The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-02-27
The following business was trans

The following business was trans
acted before the United States land
Office, at Rapid City, Saturday last.
Timber culture entry-Jamcs Brad.
ley, Hot Springs; John Bradley, Stew
art. Homestead entry-Frank Yenka,
jr., Hot Springs; John Bradley, Stew
art, South Dakota
Too much railroad legislation this
winter would have a tendency to inn
pair the value of passes held by the
members of the house and senate. Inn
.pairment Of earnings means impair
ment Of equipment, and when the
roads consist Of a short string of box
cars running on two streaks of rust
transportation by six mule teams will
again be popular.-St. Paul Pionee,.
Press.
Rev. G. I. Breivik, the Lutheran
Missionary for the district of the Black
Ellis and Northwestern Nebraska.
with headquarters at Rapid City, is in
Hot Springs looking about, with the
idea of establishing a Lutheran church
at this place. Mr.. Breivik, is a young
man, with a thorough and earnest
appearance, and should be received
with christian courtesy and given sim
cere encouragement.
Col l.. L. Peak, president Of the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance in speaking
Of Cleye!and's silver coinage letter.
says: .Cleveland may through the o r
rupt manipulations of money and po-
litical intrigue, be forced upon his
party, but on that point the people are
a little concerned, for if he be the NOM
inee of any party he will utterly fail
IN securing the votes of the industrial
organizations Of the country"
Joe Ward and E. N. Fitch, two OF
Dudley's prominent citizens, and old
settlers in that precinct, came over
yesterday and filed on their claims to-
day. They report everything flourish
ing in that burg and say that there
will he a big boom there in T rms and
town lots in the early spring. The B.
& NJ. have surveyed their line from
Edgcmont to Casper, Wyo., and will
push the construction in the spring.
In the house last Thursday resub.
mission went through with a rush,
The democrats voted for it unanimous.
ly, while the republicans and ,ndepen.
dents were about equally divided on
the passage of the bill. 1t looks as
though the senatorial deal had consid.
cradle to do with the resubmission
question. From the tone of eastern
Dakota papers it seems that neithe re.
publicans, democrats or independents
know what to do with our new sen.
ator, or in what category to place him
Hans Gutenberg, Of Cascade, S. ID.
is IN Centreville today, shaking hand.
with old friends. Heis on his wa,
east, and stopped over at his old haunt.
a few days. lie says that Hot Spring:
is getting there with both feet, the i'm.
provements for 1890 amounting tt
over 100000. The plunge bath thai
was sush a godscnd to the filthy scribe!
last summer, has been entirely rebuilt
the arched roof now rising over sixty
feet above the water. Wonder If Mr.
Evans is getting ready for another on
slanght of the quill pushers.- Centre
rilke Journal.
The question raised by Mr.. Carlisle =,
in the senate, relating to the electoral
college in its vote for president il
1892, is not disposed Of by the act o
congress providing that our numbeI
of electors shall equal the congress tina
comes into life on the Inauguration o
the new president. The constitution
provides that the electors shall equa
the representation the states may b.
entitled to in both houses. The court
it is presumed, by the Carlisle theory
will hold that the constitution refer
to the existing congress and not on,
with no legal existence when TIL
electors enter upon and conclude thei.
duty. This question has not beer
raised heretofore, because the differerc,
would not effect the result of tn,
election. Now there will be twenty -fou,
electoral votes involved, and the prcsi
Dental elections are often determine,
by fewer votes. There is no apparen
way of settling the decision except b,
ia judicial decision.-St. Paul Globe.