Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-11
4 week OF INTEREST.
CLEANED FROM ALL QUARTERS AND
BOILED DOWN.
Nancy Hanks lowered the trotting
record to 2:02s at Buffalo on Thursday.

Nancy Hanks lowered the trotting
record to 2:O2ss at Buffalo on Thursday.
j. d. Mcdonald of the Wind cave
is suffering from carbuncle ON his
face, which has laid him up.
Rev. VIM. McCready, of Hermosa,
is taking in the Chautauqua and says
he is thoroughly enjoying it.
G. S. Buck has moved his family to
the ranch near Oerichs, where he is
helping to put up hay.
The Skinner livery business has
been moved into the Petty barn at the
foot of the hill on Chicago avenue.
Fred Anthony, recently Of the
Edgemont Express, has gone to o O'Neill,
Neb., where he will probably locate.
j. E. Cooper will most likely take
position as brakeman on the Elkhorn
stub line between this place and the
Gap.
The double bugle calls at the home
a,:e new thing and the reveille sounds
very pretty. to early risers all over
Frank BELL, who drives the water
wagon fol. w. III. Lancaster is the
happy father of a bouncing boy baby,
born Friday.
George Gibson is making record
as a salesman in Cranes Store that he
may well be proud of. The proprie.
tors made no mistake IN selecting HIM.
An elegant brick sidewalk is being
laid in front of the Barnes-Shope
block, with cut stone curbing. 1t is
the only first class walk of which the
city can boast.
Lead City has got into a wrangle
over their saloon fines, and the Dead.
wood Independent says great many
sthink that it will eventually end in
closing all the saloons"
Two carloads Of hay came IN on the
Elkhorn, which with the many
loads now seen on our streets, brings
the price of that much coveted commo.
dity down to very reasonable figure.
j. u. Gilchrist and family of En-
glewood are here visiting Mrs. G's Sis
ters and parents, she being daughter
of MIR. Shirley of Bradley Flats. MIR.
Gilchrist is operator for the b. & NJ. at
Englewood.
The barn opposite the postoffice that
has done duty so long for livery bust.
ness Is being remodelled and G.. II.
Cramer ls moving in his tools
and outfit and will soon be doing a
blacksmith business there.
A new sidewalk is being laid in
front of the Bentley lot adjoining the
Barnes-Shope building. The other
walk will soon be laid and pedestrians
can soon get along the east side of
Chicago avenue in good shane.
Tom Sing, the Chinaman who has
<oeeu off on " visit to his wife and
family, $4,000 miles across the water,
has returned to Hot Springs. He
says the certificate our business men
gave him helped him through without
trouble.
Prof Mcbride of the Iowa state
university who has been here examln-
ing our flora is very much interested
in the petritied cycads which are found
out on Bradley's flat northeast of
Minnekahta. He says they are new
thing to science and he is going to
write them up.
Dr.. Stewart was present in Chicago
when V. E. Prentice made his assign
ment, and he says that matters were
so arranged that the Cascade company
nor the First National bank will be in
ahywi>e affected by the failure. There
has been some apprehension in this
= particular but he assures us that every
thing in that respect has been satistac.
torily fixed.
The masons are putting IN the
foundation of the new Lampert cot.
tage on the hill just opposite the Cal.
houn residence. We have understood
that koker brothers have received the
contract for building it. 1t will be a
handsome little cottage. Mr.. Lampert
has not lost faith in Hot Springs as
his recent purchase and this building
still increases the large interests he al.
ready has in our midst. His descrip.
tion of the j II mine and lis wonder
full output is striking and he says it i:
the best paving property of its size ii,
the hills. The last cleanup for II
days was $4,50O, and the one now
being worked will be still better. We
congratulate him,