Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-25

The Custer Dramatic Club will pre-
sent "Uncle JOSH at the Minnekahta
Opera House next Saturday evening.
The club has gained considerable local
reputation.
E. a. Knight, secretary of the fire
department, lronwood, Mich, who has
been making tour of the HILLS for
pleasure, stopped in the city a few
days this week.
The recent heavy fall of snow will
be of great benefit to the farmers of
the county. Now when the artificial
rain man begins to get in his work
prospects will be much brighter for
agriculture in this section.
Fred Hickey who has been located at
the Soldiers Home for some time, is
now fitting up restaurant on Eighth
street, second door from Chicago Ave-
nue..where he will soon be ready for
the patronage OF the public.
w. Flanders, engineer on this branch
of the Elkhorn road, has purchased of
+. j. Green house and lot IN Petty S
addition, which he will soon occupy as
his residence. The purchase was ef-
fected through Bentleys agency.
AS soon as possible work will be
resumed ON DIR. Stewards bath house
and pushed with all possible rapidity.
Thus Hot Springs will have another
attraction to offer to those who are
either III search of health or pleasure.
A nice little real estate deal was
consummated few days ago in which
for consideration of $4,000. Sam
Beaver sold to w. q. jackson of Sioux
City 40 acres of land lying just Yves t
of this city. being the w ! of " /
of section % township Z south, range
5 east.
j. w. Bentley, one of our rustling
real estate agents, mas since the fire,
which burned him out, been oilicing in
the little building just south of the
produce store now occupied by w. j..
Mcgowan. The building has been
fitted up in the interior so that 1t
makes very comfortable little office.
Garrett Nugent of Fremont. Neb.
and II. Il. Brown. superintendent of
schools, Pine Ridge, both suffering
from muscular rheumatism, have been
taking Dir. Jennings treatment and
baths at the MinNekahta bath house
for the last two weeks. They now feel
much relieved and are confident that
they will soon he cured.
The good democrats of this city got
together one night last week and amid
bubblins enthusiasm organized the
first democratic club of Fall River
county. The officers Of tl.> organ2a-
tion that aspires to aStoni>h the world
are: X. Il. Harris, pres; Jos. Vincent,
vice pres; r. b. White, sec: Caas. S..
Eastman, cor. Sec; j. Cassel. treas.
a party of Nebraskans consisting of
L. T. Perine and Howard Kennedy
of Omaha, and Il. l.. Downing, j. A.
Archibald, w. l.. Hand and U. S.
Marden of kearney, made a tour of
the Hills last week, partly on pleasure
and partly on business. MIR Marden
Is proprietor of the Midway hotel at
Kearney and is thinking some Of going
into the hotel business here.
NJ. l.. Reed and S. 3. Milton, mem.
bers of the state central republican
committee for Sphinx county, have
received from the citizens of Hot
Springs, s. d., handsome collection
of large cabinet photographs Of the
buildings, attractions and surroundings
of that place, seeking to secure the
location of the next state convention to
nominate state officers.-Ubserrer.
Sunday morning DIR. Stewart and
wife arrived home after an absence of
two months, spent principally in south
ern California. They visited San
Francisco, Los Angles and San Diego
and express themselves as we'll pleased
with the climate of that part of the
Pacific coast. On their return home
they stopped at Colorado Springs and
Manitou and spent several days in
Lincoln.
On Tuesday last civil engineer w. E.
Sawyer completed the survey of the
Cascade motor line. The length of the
road bed to Cascade lake will be 8 miles
and $3.50 feet, or about 8 miles to the
Cascade bath house. AS an interest.
ing item of information he stated that
at the terminus of the road at the lake
the elevation is just eleven feet lower
than at the intersection of Cascade
street and Lincoln avenue in Trim
mer's addition to Hot Springs.
In Judge Bencdlct's court. March 49,
the case of Bertha Helms VS.. Edward
Phernetton was tried. The plaintiff
brought suit to recover $9999T FOR a
pair of bracelets that she sent to the de.
PENDANTS jewe!ry store to have re-
paired. Mr.. Phernetton did business
at Buffalo Gap and a few days after
the bracelets were brought to him his
store was destroyed by fire. Judgment
was awarded the plaintiff for S65.00
The case will probably be appealed.