Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

Col. Thornl,y came down from Her.
mosa last ev .ning on business.
NJ. j. Miller of Buffalo, Wyo., is in
the city for a few days on business.
The first car load of rock for the
new Episcopal church has come in
from the Evans quarry and is being
unloaded.
1t ia now given out as fact that
Lake & HALEY will move their hank at
Buffalo Gap 10 Hot Springs in the very
near future.
Pat Ferguson was taken upon the
county rs public charge last Friday
and taken to the .s13" house now run
by some colored folks.
Hon. Walter Mckay, commissioner
of labor statistics for South Dakota, is
IN the city on business and visiting
his brother, A. d.
The school board met and approved
that portion of the course Of study al
ready printed. We are informed that
it is about one third done.
Mr.. Laws Of the Soldiers home left
on the Elkhorn freight last Tuesday
for Rapid City, whsre he will remain
several months with relatives.
Billy Carter, OF the firm of Field &
Carter, came in Tuesday from his
trip to the Pacific coast and reports
business quite as dull there as here.
Monson Rines, brother.in.law Of
Walter Scott, who has been here for
about year, returned to his home in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, over the E.khorn
on Saturday evening.
The Loyal Temperance Legion held
a very interesting entertainment at
the Baptist church last Monday, con-
sisting of singing, speaking and dia.
logues. A good crowd were in attend
ance, aud fair sum was realized,
Miss Minnie Beer, the Western
Union Telegraph operator at this place.
has taken weeks vacation and gone
to Omaha to visit her brother. Mr..
Himebaugh of Rapid City is here TAX.
ing her place.
One of our physicians in examining
candidates for insurance in the A. 0.
u. w. drew out the remarkable fact
that three of them have grandmothers
living who are over 100 years old.
They ara R0ht. Manaugh, Robt.
Parmley and Billy Atkinson.
Mollring Bros e. Co. have now con.
cluded to move their entire stock of
goods to Edgemont, and Fred will be
over this week to help pack up. They
will probably get moved by Christmas
and Mr.. Liebmann will probably get
moved into their room by Jan. 1st,
Prof. Killing has heard from Coy.
Sheldon regarding his coming to de.
liver an address upon the occasion of
the opening of the new school building,
and the governor regrets his inability
to be present at that time. President
Shannon Of the state board of regents
may come.
One of the Koker brothers came in
from their placer d,ggings on French
creek, and reports the creek frozen
solid and their occupation gone for the
winter. He says they made fair wages
when they could work, but now they
put in the time hunting, which is good,
and prospecting, which is not so good.
II is reported that the Baptist and
Congregational churches will hold
their Sunday School Christmas exercis.
es on Christmas (Mondav) evening, and
the Methodist sch"ol will give an en-.
tertainment on the Saturday evening
preceding Christmas for the purpose
of raising charity fund for the poor
of the city.
The F f. & NJ. v. X. r. have at last
concluded to remove their tank from
Evans's siding to Elm creek, and MIR.
Parrott has commenced to excayate
for the foundation and al-o for the
pipe line to the spring near the quarry.
1t will he a complete gravity system
and will save the expense of one man.
A peculiar thing abont it il the fact
that they are hanl,ne rock from
Burke's quarry TO use in building the
foundation.
The STAR job department has had a
great run of jnb printing lately, and
ae,ng thoroughly equipped for any
class of work. and having the most
competent workmen. there's some salts.
faction in keeping the presses on the
90. Bring in vour work. friends:
don't try to worry along and do busi-
ness without letter heads. statements.
cards. and all such necessary material
for Conducting business in business
wav. No better time to leave yonr
order than now. and NO tetter place
to leave orders than with the STAR.
Sheriff Blakey brought in a man
by the name Of Letsinger, whom he
captnred up Gid brook canvon this
morning. and lodged him safely in Jail
| Lrtsineer was indicted with one, Henrv
Clark. bv the grand jrrv last April
on charge If the grand larceny of some
/ gonds from a store on Hat creek.
I Clark plead guilty and was sent To the