Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-04-20
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chant Of Edgemont is in the city.
L. r. Graves of Deadwood is hero
shaking hands with all bis old friends.
D. j. Burke, the B. & NJ. detective is
here again on business strictly private.
w. A. Hampton Of Alliance is here
looking over the city and taking baths.
The Elkhorn was . couple Of hours
late Thursday a. m. on account of a
little accident down the road. No one
hurt.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will meet in the college
Monday afternoon, April 23, at 8
o'clock.
John Lerch's dog bit little Harry
Maltby in the face yesterday, and John
had the good sense to go out and kill
the brute.
Mrs. Eckenrode, on Horse Head, pre-
sented her husband with a fine boy On
Tuesday of last week, and probably no
one rsjoices over the fact more than
the happy uncle, Carmon Fisher.
The Board of Church Erection Of
the Congregational church has granted
the $500 asked for to aid in the erec.
tion of the new church in Cold Brook
addition. This will insure its being
built.
The Cheyenne river is on a tear
again, being higher than it has been
before this spring. A number Of
ranchers have been caught on this side
and will have to wait for it to 90 down
again.
A. B. Hulit returned from his camp
on Battle creek this morning with MIR.
F. w. Myers, who is to be Gov. Frank
Jackson's private secretary. They re-
port splendid time. Notwithstanding
the bad weather.
The Qui vive club, which has for its
special object the study Of Shakes.
peare's plays, will give q banquet on
Monday, Apr. 2s,probably at the Evans,
the birthday Of the Immortal bard"
to which the husbands of the members
will be invited.
H. A. GODDARD is improving the looks
OF things generally in front Of his resi-
dence and making an excellent road
by grading. The road there has been
very narrow and dangerous, and with
the improvement he has made it is now
in excellent shape.
Word has been received from j. B.
Dickover that he and John Renton and
five others have shouldered their packs
and gone to the Blue river country to
investigate the recent gold finds there.
The country is so rough they could
not take pack horses.
The M. NJ. Ms had one Of their de.
lightful sociahles at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. S. N. Moses Wednesday.
Card playing and refreshments were
the most enjoyable features of the
evening and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. proved
themselves capital entertainers.
Seth Clifford and wife are IN the city
for load of their furniture, which
they will take to Oelrlchs az soon as
they can get across the river. Seth
will farm his father-in-law's, (Mr.
Crewdson) place this summer, and
will put in so acres of corn, and ten
acres of potatoes.
A retiring newspaper man gives::the
following philosophical reason for
going out Of business, and every pub.
Usher will vouch for the truth and ap.
propriateness Of his remarks: "a
child is born, the NJ. d. in attendance
gets $40. The editor writes it up and
gets 0. The child is christened, the
minister gets IS. The editor writes it
up and gets 90. In time the child
marries, the minister gets $40. The
editor gets either cake or 600. In the
course Of time the child dies; the doc
tor gets from IS to $50; the minister
gets another s.; the undertaken gets
from $25 to $1,000. The editor pup.
fishes it and is rewarded with O0OO.
Held the Audience spellbound.
Vry .