Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15
Have you seen JOHNNIE Richer's
little man slnukiug.?

Have you seen JOHNNIE Richer.
little man smokiug.?
George King has taken a position in
the Evans bath house.
Frank Hesnard is putting up good
quality of ice from the ponds on Cold
brook.
Very few towns have as many
labIrlng men ut work as Hot
Sprins just now.
SCULPTOR Rlordan is now at work
cutting two handsome ornamental Ro-
man vases for "A. Godard's lawn.
The STAR was never more willing to
''dicker" for little wood than now.
Bring in some wood and see If we are
not.
Congressman Henderson Of Iowa is
reported as much improved from the
use Of our waters, snd is much pleased
with hot Springs as health resort.
DR. H. N. Johnson. formerly of Chi.
cago. but lately from Hot Springs, is
in the city and will probably decide to
permanently locate in the city.-Rapid
City Journal.
Walter Scott is experimenting a
force of men who are putting IN a
large bridge across the creek on Battle
Mountain avenue where it crosses the
B. & NJ. yards.
Walter Scott surveyed Tenth ST.
to ascertain the grade and to get it in
shape to advertise for grading. He
says the best he can do wall be an
eighteen per cent grade.
The new post Office is now illumina-
ted with an arc light, which is great
Improvement. 1t is great pity though
that the entire building had not been
wired during its construction.
Work on the preparing of the
ground for the foundation Of the Epis
copal church goes right along. 1t takes
considerable nerve to begin an under.
taking of such magnitude at this time.
F. B. Harrison, the gentlemanly
manager of the Deer Greek Coal com.
pany, who is SO we'll known to many
here. died very suddenly at Chad
ron on Sunday morning at three o'clock.
CO. Chandler and mother, of Sioux
City, are in the city in company with
}. N. Wood and wife of Rapid City.
MIR. Chandler is a nephew of Mr.
Woods and is looking up location for
a bank.
w. H. Carter, of Chicago, arrived
Monday and stopped at the Gillespie.
This is probably the trip he has had in
contemplation for some time TO arrange
for the purchase of the Catholicon
property,
There is great rejoicing in the Brown
household as a fine young
son was born to MIR. and Mrs. Matt.
Brown Sunday evening. The STAR
offers sincerest congratulations to the
happy parents.
John Mueller and E. B. Warren are
getting the old stucco mill in shape
TO manufacture their patent music
rack. They have the dies all cut and
are only awaiting the arrival of the
material to commence business.
j. A. Pratt returned from his visit
to his old home and friends near OF.
tumwa, la. last Saturday. He reports
about a foot of snow and the weather
entirely too cold to snit him down
there, but says he had very pleasant
time.
w. I. March received telegram
from Hill City last Friday announ.
cling the very sudden death of his niece,
Miss Lena Harkness, at that place.
She was the young lady who lay sick
so long this fall in the rooms above
the old Sidey specimen store. Her
many young friends will be sorry tu
hear Of her nntimely death.
The car load of tiling for the school
house and for Fred Evans arrived from
Sioux City Saturday. The school will
use 1t for carrying the rain water and
waste from the engine away from the
building. Mr. Evans will use his part
for laying the new line of pipe from
the Evans hotel to the power house, to
take the place of the six inch iron pipe
now being taken up.
There seems to have been wrong
idea prevalent AS to the work of the
Wcmans Relief Corps, and the STAR
TO Il certain ext,nt has shared this
wrong impression. The organization
does not contine its charitable work tc
the veterans of the war and their fami
lies. hut to all worthy people who are
in need. and they desire to he informed
whenever any one is compiled to ask
for aid. The w. r. q. is IL grand or
ganization and is doing a noble work
Il Harry Gayhart received letter las
Saturday from the Cole Hora. hunting
party in the Big Horn basin, enclos n.
IA Photograph of the party on their re
turn from a two weeks hunt up in til.
mountains in which they killed IA deer
4 elk, 3 mountain sheep, l bear, beside
other smaller game The pictn,e show
the game all piled up in heap ant