Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-07-08
The weather is decidedly cooler this

A big mountain lion is prowling
around nights up in Cold Brook
locality.
They are calling for rain-maker
Melbourne at Rapid City, for they fear
this will be dry month.
A pleasant dancing party was given
at the Gillespie last night, and de-
lightful time is reported.
Melbourne, the ralnmaker, was hired
by a drouth-stricken district down in
Nebraska to bring them rain, and he
did it in good shape within three days
brought all they wanted and got
$500 for it.
MARElEp-On Thursday. July 9TH,
1892, by Rev. E. E. Frame, Mr.. Horace
E. Hickman, of Custer, to frankie
lincoln, of Newcastle. Mr.. Hickman
has been resident of the Hills for a
long time and is well known.
w. NJ. Baird, F. NJ. Matthews and
wife, and Miss Ada Matthews, compose
a party of Sundance, Wyo., people
who are taking in the city. MIR. Baird
is banker of Sundance, while MIR.
Matthews is an extensive cattle owner.
Mrs. +. NJ. Moseman, wife of the
president of the Pacific Express Co., in
company with her sons, Z. NJ, Jr., f.
S., C. s. and r. p, and her sister. Mrs.
w. w. Moseman, all of Omaha, arriv-
ed Thursday morning for a few weeks
soiourn.
w. l. Slater, representing an Odd
Fellows insurance company, of Piqua,
o., has been interviewing the three
linked men about the city for a few
days and warning them that Death is
likely to steal upon them as thief in
the night.
Messrs. Kehoe and Dennis are get
ting to the front in great shape with
their brick making. They have an
immense pile moulded and ready for
burning. Mr.. kehoe is an experienced
hand at the business and says the clay
here is o. X.
j. NJ. Whitman, general manager of
the c. & N. w. R'y, was here with his
family in special car for couple of
days and greatly enjoyed the beauties
of the place and the pleasure of the
baths. They went to the northern
Hills tins morning.
Us Marshal Frye was in the city
Thursday, en- route to his home at
Nermillion. He had been to Dead
| wood to adjourn the July term of O..
$. court. He says when lie comes any,
where near the Springs he can't avoid
coming here for a plunge.
Commissioner White says that crops
are big over at Oelrichs and the far
mers are all jubilant. Grain is head
ing out, and prospects were never so
good in this county as now. They
have had one big hail storm this season,
but it was confined to narrow belt.
A letter was received Thursday from
President Hancher in Ohio, stating
that his little daughter was quite iii
with scarlet fever but a telegram
came the same day announcing that
she was much better. The Presiden,
is not looked for home for two or three
weeks.
The school population Of the county
has increased two hundred and twenty
three within the past year, being now
nine hundred and eighty-six, as agains,
seven hundred and sixty three one yea,
apo. One hundred and ninety nine OF
the increase being in the city of Hol
Springs.
Mrs. Bentley, wife of the real estate
hustler, departed last evening fol
Clarinda, Iowa, for visit with rela.
| tives. She also expects to visit al
1 Fairfield, Ia, and will be absent fol-
about three months, during which time
j. M. will participate in the joys and
sorrows of batchelordom.
RI Hayes, a bright young attorney
of Deadwood, has been taking testi.
mony this week in the cases of the
grading contractors VS.. the B. & NJ. R'y
A large number Of witnesses have
given in testimony and it is likely to
be some time before they finish. There
is considerable involved IN the case.
Grace Frawley and her "kittens, ''
as she pleases to call them, will move
to the upper part of Germond's addi-
tion, outside the city limits. This will
lie gratifying news to the people who
have been her neighbors for some time,
but not pleasing to those she will go
among.
The Minnekahta Bottling Works
Co., is putting up about fifty cases of
water, ginger ale and sodas per day, or
rather they do that when they can get
the cases. They haven't yet everything
ARRANGED to work steadily at full cap.
acity, but they have done enough to
know that there will be a good big
business in that line.
County Superintendent Brooke de.
parted for his home yesterday after
spending several days in the city look
ing after his official business. He goes
to Edgmont Saturday to hear an ap-
peal case in school matters. The people
over there can't agree on which side of