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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
DAKOTA polNGs.
To Bu,id a Pontoon.

The city council of Pierre has granted
to II company composed of local capitalists
a franchise to build a pontopn bridge
across the Missouri at that point, the
company being bound to commence con-
struction as soon us the opening Of the
Sioux reservation is assured and to have
the bridge completed in sixty days from
the commencement of work.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

THE growth of electric lighting is
something wonderful. AT the Con-
vention of the National Electric Light
Association, President Duncan said
that III year ago there were 1000
plants in the United States; these now
number nearly 5000. One year ago
there were 10000 are lamps in use:
there are now 2l9,924. One year ago
there were 1,75O,O0O in%candescent
lamps in use; at the present time there
are over $500. 10000 per cent. in
creas The growth in electric rail
ways is quite as startling. The conn-
try is committed to an electric age.
Steam and gas, which have headed
civilization, IRE being displaced. One
more quarter of a century and every
township, as we'll as city, will be illu-
minated by electric lights.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

JOE Howard says: "a clever rogue
recently fooled me well, selling me a
pile of matter lie had copied from Me-
Cabe's admirable book, Sunshine and
Shadow in New York. The trick re-
minds me of another equally uccess-
full. I paid n young writer $3.50 for IL
serial, and used it. One day my Office
boy said: why don't you publish this
story the same week the Fireside Com
panion doesY Investigation showed
that the scalawag copied each weeks
installment from II popular periodical.
We are not all dead yet"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
stasap Mllls Shut Down.

The huge steam stamps of the Home
stake ut Lead City have closed down, and
will not again be placed in operation. The
crush, crushing s capacity ,Ssv is mi much 9 greater sssa,ss, than s sa-
adapted to fiae crushing. although they
proved 9 Success when only coarse crush
ing was required.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Pierre Insists on tho /. G.

A late Pierre special says: Advices from
Dubuque. Iowa, develop the fact that the
Illinois Central road has placed $50, 900 at
the disposal of tho surveying expedition
which recently started from Pierre to run
a line through the Black Hills and Yellow
stone park to Puget Sound. The advices
also state that the company intends to
the survey is completed, which will be
pushed rapidly. The line as now started
from Pierre follows q due westerly course
to the forks of the Cheyenne river and
taps SOME of the richest mining sections
Of the Black Hills. besides taking q central
course through the great Sioux reservation.
soon to be opened. This in despite of
the Central's denial of being behind the
c,,rvov
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Get Fifteen Years Each.

Fred Douglas and Frank Thornton, the
young men who made the recent bold
attempt to rob the State bank at Minne-
apolis in broad daylight, acknowledged
their guilt in Judge Hicks court the other
day. Geo. n. Robinson, their attorney,
made an eloquent plea in behu.f Of
Thornton. urging upon the at ention Of
the court the stern necessity which drove
the young men to tho crime. He stated
that both defendants are less than 2,years
of age. Douglass also spoke. Your
honor be said, II am the real criminal, /
lead Thornton into il ~ l ask that the
court be lenient with him." Judge Hi .ks
sentenced each of the men to Is years in
tho penitentiary.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

The officials Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy have decided to make another
move toward the reduction of expenses in
Iowa, and the following changes in opera
ting arrangements will soon go into effect:
The Keokuk branch will be turned over to
and operated by the st. Louis, Keokuk
and Northwestern Railway company. The
Carthage branch will be operated as part
of the Illinois system under the officers of
the Galesburg division. The lines in Iowa
will be operated in two divisions instead Of
three as heretofore.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
A Railroad proIect.
Rewards offered.

Gov. Thayer has issued a proclamation
offering $500 reward for the arrest and
conviction Of the murderer Of Caroline
and Bessie Leavitt, who were SO foully
murdered in Seward county the other day,
and 5000 for the arrest and conviction Of
Michael Foley, charged with the murder of
Ada @. Clark, in Antelope county. The
parents are in custody for the murder Of
the Levitt girls, although the grounds Of
suspicion have not been made public.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

Col. w. d. Thayer, of Sioux City, lie
preparing q list oft surviving members of
the ninth regiment Of Iowa infantry. and
third Iowa battery for the use of the regi-
mental adjutant, who has in charge ar
engagements for a reunion of the veterans
of these two organizations which is to be
held at Cedar Falls OF the 18th and 10Th
Of September. Col. Thayer finds that
about $50 veterans who served in the com.
mdnd during the war are still alive. The
people of Cedar Falls are making elabor-
ate plans for entertaining the vets,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

The reporter who manages right can
get admitted to any insane asylum,
but what some of them write after
coming out is proof that they ought to
have remained until thoroughly cured.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Shot l,x His lXiGa-

Frank p. Roster, an aged farmer living
near Maynard. was shot by his wife, to
whom no has been married only a few
months. Roster was found by a milk
gatherer. The wife ut first disclaimed
knowledge of the deed, but afterwards
confessed to the county attorney and
sheriff that she did the deed in self-de-
Tense. She is now in Jail Mt West Union.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
~Northwcstern Crons.

Prior to the recent rains, which have
been copious and widespread, reports
gained great currency Of serious drought
in southern Minnesota and west into Da-
kota. The recent showers have greatly
changed the crop promise, though much
small grain was seriously injured before
the rains came. In some localities this
injury is serious.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

walton, but they must do It without the
aid or consent Of Sitting Bull and his
friends. When asked II he thought be-
would die, Sitting Bull ssid at first felt that
he must go, as the trouble was with his
shot. He now has some hope Of recovery.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
The Caldwell mill at HASTINGS ia I'M

The CALDWELL mill at Hastings is under.
going extensive repairs preparatory 10 the
starting Of the linen factory. The ma.
chinery is being put in and when the on.
terprise will be in operation II will give
employment 10 400 hands, two.thirds Of
whom will De girls. The capital stock is
$780, 00.
The city council at New Ulm has de.
cided to order a special election for July
End, when the question Of voting 10000
bonds to assist in completing the new
court house will be voted ON. The build.
ing is now only half finished.
There arc at present l75 fire insurance
companies authorized to transact business
in Minnesota. OF these 100 are foreign
companies with United States branches
aud twenty six are mutual companies.
win seegert, the young son Of Gus
Seegert, Of the town Of Watal, Benton
county, ia In st. Bepsdiot's hospital in st.
Cloud suffering from the effects Of swal.
lowing broken glase. He will probably
die.
st. Johns university at oellegsyills
has, BY the prevalence of msaslss among
it, students. besa obliged tn suspend
operations.
"A farmer namsd Ostroom, living near
Pipestone, and another living nser- 81.
Cloud. wess killed b. being stlsskl "
lightning; SsssSA
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

Such a thing as bringing n libel
suit against n newspaper has not been
known in Italy for fifty years. The
belief is that a newspaper seeks to tell
the truth. If it is mistaken n frank
statement to that effect satisfies the
ITALIAN"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
peror

The chimneys are not the only cause
of the smoke nuisance. There is be-
sides, for example, our young friend
the cigarette smoker, who stands on
the street corner exhaling noisome
vapors into the faces of innocent pedes-
<rsono
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

The young Emperor of China has
publicly expressed his dissatisfaction
with the chief bride provided for him.
For the present he will try to worry
along with some of his second-cla
brides, but it is hard lines for an IN
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
AFFAIRS IN MINNEsorA.
Prosecution lieco,nmends,l

FT0Secutt0h ItecOlnMonded.
1t is reported that the interstate COM
merce commission has directed United
States District Attorney Baxter at st. Paul
to begin criminal proceedings against the
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic
railroad for its practice of making aiscrim-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Convention of Cl,urclnnen.

The synod of the Welsh G. NJ. church
was held in Jerusalem church at Judson.
MINI. The synod is comprised of the
states of Iowa, Dakota and Minnesota,
and a large number of delegates from these
states were in attendance.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
NORTHWEST MUTATIONS
the SIOUX COMMISSIONS srRuccIrxo
WITH RED CLOUD.

of Monsan. Ja..os-Minns.ot.
Grssshoppcrs Supposedly Wiped Out
Pierre Insists on the Illinois Central
Sioux City Will Build Another Corn
Paiace-Nsws from Other Points.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

THE experiment of importing rein
deer from Norway to the forests of
Northern Scotland suggests the idea
that they may he acclimated in the
great Northwest of our w country,
from which the buffalo has disap-
reared.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

FoR streets in London wood and
asphalt are found to he too slippery,
and macadam will not stand the wear.
We do not believe iron has yet been
given Il fair trial. 1t would certainly
be durable, and might he put down in
a form to obviate the objection made to
asphalt and wood.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

DENNYsv1LLE, away down on the
Eastern Maine coast, is one of those
''old towns with a history" The town
has no debt; the village has not had n
Westinghouse destroyed by fire for
more than eighty years, and at the late
town meeting Peter L. yose, Esq,
was reelected Selectman and Treas
urer, after q service of twenty-seven
years in the former and twenty-three
years in the latter position. During
all these years no person but Mr.. yose
had ever written q word or made Al
figure in any town book excepting the
Town Clerks book or drawn an order.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

ARTEs1AN wells have a future in this
country. The towns i'll Dakota are
putting them to important uses. Two
years ago DIR. L. B. Lawrence, of
Sonoma, CAL, tunneled a hill near his
residence and then bored from above.
At q depth of not less than 200 feet he
obtained q flowing stream of 100000
gallons daily. Then he closed the
mouth of the tunnel. and thus made an
underground reservoir of large capac-
ity. The water run by gravity into
the second stories of the buildings in
the town. Seven other flowing wells
have since been obtained in the neigh
borhood.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

Mrs. WARD-Where is your husband
working now? Mrs. Precinct-He ain't
working. He has got an Office in the
City Government.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Revival Msetinxs DI,contiuu.a.

B. S. Taylor, a ~revivalist, erected a tent
at st. Charles, aud preached.to large audi
ences. Half a dozen ladies became Offend
ed at something he said and left the audi
ence. Taylor stopped, and, pointing to.
ward them. remarked: There they 90.
You can't throw a brick without hitting a
dozen lewd women In the evening sew
cnty-fve or a hundred citizens gathered
about the tent, and had it not been for tha
strong force Of police Taylor would have
been severely dealt with and his tent de-
stroyed. Next morning the city council
ordered him TO leave at once. he left.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

IT is estimated that 100, 900, 900
copies of the Constitution of Japan
have already been sold in that country.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

ARTHUR L. THOMAS. the new Cover.
nor of Utah, vas at one time IL tele.
graph messenger boy in Pittsburg.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

WlTH all the psychological studies
thst have been made by scientists and
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Caught on, the Fly.

A telegram was received at Lake Benz
ton, Oak. from Indian Agent r.. B.
Henton, of the sisseton Indian gene
telling tho sheriff to arrest ono Henry
Westman and hold him for leaving the
reservation with a team Of government
horses. Westman was arrested as he came
into town. He was on his way to Nebras.
ka, where he is q justice Of the peace and
notary nnGlic.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Inter ssate Cattle Trade

The report that one Moore, who lives in
Martin county, MIMI, and has been herd
ing a large number of cattle over the Iowa
line for Minnesota farmers, had sold a
number of the herd and %absconded, is
confirmed. 1t is said that he took them
to Sioux City and sold them for 81, 900.
He his been doing u herding business for
several years, with an evident intention of
playing the game. Tho farmers in the
vicinity are greatly excited owe the affair.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

sw1LI the educated woman marry ?s
asks the Baltimore american. Just
ask her and see if she will.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28
Peculiar Nllnnesotn criminal Law.

John Wenger, arrested at Mason City,
Iowa, was taken to Owatonna, Mimi,
without a requisition on u charge of steal
ing a pony from II. II. Chaplin. He waived
examination and was committed in default
of bail. He wished to plead guilty before
the court then in session and begin his
time at Saltwater, but the failure Of the
Legislature to pass o bill last winter intro
duced to cover such cases, compels him
to lie in Jail at the expense of the county
till next December to await the formality
of an indictment by the grand Jury,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

/, s Nsss Ls.son-ssanas. e.,lsa d ~.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

tue door. Foley then procured 1 laddse
and clAmbered up to the chamber window.
Mr.. CLARK heard him at the window aud
sitting mp in bed asked what was the mat
ter. In reply she receiveia bullet In the
head, instantly killing her. Foley then
fred several moro shots 1t CLARK and Miss
Riggs, who had hastened to the scene. but
without any etfeet. He then ded, He
was captured shortly afterwards and con.
fessed the killing, but said he meant to
kill Miss Riggs, not Mrs. CT rk.
Foley. was captured at Burwell and
hanged by 9 mob near Elgin before { 8
officers could get him to q place Of safety.
He confessed his guilt, but said he meant
to have killed Miss Riggs.
A Railreadl Project.
The Kansas City and Beatrice Railway
company, which is the Nebraska extension
of the Kansas City, wyandotte and North
western, has fled articles Of incorporation.
Tue proposed line is from the south line
Of Pawnee county, through Pawnee and
Gage to Beatrice. The capital stock ID
$1,000, O00.
Lincoln's New Y. NJ. @. A. Building.
The building committee Of the Y. N. @.
A. has met and approved the plans and
specifications for the new $G5, 900 build
ing and ordered the architect to advertise
for bids at once.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-28

THE man that runs the weather." a
Minnehaha county farmer is quoted as
saying, has settled the Irvine trust this
year, but not very satisfactorily. We won't
have n small grain to bind. The grain
crop is given up by the farmers. If We
can get u seed back that's the best We
can 10. Corn is oil right yet. and if the
corn corn s whieh would so,hs s save eau u.s. ss as Z the hs'i n eaip e
here are corn aud hog men," A very light
drouth is sufficient to cripple the grain
crop, while corn is more hardy, and will
the over q dry season Of great length.
South Dakota farmers will do we'll to take
notice Of this. md TO increase the acreage
of corn, aud an increase in the corn acre.
age means an increase in the number Of
hoes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
-GRATEFUL-CoMFoRTING.
EPPSS. COCOA.

BREAKFAST.
B y a thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and
nutrition, and and by careful application of the
fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps
has provided our breakfast tables with a deli
cately favored beverage which may save us
many heavy doctors bills. tits by the judicious
use of such articles of diet that a constitution
may be gradually built up until strong enough
to resist every tendency TO disease. Hundreds
OF subtle maladies are floating around us ready
to attack wherever there is a weak point We
may escape many fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well fortified with pure blood and prop
erly nourished frame. ."-CiviL SerUice GGzette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. sold
only in half pound tins by Grocers, labeled thus:
Jas.Epps &C.,, H0mIG8ntais I88ndon. qssnlssi Rne1and
no9-h-90TuS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
DENIES THE STORY.

superintendent Waters. of the Orphans
School, Tells Another Tale.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
UNIoNTowN, March 22-ln regard to the
story told by the runaways from the Soldiers
Orphans Home, who were captured at Brad
dock Superintendent Waters propounces the
tale of ReaIns' cruel beating as, without any
foundation. He says Reams is his most
troublesome pupil, that in the six years he has
been at the school he has ran of Is times, the
other three boys also having run of a number
of times, and that they can only keep them
there by watching to prevent their making off
Rev. Waters says that Reams was not whipped
at all, and it is known here that punishment by
the rod is forbidden, Mr.. Waters having some
time ago discharged teacher for using one.
The food supply is good, and the health of the
240 pupils would indicate as much.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
ROBBERS ALL AROUND.
The Result ofa Midnight visit to Buckeye

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
AANEsyLLE, March 22-Particulars Of a
daring attempt at robbery have reached this
city. As David Dutro. wealthy farmer, and
ms wife, residing about eight miles south OF
this city. were about to retire, a rap was heard
at the door. Mr.. Dutro opened the door,
and as he did so revolver was
Your money or your life" Mr.. Dutro
although 60 years of age, sprang at the stran-
ger, who was masked, ana desperate struggle
ensued- Mrs Dutro slipped out during the
fight to arouse the neighbors and it is supposed
that her absence on this errand alarmed the
robber, for he ran away.
Mr.. Dutro fastened the house and went to
search for his wife. He did not find her and
reused the nelghbors. A posse was made up
and the search continued till morning, when
she was found lying at the foot of precipice 70
feet high. Three ribs were broken, and she is
suffering from the nervous shock, but it is
thought she will recover.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
Marriage Licenses Granted Yesterday.

SALVATION OIL, the great pain cure, is
composed of the best and purest drugs. .25c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
Ta-srate Brevities.

JUDGE HAzEN at Butler yesterday granted
ls out of "a license applications made to him.
HIGHwAYMEN assaulted and robbed Thomas
Menough. Of Pittsburg. at North Baltimore, O.,
Thursday night
BURGLARS entered the private Office of Presi-
dent h c. Fry, at the Rochester Tumbler
Works. by forcing the door with jimmy. They
utterly wrecked the safe. which was a very
large one. They found only IS or $40 within,
ana when they departed left behind them
SIX umbrellas. a revolver, braces. Morse
tMlst orlli with a diamond point, and 3 chisels.
There is no cleW yet TO the burglars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
NATURALIZED AT LAST.
A Rather Peculiar Case Comes From WASH
ingtOn County.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
WASHINGTON, Pa March 22-Richard
Hill, of Burgettstown, took out his naturaliza-
tion papers, on Thursday. Mr.. Hill came to
this country from Wales when be was baby.
When he was of age he commenced voting and
continued to do SO for 81 years. During that
time he was elected to the Council of Burgetts-
town several times and no one ever disputed
his eligibility. A short time previous to the
spring election this year, he heard that some
persons were going to challenge his vote on the
ground that his father had never been natural
lied and therefore he had no right to vote
Mr.. Hills father being dead and he having
no proof at hand, refrained from going to the
polls, and to avoid trouble concluded to get
naturalized. He was soldier during the late
war and served out his full term of enlistment
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-23
Tragic Death of a Pioneer.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
NEWARK, March 22-Mrs. Krum, an old
lady IS years of age, met with fatal accident
last night Mrs. Krum was slightly deranged.
and about midnight, while at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John Stetzer, residing in the
western part of this county, she went to the
window of her room and fell ont She strncS
the ground with such violence as to cause in.
lur1es from which she died in a few minutes.
The old lady was of German birth, and came I'd
ness Her tragic death caused the greatest
eOrroW.