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

From Wednesdays Daily.
Meyer & Co. bought hog from one
of the farmers down on the river that
dressed over 700 lbs.
School will close one week FROM FRI
day. The program for the closing ex-
ercises will be published tomorrow.
W. E. Sawyer has gone to Edge
mont to plat some ground in that
booming little city for the Edgemont
company.
Allen McMillin and j. NJ. Booker
returned from Nebraska last evening.
Nc. traded piece Of land for some
horses and drove fine team hume.
Bishop Hare Of Sioux Falls expects
to be in this city on the 18th inst.
and will lay the corner stone Of the
new Episcopal church now building
here.
The commissioners are so anxious
to yet the road to the falls fixed up,
that in the absence Of County Sur
veyor Sawyer, they have hired Walter
Scott to survey it.
Mrs. w. A. Fisher is spending the
week with her brother. J. r. Cooper
and family at Piedmont. Jim was
down Sunday night and Mrs. Fisher
went home with him.
The county commissioners allowed
host of bills yesterday, appointed Prof.
j. G. Mckee of Oelrlchs, superinten.
dent of public instruction and worked
most of the afternoon on the county
roads. They adjourn today.
}. W. Joyce has been appointed
deputy coroner by W. L. Colvert. MIR.
Colvert has bought team and will 90
to his ranch near Wind cave this MORN
ing to put up house and as soon as
it is completed he we will move his
family out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ames are rejoicing
at the arrival of Mr.. Ames' sister, Mrs.
j. S. Holmes and daughter Of Jersey
vile, Ills, who have come to spend
the summer with them. They are IN
hopes they can induce her to locate
permanently in Hot Springs.
Postal Clerk w. H. Flynn, who runs
on the B. e. NJ. between Seneca and
Deadwood, was arrested by Post Office
Inspector Fosnes and his assistants on
Thursday, and is now in the hands of
a United States commissioner at
Omaha, charged with pilfering from
the mails. He has been under sus.
picion for some time and trap was
laid for him, into which he uncon-
sciously fell.
Black Hills College entertainers are
becoming famous. On Saturday
morning party consisting of Prof.
Myrtle X. Tyler, Miss Mamie Stanley,
Messrs. H. b. and. E. r. Hare
will go up to Custer City to give a
mnslcal and elocutionary entertain
ment remaining over Sunday to view
the delightful scenes around Custer
and to enjoy the gracious hospitality
of her people. On Monday they will
visit Sylvan lake and Harney Peak.
Improvements are being made at the
plunge bath. For some time the board
floor at the south end has been rottine
and the balcony at that end was sink
ing so that it was quite unsafe. Mr..
Miner has set force Of men at work
tearing up the floor and the space be-
meath will be filled with g,outing and
cement floors be laid in all the dress.
ing rooms and on the plaza. Wesh
& Oak are doing the cement work and
John Van Sittert the carpenter work.
j. Fred Meyers Of the Dennison, TO-,
Review, arrived this morning, accom-
panied BY his wife. with party Of
Iowa visitors. Mr.. Meyers was q vis-
itor at this place about six years ago,
since which time he has never neglect.
ed an opportunity to say good word
for Hot springs-in fact columns of
good words. He liked this resort then
and he likes it much better now. They
will remain abouta week. The STAR
was favored with q call from Mr.. and
Mrs. Meyers this morning.
So far as we have been able to learn
the independents of the county did not
get out and attend the convention that
was called for last Saturday by the
chairman Of the county central com.
mittee. So it was postponed to Tues
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