The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1892-02-12

the spring. Revival meetings have
been held there by Rev. Lewtas and
have been of great benefitto the people
An awful fire horror occurred in
New York, Feb. 9TH when the Hotel
Royal burned down, and though many
were saved by the exertions of the
tiremen, yet about thirty are in the
ruins who might have been saved had
not the walls fallen and buried them
in the RUNS.
Charley Roe, our city marshal went
up to Deadwood Tuesday as witness Ill
the case of. the U. S. against Lake;
charged with impersonating a revenue
officer. Lake victlmized several of
Hot Springs people, and worked other
portions of the Hills. 1t will doubtless
go hard with him.
The Woman's Relief Corps will
give a grand masquerade hall on Thurs
day evening, Feb. 18th, at the Soldiers
Home. Invitation will be extended
by the committee and those that are
fortunate enough to be thus favored
will doubtless not omit the oppcr,un-
ity Of passing which promises to be
such a pleasant evening.
j. w. Hamilton, cashier of the
Mnnekahta State Bank, went up to
ncadwood IN Tuesday morning, on
the business Of serving on the U. S.
petty jury in session at Deadwood.
He succeeded in making the judge
believe that he would he more useful
to the Minnekahta State Bank as
cashier than as petty juror for Uncle
Sam and so he returned to Hot Springs
the same day.
Not to be behind his. competitors
and to be behind q slick team in a
slicker delivery wagon seems to be the
present aim of John Skinner Of Skin
ner's Grocery and most assurealy his
aim seems to be a worthy one and we'll
carried out. MIR. Skinner now pro-
poses to deliver goods at a rate that
will make more experienced delivery
blush, and although the team is not a
2:10 pair of t%rotters yet if necessary
he guarantees that they can gallop
that anyhow.
Regular business meeting OF the
Epworth League was held imnicdia-
tley after the pupils recital in tie
College music room on last Saturday.
The president, John M. Henton had
called the meeting to order, the cleo
ton Of officers was Immediately COM
menced and the following is the result
of the numerous nominations and
ballot. Z. R. Hare, president; See.
Miss Charlotte L. Denman; Treas.
w. 4. Walton; and of the various
standing committees the presidents are
Misses. Wheelock, White, Rergey,
Case. This month has been a very
prosperous one for the League and at
the meeting thirteen new names were
added to the roll, bringing the League
membership up in the neighborhood
of seventy.
The meeting of the Zetamathian
Society at the College was quite in
teresting and that the students are
beginning to wake up to the fact that
a very strict constitution has been
adopted is shown in the fact that the
program was carried ont in full. The
debate, the subject of which was, Res
olved: "That the cocducation of the
sexes is advisable was well contested
and many skillful arguments were
brought into play. 1t was decided in
favor of the affirmative after the
program was finished the meeting
resolved itself into a business meeting
and some important doings were
started which, it is expected, will be
finished in their next meeting when a
, full report will be given. at 8: Is
motion for adjournment was made
) and was duly carried.
The pupils music recital at the col
lego last Saturday evening was as de.
lightful an entertainment as is usually
! supplied the Hot Springs public from
time to time by the Black Hills College
and perhaps ore SO, because the ma.
jority of the numbers on the program
were first appearances of young ladies
who, Notwithstanding this fact, rem.
4 dered their pieces with little or no EN-.
b barrassment. The young ladies re.
: ferred to are Misses Mamie Stanley
s Abbie Jennings, Blanche Ham, Emma
8 Silkinson and Dee Conner. The othe,
i numbers carried their parts we'll, ant
the last duet, in which Miss Richer wa.
i to have taken part, and who was una
9 bic to do S o by her leaving town on /;
5 short visit, was rendered by Prof
t Taylor and Miss IL. Dsnman, an,
! was encored to the esik