Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-30
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.

DIR. Crist came over from Edgemont
this morning to attend the meeting oi
the Black Hills Hospital Association
and brought with him little chile
afflicted with ipfantile paralysis fol
consultation among the physicians.
j. e. Spencer, one of the foremost
cattlemen of Wyoming and specia
friend of Hon. Samuel Allerton oi
Chicago who is stopping here, came in
this morning to visit him and hi.
family. He is great friend of Hot
Springs.
The school board had lively meet
ing last night and a bigger fight than
ever seems imminent. Mckay says
that some members of the school board
have come to him today and told him
they had been hasty in their action
and that he had not violated his con.
tract IN any particular.
Sam Moses is off to Cheyenne at.
tending the trial of Henry Smith, the
supposed murderer of George Wellman
which occurred about year ago in
johnson county, and for whose capture
and conviction there was a reward of
$4,000 offered by the state. Sam
Captured the fellow in Indian Terri.
tory. and naturally enough is doing all
he can to fasten the guilt upon him,
(of which there is little queston), to
obtain the reward.
w. B. Rogers has performed the
hitherto deemed impossible feat of
climbing up the DEVILS Tower. near
Sundance, Wy. 1t is an almost per-
pendicular wall of smooth rock, more
than eight hundred feet high, and
was climbed by means of light ladders
of ten feet each, raised in sections and
nailed to wedges driven in the rock Sc
curely. The top is nearly level and
covered with sage brush. A big cele-
bration of the Fourth will be held at
that place and and the stars and stripes
floated from the top for the first time.
About a year ago it will be re-
membered that one Tom Talton,
(Barber). and Dick Shores(Carr), at
tempted to set fire to Johnson's hoard
ing house for his graders at the build
ling of the Hot Springs Lumber 20.
They were horse thieves, and the
parties who tracked them here did not
stop but finally found Barber in Ken.
tucky and Carr in Colorado. w. r.
LaFlelche and Andy johnson have
been out to lander as witnesses against
them, having travelled good part OF
the distance on a blackboard. They
returned yesterday and report q de-
lightful trip.
The STAR is in receipt of a lette,
from Col. Clough in which he says 81
see that the city council have decided
to come to our relief. If we could
have helped them we should have done
so, but were shut in. All arrange.
ments are being made for the test.
have notified the Leavenworth people
to have the detail ready to start July
5th, also the railroads that | want the
car at that time. We will reach Ho,
iSprlngs on the Elkhorn the morning
of the 9TH. We shall want team:
there to meet them. When once ii
the home, we shall need teams ever,
) day to carry them to the various batl
houses From this we can see jus
; what is required of Hot Springs peo
pie and we sincerely hope they ma,
respond literally to the requests abov,
made. We have no fears of the ties
, of our waters if our people will d'
, their part in looking after the soldier
and making it pleasant for them. l
. is big thing and our people SHOULD
rally to the work with will.
Agent Catlin of the b. M. wa
knocked clear out of the box last nigh
when sitting in his room in the Evans
After the Elkhorn came in the porte,
knocked at his door, came in and threw
a three year old, red headed, frecklet
kid on the bed. saying There's pack
, age for you" Kit grinned ant
muttered but the porter was gone
He thought maybe his wife who ha
= been in Iowa had adopted new DO,
and sent it to him. But he was mis-
, taken. The little stranger was labelle,
with an Adams Express tag whicl
stated that his name was Henry HicoA
and that he was being sent by hi
| mother some where up the road, an
t who had married again, to the boy
father at Newark, Neb. He is
! bright little fellow and a
5 clipper as young quail. He will &
out on tue Il. & NJ. train tonight 70
2 his destination. We have not hear
{ of as young child ever travelling So
) miles alone before, with all the change
J that have to be made on the trip. Th
day seems quite long to Mr.. Catlin, bu
5 the guests at the Evans are making
l lively for the little fellow. Mrs. Ere
: Evans, jr. bought him new pair o
-lshoes and fixed him up in nice shape.