Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-05-18
From rhursd.y's Daily.

| COC Iin WOtk OF AL KINGS, repair
OF gasoline stoves, etc. see Holtz the
timer.
The Baptist church people are fixing
up beautiful lawn in front of their
church.
A fine little daughter arrived yes
terday at the home of Engineer Flan-
ders and he smiles broader than ever.
Orlando Ferguson is the proud pa
rent of another heir, the sex Of which
we were not advised. Congratulations
are in order.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union will meet in the college, We'd
nesday at 8 p. m. May %. All are cor
daily invited.
VIM. E. Lawless and Chas. seige.
both Of Hot Springs, made original
homestead entries at the Rapid City
land office Tuesday. 80
j. w. Joyce has secured the services
OF w. o. Perry as sexton Of Evergreen
cemetery and they start in tomorrow
to fix up the fences, lay out the streets
and drives andin many other ways
beautify the city Of the dead.
MARR1ED:-By Justice Rldpath at
his Office Wednesday afternoon, VIM.
Webb to Miss Ella F. Armstrong, both
Of Edgemont. The happy couple are
at the Mower house and are receiving
the congratulations of their many
friends.
AL. Powell closed his furniture deal
with w. H. Whealen of Deadwood this
morning and the stock Is being packed
up and will be shipped to Deadwood
tomorrow. 1t is a fine stock of fur
n,ture and we are sorry to see it leave
town. AL. says he will not leave town,
but does not know what business he
will engage in.
Sheriff Willard, of Custer county,
and his little son passed through to
Sturgis this morning. Captain is an
important witness on the Hicks
Walker murder case, he having re-
ceived the confession Of Walker. and
the case is set for trial today in the
Mead county court. He thinks the
Hicks brothers will hang and Walker
will escape with a light sentence in tho
pen.
A large delegation Of citizens and
guests went to Wind cave today to
witness the unve,line Of the statue.
1t is big day for the big attraction.
On account of the wind the address by
President Hancher was delivered in
the cave in the room known as the
postofice at l o'clock. The unyeillng
took place at 12 m. just before enten:;.g
the cave. There were aboyf fifty
visitors and had tho weather been
pleasant there would havejTbeen three
times as many.
The new mica axle grease factory at
Custer is we'll under way, the exca-
waiting having all been done and the
foundation walls started. The build
ing is to he 75x150 feet on the ground
and two stories high. The lncorpor.
ators live at Akron, Ohio, and they are
men of means. The product will be
made of mica dust and graphite
ground up fine mixed with crude
petroleum which will be furnished by
the wells at Newcastle and Casper.
They will also manufacture stove black
ing and other products Of the minerals
found in the locality. The machinery
will be run by two 100. horse power
engines. Custer ls taking on SUBJ
stantial boom and the STAR sincerely
congratulates her sister city.
A big deal in mining property was
consummated today which will ulti-
mately be Of great benefit to Hot
Springs. j. B. Dickover and Fred
Evans, the ex-mayor and the mayor,
have bonded five claims, known as tho
Guilty Sark property, adjoining tho
Castle Chief on Castle creek, from
Tom Tracey. The claims are exceed
ingly rich and number of the sam.
pies brought down by Mr.. Tracey as
sayed as high as $4,000 to the ton.
The work of developing the claims
will be commenced at once and num-
Der Of cars Of ore will be shipped to
Omaha or Denver in the near future,
The plan however, Is to build reduce
tion works in Hot Springs and as soon
es they are completed to ship all tho
ore to this place for treatment. Messrs.
Evans and Dickover are very enthusi-