The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-09-18
From Fridays Daily.
j. W. Rucker has moved into the
Bently building On Chicago Ave.

Go to the City Hotel for good meal
and comfortable beds. G. S. BUCK,
Proprietor.
c. 6. Morledge, OF Omaha, a pho.
to9grapher of that city, is hero taking
views about the city.
WIS. Fox and wife, of Columbus,
Neb.. are stopping in the city. MIR.
Fox lsa representative Of the Union
Pacific railroad.
W. III. Donham, editor of The Dead
wood Pioneer, is in the city, taking a.
few days rest. He was Il pleasant
caller at the STAR office.
Hot Springs and vicinity we're given
a soaking rain this morning. 1t will
loosen the ground so that the farmers
can begin their fall blowing.
A party from Pierre, who came
across the country, and haye been
camping near Rapid City, started
from that city to this city for a few
days stay.
Messrs. Hummel and others who To-
Gated g silver mine up on French creek
just received a report from an assay of
ore from their mine and it was very
satisfactory.
I. S. Hawley. agent of the +. o. &
NJ. V. road at this place, sent in his
resignation to the company last even.
ing. The office is now temporarily in
charge of the operator, l. w. Emmons.
James Bradley, county treasurer.
Judge Nowiin at Rapid City. next
Tuesday, and show cause why he
should not be charged with con-
tempt.
Will some kind friend inform us
whether today's rain is simply the out
side edge of Melbournc's Cheyenne en-
pertinent. If this is a sample of his
work we will give him a steady Job by
the year.
The ground for the new hospital at
the Soldiers Home, a description of
which was published in the STAR a
few weeks ago, has been staked off and
the trenches dug. and all is o ready
for the foundation.
Mrs. Roscoe Stinson, who attended
the teachers convention at Toronto and
also visited with her parents at Wash
ington Court House, Ohio, during the
summer months, is expected tomorrow
morning. She will he accompanied by
her daughter, who has been visiting
eastern friends for some time.
The Sioux Falls Press will issue
about Oct. LIST, a harvest edition of
100000 copies. The Issue will contain
q writeup of the state and its products
and is calculated for free distribution.
Such a writeup will do much good, but
not so much as the weekly issues of the
country press that publish the news
and go regularly to persons outside
the state.
Oelrichs is agitating the matter of
sinking an artesian we'll. Ayteslan
wells for irrigation purposes have been
receiving much attention i'll the east
in the last few months. The we'll at
Oelriehs is to BE- an experiment to test
the we'll business. About fifteen miles
up the Newcastle branch of the B. e.
NJ. from Dudley, that company recent
ly sunk a we'll. AT a depth of a little
over SIX hundred feet a magnificent
flow of excellent water was struck
which runs ont of the top of the we'll
with as much force as any Of the east
ern gushers.
The Rapid Journal, of Sept. 10, has
the following to say about a former
resident of this city: j. G. Bower
leaves this morning for French creek
and Buffalo Gap for the purpose of
looking after affairs at his ranch, and
to get a pile driver of his which is at
the gap. There are three county
bridges to he built in the construction
of which piles are required heSides a
number of bridges for the Dakota,
Wyoming and Missouri River railroad.
He says things begin to look as If the
best place for mis- drive Is right here in
Rapid city.
A special train consisting Of engine
and n a arrived over the Elkhorn
road last evening. In the car was
General Manager II. G. Burt, Travel
ing Auditor j. O. Clifford. Division
Superintendent Il. C. Harris and Mas
ter Mechanic Geo Horner, of the Elk
horn: q. M. Davidson, chemist Of the
Northwestern. and S. A. Teal, master
mechanic for the same road. The gen.
t!emen were merely on a pleasure
tour, and had visited the Upper Hills
towns. They left this morning.