The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-10-10

The question Of submitting tcavot.
the proposition to bond the county 70,
court house purposes is being eonsid'
cred BY the county commissioners
There arc certainly good reasons why
this county should have q court house
The present quarters Of the county Of.
fcers are inadequate, and unsafe. The
rental paid by the county will nearly
if not quito pay interest on bonds and
the greater safety to the county records
is not an inconsiderable item. Weare
not advised what action the commits
soners will take upon the matter.
Clark Coleman, a noted bootlegger,
was arrested at his camp near the rail-
road camp Of Gable & Chute at Custer
Thursday. His camp was discovered
by Burlington and Missouri detective
and the arrest was made at the in
stance Of B. F. Pinneo, a special agent
Of the Burlington and Missouri. There
were found in possession Of Coleman
when arrested, two five gallon casks Of
whisky. eleven bottles Of whisky, three
cases Of beer and eighty empty bottles,
He was tried by the county court
found guilty and sentenced to four
months imprisonment in the county
Jail aud to pay a fine of 5000.
A company has been organized For
the erection Of new COLONIZATION works
to be placed at the mouth Of Spruch
gulch, Whitewood. The capacity Of
the works will be fifty tons per day,
and in connection Herewith a samp-
ling works will be erected, and any
and all ores will he purchased by the
company. The process will be the same
as that used in the present COLONIZATION
works. MI. Noble, of Deadwood, is
interested to the extent Of giving the
ground for the use of the works and
taking one.third interest in the prop
crty to the amount of $4,000, the cost
of the works to be $4,000.
The published list Of exports from
New York during the first five months
of the current year does not indicate
any such falling of in the movement
of produce as has been thought must
result from the great advance in prices.
The Chicago Tribune notes that as
compared with the same part of 1889
there is an increase of nearly u per
cent. in -four. 35 per cent. in wheat, Is
per cent. in meats, and 30 per cent. in
lard. The export of oats are sixteen
times larger, while those of corn exhibit
a slight falling off, but are three times
those of the corresponding time two
years ago. Aud the higher prices for
hreadstuff ruled seven months out of
the nine.-- Siour City Journal.
Ed. Kehr and Chas. Schooner re
turned Sunday from an extended TRIP
through the reservation and Black Hills
country. They had a fine time and
are greatly impressed with the adyan.
tagcs of western South Dakota, On
their way home they stepped at George
navison's ranch on the western part Of
the reservation. While there they saw
Mr.. Dawson digging some potatoes, and
of all the potatoes they ever saw these
took the cake. On a patch of ground
100 feet square he had dug 16O bushels
Of potatoes. They picked out a sam.
pie of the sizes grown and brought
them to Pierre. One was a species of
Early Rose and weighed q pounds;
the other was a Blue Victor and
tipped the scale at Il pounds. The
potatoes were grown without irriga-
ton, and Mcssrs. Kehr and Schooner
are willing to swear that they were
grown 10y MIR. Dawson. Col. Laird
got possession of the young giants yes
terday, and had them labeled: "A
Sample of Potatoes grown on the Bar
rem Waste" and under this the weight
of each ne. The colonel will take
them down to Centreville fair to-day,
and on his way through Huron he will
give the people of that burg a chance
to see what kind of stuff their "barren
waste" will grow.-Pie,Ys Capital.
A. N. Blandin, of Bath, New Hamp.
shire, and Henry Hornblower, Of
Boston, Mass, who are Largely interest,
ed in the National Bank of Commerce
of Pierre, S. D., were in that city re,
Gently to attend q meeting of the
board of directors of that bank. Before
leaving for home they desired to in
yestigate the country west of Pierre t.
ascertain what the prospects were fol
the future Of that city. They a~ccordingl,
drove acros the reservation to th,
Black Hills. The following extract
from a private'letter gives their i'm
pressions of the reservation"
I'VE are on our way home. w,
were much pleased with the reserva