Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
LOCAL LAc0NICs.

COMPILED AND Condensed FOR
BUSY PEOPLE.
Rev. H. H. Gilchrist has gone to
Lead to conduct a series of meetings.
Stenographer Grantham's wife is
here with him on his official visit to
the city.
Mrs. Davis. of the Davis house, is
rapidly recovering from her recent Sc
v re spell of sickness.
The Sioux City Club house at Custer
was destroyed by fire on Saturday
evening. The loss is covered by insur-
ance.
Wood Smith and wife are over from
French Creek to spend few weeks Wis
lting with his brother in-law. w. H..
Lancaster and family.
Chadron suffered from disastrous
fire. on Thanksgiving morning by
which the Gem restaurant and the
Owen saloon building went up in
smoke.
The American Express company has
established a h.anch money order Of
fice at Eaton & Wilcox and j. c. Dick
overs to accommodate the patrons at
each end of town. They will also keep
postage stamps and receive mail. which
will prove to he great convenience
to all.
r. +. Connor received telegram
last Saturday from Chicago announcing
the death of their sister, Mrs. Gibbs
who has been sufferer from consump-
ton. When Mrs. A. B. Connor re-
turned some time ago, she was greatly
improved, but must have taken sud.
denly worse.
E. B. Warren has the first Ferris
wheel in town. 1t is handsomely con-
structed and is wrapped with different
colored papers. The carriages are
made of shoe boxes and buttoners,
shoestrings and other paraphernalia
used in the shoe business enter largely
in its construction. 1t is certainly
unique. and speaks we'll for Mr.. War
ren's ingenuity.
Capt. A. M. Willard, sheriff of Gus.
ter county, was in the city attending
aourt, having inst returned from SiouS
Falls, whittier he had taken prisoner
down to the pen. He says he saw
Mosher, the Lincoln bank wrecker
and he now begins to realize he is a
prisoner. He acted morose and surly
and refused to take part in the Thanks
giving exercises with the other pris'
oners. He ought to have been thank.
full he wasn't hung.
The members of Hot Springs Chap
ter R. A. M. elected the following off.
GERS at their meeting last Friday: B.A
Wade, H. p; w. A. Wheeler, KING,
H. A. GODDARD. Scribe; j. H. Boomer
Sect; E. T. Peirce. Treas; Ed s. Ames
G. of n; l.. S. Gull, K. A. q; Harry
Sparks, 1st vail; George Clark. % vail;
Robt. Sham, Sd vail; o. p. Frary, Ty.
ler; W. v. Lucas, Chaplain; H. Z. Cat.
lin and l.. S. Ellsworth, Stewards.
Clark Odell, we'll known old time
rancher who lives about FIVE miles east
of the Gap, in Custer county, is can.
didate for the insane asylum at Yank.
ton. For about three months he ha.
mental trouble. which has been gradn
ally increasing. He was brought tc
the Springs some time since, but ha:
shown little or no Improvement and
he was taken home Monday. The
board of insanity of Custer county vii
investigate his case in the near future
and be will doubtless be sent to Yank
ton. His age. (55 years. and the ma
ture Of his malady, give little hope
for his ultimate recovery.
The school board met last Friday and
held quite lengthy session. They
looked over the plans prepared hy
Architect Wright for putting The
closets in one of the lower rooms, and
after some discussion IL was decided ia
abandon the idea of building closets
on the outside. and will put them IN
the north west room of the basement
There will be different entrances, and
they will be entirely distinct. A com.
mittee was appointed To confer with
Contractor Mckay and the plumbers
who are at work to arrange for put.
ting in the toilets and for getting the
water up to the building. A large
cesspocl wall be dug in the outside into
which the closets will be flushed nntil
tho sewerage system is put in. The
bids for furnishing the schools with
lctoal were owned, and it was found
that Hulst & Price had the lowest bid
Z, & 3, the contra was let to them. A. D.
kfcKav was also allowed the last est,.
mate be will get until he turns over
1 aths,k building.