Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-05
From wednesday's Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Judge Gardner is down on important
business today.
The carpenters have commenced
work on the new Touring mill.
Col. Clough made flying visit to
the home returning yesterday morn
ing.
The electric lights and water are be-
ing put into the upstairs of the Phil
lips block.
Archie Reardon is over from the Gap
today to attend the democratic sena-
torial convention.
o. w. Templeton returned from
Omaha this morning, but his wife will
not return until later.
Hulst & Price are getting out some
material for the new Presbyterian
church at Edgemont at their planning
mill.
The Deadwood Times is authority
for the statement that large addition
is to be built to the Gillespie hotel be-
fore spring.
The addition to the soldiers home
hospital is being rapidly pushed for
ward to completion. It presents a hand
some appearance even now.
Walter Anderson, the newly appoint
ed states attorney has already filed his
official bond and it has been accepted.
The change was made very quickly.
DIR. Wight, the republican candidate
for assessor, is in the city. He says
populists are scarce out his way, and
he feels confident of republican sue
cess this fall.
Mrs. w. v. Fisher, wife of the rust
ling baggageman at the Union depot,
took her departure last evening for a
long talked of visit to her friends in
Indiana. She will no doubt have
very pleasant time.
Traut & Gillespie have finished lay
ing the water pipes on the extension
south of DIR. Stewards house and today
the water is being taken into the resi-
dence of w. j. Mcgowan, VIM. Huebner
and G. A. Eastman.
The funeral of Richard Tate was
largely attended this afternoons; the
Masons and members of the A. o. U.W.
turning ont to pay their respects to the
memory OF a departed.brother, he hav-
ing been member of both orders.
j. B. Diclsover went to the Guilty
Sark mine yesterday and put two men
to work cross sectioning. He is still of
the opinion that they have the best
mine in the southern Hills, and they
will not stop until they have shown it.
Rev. Hungerford, the Congregational
minister who is largely interested in
the Catholicon, has rented the Parks
cottage occupied by S. M. Houghton
and will spend the winter here. He is
expecting his wife here in short time.
Louie Adams, the barber at the
Evans hotel, expects to leave for the
south some time this week. He has
leased the shop furniture to Johnnie
Lerch and if the latter can make ar
will run the shop there
until spring.
Parties who came through from Ne
braska this morning say that the great
est drouth in the history of the west
was effectually broken yesterday by
soaking rain which lasted all day and
covered the whole state. 1t came too
late to do any good this year.
The commissioners held session
this morning and accepted the resig-
nation of Chambers Kellar as states
attorney and appointed Walter Ander-
son in his stead. They also agreed to
buy wood for heating purposes at the
court house and will pay $3.50 per cord
in warrants for it. They also passed
on a number of bills.
The commissioners have appointed
Pat. Boyles, Walter Scott and John Il.
Parks committee to view the road up
Battle mountain asked for bp A. NJ.
Kelly, and if it is a public necessity
and practicable, it will be allowed.
They also instructed the sheriff to try
by correspondence and otherwise to
ascertain the whereabouts of the Young
girls and their abductor and to bring
them back, but not to make the county
any expense unless they could be loca-
ted positively. The board willadiourn
this evening until Monday of next
week.
Mr.. Templeton returned this morn
ing from his Omaha trip, where he
purchased dry goods for the Fargo
Mercantile Co. He says that the whole
sale business in Omaha is good this
fall-better than it has been for several
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