Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
IN THE WEE.

AN Ouray, Colo. special says: The
Cutler Creek gold strike appears to he
genuine. Men were climbing owe the
hills and stalking claims all night.
Every available horse in town was
chartered for the new camp. More than
one hundred claims have been s:aked
i'll the last twcnty-four hours. The
country is under snow. and It is spccu-
lation What the result will he. Many
of the boulders, when broken open, are
t!ecked with virgin gold. and some of
them run by assay nearly n hundred
ounces to the ton. 1t is five miles north
OF Ouray, and sever or eight miles by
wagon road and trail.
n SENSATION was created at Adrian,
Mich, III the milo service when Rev.
DIR. W.. X. Spencer, Presbyterian pas
tor, announced that on the pleviols
evening he had made the rounds of the
principal saloons and gambling places
of the city. disguised, IL at each had
found members OF his congregation.
These the clergyman proceeded to score
right and left. Many tramsgrcssors
caught their breath expecting to be
named. and blessed their stars when
they escaped. The contribution after
Che services was remarkably large.
TIE celebrated CasSick mine at Ro-
sta, Colo, has just been sold to a SYM
dictate, among whom is George L.
Wright of Omaha, Dr. Warner of koch-
ester, and st. Louis and Chicago par
ties for 81, coo. 900. Some years ago the
property got into litigation and as IL
consequence was shut down. The mine
filled rapidly with water. The waite. is
now l.ao0 feet deep in the mine. and
it is estimated that it will take ST, 600
to pump it out Some of the ore here
lbfore taken out has sold as high ss
$50. 600 per ton.
A CHICAGO special says The consti-
t%utionallty of the Mckinley administra-
tive act is to he attacked. The first
move was made in the United States
Circuit Court by filing a motion to dis
miss the appeal of Collector Clark from
the decision of the Board OF General
Appraisers. assessing certain dress
goods belonging to Locke, llulcatt 4.
Co. The motion is Oh the ground that
the administrative act is void. and o.
number of technical points arc raised
in support of it.
A KALAMAZOO, Mich, special says:
llhlIs IcIIllIu anu TluWiTu I1OluSlllD.
aged 10 and IL respectively, and bclong-
ing tn good families. are under arrest
for robbery and Jail breaking. The
robbery occurred three years ago in
Elyria. Ohio. and after escaping into
Indiana they were arrested and re-
turned to Elyria. The same night they
broke Jail with eight Others. They re-
turned to Kalamazoo six weeks ago.
but the story of their escapade fol-
lowed them. The Elyriu officers took
them back.
AN Arkansas City, Ran, special says:
The grip is playing havoc with the
Cherokecs Just east of Usage Agency.
Within a radius of ten miles of Skia-
took twenty-five have died within the
last six weeks. In one case an entire
family. consisting of father, mother,
sister and W children died. The
trouble seems to be they pay no attcn-
ton to it and do not give up and go to
bed until too late.
In is now ascertained that the man
who cut off his tongue at Los Gatos,
Cal. last November. is George Wilson,
a professional gambler, although he
dresses as u priest. His family is
wealthy and lives in New York. His
fathcr has Just died and left an estate
of $50. 600. The estate cannot be set
tied until this man is found.
a CHICAGO spccia, says: The whisky
trust is backing IL syndicate which will
endeavor to secure control of all the
breweries in Chicago not belonging to
the English syndicate. with the intcn-
ton of forming u combination to COM
pete with its rival, the new syndicate.
1t is said to have u capital of 81. 900, 900.
The first worlds convention of dele.
gates from the bichloridc of gold clubs.
composed of persons who have been
cured of the liquor, opium. and tobacco
habits at the Kelley Sanitarium, has
assembled ut Dwight. iii.
In the lower house of the Utah Leg
islaturc q memorial thai had passed the
council for al anti-polygomy amcnd-
ment to the United States Constitution
was defeated.