
late returned to Deadwood from the new
placer diggings, thirty milcs south of that
place. on Gold Run, made eleven placer
and two quartz locations. A district will
be organized, a recorder elected and laws
adopted governing locations. The dig
clude Gold Run for a distance of four
miles, and tributaries. Joe Waters, who
discovered the diggings, wheeled dirt a
milo to water and obtained twenty-four
ounces of gold for one weeks work. It is
shot gold. though some nuggets are as
large as pigeons eggs. A grand rush has
set in, and a thousand or two people will
be or hand before the month ends.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
w1scoNsrN no rHE FRONT.
-Four Children ut One Birth Near Eau
C~laire-Some- Bis Babies.

C~laire-Some Big babies.
EAU CLARE. Wis.
About two years g Mrs. Grindale. Of
!Chetek. 9 small town north Of this city. ga,
Weighing six pounds each and two ofthom
five pounds each. The pair had been mar.
rled about two years. aud had previously
been blessed with no children. nor have
iectly formed and lively. bright babies. but
two OF them died within q week. the other
two living respectively six and five months.
Had not the family been in destitute circum.
stances at the time. and had not the infants
thereby suffered from the lack Of immediate
attention and Of subsequent care. they
would doubtless have lived. TIE parents
had but just arrived in this country. and
had settled In q remote spot, where aid did
not reach them ut once.
joying excellent health ut the good old u 20
of eighty-fOur. has had sixteen children
ninc boys and seven girls-all Of whom are
living and arc well-to-do residents Of vari-
the family. 9 boy. was born. when Mrs.
Neher was ffty.one years OF age, The
young man. who is q substantial citizen Of
Eau Claire. r%ejoices In being uncle to sixty
nine children and the father Of six. Nj.
OF sixteen. is dead. MIR. and Mrs. Frank lille
have four boys and eight girls. the oldest
twenty-six. and Mrs. lille is but forty-three
years of age. Mrs. Louis Enguard. aged
forty recently gave birth to triplets and has
had seven children in all. Mrs. William Bell
has presented her husband with eleven
children. who range in age from one to nine.
teen years, four being girls and seven boys.
Mrs. j. Hotchkiss has Iiadten. the youngest
u year old and the eldest nineteen. Fami.
lies with nine children IRE frequently found.
and ten children Of ono mother is not IN.
common. Angus Mcvicar has BEEN pre-.
scnted by his wife with fourteen. the Oldest
Than has sixteen. ranging from four to
twenty years. Mrs. William Garden re.
Gently gave birth to a boy Weighing seven-
teen pounds. and Mrs. A. Gilbert to twins
weighing seven pounds each.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Robbed u stage COUCH.

Monday night about II o'clock, five miles
west of Stanford, in Fergus county. Mont,
some highwaymen held up the stage of
the Great Falls and Billings line, and de-
manded the treasure box. The driver saw
that resistance was useless and threw it
out. The robbers then disappeared with
out molesting the passengers. Tho stage
proceeded on ITS journey and met, five
miles from tie scene of the robbery,
the eastward bound coach and reported
the robbery. The robbers we've evidently
alarmed by the approach of this stage,
which they could see a long way off on the
hill, for they threw away the treasure box,
which was picked up by the east-bound
coach. A posse is in pursuit.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
fn.Brisf.

-Diphtheria is epidemic in st. Paul.
-Rain is badly needed all over the state.
Tho state fair grounds are to be grad
ed at a cost of $4,000.
-Olmstead county farmers hold a live
stock show every month.
The amount in the state treasury on
LIST Of May was S439, 1870.
Red Wing has a balance in the city
treasury at the close of the fiscal year of
$40, OBI. l6.
st. Cloud recently voted $50, 900 for a
suspension bridge across the Mississippi
river ut that point.
The auditor Of Mobiles county has
drawn warrants for S145 this spring for
bounty on wolf scalps.
The Ramsey county bar dedicated the
new court house at st. Paul with speech
making and a big banquet.
Prof. o. WLitehmaa, after seventeen
years service az superintendent Of schools
at Rel Wing, has resigned.
Col. Edwards, the new collector Of
customs at st. Paul, has entered upon the
discharge Of the duties Of the Office.
Traverse county will, on the 2Sth
inst, vote on the question of removing
the county seat from Browns Valley ia
Wheaton.
The annual convention Of the state I.
o. o. F. will be held in st. Cloud June
4th and 9Th. About GOO delegates will be
in attendance.
On May 81 a special election will be
held to vote on the proposed plan Of erect
ing at Duluth o county court house to cost,
including site, $500, 900.
William Kress, q young German la.
borer, while working in a brick yard al
shakopee, found q heavy dynamite cart.
ridge, and, not knowing It's dangerous
character, began TO hack L with his knife,
when II exploded. injuring him seriously,
but not fatally.
Tho extinct paper town Of spalding,
near Ely, has Q curiosity In the shape Of Z
hermit. who has been living there for the
past two years In . cabin about eight SSel
square. which Is heated by an ingenious
contFivance under the floor and which d
constsucted on scientific principles. HI
leSVa % be . we'll read and educated man,
~ Stldom makes his appearance q ny.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
A Former Iowa, Honored.

Information has just been received that
the Rev. DIR. Oscar Clute, of Southern
California, for some years pastor Of the
elected president. of the Michigan Agricul-
tural college. in place of President Willets,
now assistant commissioner of agriculture.
Mr.. Clute's family is still in Iowa City.
Besides his acquaintance through his min
istry, Mr.. Clute is we'll known throughout
the west as an authority on bees, having
written a book upon the subject.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Wyoming Moving for statehood,

The question Of statehood for Wyom-
ing has been taken up by the Cheyenne
board of trade, and will be pushed vigor-
ouslv until consummated. A thorough
canvass by the Cheyenne Loader, of the
on the question, has revealed a 'unanimity
of sentiment for statehood. The board Of
trade pledges itself to put into operation
the election machinery for tho election of
delegates to a constitutional convention if
the governor of the territory will issue q
call for such convention. It is probable
that an election for delegates will be held
on July End, and n convention held inn
mediately after the election to adopt a
for ratification in November. Wyomlng-
ties are anxious for statehood. and no
efforts will be spared to obtain the boon
as Dol as possible.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

A Pioneer Press special from Jamestown
says that during a severe storm recently a
large number of frogs were precipitated to
the ground from a cloud. 1t is claimed
that q funnel shaped cloud wa seen in
the west shortly before, and 1.-THE theory is
that the frogs were caught up from some
slough in a whirlwind and carried in the
air until it spent itself.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
SORROWS OF BOOMER

tseaten by Greedy Deputles-Blaming Gov.
ernhncnt Authorities. q
An Arkansas City (Kan.) special to th23
Chicago Daily Nesrs says; r.
The press dispatches from the East shA
that the Government has been made q!
clally coRnizant Of the Oklahoma ont
In then name Of authority
Da..v Nesss correspondent has compN(
tour OF the entire tract. the journvyS
Mee1 Dy primitive conveyance. He- fa3
previously witnessed and participated in ~
opening events. b impression hustain1
Is sw = deep and painful sense Of the giea
and their favorites. the ahject failura y
region to realize Its promise, and r.
plorable state Of the thonsands "a c
pointed settlers.
.nA great crime against proper1
mttted. a double-handed cral
maze Ct the best share Of nei 4
OF PUBIC property. and thou n,
aens nave witnessed and "a Of
epaI sptSa, ISSUING Ing from q Fed,
washington means to di "a M
wrong and levy JUSTICE 9 ~ ~ ~
son,ndly punished. - 70 20
/! MTns burden Of guilt between
ss.equsnces. / m ovsxs g! f sSat
Needles has grounds 81 a snfsscissnt 70
mhii.isate bis ofense. OF e my Is to scauit.
th SsiY Yna,, ne y MasshAl q. New Iextco and,
Ssl Dispute = st Is Fl; sd Ipi ia sa:sS e t e e:
ssy n nisecHon: Sass hal Jones Of tho 6outh.I
S ~ v.suaos @ kapsYas claimed furisdloHon.
s 1ES@ssa cesseanly, opposed Jonss' p~retenses.
klsSon ~ ns9e si crowds Of deputics tnI
haye taAueed no eo.ernmsnat n. 1871
;to4 q - tAak there e no ~ - ~
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

The faculty of Harvard College has
made a rule that any student who has
been put on probation-that is, of
ticially warned that his conduct OF
scholarship is not satisfactory-cannot
compete for any prizes or honors, nor
take part in any public theatrical OF
musical performance or athletic con
test; nor will lie he recommended fol
a degree. He may he required to put
himself under the direction of II private
tutor, or to report daily to the college
officer, or to do both.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
A snoiled -senxation.

A case of mistaken identity was mani
fest at Huron when a report came from
Chicago that the body of a woman sup
posed to be Miss L. II. Edwards, of
Huron, had been taken from the lake.
The fact that Miss Edwards and John +.
Shields, n prominent real estate dealer of
Huron, were marriedin Yankton on the 4th
inst, and are now enjoying their honey
moon at the home of MIR. Shields parents
in Remington, N. j., takes all the sensa-
ton out the report.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
MICHIGAN,s GREAr RECORD.
Statistics from the state Census Show
Many Prolific Women.

LANSING. Mich.
In Bunker Hill Township. in this county,
shortly after the close of the war. During
the first eleven years Of his married life
eleven children were added to his house,
hold. AL! the children are yet alive. hut
who. when twenty-cight yaars of age. mar
ried u sister of Mrs. Bachelor. referred to
above. became the father Of eight children
il the first seven years of married. life. This
last State census OF Michigan shows that
There were 7O1 mothers who had given
birth to their tenth child. 4U5 to eleven
children. PSI to twelve children. 100 to
thirteen children. sixty-three TO fourteen
ton to sixteen children. eight to seventeen
children. four to eighteen children. one to
twenty children. and ono to twenty five
children. There were GIG pairs Of twins
reported during tho census year. and four
setS of frinlats.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
A Wyoming Cattiem.n Dead.

Colonel Charles E. Fisher, president and
general manager of the Manhattan Cattle
company, who for the past six years has
been engaged in the cattle business in
Wyoming, died of pneumonia after an ILL.,
ness Of one week. He served through the
war as an officer of artillery, was subse-
South Carolina aa' and government vsrunas 1muss 81
in Arizona, and attached to the quarter.
masters department in Washington. He
was extensively acquainted throughout the
east, a popular member Of the Cheyenne
club, and . highly esteemed citizen.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Cow Roy $

Cowboy Jack Embree served two wears
in the Joliet penitcntiary for shooting at
E. NJ. Dixon, n ranchman, near Laramie,
Wyo. He swore to return and kill Dixon
when his sentence expired, and true to his
oath he the other day rode out to the
ranch aud invited Dixon to como out and
be killed. One of Dixon's men appeared
and Embree shot him in the arm. Dixon
procured n Winchester and made toward
the cowboy. AS the litter aimed his six
shooter ut Dixon the ranchman dropped
to the ground and the bullet whistlca over
his head. Then he shot the cowboy dead.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

L. NJ. MCCARTNEY, of E~llensburg,
W. T., has n tomcat that catches ducks.
He hides in the brake by the creek and
pounces upon its prey as it swims past.
The other day he seized a large green
head which flew off with him. But
Tom finally brought the duck to eartl,
and killed it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Interesting Reading.

smith-What are you reading, Jones
Jones--A novel.
SIS it interesting?
lyon bet!
S.rWhoi is it by?
J.3By . Young lady.
S.EAh! Spicy BOsttn Courier.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
The A. q. U. W. Meet.

The grand lodge, A. o. U. W. met in
Minneapolis. The reports of officers
showed a total membership of 6,41O, being
q gain of 686 over last year. The total
number of lodges is sixty-six, there having
been fifteen new ones instituted during the
year. The total receipts for the year were
SIG, 725.71; disbursements by beneficiary
warrants. sos. 900; and by general war;
rants S9,791.47: leaving q balance of
Ga Q3l "a
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Unclo SANS Dlstr.button of 90 ..

Unclo Sans Dlstributton of q.
The war department has completed and
published the allotments Of $500. 600 APP
p;opriated by congress for the equipment
of the militia. The allotmcnts are based
on the number of representatives in con
gress. and will give Iowa S12,34O, Min
nesota $6.644, Nebraska $4,74G, and Wis.,
consin $lO,4ll. The regulations provide
that requisitlon for militia supplies must
be inade by the governors Of the states
and territories direct to the secretary of
war.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

SENATOR SpooxER, of Wisconsin, is
the smallest in stature of the members
of the United States Senate, but one of
brainest men in that body. When he
first went to Washington he was sub.
jected to no end of ridicule about his
size, which touched his sensitive nature
not a little.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
A Strong Wind.

One Of the most severe wind storms
ever known in that section was experienced
at Buffalo last week. There was severe
thunder and lightning. About midnight
the wind died away entirely aud the tenn
perature rose to IS degrees. The crops
have been much damaged, some growing
grain being torn up by the roots and that
not yet above ground being deeply bur ed
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

THERE is a report that Jay Gould
may take up his residence in London.
His home is not the same since his
wife died, and he thinks seriously of
leaving the management of his Ameri-
can interests to his son George, and
operating himself from the other side
of the ocean.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
a1INNEsorA
Not Even a Manager.

A young woman, apparently 81 years of
age, while walking up Hennepin avenue,
Minneapolis, a day or two since, was taken
suddenly with the pains of child birth.
She sought a hallway and in q Lhort time
gave birth to a fully developed girl bapy.
The police we've notified and took the girl
to the Bethany home, with the baby
wrapped up in a shawl. She refused to
divilge her name or residence, or tell who
was responsible for the little waif that was
ushered into the world with SO little cere-
n,nnv
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

Jay GOULD says New York is good
enough for him, and lie has no inten-
ton of going to London to live, as re.
ported in the court Journal. He likes
New York so we'll, indeed, that he mp.
pears to have purchased most of it and
he is rapidly forcclosing his mortgages
upon the tritling remainder.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
What Pratt stole.

Receiver McNcir, of tho First National
bank at Anoka, has completed his state
ment of assets and liabilities and forward
ton. The exact figures are not made pub
lie, but the liabilities amount to about
800, 900. Unless the bank is held for tho
Nell notes, the assets will moro than cover
the indebtedness. Mr.. McNeir is of the
opinion that Pratt lost the most of his
plumber in speculations, aud that he got
away with only about $1,000 in cash.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Indian Trouble. Feared.

Responsible persons just in from Same
dor. Mont, report that q largo body of
Pine Ridge Sioux. led by Grasshopper,
have come into the Tongue River agency
for the purpose of getting up a sun dance
among the Cheyennes. Grasshopper has
eluded all attempts on the part Of the au-
thorities to arrest him. The Crow out
break of last summer had it's origin in q
sun dance gotten up by ~Grasshopper md.
held in the place where the Sioux and.
Cheyennes propose to dance.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

A COMPANY is being formed for the
purpose of establishing an extensive,
railroad system in the Zambesi coun-
try in Africa. The new organization
will be known as the British Central
African Company. Subscriptions to
the amount of Ct, 1000, 900 have already
been obtained.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
III. PHI, D.,,. rh,t....

The Phi Delta Theta province of the
western states recently met in convention
in Lincoln, Neb., and closed its work with
. banquet, at which the Hon. G. M. Lam
bertson. of Lincoln, responded to the toast
Our Ben" in honor Of President Harri-
officers were elected: Conway Mcmillan,
OF the university of Minnesota, president;
Ed Merely, Of the Iowa Wesleyan univers-
ity, vice president; VIM. A. White, of the
university Of Kansas. secretary.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

MARIE BEDARp, the French girl who
claims to live without eating, is pro-
nounced a fraud by DR.. Mary Walker,
who watched her and caught her de-
molishing pancakes and potatoes.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17
Minnesota Grasshoppers.

up In Otter Tail county, Minnesota, be.
tween Brainard and Fargo, they are wag-
ing war on grasshopper eggs and young
'hoppers. There is a regularly organized
campaign being waged-tields being plowei
under. and everything done that can cir
cumvent the pest. Considerable sums of
money have been expended, and the work
will be kept up until the crop is destroyed.