Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-04
A week OF INTEREST.
CLEANED FROM ALI. QUARTERS AND
BOILED DOWN.


BOILED DOWN.
The board of county commissioners
We're to meet Tuesday, but there being
no quorum present, chairman Noodle
adjourned the meeting until the 18th.
Ed. Stenger of Hermosa is harvest
ing his second c,op of alfalfa hay aud
will have in all 600 tons. This is bet
ter than shipping range cattle at a
loss.
Carl Morton, a son of j. Sterling
Morton, secretary of agriculture, with
his wife and Mrs. Robert Payne came
IN from Nebraska City to spend a
week or two with us.
MIR. and Mrs. Lou Schellinger made
their friends in Hot Springs IL pleas
ant visit tins week. Lou will take the
road and Mrs. Schclenger will spend
week or ten days visiting.
It's Col. a. b. Connor now, our es-
teemed citizen having been chosen by
Commander Nash of the state G. A. r.,
as colonel of the sixteenth division of
the state. The STAR congratalateS.
H. L. Catlin is nov one of the
happy ones. Mrs. Catlin arrived home
Sunday morning. Agent Wood and
Conductor Ryan still go around as
though they had lost their last friend.
c. A. Greely and wife who are
largely Interested in Cascade came in
To
mer and are stopping at the Davis
house. We have not heard whether
he will put i'm the dam at Cascade this
year or not.
Two more recruits to the Leaven-
worth detail came in Monday to
take the place of two that lef. last
week. We are informed that three
more will b" sent home cured this
week and other Sirk and infrm ones
sent on to get the benefit of our heal
ing waters.
Jacob Lampert of the j. r. mlnc is
hereto make arrangements foH building
new house on his lots just opposite
Calhonn's for his daughters who will
spend thc winter with us. Their big
residence has been leased to Black
Hills College for a lalics boarding
hall.
MARRIED: AT two o'clock lues-
day at the Chautauqua grounds
Rev. j. w. ID. Anderson spoke the ilal-
py words that Joined the lives and
fort"nes of Elmer H. Mcdonald and
Miss Emma Wick>trom. They will
go to housekeeping at once at Wind
Cave,
The iron front of the Hargens-
Loudenback block is being put in.
The masons have almost finished the
stone work on the side walls and back
of the building and the stone is al
most all cut for the front 1t will
soon be finished and the travelling pub
will he greatly relieved when the
street can be entirely cleared as the
distinctions there have been Il great
hindrance TO passing teams.
James S. Noodle, of the Elm creek
quarry. informs us that while in Chi
cago lie purchased S2.50O set of gang
saws for saving out the stone they
ship, thus saving much freight The
company is now hunting location to
establish the saw plant 1t will either
be right here i'll Ho; Springs or at the
falls. They expect to use electricity
for power and if track room for yards
and rates can be obtained from the
E;khprn ii will be located right here in
Hot Springs. 1t will be decided ad-
vantage for our city if it Is located
here.
The United States fish commission,
consisting of Prof. b. ". Evermann,
who delivered the lecture at the Chau-
tauaua grounds Thursday. U. o. Cox.
II. Il. Gillum, Cloud Ruetter and q.
w. Moe. came to our city yesterday.
They are ont on an investigation tour
looking up a location for the establish
ment of hatchery for food fish. Such
an institution will soon he established
in either South Dakota. Nebraska.
Iowa or Wyoming for the purpose of
breeding food fish to be planted in the
streams of these states. and save
transportation for great distances.
The commission will investigate the
streams of the Black Hills thoroughly
and their native fish. They Wen, ia
the Cheyenne falls Friday and
used their little seinS to see what fish
we had and investigated the matter
from II scientific standpoint. They
are accompanied by Prof. Thomas
Mcbride. who occupies the chair OF
botany and natural history in the uni