Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-03
HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST3.

Judge Dighton Corson of thesupreme
court is visiting friends and attending
to business in the Hills.
Cascade Springs is being visited by
large numbers of our guests.
George Trimmer and Jay Crane went
up in the Hills yesterday to be gone
several days picking berries.
j. G. Turner left last evening for a
three weeks trip through Nebraska and
Kansas after which he will return to
stay.
Traut & Gillespie returned from
Mystic Sunday evening bringing some
excellent samples of ore from the
Guilty Sark mine.
The news stand has been christened
'sThe Smokette," and Mr.. Hayes pro-
poses to cater to the tastes of the
guests at the Evans.
A. b. Hulitt was in town Saturday
and says he has sold 5000 head of
sheep in the county and will go to
Orin junction to meet them on the Sth.
John H. Overton of Nebraska City,
uncle of Z. Elsey, and who has large
cattle ranch in the sand hills. south of
Gordon. came in this morning for short
visit.
The Hook and Ladder company pic
mic at the Falls, was one of the most
enjoyable affairs and the boys report a
splendid time. They brought home 4O
pounds of fish.
The genial Mike Flannigan returned
from Minneapolis this morning and
will spend the balance of the summer
here He reports business in the Twin
City very dull, and is glad to get back.
Edmund Petty, who has been quite
sick for some time with his old trouble,
appendicitis, is some better today, but
his physician, DIR. Adams, says he will
never be free from the trouble until he
submits to an operation.
Frank Howell, Oldest son of DIR.
Howell. was kicked in the face by a
fractions horse yesterday rendering
him unconscious for over and hour.
He is better this morning and while
his face is badly swollen, it is thought
no bones are broken.
Frank Evans received seventeen head
of we'll broke riding ponies from Spring
Valley ranch, and will keep them in
his fathers barn and do livery bust
ness in that line. Horseback riding
has become favorite pastime and he
will no doubt do we'll with them. We
understand by next year there will be
Il large number of burros for the use
of guests.
Misses Carrie and Nettie Hummell,
nieces of Fred Hummell, arrived from
Red Cloud, Neb., Sunday morning.
Miss Carrie will remain all fall to take
baths as she and her father are the
only remaining members of u family of
six who survived the attack of typhoid
dysentery which carried off the mother
and three daughters last fall. Miss
Nettie will stay until the 18th of
August.
The Elm Creek Stone company re.
ceivcd all order for four car loads of
red stone from Topeka, Kan, this
morning by telegraph. They will load
all four cars and have them ready for
shipment tomorrow. This company
has lately received contract for 15C
cars of their stone from the Homestake
company at Lead and they will soon
get ready for filling it.
Jos. Vincent has rented tht Lampert
store room, formerly occupied by Lieb-
mann, and will shortly open up with a
big stock of furniture and materials
for picture framing. Mr.. Vincent has
had years of experience in the furni-
ture business, and as there is no repre-.
sentative in that line in that part of
town, he will no doubt do we'll. The
STAR congratulates him on his enter
prise and wishes him success.
| b. b. Mitchell, treasurer of the Key
stone Land and Cattle company, for
which H. A. GODDARD was manager, came
in from Troy, Pa, this morning, and
is at the Evans. He expresses great re.
gret at Mr.. Godard's departure and
sympathizes deeply with his family.
He is unable to give any report of the
condition of the affairs of his company
until he has carefully investigated mat
ters, but does not think they are nearly
as bad as represented.
Frank Evans went to Deadwood this
morning via the Elkhorn, and Walter
Anderson and Bob Connor went ON the
B. & NJ. Messrs. Evans and Anderson
are prominent officers of the Black
Hills Firemen's association, and as the
board of control holds meeting todav
it was necessary for them to be there.
The other members of Minnekahta
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