The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-21

GEORGE BrRNHAM. the young man who
was SO badly frozen while lost between
Newcastle and Deadwood, has had both
legs amputated.
VoLGA CITY boasts OF u lady stock
BEuLE county pays n bounty of 81 for
wolf scalps.
THERE is talk of a base 1all league in
tho Black Hills.
j. III. W1swEhL has been appointed
postmaster at Palmer, deuel. county,
A SINGLE mine in the Black Hills has
already paid nearly $4,000, 900 lu d,yi-
ouis.
U. $. Coon has been appointed
court receiver for the Pierre fire and ma
rine insurance company. 1t has been
known for some time that the affairs of
the company were in bad shape through
some heavy fire losses during last year,
but as it was considered the most substnn-
tial home insurance COMPANY i'll the STATE,
being also the oldest, it was thought it
would survive. The liabilities are not yet
known. but they will be large.
EARL F. POTTER, one OF the best
known railroad men in this part of the
northwest, and for ten years superintend-
snt Of bridges and buildings ON the Dakota
Central division of the Chicago 81 North
western railway, with headquarters in
Huron, has accepted the position Of chief
engineer of the Wisconsin division of the
same road, with headquarters in Chicago.
MI. Potter will remove his family to that
city in a few days aud enter upon his new
duties.
Two burglars named Bell and Hilton are
under arrest for breaking into Post Trader
Cottle's store Mt Fort Meade and appropri-
ating about 500 worth of goods. Most of
the property was recovered.
TIE report of Wm. Toomy. treasurer Of
the committee for distributing relief to
the sufferers from the prairie fire which
occurred in Suliy county last April, shows
that So, 0D2. &C was collected aud distrib-
Ited.
TIE heirs of Peter Johnson, of Law
renee county, who died about q year ago
in the Yankton insane asylum, are proba-
bly, not aware that there is over So, 1000
awaiting them in the hands of q Deadwood
attorney,
AT tire meeting of the Farmers Alliance
o. the Black Hills district, held ut White
wood, a resolution was adopted protesting
against the reduction of the number Of
members in the general assembly. TIE
opinion expressed was that where there is a
large membership there is less danger OF
robbery.
YANKToN college has received tho fol-
lowing largo gifts iately: From Mrs.
Hattie Phillips. Sioux Falls, 81, 900; from
w. II. Kingsbury. Sioux Falls, $1,000; E.
p. Wilcox. Of Yankton, $1,000, the last to
constitute a perpetual fund, the interest of
which is to aid worthy students in securing
an education.
Hon. U. II. PARKER, commissioner OF
school aud public lands, has returned to
Huron from Lincoln, Neb., whore he has
been investigating the workings Of the
school laws of that state. and getting in
formation concerning the sale or lease of
school lands. Mr.. Parker says that if
South Dakota puts the same construction
upon sections 3275. 2.2T6, revised statutes
of the United States of 1873, Us ia taken
advantage of by Nebraska and other states,
tntaeen 4 900 and 5O,0uO acres Of school
lands covered by lakes or destroyed by
msanie.ings of rivers or streams, or by
fractional tow. ships, will DO restored to
The state rs md. unity for such loss.