Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-30
LOCAL NOTES.
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

FROM FRIDAYS DAILY
The corn palace at Sioux City has
been abandoned this year.
Wilson Spencer starts to drive to
his home at Atkinson, Neb., tomorrow
morning.
j. E. Chapman returned from At.
kinson this morning and reports crops
looking fine there.
Mrs. o. II. Madison and daughter
Blanche came in this morning from
Brookings, s. d., and will spend some
weeks taking baths.
The city board of health have
ordered clean up OF the Easements
on Eighth street between Chicago
avenue and the postotlice, and the
marshal has been after the dwellers
there with sharp stick.
Lou Small, night foreman for the
Elkhorn at Chadron came up this
morning to visit his parents and join
his wife who has been visiting her
people on Horsehead. He reports
railroad matters very dull indeed.
Judge Carleton +. Couch of Water
loo, Ia, law partner Of Gov. Boies, was
married to Miss Laura E. Putnam, a
teacher Of the high school of that
place on Wednesday, and they are ex-
pected here on tomorrow's Elkhorn
train to spend a part of their honey-
moon with us.
The effect of the railway surgeons
visit are being seen already. Mrs.
Spencer Greenel ard Miss Ida Ochil-
tree came to Hot Springs to spend a
few weeks taking baths on the recom-
mendation of DR.. Payne, one of the
surgeons residing at Keokuk.
Another name has been added to
those already mentioned for chancellor
of the Wesleyan university. Friends
of j. w. Hancher, psesident of the
Black Hills College at Hot Springs, S.
ID. were in the city yesterday and pre-
sented his name as candidate
Lincoln State Journal. (22).
w. r. Castle, of Castle Cure fame,
came in this afternoon from Chadron
and is looking for location for drug
store. He bought his stock of drugs
and had them shipped to Chadron ex.
pecting to open up there, but the pros
pect not being what he hoped for, he
came to this place and will open up
here again. He will most likely get
one of the rooms in the Petty block
The many friends of Prof. Maynard
of Black Hills College will be sur.
prised to learn that be handed in his
resignation as member of the faculty
of that institution and it has been ac-
cepted. He will 90 at once to the
Northwest Iowa conference, from
which he came, and will go to preach.
ing again. He will be greatly missed
at the college and among his admirers
in onr city.
Congressman W. V. Lucas came
back to Hot Springs this morning on
the Ellihorn after an absence of foul
months, during which time he had a
varied experience. He left Mrs. Lucas
with his son in Charles Mix county and
she will not return here until after
the Fourth of July. The captain is
looking as hearty as ever and says it is
his intention to either buy or build a
home here IN the near future. He
says he is sorry some of his friends
here misunderstood him in the action
taken in the next encampment of the
g. A. X. He did not oppose the en-.
campment coming here, but said We
wanted it badly, but it would be well
to have something in black and white
from the railroad companies in regart
to fare before deciding. 4 ten dolla,
round trip rate was expected of then
by the X. P's. and \. o. U. W's., anc
when it came to show down it coult
not be obtained and both flashed in the
pan. The mere statement from rail
road officials that low rate would bt
given was not definite enough, and he
was in favor Of getting definite rate.
instead Of having going off half cockee
and then blaming the Hot Springs
people for it.
If anybody THINKS the school boarc
didn't have lively meeting last night
they are certainly mistaken. 1t re
quired fifteen ballots to decide upor
the assistant principal. The tie wa.
between A. w. Mcgowan of this city
and Miss Reeves of Rapid. Both these
were finally dropped and Miss Borst Of
Valentine elected at salary of 81;
per month. The board seemed to have
peck of trouble on hand in the schoo
house matter. Contractor Mckay ha.
been anxious to have change made il
the specifications, allowing him to sub
stitute the Pullman spring sash bal