Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19


at the residence of w. p. Phillips: on
the evening OF August 81. All are
cordially invited.
States attorney Porter, of Custer,
was in the city a couple Of days during
the week, appearing before the COM
missioners in the interest of Mrs,
Booth, of Custer, in a tax matter.
Doc Peirce, John Parks and Doc
Hamm went shooting ''snipe' the fore
part Of the week and report an elegant
time. They secured fair layout OF
various varieties of birds.
Miss Lottie 2. Tillotson will give an
evolutionary entertainment at the
opera house this evening for the bene.
fit of the Presbyterian church. Good
music will be furnished by local talent
A. A. Powell, chairman of the hoard
Of county commissioners, returned
from his southern trip Sunday morn.
ing, accompanied by his bride. He
will reside in Mammoth spring
addition.
Another one Of those delightful
dancing parties was given at the Evans
last Saturday night, quite a large
number of the elite guests of the diff.
ferent hotels, and about the city, par
ticipating.
MIR. B. r. Cogswell and wife, OF
Beatrice, Neb., accompanied by Mrs
Cs. father. E. NJ. Hill and brother G.
G. Hill. and Miss Ewing, arrived
several days ago and will remain a few
days longer.
The cottages of MIR. Caughey and
Cromwell, ON college hill, are rapidly
approaching completion and will be an
ornament to that portion Of the city.
College flat is one of our very best
residence additions.
On Tuesday evening the ladies OF
the Baptist church gave an ice cream
social on the small lawn south of the
Gillespie. Many took advantage OF
the opportunity to ''cool of, and the
receipts were no doubt large.
DIR. Dodd, our resident dentist, was
called to Custer on Monday Of this
week by the news that his brother
there had been thrown from horse
and perhaps fatally injured. Word
has since come shat the brother died
on Wednesday.
Orlando Ferguson is scoring point
on the "globe theorists" these days by
interrogating them about the sun
being but little less than $4,000, 600
miles distant. Nearly every one
agrees with him that it feels mighty
sight nearer than it loNks.
On Tuesday evening the Indepen-
dents held raj at the court house
Addresses were made by Rev. j. v
Willis, of Custer, and MIR. E. j. Boyer
Of this city. The court house was
lighted very late, which may accoun,
for the small crowd present.
Among the larger real estate trans
actions Of the week is the purchase o.
d. L. Jackson, just south of the city
of the forty acre tract upon which hl
residence is situated, by Hon. H. A
GODDARD, the consideration being 81 ,OOO
This is handsome place and Mr.. God
ard will no doubt make it handsomer.
A ball will be given at the Evans o,
Wednesday, August 25, under tb,
auspices Of the LADIES' Columbia,
Association, for the benefit of th
womans exhibit Of South Dakota a
the Worlds Fair. Tickets on sale q
ali the drug stores. Refreshment
served. Tickets $1.O0.
Mrs. Hodges, wife Of the Rev
Hodges, of Omaha, with her family, i
in our city for a season Of rest an,
recuperation. She entertained NOR
ministers during the late session of th
general conference Of the NJ. E. churcl
in Omaha, than any one ministers wifi,
in the city. and naturally she feel
tired.
MIR. j. l.. Williams, farmer nea
this city, left his team standing in tn,
street near the Minnekahta block yes
terday with the lines fastened to th,
brake. Without any apparent caus,
the team started of and soon broke
into run. They came down the ave
nue. towards the Elkhorn depot, crossed
both bridges in safety, and finally
landed against telegraph pole bacI
Of the post Office, breaking the tongue
of the wagon, tearing the harness, but
fortunately doing no other damage
No matter how reliable the owner
knows a team to be he is not war.
ranted in thus needlessly exposing in.
nocent people to danger.
Rev. F. p. Cleveland, for more than
fifty years member of the Rock Rive,
conference VI. E. church, his son.in.
law, Mr.. G. E. Simmons, land com.
missioner of the Northwestern, Row.
ard Il. Simmons. son of the commits.
sioner and Frank Jewell, all of Chica.
60, make up a party that has been
registered at the Gillespie this week.
Mr.. Simmons, the elder. returned to
Chicago on Monday, Mr.. Cleveland on
Thursday, but the young men will re.
main for some time. getting the bene.
tit Of our healing waters. That Mr..
Cleveland possesses level head is
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