The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-23

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A. Ds Ham, . fslfouros. via, = aid
tobs tho oldest surviving Odd Fellow in
the United States. he Is 50 yea.s Of
ageand WAS ! charter member Of Lodge
No. 1of Philadelphia, Of which Thomas
Wildey, founder Of the order in Amer.
lea, was Noble Grand.
Rev. E. J.. .Nugent, Presbyterial
Missionary Of the Black Hills Presby-
terry and successor Of Rev. W. s. Peter
son, was in Hot Springs on Tuesday
and Wednesday last assisting Rev. s.
Andrews and the Presbyterians to get
along with their project Of building
their church home. The building will
now proceed at once.
Win Stanley has had a settlement
with the publishers Of Tin Miner No.
2, aud agreed to withdraw from the
field. He has sold his entire outfit to
Mr.. 1. E. Webb, who will issue a paper
from the same place, to be called the
Harvey Peak Mining News. Dan
Nourse viii he retained by Mr.. Webb
as editor Of the new paper.
Mr.. s. d. Holton, Of Hill City. has
been in town during the past week,
and has been getting his hands on some
Of our real estate. Geo. NJ. Trimmer
is an old acquaintance of his, and he
succeeded in unloading some Of his
property on to him. We venture to
say, however, that Mr.. Holton will
have no cause to regret his investment.
A strong flow Of natural gas was
struck by we'll drillers in Buffalo coun-
ty last Saturday, which increased in
volume so rapidly that they were COM
PEELED to cease operations. The flow
was found at a depth Of $50 feet, and
the roar Of the escaping gas can be
heard quite a distance from the we'll.
The discovery has caused great excite
ment among the residents Of that vi.
entity.
The K of p. band entertainment Civ
en-! last Friday was we'll ratronized and
much enjoyed. The. band gives evil
dence of much practice and good drill
ling under Prof. Scotield's leadership,
and the cornet playing by the professor
was very good and his appearance in
cornet solos always called forth an en-
core. The instrumental and vocal mu-
sic was also good. The total receipts
of the evening were about $40.
Jones Of the Advocate very kindly(?)
mentions us for anything in the polit-
ical line from legislature to road SUI.
pervisor. If by any chance we should
happen to be elected or appointed road
supervisor Jones would then come
quickly to the front and "claim" that
he was the man that first mentioned us
and 'claim' the credit of our election.
How proud he would be then! His
clothes wouldn't begin to hold him.
MIR. sevey Houghton, we'll known
hereabouts is at the Springs this week.
Mr.. Houghton has severed his connec-
ton with the Western Loan e. Trust
company at Deadwood and accepted a
position with the Northwestern Guar
antee Company of Minneapolis, MINI.
He goes from here to Minneapolis to
enter upon the duties of his new posi-
ton. Mr.. Houghton has a host of
friends all through the Hills that will
be sorry to know that he leaves. The
STAR hopes that success will attend
him in his new field.
A sad case of restitution came to our
knowledge on Saturday last. Nj. S.
Cook of Collins had been at Newcastle at
work in the mines, his wife and chill
dren remaining on the ranch at Collins.
On Thursday May 9Th beng unwell he
left Newcastle and returned home. He
grew rapidly worse and on the follow.
ing Tuesday he died. He leaves a wife
and five small children in destitate cir.
cumstances. Rev. Us. Tutty and Geo.
A. Bradley of Collins presented the
matter to the citizens of the Springs
and a liberal donation Of money and
provisions was made to the unfortunate
woman which at least will temporarily
relieve their wants.
Saul Posney, a mail agent on the +.
-. & M. V. in the Hills, has been sus.
pected for some time Of robbing the
mails, and has at last been caught in
the act and arrested. Detectives have
been at work or the case for some time
and on last Monday "decoys' were put
in the mail, and by the use Of certain
instruments, through a small hole in
the partition Of the car his every move.
ment could be e and his deeds were
brought to light. He was arrested al
Fairburn and taken of the. train al
Buffalo Gap. Valuable mail has fire..
quently been missing in the past, and
some Hot Springs parties are included
IN the number of those who have been
losers thereby.