Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-09-29

Col. Clough came down from Dead
wood Tuesday to attend the meeting
of the soldiers home board.
Hank Vannatta returned from an
extended visit to the Worlds fair and
reports it a magnificent show.
Barber Simms is now pleasantly loca-
ted in his new quarters and invites all
his old customers and host of new
ones to come and see him.
Our graders are all anxiously watt
ing for the soldiers home grading to
be let. They will most likely hear
from it some time this week.
Mrs. Haxby. mother of Mrs. Chris
Jensen came down from Rapid City
Tuesday and will spend some time
visiting her daughter.
j. D. Nicholson, who has so faith.
fully and efficiently presided over the
cuisine of the Evans, has resigned and
is now making his arrangements look
ing forward to to an extended Worlds
fair visit and change of base. He is
now suffering from a cut hand which
was poisoned from the tin. MIR Evans
gave him a splendid recommendation
and he leaves town with the hest of
records. Miss Minnie Stump. the pas
try cook has also resigned her position
The former secoed cook will hold down
the job.
John Henton informs us that at the
mica mine they have struck the mica
ledge In the tunnel they have been
running, and that they can form bet-
ter idea of the immense quantity Of
mica in the mine. 1t is virtually in
exhaustible, and they feel more than
ever encouraged in their work A
shaft has also been sunk to the tunnel.
The mine is now in fine shape for get
Iting out mica in excellent condition
and in enless quantities.
Frank Wing6eld, who worked on the
daily Herald in its palmy days. but
now edlor and proprietor of the Craw-
ford Gazette, was in the city on Sun
day. Frank is a bright young fellow
and recently had the good fortune to
receive a legacy Of $1,000 from an es.
tate in England. He il not the kind
| OF fellow to blow it in foolishly but
wall make good use of it. He reports
the newspaper business good and his
paper all he expected. We congratu
late him on his good fortune and wish
him we'll.
Our city was invaded by an excur-
sion of about IS people from Ft. Rob-
inson and Crawford on Sunday. Prom
inent among the many were q. E. Will
son, wife and daughter, Frank Wing
field, Mrs. L. 1. Rattan, James Hig-
gard, W. b. Anderson. Mrs. Rusia.
Chas. Aadms. F. H. Gorton, j. P. Roth.
ermel, A. s. Smith and wife and Mrs.
Maybray G. E. Winslow, wife and
daughter Mrs. Eastman of Fl Rob-
,nson. They spent the time pleasantly
looking over our scenery and swim
ming in the plunge and having good
time generally, returning home Sunday
evening.
DR.. Hargens was called to Oelrichs
by telegram Friday night to set a
broken leg for VIM. Mcdonald.
The circumstances of the breaking are
peculiar. He is man about 66 years
of age, and seeing chicken nawk
bothering is poultry got the shot
gun which had not been used for some
time, and stoomng down to raise the
hammer, which was rusted, he rested
the butt against the inside Of his right
leg. The hammer slipped, the gun
diScherged and recoiled with such
force that it broke his leg just above
the knee joint. 1t is bad break. and
difficult to set, but the doctor thinks
he will get along all right.
Mr.. E. NJ. Douglas. U. S. topograph.
ical engineer, with his party in two
large U. S. covered wagons, came in
Monday and after stocking MP
with supplies. pulled on up to Har-
ney's peak where they will continue
their work. MIR. Douglas says they
are having hard time of it at present.
The smoke at times obscuses the entire
country, and the dust and wind have
been so bad that work with an instru.
ment is almcst impossible. They will
establish signal station out on Noun
tain sheep point, near Hell's canyon,
for the purpose of triangulation, as
it can he seen from Harney's peak, and
all over the prairie country sonth and
west of us for nearly SO miles. They
expect to put ia two or three months
of hard work yet before winter sets in.
The proprietors Of the Wind cave
have showed their liberality again.
They were not satisfied altogether with
the receipts the Chautauqua received
from the admissions on the day set
apart for them some time since, and
knowing that there is still a deficiency
of 500 or more, they have offered an.
other days admissions, provided
enough tickets are sold to cover all the
deficiency. There is no better time to
view the cave than right now. The
weather is delightful and as there are