Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-07
A GLORIOUS FOURTH
How The Natal Day Was Celebrated
A Happy Time all Around.
SEVERAL SERIOUS ACCIDENTS

SEVERAL SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
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n ULY Fourth, 1898.
~. - is a part of history,
w and Young America
!: iSI.s;s5iss.,sSS is lamenting that it
-: E@lSAN does not come every
.::MfN$YSNEsI week instead of every
"a iiisaHss\ year, 1t was IL very
s.,gsAslAlsSss\ quiet day in Hot
KS &sS Springs. and yet we
believe everybody enjoyed themselves.
The first streaks of morning light were
greeted with the sweet stains of music
and the Hot SPRINGS Military band,
which was organized on the quiet, sur
prised everybody with thrir excellent
music in the early morning hours.
They were driven all over town and
missed nobody in their morning con-
cert. The STAR wishes them well and
knows they will succeed.
Then came the firing of anyils and
cannon crackers. and the fellow who
tried to sleep after O'clock found it a
burdensome task indeed.
Quitea sprlnlSling of our people went
to Cascade and report a very pleasant
time. Mr.. e. q. johnson delivered a
most excellent address and fully sus-
tanned his reputation as one OF the best
orators i'm the country.
Those who remained mt home spent a
quiet, uneventful day.
Some twenty families or more took
their dinners and went to the Chautau-
qua grounds where they spent Il cool,
quiet and restful day.
During the afternoon the whole town
turned out en- masse to witness the races
at the plunge, and there was such a
crowd, and with the heat 1t was uncom-
Portable, to say the least. The races
were interesting and the following per-
sons won the prizes:
Swimming race, full length of plunge,
j. ID. Kinsey. LIST; Claude Williams, I'd.
Tub race. Jason March, LIST; Claude
Williams, I'd.
Swimming race for boys under IA
years, .Jno. Pierce, list; Herbert White.
more, I'd.
Donkey race, Harry Mollring, 1st;
Geo. Mower. I'd. This was the most
fun OF all, as the three leading donkeys
all turned off on a Ivy road after they
were near the goal.
The foot race between the square fat
man of Illinois and the lengthy barber
of the Evans resulted in a tie. But the
cake was given to the poor barber as he
has family.
The display OF fireworks in all parts
of town was creditable, especially that
contributed to by the merchants and
business men of the upper town, which
We're shot from the point above the
Cottage.
There were very few drunken men
seen on the streets, especially during
the day, although we had five cent beer.
We believe everybody Went to bed less
tired and happier than if we had great
blow out and spent lots of money.
sQUIBs.
The most serious accident that haD-
pened was that of Linn Hawkins, q
colored man, having his hand SO badly
torn and the little finger completely
blown off by a cannon cracker. 1t was
early in the day, and Robbie Brennan
had just picked it up thinking it had
gone out. Hawkins either to save the
boy OR out of curiosity grabbed it out
OF his hand when it exploded with the
aboveresult. DR.. Jennings dressed the
wounded member which will make a
very sore hand before it gets we'll.
The colorado Kid who had been
knocked ont by DAILY the night before
sought to drown his disappointment in
drink and came near drowning him
self i'll the plunge. lie fell off the high
diving stand ut the south end of the
pool and struck his head, which rem
dered him unconscious longer than
Danny's knock out blow. He will get
over it all right.
Walter James carnes a badly burned
hand caused by a Roman candle shoot
ing one of the balls out the back end.
Col. Patterson Dead.
Col. Patterson, the father of the
Kearney canal, and one of the pioneers
of that country, came here a few weeks
ago in the last stages of Bright's disease.
| He did not get along well at all and was
not well enough to take q single bath
during his stay. He left Wednesday
evening for his home at Kearney, but
never arrived there alive, as he died at
Aurora, Neb., on Thursday at IL
o'clock. His loss will lie greatly la.
| mente(l by the citizens of Kearnev who