Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-10-06
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
COMPLIED AND CONDENSED FOR
BUSY PEOPLE.

COMPLIED AND CONDENSED FOR
BUSY PEOPLE
Jacob Lslmpert, wife and Miss Ada,
left Thursday for several weeks
visit at the Worlds fair.
Reyss<A. A. Brown and II. H. Gil
christ returned from their trip to
Wyoming Saturday morning.
John Sidey and joe Rymer will take
q trip to the head of French creek and
will follow it down to the Cheyenne
river, next week, prospecting and huut-
ing for specimens.
Ed. Catlin left Thursday for a
months visit with friends in Iowa, and
will take in the big show beeore he
returns. Merit T'illotson is filling his
place during his absence.
The SrAE will sport electric lights
from this time on as they were
put in Friday. We are so rushed with
work we will be Obliged to do consid-
cradle night work to catch up.
The much talked of soldiers home
grading has at last been let and j. T..
Parrott is the lucky bidder. He will
begin the work some time the first of
the week and Walter Scott will super
intend the work.
Roger Young, the blacksmith, re-.
turned from his visit to Sioux City
Friday morning and says Hot Springs
ought not to complain of hard times,
as the country east of us is suffering
from them far worse than we are.
1t is reported that Judge Dundy of
Nebraska will preside at the next ter m
of United States court to be held in
this. city next month, Judge Edgerton's
poor nea!th being given as the reason
for the change.-Deadwood Times.
j. E. Cooper will be promoted to the
position Of express and baggage agent
on the Elkhorn on the return of A. ID.
Y ood. Charey Crist, the present
messenger will go to braking on the
main line as there is more money in it..
Prof King hands us the following
which shows the attendance at our pub
lie schools for the week ending Sept.
80. 1st primary, Miss Marshall, 81,
End primary, Miss Lampert, Sc; Isl
grammar, Miss Boyd, 50; Cold Brook
Mr.. Mcgowan, 81: High school, Miss
Borst, A; Totol, 230.
A. d. Wood has written that he will
be home about the 5th. He has had
/. serious trouble with his eyes and had
an operation performed on them that
was quite painful, and he now sees
with difficulty. We understand that
Mrs. Wood and Claire will remain with
her mother a Monticello, Ia, during
>the winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Baker will
take trip to the fair on Mr.. Woods
return.
Deputy Sheriff Eastman informs us
that Pat Ferguson expects to write q
book on political economy during his
frequent visits to the county Jail. We
would advise the aspiring independents
democratic candidate for circuit judge
WHIP descants on the Causes and Cure
Of ,involuntarv Poverty to look well
tcf his laurels, as Patrck's recent liter.
ary efforts are worthy place IN any
great journal of the day.
U. H. Grinnell, the gentlemanly rep.
resentative of the Sheridan coal COM
pany was the city looking after the
gale of their coal. He is one of the
6fo.rsers of>that locality, having been
there For fourteen years, and located
the present townsite as homestead.
He says the demand for their excell.
ent product is rapidly increasing and
they are now shipping about ten car
loads a day and employ 80 men. He
made arrangements for having il
handled in Hot Springs and has just
completed a contract with the soldiers
home board for their winters supply.
H. A. GODDARD, on Monday came
from Hermosa where they loaded Is
Mars with cattle, says the prospects for
Attle going through the winter are
not as good as he would like to see.
There hasn't been enough rain through
the summer to gil up the water holes
and cattle have to get their supply
from the running streams. As con.
sequence tie feed for miles adjacent
II very short and cattle are not looking
ke.l. The feed farther back is good
but they cannot find water and they
i are, as 1t were. between the ID and
the deep blue sea. IL we have hard
4 winter, which is reasonable to expect
4 there will be great losses in stock
] They are not looking as we'll now al
those shipped in the earlier part of the
season.