Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-05

From Tuesday's Daily.
Flying Jib, the PAGER, made a mile
with running mate at Chilicothe,
} Ohio, Monday in l:5919.
The Elkhorn sleeper into this place
4 has been taken off for the winter It
has run nearly three weeks longer than
: usual.
Today the B. & M. runs it's first train
into Billings, Mont, and the important
event will be celebrated in an appro-
pirate manner.
Kenneth Harris leaves tonight for
bonnie England to be gone six weeks
!. or longer. "Bon voyage" Ken, and a
royal good time may you have.
Lars Anderson is rapidly recovering
from the knife wound received Friday
at the hands of Chas. Pomgren, and is
able to be out on the streets again.
Judge Gardner and wife have re-
turned from their European bridal
tour and have taken up their residence
in Rapid City. The Judge will now be
ready for business.
Elmer Mcdonald is in from Wind
Cave today, and reports that the sur
veyors for the railroad to that place
have the survey completed to within
half mile of the cave. He feels conf
dent that people can go out to the cave
} by rail before many months.
d. 7. Drake, N. X. Griggs and other
|. we'll known B. & M. men have located
new town in the vicinity of the Hay
creek coal fields and surveyors are at
: work plating it. It is inferred from
this that the B. & NJ. will shortly ex-
tend their line from Spearfish to that
place.
Hon. j. w. Fowler of Rapid City,
lately nominated for the state senate
from Pennington county came down
last evening and will return tomorrow
morning. He feels confident that the
ticket nominated by the republicans in
that county will be elected by large
majority.
Charley Dayton is delighted over the
arrival of his brother John from Iowa.
who came in this morning to pay him
} a short visit. This is the same brother
who was here for a month about year
ago. He has improved in health
greatly since then, and will be able to
enjoy his visit much better
The populist county convention will
meet on Saturday the 9th. It is be-
lieved they will not nominate full
ticket, but will endorse a number of
the nominees on both the democratic
and republican tickets; though they
may conclude to put nominees for
some of the offices in the field.
4 There are many conflicting reports
concerning the survey being made out
north from town in the direction of
Wind cave, but Mr.. Stackpole, who is
having the work done, assures the STAR
that the story given by it few days
ago, is entirely correct, and should any
other move be made we would be in
formed of it in due time.
The street commissioner should see
that every Russian thistle in town is
destroyed. There are lots of them
: scattered about town and owners of
| lots should be notified to exterminate
them at once. There are plenty of
} them on the vacant lot in the burnt
district at the corner of Chicago
} avenue and Eighth streets.
The NJ. Il. church rally last evening
was well attended. notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather, and all pro.
: nounce the gathering most enjoyable
one. The piano duet by Prof. Kinsey
and Miss Cradle was so heartily ap-
preciated that they were loudly en-
cored. Prof. Corning pleasantly enter
tained those present by singing Gal
| vary, and Miss Lampert rendered a
sweet piano solo. y short address by
} President Hancher was among the
interesting features, and Prof. Kinsey's
5 song was enjoyed. The social feature
, of the gathering was one of it's happy
results.
5 DIED-The death angel has been hov-
, ering over the bedside of Richard d.
Tate for several days, and last night
his spirit took its fight to that undis.
covered country from whence no tray
eler returns. He was 30 years of age,
came here four months ago with his
young wife. to whom he had only been
married Il short time. He leased the
Leland hotel and tried to run it but
5 had to give it up on account of poor
, health. He has gradually grown worse
} ever since. Their former home was in
? Palisade. Neb. The young wife hast the
deepest sympathy of the community as
her bereavement at this time is espe-
cially hard for her to bear. The funeral