Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-01
LOCAL LAC0NICs.

COMPILED AND CONDEMNED FOR
BUSY PEOPLE.
Mrs. Gippen. wife of the hospital
steward at the home, is quite poorly.
Harry }. Sparks and wife returned
last Friday from an extended visit in
Iowa.
w. I. March has completed his we'll
on Cold brook. 1t is 35 feet deep and
has feet OF water in it.
Frank Allen had the ends of two of
his fingers pinched OF while working
in the power house Friday morning.
The several ministers of the city
were very kindly remembered by F.
u. Evans who presented each with u
Thanksgiving turkey.
Mr.. Caughey, wife and son, left last
Friday for an extended visit with
friends at Council Bluffs and other
parts of western Iowa.
Traut & Gillespie have built an
iron powder house for the Fargo Mer-
camille company out IN Connor's pas
ture, southwest of town.
The many friends Of Mrs. G. E..
Sawyer will be pleased to learn that
she has entirely recovered and will soon
return to Hot Springs we'll and strong.
A couple Of our young men are
damming up the water on the Fergu-
son addition with the idea of making
skating pond for the winter.
j. E. Cooper resumed work as
express messenger on the Elkhorn on
Monday. His hand is not entirely
we'll but thinks he will be able to do
the work.
The STAR readers will no doubt re.
joice with US over the return to these
columns of the Soldiers Home corres-
pondent. When he fails to say some.
thing that interests it is because there
is nothing to say.
o. Ferguson reports the receipt of q
letter from w. H. Carter, Of Chicago,
in which he says he has sold his inter-
est in the Saratoga hotel, and as soon
as he gets matters Strengthened out he
will come direct to Hot Springs to look
after business interests.
The STAR is informed that the big
mining deal in the upper Hills by
which some English parties come into
a very valuable property for the con.
sideration Of a million and half, has
been cousummated, and the property
will be worked for all there is in it.
Miss Carrie Wilson closed a very
successful term of school IN the Thoni.
son district on Dry creek on Friday.
The patrons voted unanimously to have
her return next spring and teach an.
other term, which she has agreed to do
We congratulate her on her success.
A notice is posted in the postoffice
Offering a reward of $50 for the appre.
hension of two postoffice burglsrs VINO
broke Jail at Chamberlain on the 14,l
inst. and are supposed to be com.
ing across the reservation in this direc.
tion. Their names are Frank Wes,
and Henry U. Peterson.
Mrs. n. T. Wilson left Saturday
for Chicago to Join her husband who
is now in the employ Of |. r. Grow in
his job printing establishment. Mr.
Grow is now doing very Aourishine
business, which is pleasing to his large
number Of Black Hills friends. May
he make mints Of money.
The reason the water is not turned
into the newly laid mains is that they
lack some 8 inch pipe to fill in the
little gap on 9th street. It has been
sent for and is expected soon when i,
will be put in. Mr.. Trant informs us
that it they are not prevented by frost
they will surely put in the line Of pipe
on college flats as far west as the Stew.
art bath house this winter,
The school board appointed a com.
mittee to examine the slate in question
and it it is the quality ordered. the clerk
is to draw warrants in payment for j,
and also the freight and it will be
pnt on. They are also getting up a
petition to council to grade Tenth St
50 that the children of the third ward
can get up the bill to school and Sc
that the water pipes ma, be laid. They
will find that petition already before
the council. most likely pigeon holed
A bond Of $1,000 ia also among their
archives. gwen BY Capt. Phillips which
binds him to grade that street with
others by the time the building is com.
plsted. They also arranged with ia
cob Wright to build two outhouses and
to make some other changes. so as te
shut o6 contractor Mckay from get.
ting in q bill for extras.