Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-05
LOCAL LACONICS.

COMPILED AND CONDENSED FOR
BUSY PEOPLE.
Worthy Root has been working IN
Mollrings store during Harry's ab-
sence.
Airs. Atchesnn retlrned Thursday
I :rom her holiday visit with her par
ents at Oelri.hs.
j. w. Joyce, the long absent one,
has written lett er from Old England
saying lie had at last won his suits and
would le back in Hot Springs by Jam
uary 10Th.
Fred Mol.ring came over from New.
Castle to look after their store matters
and was accompanied hy Mr.. aud Mrs.
Allenga, who will remain few days
in the city
Miss Edith Hurlburt, niece, and
Mrs. Cumming. cousin Of our respect, I'd
townsman Y. ID. Bailey. from Syracuse,
N Y, are here visiting him and are
enjoying their visit imm snsely.
Jos. Vincent's bond as receiver for
the Vermont Investment company has
been accepted aud he will soon enter
upon the duties of his office. The re-.
ceiversh,p was asked for by one of the
creditors in the east.
The big plate glass for the Harlou
block came in Tuesday and it took the
drayman four hours to unload them.
They are the largest ever brought to
town, being 94x126 inches. They
were safely set by John Buyer.
James NJ. Woods. mayor of Rapid
City, and the generally under>tood.t to.
be dispenser of federal patronage. was
in t g city looking no snitable cand,.
, date for the post Uffic. for Hot Springs
before he goes to " ashing'on to make
his pull.
County Clerk Judkins is something
OF y nimrod himself. Looking from
his window at the court house one day
last week, he spied good sized bob cat
skulking along under the rocks back
OF the conrt house. Quickly securing
the sheriff's gun he sailed out and at
the first shot his cat>hip was soon laid
out. Well done, Yank.
The hoard of trustees of the state
school mines held an adjourned meet.
ing on Wednesday evening to take ac.
tion on the controversy over the test
recently made of some ore from the
Gold Hill mine in Custer county.
They decided that the report made Ly
Dean Jenny was correct, and that the
coarse gold found in the battery be.
longcd to the owner of the ore.
The county hoard Of insanity held
sess on last Saturday to consider the
case of Mrs. Fred Hamilton, and d. ci-
that they thought it best she lie taken
to Yankton for treatment. This is a
verv sad case, and the sorrowing hns-
band has our sincerest sympathy. We
with others. confidently hope she may
soon he returned to her husband, with
her reason fully restored again.
Sculptor Riordan recently compile.
ted and shipped to New York bust of
Harry Miner, noted theatrical man.
1t was carved from our gypsum rock
and is as pretty p,ece of work as one
would wish to see. 1t will he given
Mr.. Miner as a holiday present. bs his
private Secretary. MIR. Reardon is at
work now on bnst of Mr.. Searles,
q prominent man of Illinois. He
has enough orders ahead to keep him
bnsy all winter.
G. H. Myers. public examiner, finish.
<h
went to Custer last Friday. In the
treasurer's Office he fonnd everything
all right except a balance Of seven
cents in Mr.. Bradlev's favor. On whirh
he proposed that they en and treat
themselves. He gave Mr.. Bradley
full credit for the county money on
deposit in our hanks. and said he had
done Just as he himself, or anv other
prudent business man, wonid have
done under like circumstances.
The Masonic order has moved its
paraphernalia and f:rnitnre into the
new lodge rom in the Harlou block
which is finished mp in elegant shape.
They also received one Of the finest
outfits of new furniture probably eyer
sent tn the Black Hills. I, was made
BY M. G. Lilly & Co. of Colnmhns, o.,
and il made of solid black walnut.
The chairs are massive in appearance.
handsomely carved and inlaid with
emhlems of the order and upholstered
in blue leather. to indicate the hIne
lodge, They will Law a Masonic: Garnet
and with their elegant chandeliers,
tapestry and wall decorations. they
viii have one OF the most elaborately
FURNISHED halls in the country.