Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-26
H.C. Lydick and wife departed for
their home at Tekamah, Neb., last
Monday evening, after spending a

Monday evening, after spending a
couple Of weeks very pleasantly visit
ing with G. w. Douglas and family.
The new grade on River avenue,
between seventh and eighth streets has
caused pool Of water to form in the
old ditch that once drained the town.
The ditch should be filled with dirt, or
a drain put across the street.
AT the democratic county convention
held at the court house last Saturday
night tho following delegates were
selected to attend the state convention
at Chamberlain on Sept. LIST: Il. r,
Connor. Joseph Hire. j. H. Boomer,
A. W. Odell. l.. S. Ellsworth, c. b.
Green, A. w. Riordan. A. NJ. McCarty,
j. L. Parks, Jos. Vincent and E. d.
Norton.
The petrified man is on exhibition IN
the city, on Chicago avenue, where a
neat looking tent contains, the Won
derful attraction. MIR. John Stabler
has the exhibition in charge. He will
leave here Saturday evening for Grand
Island, Neb., where the petrifaction
will be exhibited during the q. A. r..
encampment, and from there will go
to the State Fair at Lincoln.
Jos. Vincent has sold half interest
III his business to A. A. Powell, chair
man of the board of county commiss-
toner's, and we'll known in the county
The firm will be known as Vincent &
Powell, and we bespeak for the new
firm a continuation, and possibly an
increase in the successful business
heretofore conducted alone by MIR.
Vincent.
During the storm on Monday even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Ramsdell were
leading o.,e of the burros out to the
range when lightning bolt struck
them. After some time Mrs. Rams
dell regalned consciousness and found
her husband lying upon his face, and
she supposed him dead. The burro
was dead. Mrs. Ranlsdell's screams
brought cut the neighbors, and medl-
cal aid was summoned. 1t was long
while before Mr.. r. regained conscious
ness, but he was finally resusclated and
will get along all right. The bolt
struck him on the head and passed
down his entire body. Truly, it was
a narrow escape.
j.. B. Okie, of Lost Cabin, Wyo., has
been in the city for few days for the
purpose of Identifying some horses
that were stolen from him last spring,
and sold in this locality. w. III. John.
son unfortunately purchased few
head of the thieves and will of course
lose whatever he paid for them. Other
parties in this vicinity were also victi-
mized by the horse thieves. Mr.. Okie
has identified some of his horses, and
some that belong to his neighbors. He
is one Of the most extensive sheep
raisers in the northwest, and is loud in
praise of that section as sheep rails
ing region.
John Parks and j. S. Clark had a
little unpleasant experience while out
hunting last Tuesday. John had his
horse tied in ravine, and when he
came back the dog ran down over the
hill top, above the horse, in such a
sudden manner that the horse broke
loose and went flying up the opposite
bank, almost perpendicular, with the
buggy attached. He scaled the heights
all right, but when on top struck a
rock and turned the buggy over. The
buggy was damaged about $40 worth,
and the gentlemen's feelings injured
worse than that by being compelled to
walk home-and without single bird
to show that they had been in the
vicinity of that alleged big covey Of
chickens.
Last week Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Alexander McMillin died at the Hot
Springs House. MIR. McMillin came
here with his wife the fore part of the
month, from LaCrosse, Wis, hoping
that she might be benefited by baths.
She had been sufferer for years and
had visited great many health resorts
without receiving any benefit. At
first the baths here seemed to benefit
her and hopes were ente rtained Of her
final recovery, but being past 60 years
of age the chances were all against
her, and she died very suddenly Of
heart failure. Mr.. McAiillin has been
one of Wisconsin's most prominent
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