Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-08

From Tuesday's Daily.
The grading for the railroad park
hes been finished.
Miss Anna Morrell took the B. & M.
for her home at Spearfish this morn.
ing.
H. A. GODDARD and s. M. Houghton
went to Deadwood this morning on
important legal business.
W. H. Stanley is assisting DR..
Stewart at his hath house, as the
patronage there is growing larger each
day.
Charles M. Wilcox has been appoint
ed hospital steward at the soldiers
home, temporarily, to fill Maj. Eaton's
rlace:
Mrs. A. K. Pierce went to Mystic
this morning to keep boarding house
for the men who will work at the
shaft on the Guilty sark property.
The Hot Springs Browns will go to
Edgemont to play ball on the Fourth.
Their expenses have been guaranteed
and a good chance to make little
stake if they win.
The commissioners instructed w. E.
Sawyer to survey and lay out the road
to the Falls today, and they have been
busy on bills. They will probably ad-
journ tomorrow.
G. NJ. Cradle Of Edgemont, one of
the big ditch and improvement COM
pany is in the city making arrange
ments for the big celebration in that
place on the Fourth.
Captain Megrew went to DeSmet
Sunday evening to attend the G. A. R.
encampment and to meet with the
Soldiers home board at their annual
meeting. He will he gone about ten
days.
Joe. Williams attempted to comb
the Evans porter's hair with three
legged stool this morning resulting
disastrously for that gentleman scalp.
Joe will serve ten days in the county
Jail for his playfulness.
Our readers will be glad to know
that one of the main objects of the
meeting Of the board of commissioners
this time, is to open up the road down
the Fall River valley to the Cheyenne
river. 1t is consummation devoutly
to be wished.
The Buffalo Gap water right case
is still grinding. The temporary in
junction that was granted was not
dissolved hut modified somewhat. and
Chambers KelIar was appointed special
referee to try the case and goes to the
Gap Thursday for that purpose.
Mrs. G. E. Sawyer and Miss Laber-
teaux received telegram yesterday
announcing the very serious illness of
their father at Marshall, Mich, and
left last night with the children for
home. Their stay will of course de.
pend upon the result of his sickness.
Rev. E. E. Frame left for Omaha
last evening to attend the meeting Of
the Home Missionary society Of his
church. He will probably be gone
over Sunday and it Is expected that
that kev. Chas. o. Brown of the First
Congregational church of San Fran.
cisco, who is here visiting his son, will
! occupy bis pulpit for him.
William Powell, the Edgemont
butcher, has brought suit against
Wood Craven for $4,000 for defama-
ton of character for having him ar.
rested for the larceny of steer, from
which charge he claims be was exoner.
oVO0 Wy OuSGiC0 DUUuI0T 0A6Hl06tlOu
yesterday. Wood will have lots of fun
attending court in Hot Springs.
A gentleman by the name of Tate
from Arcadia, Nebr. has purchased
some property from Orlando Ferguson
and with his family has taken possess
sion and will build up home in Hot
Springs. We understand the property
purchased is that on which the little
log house is located just west Of Mr..
Willoughby's and Mr.. Tate is unload.
ing his household goods there until he
can build house. He is miller by
trade.
w. D. selder, who came here yester.
day to look for his missing father, left
again for home last night, assured that
II he had met with an accident causing
death bis remains would have been