The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-08-07

The general committee Of Black
Hills lodges and divisions Of knights
OF Pythias will meet at Lead on Tues.
day, for the purpose Of deciding upon
the place Of holding tho first annual
encampment Of the order in the Black
Hills. The Herald says that Rapid,
Sturgis, Hot Springs and Hill City
are aspiraDts for the honor of the loca.
ton OF the first encampment, and each
town will present strong claims and
liberal propositions to the committee.
Hill City, we understand, IL prepared
to outbid all towns for it.
The electric light plant has Just re.
Gently been completed and put in oper.
alton. The auine, building and the
setting Of the machinery was under
the immediate supervision of Walter
Scott, whose ability as civil engineer,
is acknowledged to be of superior
quality. His thorough knowledge Of
mill-wnghting, also came into good
play in placing the turbine wheel and
setting the machinery. The success
ct the plant is due in a large measure
to the %perfectness and accuracy of its
construction and Mr.. Scott is to be
congratulated on the mechanical man.
ner in which he has performed his
work.
A Sioux Falls man attended a Sun.
day school social at Brattleboro, W.T.,
recently, and during the evening was
surprised to near the superintendent
ask for subscriptions for 1.-THE children
OF South Dakota, thousands Of whom
never had a chance to enjoy the bene.
fits of Sunday school teachings" The
Sioux Falls citizen was so astonished
that he lacked the presence of mind to
call the superintendent attention Ia
the fact that but one state in the union
had a lower percentage Of those un.
able to read and write. and that in nc
state do Sunday schools bear so favor.
able a proportion to the total popula.
ton as in South Dakota.
Red6eld Observer:-"S.W W. Bowman
who has charge of the selection of the
indemnity school lands of the state, is
looking up the lands lost in the Black
Hills and learning what public lands
are available for selection. Mr.. Bow.
man declares that the school lands LOST
by settlement in the Black Hills
counties amounts to about 10000 acres
The two educational institutions in
that part of the state are entitled IL
about 100000 acres and the whole
share of these counties is about 100,-
600 acres. Commissioner Ruth is alsc
in the Hills country, where he has beer
assessing the value Of the right Of way
through sections crossed by the 3.
NJ. road"
The damage of the recent hailstoru
which passed through this county, were
largely exaggerate on first reports
The storm which was reported to hav.
been six miles wide was really only
about three, and many farmers in ii
track will get partial crops, as thu
storm was lighter at places in it
course. This, together with what wa.
harvested previous to the storm, which
was no small amount, will give heavy
yields. The past week has been a bus,
one among the farmers Of the agricul
tural region and most Of the grain j
now in the shock. There are man,
fields of wheat that will yield twenty
five bushels per acre and Of number
one quality and all other grain ant
flax are also in splendid condition
This county will be able to ship q
large amount of grain this year, which
will be of material advantage to Thu
section.
The ball games on Sunday were onl,
fairly attended. In the morning til,
Hot Springs Browns played the Leat
Grays, and beat them by a score O
twelve to seven. In the afternoon til,
Deadwood Nets and the Lead Gray:
played, the Nets winning by a score o
three to two. Both games were hotly
contested and some very nice playing
was done. The Elkhorn run an ex,
cursion from Chadron to this point ant
then on to Deadwood. There was /;
large number of strangers in the city
and everybody seemed to enjoy them
selves. The STAR Is unable to give
detailed account of the games on &C
count Of excellent judgment Of tn,
gate keeper in refusing to admit oul
reporter. It is not positively necessary
that the STAR should have a good re
port of the game, but it is supposed
that on occasions of this kind the cour
tesies are cheerfully extended to tn
press. Under other circumstances 8
fuller report might have been writer
of the tournament.
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