Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-21
NJ. T. Haines of Chicago is with us.

city hall rapidly.
| Applications for rooms at our hotels
continue to come in.
Mrs. w. Kline Of Kalamazoo, Mich,
is here enjoying short vacation.
Henry Shultz has opened up his
beer saloon in the Wesch e. Oak block.
Four big train loads of stock will be
shipped from Belle Fourche next Sun.
day.
The entrances to the new school
building are being constructed and
they are elegant.
Hay is scarce article, bnt two loads
stood on our streets all day without
finding a purchaser.
| The commissioners met today and
adjourned again until August 1st
without any explanations.
Mrs. w. S. Purdy and daughter of
Omaha are here for short time and
will take a course OF baths,
Potatoes are very scarce and can
hardly be obtained at any price. The
chances for big crop in the Hills is
very good, however.
MIR. John Mutz and Mrs. MUTT of
Auburn, Neb., came in this morning
and will stop some time with us. They
are located at the Gillespie.
Congressman McKeigan and wife
and two others visited the bad lands
yesterday for specimens. 1t was
pretty hot day for that kind of trip.
The linemen who have been at work
for the last few days fixing up the tel
ephone lines, will finish up their work
ton. ght and they ara in elegant shape.
A Rapid City justice has decided that
a bartender or anyone else connected
with a saloon cannot collect wages due
them because of the illegality of the
business
j. Z. Bathgate, Jr. Princeton uni.
versity.student is spending part of his
vacation in the Hills and did not forget
to visltsHot Springs. He is stopping
at the Gillespie.
Judge Gardner has returned from
his trimto Colorado and California and
we are Informed that he will be down
to Hot Springs on Friday evening to
remans over Sunday. to look after
legal matters here.
j. u. Leader. III. A. Cox and E. j.
Valentine, three of the most popular
of the Elkhorn's conductors, came up
from Chadron yesterday to spend IA
day with us and are making the most
of their short visit.
Fred. son of j. r. Mower. came i'm
from Nebraska few days ago and is
running the old restaurant adjoining
Whites meat market. He goes about
it like an old timer and we are sure
that popular eating house will lose
none of its excellent reputation by his
taking hold of it. He also has opened
up green fruit and vegetable stand
on the outside which will no loub. be
quite well patronized. We wish him
success.
The Northwestern Dramatic COM
pany rendered Uncle Dan'l TO small
but very appreciative audience ut the
opera house Wednesday. Under ordi-
nary circumstances the house would
have been crowded to its fullest limits.
but the hard times and scarcity of
cash has made folks feel like saving
every cent and they DO not feel like IN
dnl giag in any luxuries. We have
understood they will not give their
show tonight.
- The Sioux City journal quotes Fred
I. Evans. Jr., as follows: "Despite
the fact that the Black Hills is min
ing region. and that large quantities
of silver are mined there, the popula-
tlon is almost a unit in favor of the
repeal of the purchase clause of the
Sherman bill and is favorable to a
gold basis for all money. There are
many silver men in the country, but
they are a very small minority
An important deal in railroad mat.
tiers has taken place recently which
will be interesting to our readers. The
Illinois Central has leased the Pacific
Short Line running from Sioux CITY
to O'Neill. and it is rumored will
build on west OH the old survey. The
Great Northern has leased the Sioux
City and Northern, making connec
tlon between Sioux City and st. Paul.
and securing valuable terminal facili.
ties. These changes mean much for
the Northwest. especially northwestern
Nebraska.
A party of Newcastle people have
been taking a very pleasant outing.
They drove i'll carriages from that
place to Sylvan lake near Custer and
spent Sunday there. Coming down to
Wind cave they explored its mysteries
throughout, taking two days and
going over two of the longest routes.
They. came to Hot Springs Wednesday
and are now camped near the Cold
spring and are taking in Hot Springs
thoroughly. IL they are not having a
good time. 1T would be hard to tell how
such party could. They consist Of
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