The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-09-11
SPRINGS STAR.
BENEDICT g. HANFORD.
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NEIGHBORIIOOD NOTES
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From FRIDAYS Daily.
w. d. Atwood. of Whitewood is call
ing on friends in the city.
Go to the City Hotel for good meal
and comfortable beds. G. S. Bucx,
Proprietor.
Benjamin Lowveutlal and wife, of
Chadron are enjoying q few days stay
among us.
For Abstracts OF title call On the L..
II. Bostwick Abstract 70. Office over
State Bank.
John O. Evans, who attended a
military school in Minnesota last year,
has concluded to take a course of study
iii Black Hills college.
Miss Nellie Conner, n of our ac-
compl,shed teachers in the city schools
returned from her home at Humbolt.
Iowa, yesterday morning.
Doc Ham and County Commissioner
White will make a pleasure trip into
Wyoming and possibly TO Yellowstone
Park, starting within a day or two.
So great is the volume of business
to be done this year that the North
western Hallway has rcopancd several
stations in eastern DsEota that have
been closed for a year because Of slack
business.
John Gay and family, Mrs. Tieson.
Mrs. E. Smith, and Mrs. Benson. of
Sidney, Iowa, j. Samuels and Mr. Van
SAINT, of Farragut, Iowa, old a%cqnaint-
ances of the family of DIR. Albums are
visiting in the Springs for the next
few days.
The Deadwood Daily Independent
entered upon its second year on Wed.
nesdav. The SrAE does not agree with
the Independent in matters of domestic
economy but nevertheless it admires
the sturdy manner in which it has
championcd the cause it has espoused.
Pierre has issued a cali for an eloc-
tion upon the question of voting $780,
600 bonds for the purpose of building
a school house. The city of Pierre
evidently knows tho value of school
houses to the city. Some of our citizens
object to S21,0 900 for this city and we
need a school house. Pierre already
has over $4,000 worth Of school
buildings, yet she proposes to put
100000 more to that purpose.
B. X. Beach, of Fa,ragut, Iowa, who
has been visiting the family Of DR.. W.
e. Adams the past two weeks, starts
for his home this evening over the b.
e. NJ. road. MIR. Beach spent several
weeks here last summer and will prob
ably return and visit Hot Springs
again some future day. He takes
with HING nice collection of Black
Hills specimens, from the store OF
Sidey & Moore. which he will place on
exhibition at the Shenandoah district
far.
Word came yesterday morning that
DIR. Benjamin Root died at Crete, Neb.
at the home of DR.. A. p. Root. The
deceased was we'll known at Hot
Springs, where he was greatly es.
teemed FOR his manly qualities. AS 9
physician he ranked high. Last win
tei he spent in New York City in TAX
ing a special course in his profession
Soon after his return to the Springs III
April lie was taken sick with what was
called rheumatism of the brain. From
this lie rallied. but was again taker
worse. DIR. A. ID. Root, of Crete, cam,
and the patient was taken to that city
where he has been since. Hope and
despair possessed his friends as ths
condition of the patient was better Oh
worse. When Mrs. Root came here al
the beginning of the C%iautauqua As.
sembly, she reported her husband bet
ter, and strong hopes were then enter
tanned that he would ultimately re
cover. On the goth of August a tole
gram came announcing that the doctor
was worse. Since that time In ha.
been gradually failing. until deatl
came as above noted. A generous
n~oble-heartcd. Christian man has gon,
to his reward. We shall mourn will
his nearer friends because of their an,
our loss. At the time of his death h
was about IS years old. The buria
services were conducted Yesterday un
der the direction of the Masonic lodg,
at Crete, of which order the deceasc
y n nrominent member.