Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25

Fred Managh has taken the contract
for grading the street east of the col
lege campus.
z. A. Greedy left Friday evening fol
Sioux Falls. He says he will be bacl
again early in the spring.
Carpenters are busy putting down
the floors and finishing up the city hall
1t will soon be ready for occupancy
and is one of the handsomest building
in town.
w. H. Gilcrest and j. X. Gilcrest ol
Des Moines, are here enjoying a short
vacation with their brother from Kear
ney, who arrived a few days ago. They
are stopping at the Evans.
President Hancher is announced h
lecture at Sturgis, before the teachers
institute on August %, upon "Youl
True American" The people ther.
are to be congratulated.
Bartlett Richards, the big stockmar
of Chadron is here ON business. Ht
reports stock in good condition and 9
pretty good range for next winter, bu,
will send q good deal OF stock to ths
Nebraska sand hills to winter.
DIR. w. E. Dodds, our genial dentist
has volunteered to give his Office re-
celpts on Wednesday, 2Sd inst, fol
benefit Of the ChautauQua. If you
need any work OF that kind, call on
that day. and so show the doctor tina,
you appreciate his offer.
The board of insanity consisting OF
Judge Gull, Attorney kellar and DIR
Jennings, met Saturday and de-
cided that John Connors, then in Jail
was non compos mentis and fit sub
ject for the asylum. Steps will be i'm
mediately taken to have him sent Il
Yankton. He is thought to have been
crazy even when he stole the horse.
Active preparations are being made
for the concert at the college chapel
on Saturday evening. There will he
some first class music and as it is for
the Chautauqua benefit it should be
we'll patronized. The change was made
to the college chapel for the reason
that no piano could be secured at the
opera house and there are other conve.
niences at the chapel.
\ Robert Milligan received scare the
other day that made his flesh creep.
While out in his kitchen be put his
hand up on a little shelf above bis
head to feel for something he wanted
and 1t came IN contact with the cold
clammy folds of rattlesnake, which
atonce CONNIE need its warning rat.
tie. Fortunately il did not strike
| him. He lost no time in disludpinQ
his snakeship.
The ball game Saturday afternoon
resulted in victory for the Profess.
ionals by score Of IL to 18. The
playing Of B. Hand, Phil Kellar, A. D.
Wood, Joe Hickey and others proves
that we have material here for a first
class club, with little practice. But
| as for ourselves and some of the other
| players, we might save the soreness
we now labor under and stick to busl-
ness with much more profit. There
most likely be another game next Sat
urday afternoon without pay.
President Hancher's lecture on 1.-The
Real Boy" Saturday night, was not
attended as largely as it should have
been. Those who did go are loud in
their praise of the lecture. With that
great force of delivery for which he is
| justly noted be sent home his grand
thoughts to the minds Of the listeners,
giving them to understand that If our
government is safe it must be by the
proper education and bringing up OF
our boys. Our young men especially
should have heard this lecture. He
gives the lecture at Rapid next Wed.
nesday and we commend it to the peo.
pie up there as grand.
Nick Janisse, a half breed Of con.
siderable notoriety over on the reser.
walton, was brought here Wednesday
by Deputy U. S. Marshal Chris Matth.
lessen and was brought up for hear
ing that morning before Commissioner
Anderson on The charge Of introducing
liquor into the Indian country. He
waived examination and was held in
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! court at Deadwood. Nick is rather
we'll known among our cowboys and
old settlers. He was taken to Dead
wood to await his trial. Thunder Bear
captain of the Indian police, Dis
mounts Thrice, one of his men and
Frank Young were brought over as
witnesses.
H. c. Payne has returned from q
Journey of about 600 miles. through
the Black Hills. out to the Big Horn
mountains, to Buffalo. Sheridan, Sun
| dance, Newcastle. He was looking fo,
work for himself and two teams. He
couldn't find it, and came back entirely
satisfied with the Hills, and says Le
will stay with this country, that it is
way ahead of anything be saw. He
says he travelled sometimes more than
"a hours without drop of water for
himself or team. 1t is gratifying to
people Of this locality to have people
come back satisfied that they are as
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