Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
FARGO MERCANTILE CMPNYS for General Merchandise Cheapest Place in Town.

The Bentley Crane hunting party in
Wyoming, returned home last evening
and report a good time but not so much
game as they would like. Mr.. Bentley
says that she believes if he could have
stayed out u little longer he would have
got fat"
Capt Dick Palmer came over from
his ranch near Oelrichs today. He says
he is and always has been democrat,
but out of the thirty three names on
the ticket he will vote for twenty three
republicans, and six of the democrats
he will vote for are justices of the
peace and constables. He will support
the republican legislative ticket as he
don't want another pop senator like
Kyle.
Judge Gull went to Rapid City last
evening and secured an injunction
against Frank Hesnard for shutting off
the water on Cold brook and keeping
the Baker plaster mill from running.
We understand Fred Evans was the
party who swore it out, as he is under
contract with the company to keep
them in power. Frank is having
rather rocky road to travel in his
attempts to furnish the city with ice.
The following special of the Doth inst.
from Springfield, Neb., to the Nebraska
State Journal will be interesting to our
readers as the loser, John Petty, is a
brother of Ed. and Joe Petty of this city:
The large farm dwelling, and the entire
contents, of John Petty, living about
two miles northwest of town, was des-
troyed by fire last night. Mr.. Petty
was awakened early in the evening by
a noise in the kitchen, and, upon in
vestigation, found that the chimney
had fallen through the roof and the
north end of the house was burning
rapidly. Everything possible was done
toextingaish.the flames but they gained
SO much headway that the building
was consumed in short time. The
family were left without any clothing
and were compelled to seek shelter
from the drizzling rain at neighbours
house about half mile distant. The
building was partially insured, but lis
estimated that Mr.. Petty will be about
1900 loser. The origin of the fire is
not known.
From Thursdays Daily.
The grocery department of the Bee
Hive has been moved back into the
old store.
Tony Wolf is back again from the
upper Hills but expects to return to
Lead to locate.
Anderson, Tillotson, Blakey and Will
cox are for their quartet, nothing else.
Remember that.
Two Sticks was found guilty of mur-
der in the first degree, in the matter of
killing the cowboys at Humphrey &
Stenger's ranch two years ago and will
hang
Judge Gardner has announced his
intention of holding term of court in
this county. commencing about the
last week in November. 1t will prob
ably not be IL very long term.
y. c. Duke is closing up his second
hand store for the winter and Mr..
LeacoN who lives on College hill en-
poets to open up Il meat market in the
building occupied 10y him.
If every republican in Fall River
county will do his duty. and stand by
his honest principles, the republican
ticket will be elected by magnificent
majority, Try it.
II. B. Warren returned from Custer
this morning where he has about COM
pleted arrangements for the delivery
OF three tons of mica ut Custer and
Pringle to be shipped to Chicago
parties with whom he has a contract.
Engineer Flandrcs is home for day
or two with his family. The heavy run
of stock on the Elkhorn has kept him
pretty busy ever since he left here and
while he is better satisfied with the
wages received. it is not very pleasant
to think that just two weeks after he
left this line was made easy by the
change of schedule. He leaves for
Chadron again tonight.
Prof. Thos. H. Mcbride, of the chair
of paleobotany and Prof. I. Calvin, of
the chair of geology and paleontology
of the Iowa university came in from
Iowa City this morning and will spend
some time studying the special features
of their respective sciences as shown
in the horizon of this particular region
of country and will remain several
days. They go with Homer Moore to
the Bad lands tomorrow after tere-
brates and will make other excursions
in the neighborhood. They are both
gentlemen of national reputation in
their respective lines.