Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-23
THE "WHITE ~RIeeoNERs."
The state Woman. Christian Temper
ance Union Meet at BrooktnEs.

inCe CniOn Meet at BrDOktnES.
The white r%ibhoners" took posses
sion Of Brookings, conducting all the
church services, and right we'll were
their ministrations received. In the
morning Mrs. Louise Rounds of Chicago
preached the annual sermon in the
Methodist Church. and the other pull
pits were sevcrally flied as follows.
Mrs. Emma y Cranmer. the l.esbvter-
ian: Mrs. Anna Simmons. Tho Baptist,
and Miss Emma Swartz, the Norwe-
gian baptist
In the evening Mrs. Rounds addressed
an audience Of over six hundred at the
Opera House on the subject. 'Social
Purity She handled a delicate subject
in u mastery manner. and the audi
ments. w. C.. 7. L. dav among the
churches was Il very enjoyable me- and
the state association has the hearty
good will of the city.
The first important business was the
election of officers, as follows:
Mrs. Cranmer, Aberdeen, President.
Mrs. Simmons, Clark. Vice President.
Mrs. Meyers, Ncrmil.ion, Correspond
, ing Secretary.
Mrs. Swarty. Sioux Falls, Recording
Secretary.
Mrs. Stcere. Pierre. Treasurer.
Delegates to National Convention
| Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Eva Williams, and
Mrs. Davis.
The report OF the Treasurer showed q
surplus OF Si2.
There was Il long list of resolutions,
the most important among them beng
one favoring dress rciOrm and another
condemning IL divorce laws. Part OF
the afternoon was devoted to planning
work to defeat attempts to resubmit the
prohibition law. Then The visiting del
egatcs were scorted TO carriages. the
procession headed by the Second lscgi-
mcnt lsand. and moved about the city
and college grounds and building. In
! the evening Mrs. Round of Chicago adj
dressed a very large temperance mass
meeting at the Opera House. after
| which the convention adjourned.
transporting 1900 Head of cattle.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way Company is now engaged in rams
porting II. 700 head of cattle from the
Sioux Indian Reservation to Chicago.
The first shipment was made Il few days
since. and trains heavily loaded with
cattle go eastward daily. The present
contracts are for the heaviest shipments
of cattle that have ever been made oyer
tlis line from the Sioux Reservation.
Some of the trains are SO heavily loaded
that they are divided into Two and often
three sections. The time between the
Missouri River and Chicago is limited
10 twenty-five hours. and many of the
trains have made the run in less time.
To transport this immense herd over
scven hundred cars have been brought
! In, N. nn,,isifinn rIl,a 40 IN, - o, q. &, ,,,.l,
ing the shipment as rapidly as possible.
SO US to have the cars ready when
needed for grain. \ number of extra
locomotives have been put on and new
crews brought into the service. The
stock is in fine condition and is of better
quality than heretofore. nearly all OF it
being Young steers n cows selected
from the immense herds by expert
judges of beef cattle.
In addition to the reservation cattle,
the Chicago 4 Northwestern Company
is carving eastward an immense num-
Der of cattle from Hand, Hyde, Sully.
Potter, Sphinx. and Hcadle Counties.
Scarcely a day passes that Il trainload
OF cattle from some point or the west
or north lines does not go to the eastern
market. In many localities farmers
club together and make up II train.
inns was the case Il lew days ago III
Hand County. where Il number of farm.
crs made up IL trainioad and shipped
them to Chicago. realizing something
50 900 over the expense of shipment.
Took the Girl Home.
Miss NANGA HAYES, u s~ixteen-year
old girl. and {. Batchlcy, a brakeman,
aged 20, both of Watertown, who
elopcd a week ago and have since beer
passing as man and wife. were apprc
hendcd at Aberdeen by Sheriff Essen
rood and the father of Miss Hayes
dental Hotel. They were taken com