Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-20
HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 1894

From Tuesdays Daily.
r. Gurney has opened his cobbling
shop with Alderman Holtz.
The Chautauqua executive commit
tee had a meeting this afternoon to ar
range for the collection of the guar
anty fund.
Mrs. Cosler of West Union, Neb.,
sister of Mrs. Pointer who is stopping
with DIR. Dodds came in this morning
to take baths.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Cleveland, now in
Washington, are rejoicing over the ar
rival of q little daughter at their home
about two weeks ago.
The Elm Creek Brown and White
Sandstone company has a lot of ele-
CANT new samples at their Office which
are we'll worth viewing.
Deadwood is making magnificent
preparations for the entertainment of
the fire laddies and guests in August
at the Black Hills Firemen's tourna.
ment.
Carl lines, a Spearfish normal stu
dent, and a most studious young man,
is here to attend the summer school
and will probably teach in this county
this fall.
Miss Josie Osborne, sister of Mrs.
Fred Hummel, who is working at the
Long Pine eating house came in this
morning to spend few davs visiting
with old friends.
A mountain lion was seen by a berry
ing party few miles down the Chey-
enne river yesterday and party of
valiant nimrods was organized today
to run down the beast. They have not
returned.
The dam for the Trimmer irrigating
ditch will be finished today and the
water turned into it SO that the truck
raisers in the lower part of town may
have the benefit of water which they
are needing badly.
Supt. w. H. Train has force of men
at work fixing up the tail race at the
power house today. Two sections of
two foot tiling will be put in, which
will cary off the water nicely, and there
will be no further annoyance from
caving in.
The summerschoolp progresses nicely.
Eight new members have come in this
week making total of sixty three,
which is most excellent. The common
veal question will be taken up after
chapel tomorrow morning for general
discussion.
One thousand feet of two inch iron
piping arrived by freight for the Cas-
cade bath house yesterday and was
hauled over by Stephen Virtue. It
will be put in at once and the beautiful
sanitarium which has lain idle SO long
will be opened for bathers.
E. Elsey received the sad news of his
mothers death this morning, which
occurred at her home at Terra Alta, w.
Va, on Saturday last. She was IS years
of age and has been in poor health for
some years; but the news was un-
expected as yesterday he received
letter saying she was in her usual
health.
Deputy marshals A. Bray and j. P.
Walters each brought in prisoner
from the reservation line this morning
and the former took his man before
Commissioner Gull and the latter be-
fore Commissioner Anderson. The
cases were postponed until Monday to
secure further witnesses. The charge
against them was not given out.
| E. Elsey will soon have a adepartment
store. The Root drug stock will be
moved in shortly and take the side of
his store now occupied by the boots,
shoes and clothing, while they will be
moved to the rear of the store, where
the groceries now are. The groceries,
or at least the greater part of them,
will be moved to the old Herald build
ing across the street which will be con-
Il necCeo Dy walk and a telephone.
Supt. j. r. Phelan came in from
Alliance this morning and will stay
till tomorrow evening. He says they
are making rapid progress in their work
on the Billings extension. They will
commence running trains to Siding
No. l, on the Grow reservation, which
is thirty five miles northwest of Sheri-
dan in about ten days and a young
man by the name of Marvin will go to
Sheridan to act as dispatcher for that
place.
A Lincoln man just in from Hot
Springs, s. D., says that they are talk
ing up there about honoring General
Thayer with a monument at the
soldiers home, which is one of the