Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Black Hills weather again with us.

""o0p W JUG uppot AAulS tOWuS.
H. A. Gudard and wife left Wed.
nesday for short visit in Omaha:
Harry Hare of Black Hills college,
has been quite sick for several days.
John Parks is reported to be working
tor a real estate firm in Louisville, Ky.
Charley Slyfisld has returned home
from the placer diggings up in the
hills.
Receiver Fox has made arrangements
to buy and sell exchange and do u
collection business.
Traut & l,illespie have their force Of
men back at work on the digging Of
TIE water mains.
Ed. Kent's mother, brother and three
sisters have arrived from Bloomington,
ILL.,, and will probably decide to remain.
w. w. Root took the train for Ona-
ha Wednesday and it is currently re-.
ported that he will bring back bride
with him.
w. +, Wyatt, the rustling republi.
can rancher OF Cheyenne Falls, was in
the city Thursday making purchases
and called on the STAR.
w. n. Lancaster's water wagon
slued from its course on the road to
Evans Heights Tuesday, and broke
the wagon aud the tank.
The young people Of Cold brook are
organizing reading circle for their
generel Improvement. They will meet
around at the different members
homes.
The school board Is expecting the
new seats for the school house any
time. There will be 27O of them. and
the old double seats will be traded for
new single ones.
Orlando Ferguson informs us that
his case against the Catholicon Hot
Springs company has been set for the
Goth inst. il trial Judge can be agreed
upon and secured for that date.
1. H. Chase, who owns more stores
than any man in the Black Hills,
came in Wednesday from Newcastle
to see how the big institution that
bears his name in this town is pros
pering.
There is no happier man in town
than j. G. Dickover. His wife and
little daughter arrived home Wed.
nesday from their visit in Illinois.
Mrs. D;ckoyer's health has been great.
ly improved.
Mrs. Laidlaw, who has been here for
some time stopping at Rey. Lyman's
and taking baths for her health, re.
turned to her home in Alexandria, s.
ID. Tuesday evening. She has been
greatly benefited.
Traut e. Gillespie have repaired a
break in the tiling water pipes across
the stone bridge near the court house
caused by the settling of the abatments
pulling the join's apart. They are re-
placing it with iron pipe.
The officers of the fire department
of the city wish us to call the
attention of the members of the COM
panies to the fact of their failure to
attend the meetings. If they expect
to make a success of it they must take
enough interest to attend the meetings
Rev. Shingler, who has preached
very able and impressive sermons at
the Congregational church every even
ing since Monday, was called home, to
Custer, on Thursday 70 preach fu.
neral sermon. His wife ACCOMPANIED
him.
Tuesday the father of James White
accidentally cut himself quite severely
on the head. He was cutting wood,
and being almost blind. did not see the
clothes line, which he struck with the
axe, causing it to glance and cut his
head.
Fred Evans received telegram
from parties connected with the Union
National bank of Omaha that they are
coming here to start bank, and it is
altogether probable they will occupy
the room of the Minnekahta State
bank in the Minnekahta bl,ck We
understand that the unexpired lease of
the room goes with the fixtures,
Two gentlemen with the names Fox
and Zimmerman from Wisconsin have
been here looking up Mr.. Hulitt. the
sheep man who some time ago sold a
number of sheep to people Of the county
at Smithwick. From the secrecy of
their movements it was thought there
was soma crooked work. Tuesday
Mr.. Fox wired Zimmerman that he
had found Hulitt and had made salts.
factory settlement with him. They
went home last evening.
Oyster supper.
The Woman's R.lief Corps will give
oyster supper in the room just west Of
MIR. Ryner's confectionery on Mime.
kahta avenne. on Fridav evening. Dec