Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-12

From Thursdays Daily.
j. @. Davis of the Fargo Mercantile
Co., is moving into the Ames residence
today.
Ed. Cossett is jubilating today over
the arrival Of a young daughter this
morning bright and early.
County Supt. Mckee inspected our
public schools today and pronouces
them in most excellent shape.
The Black Hills Investment Co.,
bought a bunch of thirty-three head of
cattle from A. B. Hulit today.
The Hot Springs Hook and Ladder
company will give dance at the Val
ley house on Friday night of this
week.
Evangelist Powers, of Lincoln, will
arrive here on the 9th inst. to begin
series of revival meetings for the M. e
church.
Connor & Co. will soon put shelving
along the south side of their store room
and add full, fresh line of groceries
to their stock Of produce.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap.
fist church will serve chicken-pie
supper at the Minnelusa on Friday
evening from $50. Price % cents.
An old fashioned dance was given at
the - ranch in honor of the mar.
riage of Ira Shortridge to Miss Miser.
We learn that they had most excel
lent time.
Presbyterian Y. P. s. G. E. meets
every Sunday evening at $50. Leader
Miss Grace Baker; subject, slow Christ
can help in our convention" All cor
daily invited.
Two cars of plaster from the Baker
Plaster company for Council Bluffs and
Lincoln went out this morning. Agt.
Catlin says two cars have been shipped
every day this week so far.
A. d. Clark is here in the interest of
his coal mine over west of Cascade.
They have already shipped four cars
one to Hulst & Price of this place, and
those using it believe it equals the Rouse
Colo, coal. It will sell here at about
the same price as the Glen Rock or
Sheridan.
M. E. church services Sunday, Oct.
IA: Preaching by the pastor, Rev. N.
A. Swickard, morning and evening.
Theme at II a. m. christianity in Bust
ness;" at 7:30 p. M: "Weighed in the
Balance" A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all who do not attend church
elsewhere.
Engineer Server took his engine to
Edgemont yesterday to have some re-
pairs made and says he saw the excur.
sion of capitalists come in, and there
were thirty of them in special car
The town was decorated with bunting
and presented gala appearance. The
visitors will go to Billings and come
back to Deadwood and the upper Hills
returning to Hot Springs to spend Sum
day.
One Of the most interesting cases
that will come up for trial in the fed
eral court this term will be that Of
White Face Horse, who is charged with
completely in the Humphrey ranch
murder, which occurred some two years
ago. It will be remembered that several
Of the Indians who were charged with
the offense plead guilty and are now
serving time in the Sioux Falls peni-
tentiary. Attorney Drake of Pierre is
here and will defend White Face Horse.
The Indians in the vicinity of Pierre
raised money for the defense of the
prisoner.-Deadwood Pioneer.
The prisoners in the United States
court under charge of pasturing cattle
on the reservation, Of whom SO many
were brought here for their prelimina-
~ hearings, have nearly all been dis
charged by Judge Dundy. Solomon
Sharp, poor but honest old granger
who has been laying in Jail here forthe
last four months, will now probably be
set at liberty and can go to his home
and family. It is shame that he
should have to suffer thus on account
Of his cattle straying over the line q
little to get q few mouthfuls of grass
that otherwise would never have been
eaten.
Jim Stephenson, government mail
contractor and . big liveryman of
Omaha, and most popular throughout
the west, came in to look after some =
routes he has in this locality. Jim has
been q life long democrat, but says he
Is done with them now and will vote
the republican ticket straight this year
and he knows hundreds Of other old
time democrats who will do the same.
he says there are more idle men in that
city than there has been in ten years
and their number is increasing every
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