Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-04-21

he has been offered and refused $40
for. 1t is the first penny ever issued
by the government of the United
States, and was coined in 1857. On
one side is stamped the sun blazing
on sun dial, fugio and date. On the
other side are thirteen links repre-
senting the colonies and in the center
the words sWe are one," AT the bot
tom are the words "NIind your busi-
ness" The piece is a great curiosity.
A Deadwood man will contribute
to the Worlds Fair an urn or two
handled jug which was cut out of
solid block of Black Hills pine. This
is is inches high, and graceful and
pleasing in its proportions. Through
the side of the urn are 100 three-Quar-
ter inch holes, and inside are four
balls of pine, each about four inches
in diameter. These balls have been
followed out, and inside each one is
still another ball. This work was all
done through the three-quarter inch
holes with an ordinary jack-knife.
Mrs. VIM. r. Todd, of st. Paul, is
making music for her husband. who
left st. Paul last June and has since
been living at the Horton house at
Canton. this state, with Mrs. Marga-
ret r. Kennison. divorced woman,
and former school teacher in South
st. Paul. 1t is reported that Todd
has secured a divorce from his wifi
and Mrs. Todd is using the wires to
cOrroborate this report. If IL is true
she will endeavOr to have the decree
set aside. She endeavored TO have
her husband arrested in Lincoln coun-
ty for adultery, but the states at
tOrneY refused to swear out the war
rant.
Judge Sanborn has granted a, new
trial in the case of VIM. Fullerton VS..
the Homestake Mining Company.
AT the last term of court Fullerton
secured a verdict for $50, 600 for the
loss of both feet in the Homestake
mine, in which he was engineer.
Judge Sanborn held that the dam
ages allowed were eXcessive: that
Judge Edgerton's charge were full of
defects: that one of the jurors during
the trial was known to have played
cards with the attorney for Fullerton,
and that injustice had been done the
Homestake company. Judge Moody
appeared for the defense and Judge
Garland for Fullerton.
1t has just been discovered that the
Dr. Buchanan, who is now on trial in
New York charged with having poi
soned his wife, was once a temporary
resident of Sioux Falls. Abouteight-
cen months ago he came there and
stopped at leading hotel. He an
hi y:
yorce from his wife. While there he
drank heavily and constantly, devot-
ing nearly all his time to the bar
Wife, and the grounds on which he
desertion. He disappeared suddenly
one day. and the next heard of him
was i'm New York. and the death of
his wife followed i'm a short time.
A dispatch from Chicago says: The
attraction at the woman's building
of the fair WAS Il cloak composed en-
tlrely OF feathers of prairie chickens.
sent as part of the Dakota w0men'S
exhibit. The cloak is a curious piece
of workmanship and was made by
u Dakota woman. who spent 10 years
in getting the material. Some idea
can be gained of the number of birds
it took to furnish the material from
the fact that all the feathers are of IL
lovely and peculiar hue and only
three or four found on each bird.
Each feather is held i'm place by no
less than eight stitches. The value
placed on this garment by the
woman who made it is $1,000.
Merritt II. Day, at one time dem
ocratic leader in the state and a lead
ing citizen of Rapid City, is missing
and issupposed to be in Canada. Sew
eral years ago Day organized horse
company, enlistlng eastern capital
Tor The purpose to large amount.
Recently the eastern directors, unable
to obtain any information i'm regard
to their investment. came out to
Rapid City. All access was deni d
them to the books and property o.
tt e company and even the orders ofI
the court were resisted by Day and
an armed force of his men. A short
time afterward Day disappeared and
an investigation is said to have shown
tbat he appropriated over 100000 G.
the company's money to his own
Definite information of his W
abOutS can not be had,
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