Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-02
LOCAL MENTION.

LOCAL MENTION.
Frank Hesnard is filling up his ice
house now with good qnality OF ice.
Antoine Lletta and wife csme down
from Lead to remain couple of weeks
taking baths.
A number of the big seats used ut
the court house have been moved to
= 9 WI hall.
Waltsr Scott has made a couple Of
Sblssdid drauehting tables for the city
engineers Office.
Banker Carroll Smiths wife came
in last Friday from her visit to her
.pare.is farther east, and Carroll is
now happy again.
g. A. Springer has been quite sick
ut his home in Chicago for the last
two weeks, and expects to come to Hot
Springs as soon as he il able to travel.
Don Porter writes that he is doing
nics hotel business at Salt Lake City
but still talks of Hot Springs AS home
and expects to visit this city during
the coming Summer.
Charles Marsh, the gentlemanly
cashier of the Merchants State bank
returned from his visit to his home in
Omaha last Friday and reports the
weather down there AS simply terrible.
Mr.. McMnrray. an old gentleman
from Burlington, Ia, who was here
last spring taking baths and rceived 50
= much benefit, returned again last
vsek and will remain until the first
= March or lc!ser.
Frank Benton took the train last
Thursd y for SHERIDAN, Wy. He has
contracted for 800 head cf steers and
he goes to receive and care for them
He says feed is very scarce in that
country, hay is worth So per ton, and
tas result cattle are very cheap. He
will not go to New Mexico for month
oyet.
g Billy Clifford and family came IN
on the Eikhorn last Friday and went
out ag .in ON the u. g. N. to Hill City.
Billy has quit the railroad business
and has secured the p,,sltlon as engi.
neer of the engine used at the Lady
Gay nine. His many friends will be
glad to hear of his return to the Hill,
again.
Another accident occurred at Hes
nard's ice house. Bob Brennan
fell distance of eight feet and struck
5 on u cake Of ice, rendering him uncon
sci0us. He was carried home and Dr
aargens summoned and he was soor
restored to consciousness. No seriou,
injury was found and he is nov
all right.
Through the kindness of Fred Nor
ris, who is working OH the tax list fol
this year we are enabled to give oul
readers that may he interesting. The
total assessed valuation of Fall River
county is $2.4l2,4S0. The total ia,
for all purposes realizsd on this assess
ment is $s25O2 80. Of this, $962l.6(
goes TO the county general fund ana
$10,824 80 to the state. There seem,
& to b. u general kick from individual,
Nj on the unusual aniount If their taxes
but there is nOthing else TO be expected
i under the circumstances.
There are two things to which our
attention has been called, quite preva.
lent in the city, which should be
6stopped at oucs. One is tina,
idiotic yelling and screeching which i.
being indulged in by men, grown ul
mem who ought to know better, a.
vell as the buys. The other is the dis
harge Of fire arms right in the city
there harm might result. Boys were
nusine themselves by shooting witt
target rifls in one Of our streets thi.
prning. A few days ago we saw
crowd Of smaller boys shooting witt
revolver back Of the Petty liver,
ahle. A little Wholesome admins
alton OF the law and ordinances anc
stricter enforcement Of the compul
~ school law. might be Of great ben
: TO the city and all parties con,