The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20

few evenings since, was taken before
Justice Grant, waived examination and was
committed to jail to await the action of the
grand jury ut the September term Of court.
Told In Few Lines.
AGooD practices is awaiting q physician
at Canova, Miner county.
A STOCK company is figuring on pur.
chasing the Yankton WOODEN mill.
REV. SAM SMALL has given up the idea
OF making his permanent home at Lake
Kampeska.
REV. FATHER j. o. HARE, of Aberdeen,
has been suspended from the Catholic
church for heresy.
IT ia expected that GOO knights of
Pythias will bs in attendance at the meet
ing of the grand lodge in Mitchell, June II.
HARVEY PEAK has an altitude of 5000
feet above SEQ level and a ompan is now
constructing aroad to the summit Of the
peak. II will afford a magnificent Wow
of the Black Hills.
The South Dakota Sportmen's associa.
tion will hold its fourth annual shooting
tournament ut Alexandria June rs and 26.
There will be thirte Oh contests, and the
prizes for each shoot will he $40 and the
entrace fees. The shoot will consist of
live pigeons, blue rocks aud glass balls.
EVA WAsMBrN, l7-year-old inmate of
tho reform school, attempted to escape
from the institution tie other night by
lowering herself from n window by means
OF an improvised rope ladder. The rope
broke and she fell IL distance of fifteen feet,
sustaining serious injuries.
The state superintendent has rendered q
decision Of importance to county superin.
tendnits 10 the effect that they will not
draw extra pny for their services in leasin.
school lands, but will be entitled to their
regular per diem for every day employedin
:heir ofiiciul duties.
ABERDEEN is to have free delivery Of
of mails after Julyl ].
BISHOP MARTY has accepted the pro-
position of Fred L. Evans TO donate Q site
for a Catholic college at Hot Springs, and
intends to have erected on the site the
finest Catholic college building In the
northwest.
A PECULIAR prank played by q bolt OF
lightning is repostel from Bartlett. A
young man named Henry Aisec wac struck
on tho front of the left shoulder, the bolt
passing downward to his watch pocket and
melting his watch and chain. the molten
metal burning a hole in his pocket and
dropping to the ground.
UP to tho present the following cities
have decided {, send hose teams to COM
pete for tho prizes at the tircmen's tourna.
ment ut Pierre: Sioux Falls, Yankton,
Salem, Mitchell, Chamberlain, Kimball,
Brookings, W%atertown, Aberdeen, Huron,
Scotland, Parker and Miller. There will
be about $50 fremen in attendance, and Q
large crowdo of visitors is expected.
Two hundred sheep we're killed by the
falling in Of q roof of o shed at Appomat.
tox the other day.
OLE MoRK, Q Norwegian farmer living
near Holabird, became entangled in the
ropes with which he was leading . span Of
young horses and was knocked down and
trampled to death.
K~ATTLEsNAKEs are plenty on the Ysnk-
ton reservation. A farmer was bitten by
one the other day and is not set ont Of
danger.
TIE old settlers Of South Dakota de-
clare that they never knew the lake beds
and creeks to contain as much rain 90 they
do now.
EQUAL suffrage clubs have been organ.
lied in the principal Black Hills cities by
Mrs. Emma Devoe, lecturer for the 20.
ciety.
The local alliances Of Hand county will
meet at Miller June II, for the purpose Of
etfecting a county organization.
A EVE belonging to 3. D. Ross. Of
Sayo, the other day gave birth to . lamb
with one head, eight legs aud two tails.
The freak 10 alive and gives promise to
grow up to muttonhood.
ABOUT Eve weeks ego Rev. D. Baker. Of
Howell, lost q steer. Search Was made,
but the animal could not be found. The
other day . neighbor, while pitching hay
from q sack, found tho steer lying under.
meath. Tho stack had fallen upon the
animsl and imprisoned Il in such Z way
chat 4 could mot escape. II vas stiAl alive
but vory weak.
FIFTEEN carloads OF egcs veye shipped
fson Scotland dining tho mo6th d N.Y.
S CLEE-l-