Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-04-13

from the penltentiary.
We understand that the Catholicon
sanitarium and bath house will soon
be opened for business.
The Ladies Aid society of the M. E.
church will meet at the home of Mrs.
John Boyer, Wednesday, Apr. 18, at
2:30 p. nj. All the ladies are invited
to come. Mrs. A. w. Mcgowan, Sec.
DR.. Nesmith, surgeon at the home
returned from his visit the eastern
part Of the state Friday morning and
reports times hard and people pretty
badly discouraged over the prospects.
Rev. d. B. Scott, pastor of First Con.
gregational church of Sioux Falls, who
with his wife came in Thursday, is suf-
fering with q blood trouble and will
remain soma time in the city taking
baths.
The new cave of sideys is threat
ened to be named 1.-The Ochalocha
Tonka," meaning the big hole. Mr..
Ranger has been engaged to blast ou.
some of the chambers, and commenced
operations Wednesday.
MARR1Ep-At 80 Thursday p. m.,
Rev. Frame spoke the words that united
the lives and fortunes of M. G. Baker
and Miss Kate Bowman Of Pringle at
the Congregational church. They go
to housekeeping at once.
Chas. j. Cradle of Crawford, Neb.,
was in the city trying to procure scrap
ers with which to complete the grading
on the big irrigatine ditch near Edge
mont. He is one of the prime pushers
of this magnificent scheme, and says
the company is very anxious to finish
the ditch by June if possible. He is
also getting prices on stone for trim
mings for few brick clocks that are
to he erected at Edgemont.
The long detained J. w. Joyce, who
went to England about a year ago to
look after the sale of some property
left him from his fathers estate sur
prised his many friends and gladdened
the hearts of his wife and family by
dropping in on them Thursday. He
says that justice in the courts of old
England is a travesty on the name and
from this time on be will make his
home under the stars and stripes. He
reports very rough passage across the
water.
Editor Harris is now living on his
ranch, and drives to town mornings
and home evenings. -dnesday he
hitched up and fumbled the hitching
strap about the post to make the horse
believe he was tied, while he went into
the house for moment. When he
came out he found the horse and buggy
rolling over one another down an en-
bankment near the house. The vehicle
was completely demolished. Ken
promises to punish himself for his
carelessness BY riding 10 town bare.
back for week.
Mr.. Hulitt. the sheep man, says that
out Of q flock Of 1880 sheep six or
seven hundred Of them were covered
with from one to FIVE feet Of snow du.
ring the last snow storm-over on the
reservation-and Messrs. Tubbs and
| Burton, who had charge of them,
thought surely all Of them would per.
ish, but when they had finally got
them out every one was alive. Dur
ing the entire winter they hay Ted no
hay or grain, and the sheep have had
no shelter, and they have lost only
twelve.
Monday was DIR. N. M. Wade's birth
day-35th-and his wife planned q
very agreeable surprise for him BY
having about ten couples suddenly
drop IN early IN tho evening.
It was q complete surprise for the doc
tor. br be was weary and just about
to retire. The evening was delight
fully passed with various games and
amusements. Excellent refreshments
we're not the least Of the pleasures Of
the evening, and at eleven o'clock the
gathering dispersed with hearty good
wishes that there might be many more
such happy returns Of the day.
Business Change.
Tuesday afternoon A. A. Moody sold
his interest in the Richer & Co. grocery
business to w. L. Judkins, who enters
the firm at once. The firm name, We.
understand, will remain the same. Mr..
Judkins will probably not actively On
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