Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-03
From Tuesday,s Daily.

Commandant Megrew went to Fair
burn ON business today.
Ted Petty's many friends were glad
to see him out again today.
Another rich strike has been made in
the Guilty Sark mine and the owners
are jubilant.
John Henton is driving one of the
Stewart bath wagons while the boys
are off to Deadwod.
Jno. Burke went over to the quarry
on business this morning and reports
the folks getting along splendidly.
Ed. Cossitt got disguised with the
dray business at Edgemont or else got
homesick and came home yesterday.
John Bohne, who was arrested and
fined $40 for being drunk and dis
orderly, is working out his fine on the
streets.
Fred Brennan has secured a position
as operator at Piedmont during the
stock season and goes to take charge
in the morning.
Geo. Trimmer, Jay Crane, G. E. Bent
ley and j. F. Parks returned from their
berry-picking tour to the Hills last
night and say the berry crop is a fail
ure.
Wesch & Oak have completed the
| stone work on the court house bridge
and as the timbers for it's construction
came in yesterday it will soon be COM
pleted.
DIR. o. s. Marden, formerly manager
of the Evans is now running a bighot
at Block Island, off the coast of Rhode
Island and writes President Hancher
he is doing we'll.
The Standen brothers of Nebraska
accompanied j. NJ. Butler on a land
hunting excursion to Cheyenne falls
yesterday. They are talking of locat-
ing in the county in the stock business.
The form of an election was gone
through with today in the First ward
and William E. Reeder, who was the
only candidate, was elected alderman
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of John Boyer.
The laying of the water mains on
college hill has been completed and the
water will be turned into them this
afternoon. About 500 feet of mains
will shortly be laid on Rose hill, which
will give the city about as good water
service as could be desired
w. H. Munger, a prominent attorney
at Fremont, Neb., and special master
in chancery in some cases growing out
of the construction of the b. & M.
through the Hills to Deadwood, is here
to remain a week or ten days taking
evidence. He is at the Evans.
| 1. S. Witherow of Cascade broughtin
a load of apples from that place this
morning and sold them out to our
merchants. He says the kids and
guests had commenced omake ravages
on them and he concluded he had
better pick them if they were little
green.
r. j. Moore and family and Mrs.
Wood and Claire will start for a weeks
camping tour near old TT. Fetterman,
Wyoming, tomorrow evening. They
will be Joined at Chadron by Conduc-
tor Tug Wilson and family. Hunting
sage hens and fishing in the Platte
river will occupy their time.
Fred Evans went up to Mystic this
morning to inspect the work going on
at the Guilty Sark gold mine, which
now occupies much of his attention.
He thinks it will be one of the big pay
ing mines of the Hills, and from what
we have seen of the ore we are inclined
to think so too. He will return tomor
row evening.
Prof. Barbour, of the University of
Nebraska, and his party of students,
have finished their fossil hunt in the
bad lands and secured many valuable
specimens. They are making tour of
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tower, returning to Hot Springs in
week or two, where they will spend
some time before going home.
The Junior Baptist Young Peoples
Union under the direction of Miss
Druse had a great picnic today.
Twenty-six of the little folks took the
freight train down to the Fall River
falls this morning, returning this after
noon. They spent happy time clam
bering over the rocks, gathering flowers
and pretty rocks, eating their lunches,
and will long remember this little out
ing.
Sheriff BlakE came home from oel-
richs this morning and tells of funny
experiS - over there yesterday. Cyrus
Wilson FrSnk Long went out to
Cyrus llin4s to seize some prop
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