Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-03-02
The snow is about all gone again.

taking course OF baths tor rheuma.
tism.
Barney Mullen and family left
for an extended visit with friends at
O'Neill. Tuesday evening.
Rev. Herman q. Starck, the German
Lutheran preacher Of Deadwood. is ia
the city looking up church matters
Judge Frye, the newly appointed
city attorney, has moved his Office fur.
n,ture to his new quarters in the city
hall
The certificate Of Incorporation for
the Business Mems union has arrived
from the secretary of state and they
are now ready to commence business.
Chambers kellar is receiving the
congratulations of his friends on the
outcome of the Catholicon case. as he
has worked like Trojan for his client.
Mrs. A. X. Peirce left Wednesday
morning for Redfern, point in the
Hills near Hill City where her hus.
band has mining interests, She will
be absent some time.
Thos. Harmon was in from his ransh
about 20 miles south of here on Mon
day. He has 1900 head of sheep and
reports them all doing nicely this
winter, with comparatively little loss.
VIM. Sewers, the young stone cut.
ter has made a very creditable copy of
Angeles Dying Slave in the white
sandstone from the Odell quarries. 1t
can be seen in the lobby of the Evans
hotel.
Joe Brunschmidt of Batfalo Gap
was in the city Monday making final
proof on his timber claim and was
accompanied by Charley Conger aud
w. A. Brooke as witnesses. They
stopped at their old friend Mowers.
We are instructed to give notice to
the boys and young men who have
been trespassing on and damag
ing the old school lhouse property on
'ot shth street, that if they persist in
men asind Of malicious mischief they
will be prosecuted to the full extent
Of the law.
One of the Deadwood papers pub
lished recently lengthy letter from
James Wardner now located at Johan-
nesburg, South Africa. Jim gives a
glowing account of that section as q
mining country. During his absence
from the Hills he has lost none of the
characteristics of a boomer, and accord
ing to his account the world has never
before had as rich mining country as
the present one in which he is located.
The published statement by the
Rapid City weather observer of the
weather conditions OF that station for
the month of March for six years past
shows that the warmest March was
that Of 1889, with an average Of 40 de.
grees; the coldest was that of 1885,
with an average Of "a degrees. The
highest temperature during any March
was 70 degrees on the 3Otb 1888; the
lowest was II degrees below zero on
the 3rd. 1891.
A. D. Mckay left Tuesday night for
Gordon where he will bid on the con-
struction- of their new 5000 school
house. He goes from there to Geneva
to bid on some public building there;
thence to Seward and other Nebraska
points for the same purpose and will
return via Yankton. s. ID. whore he
will try "whack" at the new $75, 900
court house to he built at that place.
He will be gone abont month.
E. G. johnson, who has been so se-
rlously sick for a long time At the Sol
diers' home, was taken to Chicago last
Monday on the Elkhorn, by his broth.
er. He was very weak and unable to
cit up aud was moved to the depot in
an ambulance, and state room had
been reserved Tor him clear through
to Chicago. It is thought be will make
the long and tiresone trip safely. Mr..
johnson has had checkered liee. He
was special telegraph opsrator for
Gen. Sherman on bis tansae march
"From Atlanta to the Sea" ard at one
time was superintendent Of . railroad
in Wisconsin. He has been resident
Of this and Custer counsy Tor the last
twelve years and his services have
always been in demand FOR public occa.
slons as an orator. Is he ia 4 most elo.