Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
River avenue is getting to look like
q metropolitan thoroughfare.

| The Black Hills M. II. conference
meets at Spearfish on Sept. 80.
w. H. Lancaster and wife have re.
turned from their visit with relatives
at Fairburn.
Mrs. Lafe Selden returned from her
visit to the upper bills and the Devils
tower, Monday.
Rev. Gilchrist and family will occu-
py one of w. H. Lancaster's cottages,
on Jenning' avenue.
Mrs. N. X. Griggs came in on the B.
& NJ. Monday, and now the poet law.
yer has his entire family here.
Mrs. VIM. McLymans met with a
very painful and serious accident re.
Gently by falling down an open cellar
door in the darkness.
Andy Traut has about completed
the job Of putting in the steam heat
for the public school building at Chad.
ron. He made his family q short visit
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker who have
spent over three months so pleasantly
in the city, left Wednesday night over
the B. e. NJ. for home. While here
they took very active part in church
work and will 10 greatly missed.
We are requested to call the atten.
tion Of the county board of health to
the fact that the head waters Of Cold
brook in the vicinity Of John Evans
place are being polluted with the
putrid carcasses Of several dead hogs.
The workman who is opening ST.
dey's new cave opened up new hole
on Monday. from which the wind rush.
es out with such force that it is inn
possible to keep light burning in 1T.
This shows that there is great un.
foreground cavern and blasting mate.
rails have been sent out to aid in open
ing it up further.
It affords the STAR great pleasure to
state that our distinguished guest,
Mrs. b. H. Sherman, who is here tax
ing baths for rheumatism is already
considerably improved. She feels that
a change is coming over her .heumat-
&c troubles and the severe pain has
about left her. We rejoice with her
and hope she will not grow weary un-
til the water has had its entire effect.
DR.. Jennings, surgeon in charge Of
the Leavenworth detail, made his sixth
weekly report of the condition Of the
the men on Monday. He says that all
but about three, who are incurable. are
we'll. They are all men past their
prime and can not expect to be made
young again, but they they now appear
as near the stage of youth as you ever
see men Of their age. They will only
be here two weeks longer, when we ex-
pect to give complete write-up of the
detail and the results of the test.
The cases of the city against the
draymen who were arrested for not
paying their license were taken before
Judge Boomer from Judge Ridpath
and came up for hearing yesterday af-
ternoon. E. ID. Norton appeared for
the defendants, raised the question of
jurisdiction and had the cases set over
until Friday of this week. The cases
will resolve themselves into a long
drawn out argument as to whether or
not Judge Boomers appointment by
the city council was legal.
At the meeting Of the officers and
members of the NJ. E. church Of this
city, held Monday, resolution was
unanimously passed asking conference
to return their pastor, Rev. j. w. D.
Anderson to this charge for another
year. Citizens of Hot Springs gener-
ally will be pleased to know this, for
Mr.. Anderson is regarded as one Of the
ablest ministers in the Black Hills con-
ference, and is hard working, ener-
getic man, working industriously for
all enterprises toward the betterment
Of Hot Springs.
Ezra Washington Miller, U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for the state of South
Dakota, has been the guest of the city
since Monday, and has been enjoying
our attractions very much. He re-
ports crops good about his home, Elk
Point, and says the eastern part of the
state will be sin i" this fall. He will
leave for home this evening and will
bring his wife and daughter over to
Hot Springs to stay while he attends
court at Deadwool, which convenes on
the 18th, it having been postponed for
two weeks. He reports several ,nur-
der cases besides great deal Of other
business before the court this coming
term.
The third annual catalogue of Black
Hills college is on our table. 1t is the
product of the Hatchet press and does
our contemporary great credit. 1t is
neat and tasty geographically and
the subject matter is well arranged.
Besides the lists of students, synopsis
of the courses of study, and such things
usually found in catalogue, it con-
tains concise and we'll written history
Of the institution and an extended
write up of its advantages as a place
for a thorough and systematic course