Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-12-07

from MOn0ayo Uallvs
It is rumored that Frank Crakill is
going to start a branch saloon in the
Keystone mining camp.
j. c. Spencer came in from his WV.
oming ranch and spent Sunday with
his Chicago friends who. are at the
Evans.
Judge Boomer turned in s2t4. to the
city treasurer today. that being the
amount of fines he has collected for
this month.
Yale college wins the intercollegiate
championship on foot ball, by. defeat.
ing Princeton. They beat them to the
tune of 10 to O at New York on Satur.
day.
Rev. Swickard's talk Sunday morn.
ing upon the "Childrens' Home of the
Dakotas" was a heart-touching appeal
for the homeless, helpless little ones Of
the land, of which there are said to be
100000. A subscription of about $50
was taken for the "home' fund.
s. E. Wilson and wife returned home
Sunday morning. s. E. says the con-
gress he attended in st. Louis a a
big affair. He did some great adver.
Using for Hot Springs while he was
gone and we doubt if a better repre-
sentative could have been chosen.
Fred Evans, Jim Stephenson and
Capt. Marsh went to Hill City this
morning to inspect the mining inter
ests in and about the keystone district.
It is probable that Omaha parties may
interest themselves in some of the
promising mining properties in that
vicinity.
Adjutant Thos. Bentley of the sol
diers' home had a peculiar accident
while driving on court street today.
The train frightened the horse so that
he reared up and fell over backward on
the buggy, breaking down one of the
wheels. MI Bentley escaped injury
by jumping out.
H. G. Mutt, Jr., assistant superin-
tendent of this division of the B. & M.
came over this morning expecting to be
used as a witness in the case of young
Thayer, who is in Jail awaiting trial for
the larceny of some property from a
caboose. He will return tonight and
wait till court sits.
Standen Bros. and E. r. Simms are
feeling greatly encouraged " the
development of the Nelly Parsons
coal claim. They think they will strike
it rich in a very short time. We hope
they may. The quality of coal SO far
mined is very much like the famous
Camel coal of Nova Scotia.
MI. Kolterman who traded a number
of sheep to John Ferris of Cheyenne
Falls for cattle, is in town today seek
ing legal redress, as eighteen of the
cattle are not forthcoming. A lawsuit
will likely be the result. MI. Ferris
claims the cattle are out on the range
and he cannot find them right away.
Ed Davis, Paul George and Charley
Seig, three of the force of stone masons
who went to Sheridan to build a new
court house, returned home this morn
ing. They report thewcrk progressing
finely and say that the other fellows
will be home to eat their Christmas
dinners if they have no bad weather to
stop them.
Chas. b. Stackpole leaves one day
this week for Pittsburgh and Chi
cago to make final arrangements for
building the new electric railway to
Wind Cave. He informs us that he
will present a petition to the council
at their next meeting. asking for Il
franchise for a street railway for the
entire city.
Hank Vanatta took the contract of
carrying the U. S. mail to Cascade and
Maitland today from Jim Stephenson,
and at once let the contract to Adam
Snyder for the next three months.
The contract price is $40, but as the
trip has to be made six times a week.
there won't be much i'll it until they
can run a hack to Cascade.
w. L. Judkins, who has been off for
a week taking in the eastern part of
the state, attending to business at
Chamberlain and Mitchell, returned
this morning. He also visited Sioux
City and Omaha on the trip. He says
the people in the eastern part of the
state are living on artesian water and
Russian thistles this winter.
The STAR vas represented at Hot
Springs House yesterday at n of
their popular SUNDAY dinners" The
sinner man" has not been more agree
ably gratified for a long time. It was
one of their ordinary Sunday dinners,
but was rich in every way. Mr.. Young
has the hotel arranged and refurnished
very pleasantly, and being so conven-