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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
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VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS.
Frauds Alleged ia Connection will. Vas,
Tracts Of Redwood Timber.

Frauds Alleged In Connection with Vast
Tracts Of Redwood Timber.
The celebrated California redwood land
cases occupied the attention Of the interior
department officials for a short time.
Argument was heard by Assistant Score.
tary Chandler and Assistant Attor4
General Shields on the appeal Of Be-
Evans ct al, from the decision q"
general land Office commissioner,
for cancellation certain timber land ..ries
in Humboldt county, Cal, made under the
act of March 8, 1878.
While only about forty entries are d.
rectly at issue, fully 10000 acres Of the
Redwood timber lands are involved. As o
result Of an investigation ordered by a
land commissioner in 1889, he discovered,
as he reported. that 700 or 800 entries, con-
tanning probably the most valuable timber
in the world, aud estimated to be worth
*ll,O lO, 600, we're fraudulent in character.
Patents for about $50 Of these entries,
however. had already been issued. 1t was
maintained by the commissioner that the
entries were procured through fraud. The
Scottish Investment company, Of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, are now the principal
parties in interest and they claim that they
became owners by the bona Hds payment
Of 81 per acre, and are innocent purchas.
era. A. T. Britton, Of Warrington, Win.
lam ]. Msnsiss, Of Scotland, and VIM. H.
Swift, Of Chicago, appeared for the claim
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
LEFT NINETEEN CHILDREN

A Wyoming Wife Deserts an Interesting
Family for o Handsome Man.
Francis Smith, of Newcastle, Wyo.. az
rived in Denver in search Of his missing
wife. The woman, whose name is Ellen
Smith, evidently deserted her husband for
n more attractive mate. The case OF
Francis, however, Is different from that
which falls to the ordinary lot of forsaken
husbands. His missing spouse 10 tn
mother of only nineteen children, and =
he does not find her he fears the domk
cares which fall on him would be too M =
for his strength. He does not think,
ever, that his wife left his domicile be-
she had too many children, for SIX 3
ried her fair haired lO-year-oldson, littlA.
Sammy, away with her. On the contrary
Francis maintains that Ellen's lot has been
the happiest, and he is of the opinion that
she must have been drugged and forced
away from her home. At any rate she il
gone, and Mr.. Smith prefers to search for
Mrs. Smith rather than stay at homo and
mind nineteen children. He has landsdin
Denver and hopes to be able to find some
trace Of her whereabouts.
Although Mr.. Smith thinks his partner
Of q score of years incapable of unfaith-
fulness to him, there is little doubt that
she left her home in Newcastle in company
with some other man. Indeed, the couple
and the child have been traced to Grand
Island, Neb., where the trail was lost.
Her seducer is supposedto be ON attract
i've tie cutter who was smitten with the
charms of the middle aged and many
times mother.
Ellen is said to be good looking, although
she has reached the age of 4s years. Her
features are dark and handsome. She il
of medium size and dresses lastly in blaek.
She always got herself up we'll and Il 10
thought that her personal attractions and
we'll tried maternal qualities have induced
her lover to run away with her.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
Western Wisdom.

When we see people doing wrong we
say we hope that they will not be pun
ished for it, but We never mean what
we say.
The poorer a man is, the more apt he
is to think that there is nothing that
money could not buy.
The only secret that q woman should
keep from her husband is that she man.
ages him.
Girls have signals for changes of e a
sons as we'll as boys. When o see a
boy with his marbles Won need not look
far to see o little girl with n jumping
rope.
Clean up your alley now and You can
sit on the fence and advise your neigh
Dor when to clean up his.
A loafer hates work, but he likes to
see it going on.
When You are sitting in an opera
house, making fun of the people in
front of you, do you ever think that
there may be people behind you max
ing fun Of you in the same way?
It's a pity o man cannot take out his
liver every spring and wash it.
When a woman takes good care of a
good husband she is taking the best
possible care of herself.
a good many. people talk poker
slang who never play poker. Many
men want the reputation of being u
hard poker player who never play at
all.
The only way you a get rich is to
do without things until you are SO old
You have no appetite for them.
Women do not marry for money, but
they say it is easier to love a rich man
than a poor
In one respect q woman is superior
to a man.: she can be good.natured
when she is hungry.
There is one beauty about an amateur
opera: if the boys get mashed OH the
chorus girls they don't have to follow
the show off.
How persistent people are about
shutting q door when You want it open.
The trouble caused by finding o mis-
take il more than made up by the pleas
IRE in finding that somebody else
made it.
What. men call public opinion, wom-
EN- call fashion. -.Atchisom (Kan.)
(HObe.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

The Federal Magistrate who struck .
pretty widow with his cane, in Chicago,
Is perhaps, excusable. The woman was
cowhiding him so vigorously that il was
very uncomfortable for him to stay
there, and. IS she was clinging to his
whiskers as only q pretty widow can
cling, it was impossible for him to de-
part without surrendering possession Of
his facial adornment. Being q married
man he could not render her powerless
by pinioning her in his arms, and, in
fact. he was helpless in every other
way. Then, in further extenuation, it
is TO be remembered that this was q
Chicago widow.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

Ysat.aAy IAsasl Nd Gassd me = I ~s,t.a
whsrssSs ssssa H. aoxsd rs.s NJ. = Two
eanEadss chanesd TO NEST
For TEL pleasant. sfAoss won me - thsy oams
-1asy IS ssid many nss's fellows oissn TO mss'le
And ! hoped thsir fsst would follow where ths
beat IN brAvest tread.
They lad paused upon the pavement whsrs .
Turing ltght Vas cast
From 80 3 ssy nsj psasnsed window Ger the people IS
Oftsn strains Of merry music noated out upon
Like ths yeios Of sirens drawing mon to sorrow
Agen we're !comins. men were going ever through
Drifting on the tide OF ruin to the rocks that
line LIES shore.
90. God.grant these boys steer safely past the
Lot the wrecks Of manhood warn them; save
them fr0me fate like HIS"
Prayed I, - the door was opened aud . young
And. his ribsld, drunken laughter woke the
echoes all about.
All the traces q his manhood drink had driven
Leaving there the bitter story of his ruin and
disgrace.
He went Keeling from the doorway where they
sell to those who'll buy
Shame and sorrow, WOO and ruin, with drinks
madness In his eye.
long the two boys stood and watched him.; then
one turned, and, John. said he,
-po you hin our lives will ever such q sad.
no, "tdo( 6ar answered, proudly; FL will tell
you w. Illdo-
I will pledge my word Of honor for all time to
come with you
III touch not. taste not liquor. Will you
promise me the same. II
Come. let's have q temperance order, though ID
may not have q name"
u will promise," said the other.-1le6 iGey
clasped each other;s ihGiid
III thaL warm freesssffal friendship which Ill true
hearts understand;
,6fksped each others lan and promised they
would shun the tempting bowl
That would lead them down to ruin OF the body
and the soul.
of their row?
I was proud Of them before it; 1 was prouder of
them now;
o. my boys. be wise. becareful; turn away when
tempted sore.
Dash aside the cup that's offered, say youll
touch it neverMors.
Ask OF God the strength that's needed, In temp
tattOn's hour be brave.
Thinking that the way leads downward aud its
ends . drunkard's grave.
SHIoCTON, Wis.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

6dfidib9 occupied by The USte611k
Manufacturing company, Of New -,
has burned. While he Hrsnea vels2
work trying TO save the store soons 81
engine houss. an explosion Of v1tstol -
other acids took place and beeoes tAe3
could escape several Of their number wseo!
caught BY falling walls and many injured
BY flying debris.
The following dead have been takes
from the ruins:
JOHN GOOD.
JOSEPH LODIGIANA,
Two other men who srs unknown.
ULYSSES G. EVERETT,
GEORGE PrAFF.
CHARLES FRICK and
MICHAEL MoRaAN
were fatally injured.
Many others we're injured eighty.
The FIRE was finally controlled after In
flicting damage to the amount Of $4,000
on the building, 1885. 600 on machinery and
$780, goo on stock, partially insured.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

WhichraSedin the street did not tend
10 pAcify the boarders. Half.cladt they
tore through the halls to the stress,
SA4dSwere soon lost in thelvaSt tunult
shat swept ON to the lake. BY some
fortunate chance Colonel Eross ian
back to his ROOM for more clothing
after ronsing the sleeping boarders.
Az he came back to the hnll he was
amazed to find that Mrs. Matthews
and her daughters had not vet
escaped. The smoke and heat were
pouring up the stairway, making all
exit by that route next to impossible.
There was q fire escape from. the rear
hall window, and he urged the ladies to
waste no time inusing it. The daugl-
ters were so overcome with smoke and
fright that he had to almost carry them
down the ladder. He made q third
trip for the mother to find, her insane
with hysteria. She was afraid Of The
ladder. In the most piteous terms she
begged him to try the stairs. Com
plying with her wish came near PROV
ing fatal to both. There a a Iitcher
of water in his room. This he dashed
w a blanket and throwing it over
their heads they started dow n the stairs
through the binding smoke. Before
they reached the second fight the
mother tainted. Hastily rolling the
blanket about her the Colonel made a
fierce rush for the street. He got out,
hut was terribly burned His face and
breast were fairly cooked. A short
time in, the open aissss.sathe mother
reviys9sassa the Col
ls m h "'ass
IA GUGte time of terri
t1ehg from heat. cold, and IN
posture. 1t was late the follow
ing afternoon when they reached
the home of q friend who had es-
capped the fire. The Colonel was in
q frightful condition. His eyes were
almost swollen shut and he had q high
fever. As MOI as they reached shelter
he sank into unconsciousness. For
days he raved in delirium. When the
fever left his face and breast were still
raw. The skin refused to grow over
the burned flesh. In vain the doctor
applied healing lotions. One day lie
CHANGED to remark in the presence OF
the elder daughter that he wished some
n would invent u good substitute fol
the natural skin. She asked what he
meant. He explained that if he had
what he wanted in that line he could
oon cure the Colonel, and save him
from Disagreement as well. In othe,
words they wanted some human skin
to engraft a new growth on the Colo
nel's face and breast. Miss Matthews
at nee offered her services. Without
fiinching she permitted the surgeon to
peel off portions of skin from her Shout
ders and plant IL on the Colonel's face
and breast. It was all done without
Colonel Frost's knowledge, but ii
worked like q charm.
1t was fully a year before the Colonel
got his business affairs Strengthened
out, but he did not lose sight Of Mrs.
Matthews and her two daughters. He
was not discouraged in his attentions,
and on the second anniversary of the
fire Miss May and he were married.
He is q handsome man of fifty wears
now, and whenever any one passes a
compliment upon his looks, he invari-
ably says it is due to the. fact that he
stole his complexion from his wife
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

PARIS officers going to seize the goods
of a woman against whom a Judgment
had been obtained found her lying up.
parently dead and prepared for burial
in her rooms. They were about to re-
tire when one of them could not resist
the temptation to pinch the plump arm
of the woman. The suppose corpse
promptly sat up on the bier and gave the
impairment officer q regular dressing
down before she remembered that she
was dead to her creditors. il not to the
world. The execution wa made at
once, and the goods sold.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

ACCORDING to figures given by San
Francisco newspaper California is the
bloodiest state in the union. In 1886 it
had one homicide to 1870 of the popl-
lation. In other states it runs up from
one in 1912 in Kentucky to N in sO,-
600 in other states.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

Carr. FRANK CUNNINGHAM, collector
of taxes at Richmond, Va, intends to
sing at his own funeral. He has snng
sj1sa99p S funerals during the last two
He intends to sing certain songs
Electromagnetic and let the instr,,-
s6NAiciate ut the ceremonies pre-
his burial. He has chosen
NJ Qfthe Soul" aud sGood Night"
to be delivered at that
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

from the lake. 1t matters little who
owned the property; it is sufficient to
say that Mrs. Sapplira Dodge, the
widow of q down-East sea cap
tain, occupied it, and there con
Quoted a home-like but aristocratic
clearinghouse. The array of board
ers around Mrs. Sapphira Dodge's
tables differed little from that in
scores of other resorts of a similar
kind. The gossip was as prolific
and the petty jealousies tiourishedth
as they always have and always will
in boarding houses of wealth and ease.
But on the fatal night of October 8.
1871, the, house was destroyed, and
Mrs. Sapphire Dodge never again
opened her establishment. Many of
her boarders showed up again
after that night, and quite a number of
board bills are still unpaid.
A romance grew from the burning of
Mrs. Dodge's boarding house, and o
confirmed bachelor became q benedict.
Prominent among the boarders was
Colonel I. G.. Frost, a middle aged at
torney, who did little but collect rent
from half q score of buildings at the
beginning of each month. And then
there was Mrs. Amos L. Matthews, o
widow with an income and two charm
ing daughters. May, the elder, was
tall and willowy, while her sister, Anna,
was plump and round of figure. It
had long been the talk of the boarders
in general that if the Colonel had a
very little encouragement he would
have placed his future happi-
ness at the disposal of Miss
May. But the encouragement did
not come, and though the Colonel
was bold in war he was bashful in
matters of love, and had it not been for
the awful fire he had i'll all probability
lived and died'a bachelor.
The boarders were oil excited on the
night of the fire. Long before they
went to bed that night they watched
the lrrid sky and in hushed whispers
wondered what was burning. No one
ever dreamed that they need fear. A
few of the young, unmarried men left
for the scene of the fire late in the
evening, but they did not return.
Whatever became of them Mrs. Dodge
never knew. Their hoard bills are
among the unpaid.
Every one who knows anything of
the fire of October, 1871, knows how
the flames roared and how the burning
brands rained over the roofs far in adj
vance Of the main body of the fiery
hundreds Of other cases, 30 it was with
Mrs. Sapphira Dodge's household. They
-- 80 re-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
Western Pork Packing.

The Cincinnati Price Current says: The
marketing Of hogs in the west the past
week has been quite liberal, The packing
returns showing a total of 100000 against
2l5. 600 the preceding week and log, 600
last year, making a total Of 1,53O,OO 0 sipcs
March 4, against l,375,O0O q year ago.
Packing at leading places compares % fol-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
Butterworth says: II recall

Butterworth says: II recall
an evening with Longfellow
in which he related to me the incidents
Of his life that had found expression in
verse. I wrote "A Psalm of Life"' he
said, in my early years, merely as an.
expression of my own resolution, views,
and feelings. I did not intend to pub
lish it. I put it away for myself. I
CHANGED to give il to the press, and it
went over the world, and was even put
into Japanese art,'"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
Cattle Dyins In New M.xioo.

Oliver L. Houehton, among the iexfsse
cattlemen Of New Mexico, says thsso ~
been no rain there Of any conssqusnos "a
two years. Hundreds OF cattle ass dir
for want Of water and the loss Vim q
enormous unless rain comes soon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

CALIFORNIA will soon be we'll stocked.
will. Chinese quail. Many quail Of the
Chinese breed have already been turned.
loose in the vicinity Of Sacramento. "A
contract has been made for the delivery
Of 100 dozen more. which will be widely
distributed.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

8 GEoRaE L. NEWTON, a Wholesale
grocer of Boston. promised to pay John
Lankota, . New York drummer, 500 if
he stopped drinking and smoking for
n year. Lankota carried ont the
agreement, but the grocer refused to
pay. The drummer sued him, and the
Superior Court ordered Newman to pay
800 and costs.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
Terrible Tragedy in Canade.

Word has been received at shsuburn.
Ont, that . we'll to do farmer, livine.
two miles from there, after drowning threl
Of his children In . barrel Of rainvAter.s
attempted to drown himself In the creeks
Some Of the neighbors found hin lying
In the creek In . precarious condition,
There are NO hopes Of his recovery. No
can be assigned for the tsrribles
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

THE jewish population Of Palestine
has increased 10000 In the last Ave
years. In l741 Palestine contained but
5000 Jews; in 1883, 10000; end Of 1883,
$4,000.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

A Memory of the Great Chicago
Fire.
BY ". M. GLENN.

he early settlers OF
Chicago, and espe-
cially those familiar
with the south di-
vision of the city
before the fire, will
doubtless remember
an old red brick
house with Dutch
gables and green
blinds, which used
to stand on Con-
gross street, not fur
s
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
Burned to Death,

VIM. Arthurs, aged GO, va fatally
burned and his wife burned 70 dsa&A g
their residence Is BellevilIs, Ont.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

AN amusing story concerning Prince
Bismark aud the late Field-Marsha
Won Wrangel is now current at Berlin.
In 1884, during the war with Denmark,
old Wrangel was in command of the al
lied Prussian and Austrian forces.
There was ct n moment some fear at
Berlin that the Western powers might
object to the allied troops entering Jut-
land, in consequence of which q tele-
gram was sent to the Field-marshal
bidding him advance no further.
Wrangel thereupon wired back to the
Emperor William that "these diplo-
matists. who spoil the most successful
operations, deserve the gallows." Bis
mark took care to ignore Wrangel's
presence whenever he met him ON later
occasions, which could not fail to annoy.
him. One day, however, they met at
dinner, having both beenin1ited to the
It vas a popularity of
kat be always called every
or "thou," and, turning to
MM1fE, who was seated next to him,
lie said: my son. canst thou not for
get?" ma" was the curt reply. After
a short pause, Wrangel began again:
my son, canst thou not -forgive?"
with allmy heart, answered Bismark,
and the two remained fast friends till
Wrangel's death.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

Ar lines Of the human face, Think,
hare Somsthing topchinR OF grand,
49, stheg seem 70 . mia from low ~.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

AsNAKE kept by . Zurich natural
list wac fond Of entering . small pond.
and lying in ambush for gold-fsh. It
seized its pray by the belly, when.
very ~curiously, the fish became stiff
and apparently dead, though it was
found 70 be unfnjured, and; If liberated
r e. isss.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
sTI3fFS

mfnllloeds o. ths Vnitsd 6sa&es
dAyeseost 1oS0o0.Oo9ooo.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
GEN. Crook was not only the hardest
fighter eyer put up against the Indians.
but he had Moes confidence in their

Aother white man in
lough they lied to
PIES they kept their
&6liBaeT6ee, and this occasion was al
ways preserved in his memory as pro-
ing that an Indian was a human being.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

When We e people doing wrong we
say we hope that they will not be pun
ished for it, but we never mean what
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02

mittee Of whole; Caoler, Of Massa.
chusetts, moved that the house
concur in the senate amend.
ments to the worlds fair bil!. This being
agreed to the bill is finally passed and will
be sent to the president for his sanction.
The house then vent into CON Mittee of
the whole (Payson, of Illinois, in the
chair on the Legislative appropriation bill.
Without finishing the bill the committee
rose aud the house adjourned.
In the senate on the 23d Senator Ster.
man. from the committee on foreign rela.
lions, reported back to the senate, iu lieu
Of Senator Reagan's bill concerning the
irrigation Of the arid lands iu the valley Of
the Rio Grande river, the concurrent reso.
luton requesting the president to enter
into negotiations with the government of
Mexico on the subject. Adopted. Sene-
tor Chandler offered q resolution TO incor-
porate among the standing rules OF the
senate one to expedite the taking Of votes
and facilitating public business. Referred
to the committee on rules. II provides for
procedure similar to that in the house to
head OF dilatory motions. etc., and also
provides that the presiding officer may
cause to be entered on the journal the
names Of senators present and not voting
to make up Q quorum. The conference
report on the bill providing for o tempo
rary government at Oklahoma wa agreed
to-yeas. 90; nays. s. The bill now
goes to tho president. TIE house bill
amending the act OF August >, 1883.
authorizing the construction of . high
wagon bridge across the Missouri river
at OF near Sioux City val passed. Also
senate bill for improving Arkansss pass In
Texas; senate bill approtiatine 4l4,659 to
reimbufse South Dakota for The expense
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-18
st. George.

Mr.. Walsh, Of the firm Of Sweetsir, Penn
broke d Co., and two other gentlemen from
New York, made flying visit to Clarke's
Island for the purpose Of ascertaining the
advisability of forming stock company and
operating the granite quarries now owned
by Mrs. NJ. A. st. John of New York city.