The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

Judge and Mrs. Wood on Wednesday
last. This is their first girl, and the
father and mother are highly elated
over her arrival. All parties doing
we'll.
Letters from Jos. Petty convey the
welcome intelligence that he is improv-
ing, and that Indications point to his
complete recovery. Joe's many friends
will be glad to see him on our streets
again.
Messrs. Dearduff & Campbell have
dissolved partnership. The business
will be conducted hereafter by AL.
Dearduf. Mr.. Campbell will make a
visit to Iowa, after which he will re-
turn TO the Springs.
An excellent family paper is the
weekly Inter Ocean. 1t is brim full of
reading matter, and of that varied
character that makes it q most desira-
ble family paper. It a be obtained
at a very low figure by clubbing with
the STAR.
H. G. Firestone lisa storm when it
comes to building bridges. He had the
contract for building the bridge at
'rrimmer's ford and the first work on
tho same was done last Friday. Yestcr-
day the bridge was completed and
ready for use..
1ffot Springs now has an express Of
flee, the Wells, Fargo Go: having this
week located an office here, with l.. E.
Thayer agent. Tfts.is something that
should have been done .long ago; but
we can excuse the tardiness now that
we have The office.
The annual advertisement Of The
Press New York) will he found else.
where in our columns. We commend
The Press to the attention of our read
ers. The paper is but two years old,
but it is SO cheap, so bright and so
earnestly republican that it already
has attained a national reputation and
influence.
Judge Nowlin early demonstrated
that he is the man for the place. There
is no delay in business, and the careful
and explicit manner in which he gives
instructions contributes to the dispatch
Of business. Another feature is notice
able and that is his earnest effort to
bring out everything that is in case
that it may be decided upon its merits,
and not upon some technicality.
Mr.. Melbourne, the "bord pile feler'
that runs the Republican at Oelrichs
was a welcome visitor at this Office on
Tuesday. Mr.. Melbourne is serving his
country in the capacity Of grand jury
man this week. Mr.. Melbourne IN.
forms us that he has associated will
him in the business of publishing thu
Republican, Mr.. II. u. Payne, an ole
newspaper man,and the heading to the
Republican will hereafter be Melbourne
& Payne. The STAR wishes the new
firm unlimited prosperity.
!, The Belt Herald starts in the yea,
with the names of Merrick & Nourse a
: the head. Dan. Nourse has for SOM
!. time been city editor of the Herald an,
/. as the publishers announce in their lead
er, "The assumption Of part proprietor
ship by the writer is important onl,
!, from a personal and business stand
: point. His connections with the Her
aid and relations with the public will
vary but little in the future from thos
+. existing in the past" The STAR extend
to the new firm a hope of increases
prosperity.
Curtis HI. Winsor, If he is reported
correctly, has been making statement
y to a Chicago paper as to the productiv
: area of Dakota that will be hard 70
him to substantiate. Winsor has bee
long a resident of Dakota and is wei
enough read to give a correct report Q
Dakota. Possibly his Intellectual al
tempt to reach the supreme bench Q
j., the State, last fall has soured him an
he is now in his desere for revenge al
! tempting to get even." Dakota Wa
good enough for Winsor to cor
back to after "going broke" in Chi,
is ago trying to practice law in til.
S. place, and to his credit it can be said h
.r has stayed here ever since.
A strong feeling has grown upi in IL
= minds of many that the constitution
n clause governing the disposition
- school lands is not the. most favorable
~ the interests of the State. Great pre-
sure yFill be brought upon the legisla
to ure to provide for the submission Of
n. amendment to that portion of =
be constitution, to the effect that q
IN lands shall be leased and not sol