Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22
From Saturdays Daily.

The statute fixes the penalty TO,
rape at not more than five years in the
penitentiary and fine of not more
than $1,000.
E. Elsey has been spending the last
few days in Edgemont making ar
rangements for his new building al
that place. He will he home again
tomorrow.
The party of scientific seekers fo,
geological specimens from the Uni.
yersity of Nebraska under charge Of
Prof. E. H. Barbour, of the chair OF
geology in that institution arrived In
this city via. the B. e. NJ. this morning
The republican county central com.
mittee met in Hot Springs on Satur-
day afternoon and issued call for the
republican county CONVENTION to he held
in this city on Saturday, July z, at 2
p. m. 1t also suggests that che pri.
maries throughout the county he held
on Monday July 2.
Charley Dayton returned from his
visit to Iowa this morning and says he
is glad to get back as he has not telt
we'll ever since he went away. Bobby
Ingle goes to Chadron tonight and the
many friends he has made here wish
when Charley goes away again Bobby
will be sent to take his place.
The grading on Battle Mountain ay-
enue and the tiling culvert east of the
bridge We're washed out; Norm Atch-
lost about 200 chickens. the sidewalks
and bridg ges near the Catholicon and
two bridges on the road to the Falls
are reported to be washed out by last
nights rain.
Homer and Charles Moore, brothers
of d. j., came in from their home at
Sterling, Neb., this morning and will
spend the summer collecting fossil
specimens in the Bad lands for ship
ment to eastern universities and
dealers. Patterson, former pitcher of
the Hot Springs Browns, accompanied
them.
Prof. Killing will represent Hot
Springs on Tuesday at the convention
of the National Travelling Men,
association at Milwaukee, in the in.
terest of securing the sanitarium
which they propose to erect. He has
the facts and figures that ought to
convince the association that we have
the proper location for their santa
rum.
j. b. Dickover. of Hot Springs. went
UP TO Mystic yesterday to visit tn,
Guilty Sark mine, lately purchased by
himself and +. Y. Evans. Recent tests
of the ore have given returns much in
excess of the expectations of the own
erS, and they are correspondence
elated. They are working day and
night shifts and will continue unit,
they make producer of their property
Tin Miner.
The shooting tournament talked
about some time ago has at last been
arranged for. y. S. Crahill, whe
seems to have the matter in charge
says that the days set are Wednesday
Thursday and Friday, Aug. %, so and
81. He says he has already received
letters from large number of profe>.
sional shootists in Nebraska, Iowa and
Wyoming who will he here to take
part, and the affair promises to be one
of the greatest tournament shoots
ever held in the northwest. Our busl
ness men should take it in hand and
see to it that 1T is grand success.
Prof. j. h. Hatcher. the eminen,
scientist from Princeton College, ar
rived in the city last evening. He will
take party of about dozen Prince.
ton college students on an exploring
expedition and search for specimens
through the Hills and from thence
they will go to the Yellowstone Nat.
ional park. The students bear their
own expenses and will ride horseback.
Mayor DahIman of Chadron sent a
man up with a number Of ponies for
them and man and team has been
secured to haul the supplies. The trip
will not be completed until the middle
OF September. The students will ar
rive here the first of next week from
the Bad lands, where they have been
for the last month hunting specimens,
and where they have made annual
visits for the last eight years. The
trip to the National park will be a
most interesting one and result in