The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-12-26

Friday evening was the night Cor
he Merchants Carnival, and at an
,arly hour the church began filing ssup
with those anxious to witness the dis
play. Supper was served at $50 p. M,
md from that time on until the close.
the entertainment the tables were
crowded. The event Of the evening
was th Of the merchants and
artisans Of the city. Ladies were
chosen to represent each business, some
days beforehand, and the costumes
were the attraction Of the evening. Ill
wonld be useless to try to describe each
costume as all were SO ex-
ceedinglv we'll devised that comparison
would be odious. The immense crowd
Of spectators rendered anything like q
fair display impossible. The repre-
did not have room to fairly
exhibit their costumes, and FOR the
most part nothing could be seen but
the banners and the crowns a.. each
stepped q little in advance Of the semi
circle.
The ladies representing the different
business houses met at the depot and
headed by the X. of 2. band, marched
over to the church, but the room was
crowded that the intended march
was impossible. The band took up its
position in the front of the auditorium
and the ladies assumed a circle as near
as was practicable. Tho band played
some excellent selections from their
new repertoire, and then Mr.. Hawlcy
began calling the representatives of
each business, who raised her banner
and stepped out from the throng. lie
read a verse Of poetry, written espe-
cially for the occasion, which was re-
ceived with tumultuous applause.
The following were the representa-. es
Of each house and they deserve especial
mention and due credit for the inter-
est shown and the taste displayed in
making up the really fine costumes
they o
Miss. M. Druse, Millinery-Mrs Joe
Petty.
JF sidey, specimens-Miss An.
drews.
G d Bailey, Groceries-M,ss Bailey.
FE&M V Railroad-Nellle Haw-
ley.
Homer Moore. Confectionery-Miss
Ella Stanley.
Hunt & Co., Liverymen-Miss Hum
mel.
Gilbert& Wilcox, Druggists-Miss
Anna Lampert.
Minnekahta Herald, Weekly News
paper--Miss Smith.
Dr.. G. y. Shinnick, Physician-Miss
Ketchum.
First National Bank, Miss Blanche
Ham.
II Marty, Furniture--Miss Kicker
son.
X @ Lewis, Confectionery-Mss.
Lewis.
E Elsey, General Merchandise-Miss
Cramer.
M s James. Groceries-Miss Taylor.
Sharon Evans, Liveryman-Ida Lam
pert.
Hor SPRINGS STAR, Daily and Weekly
Newspaper-Miss Ida Terrill.
E b Warren, Shoe Store-Nellie
Ham.
S Fargo & Son, General Merchan.
dise-Arlie Iouglas.
NJ E Brown, Confectionery-Miss
Brown.
Crane Brothers, General Merchan-
cise-Miss Berrier.
NJ Mcgowan, Flour and Feed
Miss Osborne.
c E Wilson & Co, Gents Furnishers
Miss Richer.
VanVoorhis & McNair, Hardware
Miss Ferguson.
w R Cross, Photographer-Niss
Cross.
Ell Moore, Real Estate-Miss Gates.
Uncle Sam (Post-ofice) ana Frank
Callahan, Druggist-Miss Katie Beals.
FL Morrison, Jeweler-Miss Birdie
Cramer.
j A Rylan, Tailor-Mamie Stanley.
r w Sham, Meat Market-Fannie
Stanley.
After this part of the programme
had been finished q male quartette
sang n OF their beautiful songs.
Mrs James Bradley read an appro-
pirate selection. Mrs, A. s. Stewart
and. Mrs. Morton each Ang a soprano
solo. The music was interspersed by
Mr.. Hawley acting as auc,ioneer. It
will be we'll to mention the fact that
Mr.. Hawley as an a%uctioneer is an
immense success, and for loquacity,
wit and Touchdown arguments he is
hard to beat.
Financially the fair was a success.
The RECEIPTS for Thursday evening arc