The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-01-30
From Saturdays Daily

The infant son Of MI. and Mrs. I. H.
Cramer died yesterday Of Group.
A little Of the rain that is deluging
the east would be very acceptable.
Mrs. A Large. Of Deadwood was an
arrival by last evenings passenger.
Go to the City Hotel for good meals
and comfortable beds. 6. s. Buck,
Proprietor.
Heavy rain storms have deluged the
New England and Middle states the
past few days, causing considerable
damage.
At no time in the heat Of summer
is a street sprinkler needed worse than
it is today. There is a perfect cloud
Of dust part Of the time.
IF YoU WANT TO Br'Y OR SELL REAL Es-
STATE IT WILL DE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO
SEE E..J, MooRr, REAL ESTATE BRoKrn.
OFFICE SOUTH OF sTnE GILLESPIE"
During the first fifteen days of Jan.
nary, 10,367 pension certificates were
issued, the largest number cver issued
by the bureau during a like period.
A binding Irvine company has been
organized at Des Moines to make
twinc out Of slough grass. If the
enterprise is successful they will crowd.
the Irvine trust.
A certificate of authority has been
issued by comptroller Of the currency,
to the Northwestern National Bank,
of Sioux City, with Fred T. Evans as
president. Capital 100000.
A d Fields and Wm Morton are
contemplating the erection of a two
etory stone building in the spring,
5Oxs0 feet, close to the plunge bath
house. It will be used for billiard
parlors.
The plasterers commenced work on
the Fargo 4 Dickover building this
morning, IN the corner basement.
This room is to be given possession to
the county on the LIST of February. p
A. Slope has the contract for the plas-
tering.
There is some talk in the Hills of
organizing a Black Hills base ball
league, composing clubs from. all the
towns in theHills who may choose to en-
ter. The idea is a good one. and If car.
ried outwe will see some goud games
here this summer.
J A letter received from Il F. Conner
state that himself and wife will be
home tomorrow morning. He says
"a. b." has been dong lots of rus.
Ting in his section Of country, and
! has got all Northeastern Iowa eager
tocome to tins land of warm water. He
modestly doesn't say what he has
done. A. y will return in February.
The review Of the troops took place
at Pine Ridge, OF about four miles
therefrom, on thursday, and attracted
: the attention Of nearly all the Indians
both friendly and hostile. There were
5000 men in the review. There wa
also a display Of the transportation de
partment. A part Of the command
/. will soon be removed. Forty more
guns have been turned oyer.
: Mr.. j. D. Mcdonald, manager Of the
Wind Cave, was in the city today, and
exhibited to III a fine specimen taken
from the end Of the new route which
} they have just been exploring. This
/, route extends five miles from the open.
5 ing Of the caye, in a south e~asterly
direction and is probably 1900 feet
below the surface of the ground
Truly this is a wonderful cave.
The Kansas City express on the
Sioux City and Pacific railroad mar,
rowly escaped a serious wreck a short
distance from Sioux City. Som,
, scoundrel or scoundrels had pulled thu
! spikes and removed the fish plates 70,
three lengths of rails along a higl
embankment. The train except
2 the engine left the track, but
3 fortunately did not leave the embark
r ment. What motive could have
prompted the deed is unknown.
Another use has been found for corn
which, while it may not be as popular
! as that which has given Kentucky its
. worldwide fame, will be far more use.
full and conducive to happiness, viz.
the manufacture Of soap. A company
has been organized at Council Bluffs,
. Iowa, for the manufacture Of soap from
, corn. From experiments made it has
been ascertained that the new soap can
be put on the market for less than one
: cent a pound. 1t is made wholly Of
: corn and alkali, and one bushel of corn
. makes 400 pounds Of first-clasa washing
soap.
Conductor James O'Neill, Of Boon,
t Iowa, while in charge of a freight
. train, Of the Chicago & Northwestern