Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-07
LOCAL NOTES.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
The sidewalk along the Petty and
Barnes-shope block is being put in
today.
The grading on Eighth street has
been looked over hy the city surveyor
and we understand it is to be accepted
and the assessment roll made out.
A. B. Gonnor went 10 Whiiowood
this morning to attend the reunion.
He was accompanied by Mesdames
Morton and Rivers who 80 TO visit old
friends.
The carpenters are busy putting in
the ioiS's for the second floor of the
new school house. The basement
joists about which there was so much
talk will not he put in till later.
Ralph Skinner has received = letter
telling him to secure furnished rooms
or houses for five families from south
western Iowa, who will lie here in the
near future to spend the summer.
Traut & Gillespie have large force
of men working on the ditching for
the sewerage to the home and have
more than 500 feet ready for the pipe
which is looked for any day.
J. w. Pixies new photograph gallery
with lis iron siding and roof is now
ready for the plasterers and will make
q very neat and connections building
for the purpose for which he will use
it.
p j. l'ranzen. one of the best meat
cutters that ever flourishe(l knife or
swuue cleaver, is now slicing steak
for White Bros. He knows his busl-
ness and the proprietors are lucky to
get him.
The carpenters are finishing up The
work on Judge Ki,.k's new house near
the soldiers home. They will not
move here permanently until the
Judges term of Office expires in his
county.
The banks throughout the country
are getting scared over the great num-
ber of failures aud are drawing in all
the money they can to pay dcrositors
in full. AS result there is very
little money in circulation and times
haven't been so hard for years.
The low-lived villains who persist
in making Il water closet of the
beautiful little grottowork covering
for the Bears head spring. should be
caught and given a coat of tar and
feathers. We have no patience with
any such vile and degraded tricks.
At least dozen tents can he seen
in various parts of town, in which are
families from short distance. who
have come to spend some time with us
and avoid hotel bills. Three covered
wagons came in from the south yeSter
day and the occupants are camped on
Cold Brook.
We are assured that this week will
end the stone cutting on the city hall
and River avenue in that vicinity will
be cleared and put in better shape for
travel both by team and footmen.
The sidewalk being gone and the stone
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inconvenient for month or two.
D1Ep:--Last evening at 6 o'clock,
the soul of Edith. the little two wear
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III. g.
Little. passed from this world with its
suffering and sorrow. to the next with
its happiness and joy. The little suf-
ferer had been afflicted with both the
measles and whooping cough and COM
plications set in which made recovery
out of the question. The parents have
our sympathy. Funeral services con-
Quoted by Rev. Frame will be held at
the Congregational church tomorrow
at 10 o'clock.
A special train came in last evening
about 9 o'clock bringing a very distin.
guished party of people. Chief among
them was Gen. Jno. r. Brooke of the
United States army and his wife, Gen
Jno. A. S.. Patrick, Miss Stearns, Mrs
w. A. Redick. the Misses Wakely
daughters of Judge "alely Of Omaha
and Capt. A. G. C. Quay Of the q. S
army. Gen. Brooke has just returned
from an Official visit inspecting TT
Mckinney, Wyo.. and the party who
accompanied him. also visited The big
Patrick stock ranch at The base of The
Big Horn mountains. They tried
their luck at trout fishing but found
the water too high and muddy on ac
count Of melting snow in the noun
1. tains. They have left their ear and
are stopping at the Hotel Evans
where they are comfortably fixed
They will remain in the city severa
days.