Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-06
From Saturdays Daily.

ranch on the HOrSeheau this morning
and reports crop prospects good and
everybody happy.
Go to Noodles for anything in the
musical line.
BoRN-On Friday morning to MIR,
and Mrs. Paul George, fine son. As
this is the first, the happy parents are
rejoicing over their good fortune.
Orville H. Southmayd of Black Hills
college was elected treasurer of the
Epworth Leagues of the Black Hills
at their recen. convention at Sturgis.
DIR. Williams, the dentist, has leased
the suite of rooms on the second floor
of the Minnekahta block, adjoining
the telephone exchange and will open
up an Office there in the near future.
M. Alexander, the Buffalo Gap mer.
chant ard stone dealer is IN the city on
business today. He took occasion ia
patronize the STAR by plankine down
six months subscription in advance for
the daily.
Capt. Dick Palmer is in from his
ranch near Oelrichs today. He is get.
ting together his provender for a pros.
pecting trip to the Wind river country
in the Big Horn mountains. He will
leave July 6.
Get your watches. clocks and
jewelry repaired at Noodles.
D. B. Ingram of Hill City, who was
quite seriously hurt by being kicked
by horse which had become un.
manageable in a hail storm, while driv.
ing few days ago, is here to take a
series of baths for lameness.
Arrangements are being made for
shipping in large number of sheep
from New Mexico. to be distributed
among the farmers of the country.
They are being contracted at $500 a
head and are given good time for pay.
ing for them. Farmers are taking them
in lots of from so to 1000 head.
G. NJ. Cradle. rustler for Edgemont,
was in the city over night and instead
OF being discouraged with the post
ponement of their Fourth of July cele.
bration and canal opening, says he is
glad of it as it will give them more
time to get things in the shape they
want them and make a much better
showing than they can right now.
Emil Hargens, received word from
the secretary of the state board Of
pharmacy to the effect that he had
passed the recent examination held at
this place with an average of 92a per.
cent. on all questions. This entities
HIM to a certificate with golden seal.
II. Tillotson passed the examination for
an assistant with an excellent average.
We congratulate the gentlemen.
Chris Meyer. who is thinking Of
establishing branch meat market at
Edgemont in charge of Y. J. Bemir,
his efficient meat cutter, made flying
trip to that place last night. He re-.
ports that number of men and teams
have been laid off the work on the
ditch, but that the company had tele-
graphed to Omaha for 100 men to COM
mence work on the building of the new
woolen mill.
The city board of equalization which
has been in session for the last three
days adjourned tins morning. No one
appeared before them to object to the
amount of their assessment and the
assessment will go to the city auditor
as made out by Chas. Dudley the city
assessor. The amount of the assess
ment for the city is $502,964, which
is more than so per. cent. less than it
was last year. The assessment last
year was something over $1,OOO,OOO.
MIR. Dudley has finished his work and
we think very satisfactorily to every.
body.
The z bell outfit rugged up with
big lot groceries at Crane Bros. day
before yesterday and with eleven men
started on their annual roundup.
They will start in somewhere near
Edgemont, then will take in the Chey-
enne river and its tributaries as far
east as the Pierre crossing, and it will
probably take them month or six
weeks. The Kestone Cattle Co. had
sold its cattle in this country and the
object of this roundup is to catch all
the stragglers that are scattered about
the country and they don't expect to
get oyer 800 head. The settlers and
small stock men who are also on the