Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18

talent in the city will take part.
Prof. King, who will take charge
of our public schools, and his family,
/ will arrive here about the 21st inst.
There will be Sunday school picnic
at Smithwick on Wednesday, August
so. The public generally is inyited.
w. A. Turner has gone OH visit to
] his home at Coin, Iowa, and will go
on to Chicago to take in the Worlds
fair for a couple Of weeks.
Bank Examiner Diamond says that
no word has been received from the
comptroller as to the receivership of
the First National bank.
Mrs. j. II. Erwin, sister of E. II
Ames, is here from Dubois, Neb., with
her three children, for several weeks
visit with her brother and family.
We are informed that Edmund Pet.
! ty is no better today and that he Is a
very sick man. We sincerely hope
for speedy and permanent recovery.
George y. Paulk who is largely in
telested in real estate in our city came
in Wednesday from Los Angeles,
CAL. and will stop few days on his
way to the Worlds. far. He reports a
big building boom this year at Los
! Angeles.
Prof. Lymer is off for Coin, Iowa,
where he joins his wife, and together
! they will visit with relatives and
friends for about three weeks. The
professor has been a very hard worker
during the past year and we hope
may have Il thoroughly enjoyable
time.
ID. j. Burke of Schuyler, Nrb., the
special detective of the B. & NJ, is in
the city. He is working up the case
of the town of Ardmore against the
farmers on the head of Hat creek, who
used the water of that stream for ir-
rigation and left people below without
that necessary article this dry weather.
Miss Lenna Clifford who has for the
past year so acceptably filled the posi-
tion of clerk at the Evans news stand
will resign her position and leave for
Norfolk, Nebraska, Sunday evening,
| August 20. where she will reside in
the future. Miss Lenna has many
friends here who will regret to hear Of
her intention to leave Hot Springs.
A party of six men, with herd of
several hundred head of ponies arrived
in town Wednesday, They are trav-
cling from Nevada to Pierre, and the
horses are very footsore and weary
We understand they will so into camp
about three miles northeast of town
and the owner will stop week or two
with us taking baths for rheumatism.
Fl. g. Payne. who went from Cascade
few weeks ago to the Sheridan, Wyo.
country to procure work for his teams
writes that he will soon be home, for
there's no work there for either men
or teams, that the country is over run
with both, and that thousands of them
are moving in all directions seeking
employment. There's no railroad
work and things look gloomy enough.
The Black Hills Paint and Color Co.
whose business headquarters are in
this city. report that they are shipping
considerable paint to va,ious points.
Their mine is located north of Mime
kahta station short distance, and they
are getting it opened up in excellent
shape. The paint is an excellent quail.
ity, and when it once becomes known
we anticipate that they will do a big
business.
Frank Hesnard attended the :.silver
barbecue" at Hermosa, Wed.
nesday, and says they had large and
enthusiastic crowd. Speeches were
made by G. l.. Wood of RAPID, Otto
Anderson of Rockerville, Fred Zipr
and John Marble of Deadwood, and
others. They also had horse races and
a ball game. and had an elegant time
feasting on the barbecued OK. Tie
people of Hermosa treated the crowd
in magnificent manner and everyone
present seemed to enjoy it hugely.
Frank jackson was riding fractions
pony out on Horsehead Friday and
the ANIMAL commenced bucking with
him and got him against a barb wire
fence. The result was that the barbs
of the wire literally tore and chawed
the flesh on the calf of his leg like
sausage meat. An artery was severed
and when he was brought to town late
last night to have it dressed by Drs
Wade lie was quite weak from the loss
of blood. He is feeling some bette,
now but the wound is still painful.
j. w. Patrick. the stone man, had q
runaway that resulted seriously ani
might have been much worse. He in
company with another gentleman were
driving to the qnarries and when going
down the rough, steep hill near the
fails. horse tripped and fell and ir
trying to save himself broke the neck
yoke and the buggy ran against th.
horses and they ran. The gentlemen
jumped and saved themselves. but the
team ran about half mile and
stopped. One of the horses cut one
of his fore legs, entirely severing the
main artery of the leg. DR.. Humph