Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-24
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

John Colgan of Oelrichs is here on a
business visit.
The patronage at all the baths is all
they could wish and far exceeds any
former years.
Miss Mofit of Gordon, Neb., is here
visiting her friend Miss Cora Dix ut
A. ID. Woods.
Sheriff Blakey was home to spend
Sunday but went right back to Edge
mont to try to get onto some clue to
the safe crackers.
w. j. Mcgowan says he has had u
taste of camp life and is not satisfied.
He will make a trip to the limestone
country some time this fall.
Potatoes are rather scarce in this i'm
mediate locality but are said to be
very plenty in the neighborhood of
Hermosa. Rapid and Spearfish.
The s%cmi-annual convention of the
master mechanics of the Burlington
system will be held in this city Sept.
10. A big crowd OF them is expected.
S. Loudenback intends to leave for
Chicago and the east in about 81 week
to be gone about Il month. and rumor
has it that Mrs. l.. will return with him
about Oct. LIST.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, widow of the de-
ceased California millionaire. is in
Deadwood with a special ear loaded
with friends, looking after her mining
interests in the Hills.
The directors of Hot Springs school
district No. l. have been busy today
making settlement with Strom and
Roberts for the four school houses
built for the district this summer.
The subscription paper for the stock
bonus to the new Touring mill is being
circulated today with fair success. Let
us hope our citizens will come down
with enough subscriptions to secure
the mill.
The subscription to DR.. McKay's
Climate and Resorts should be more
liberal. III people are to know that we
have a superior winter climate here.
there is nc better way of advertising it
than through his publication.
Judge Cleveland and Maj. Anderson
went to the eastern part of the state
with the republican delegates Sunday
night. but not on q political errand.
They will try the conclusions of law
and findings of fact in the Catholicon
case before Judge Haney.
DIR. Hargens and Adams yesterday
reduced the dislocated shoulder of
Michael Kannatzof Smithwick. About
four weeks ago he was injured by 81 fall
but did not realize that his shoulder
was dislocated. He came in yesterday
to see what was the matter, as he COM
planned that he couldn't chop wood.
Tomorrow the b. & NJ. will open n
new station at TT. Custer at the juno
! ton of the Little Big Horn and Big
Horn rivers. They are making most
rapid progress with the work, and the
through line of the Burlington will
soon be ready for patronage and ii will
get lots of it. The road that can pur-
Ii railroad building such times as
these is certainly in it.
The Baker Quarry company have Sc
cured a contract for two hundred cars
OF Then rock to be shipped to Pitts
burg. Pa. They have recently pur-
chased the saw plant shipped in some
time ago by Jim Noodle and which has
laid over in the Eikhorn yards for. so
long. They have also bought another
gang. and having force enough to run
six full gangs they % expect to do
quite a business.
A big party of Indians came in from
Pine Ridge agency this morning and
are camped on the hill just back of the
Catholic church. There are twenty.
one bucks in charge OF Ivan the
Brave" and there are squaws and pap
pooses in plenty. They will remain
only two days and will then go to
Sturgis. They are a better dressed
and more intelligent set than we have
had for some time.
Bob Shann and August Sucksdori
are not rejoicing very much over Tho
returns from their late shipments OF
cattle. The steers only brought
$40 while the COWS brought S2.45
These are Recommendations pricesand
Bob says they almost had IL steal The
cattle from the farmers by buyingtheu
at so low a figure, but to lose mone,
on them then is enough to make a ma,
walk the floor at night. The market i
being glutted with stock from Nehrask;
farmers which arc beingsolatorwanto
feed.
The unknown drunken tramp who
stabbed the brakeman ~t;eidenser q
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