Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-15
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from saturday g Edition.
NJ. Archibald Robins of Smithwick
made a homestead filing before Clerk
of the Courts Chesley yesterday.
O. w. Small received a telegram from
his wife at Mt. Carroll, Ills. stating
that her sister whom she had gone to
see had died.
j. C. Dickover came down from Lead
on the Elkhorn Thursday evening and
spent yesterday visiting his family. He
says Lead is lively.
The Chinese opium joints of Dead
wood were pulled on Wednesday and
the Celestlals are being put through the
mill at Il pretty lively pace.
Emil Hargens and wife are moving
their furniture from their rooms in the
Evans to one ofthe cottageso on the hill
side where they will go to housekeep-
ing.
George Trimmer is limping about on
II foot,-having had the other pretty
badly mashed by having a log fall on
it while putting Il roof on the old log
house.
Sheriff Blakey came in from Omaha
this morning and reports the weather
terribly severe and there is no doubt
much suffering among the poorer peo-
pie through the country.
w. H. Stanley, city treasurer, has
taken possession of the front room of
the suite rented to Chas. Callahan, late
editor of the Herald. where he can be
seen by those having business with
him.
The Maccabees have ordered an elc-
CANT working outfit of paraphernalia
and propose to be not a whit behind
other benevolent organizations that
are making such rapid strides in men,
bership.
Master Luther Frame celebrated his
eighth birthday by giving II little party
to a number of his little playmates this
afternoon. They had Il most enjoyable
time and the little fellow will long re-
member this occasion.
Mrs. A. ID. Wood returned from her
trip to Denver, Col. and Monticello, 10.
Friday morning, Notwithstanding the
irregular running of the trains. She is
a thorough business woman and will
push her way through where most
m would stick. He many friends
will be glad to see her home again.
Mrs. Ada Ryan, the plucky little wo-
man who carries the mail between here
and Cascade, had to give it up today.
When she got out on the hills south
west of town she found it blowing and
drifting and SO cold she had to tnrn
back. Her feet were badly frost bitten
but she will try it again.
According to the Pioneer, the Elk
horn company is making preparations
for building to the Hay creek coal fields
just as oon as the weather opens
Connections with the Belle Fourche
line will he made about 6O0yards below
the town of Belle Fourche. The coal
that this company has discovered at
Hay creek has proven very good, and
they are now ready to build the road.
Chambers Kellar returned from
Deadwood this morning and says the
Catholicon furniture case was carried
over till next term. In the case of the
Independent School district VS. the Re-
ceiver of the First National bank to
make their deposit in that institution
a preferred claim, exceptions were
made to the matter set up in the an.
swer and it was carried over to the
next term.
The meeting of the school board last
evening was we'll attended. The usual
salaries and Il number of other bills
were allowed. The contract for fur.
nishing 100 cords of wood was let tothe
Fargo Mercantile Co. at s2.74, that be-
ing the lowest bid. They also arrang-
ed for procuring a water meter, think
ing they can a v money by so doing
at the rate prescribed by the franchise
They have Il contract now with the w
L. Il p. Co. at $500 a year..
The town of Hot Springs has anothe,
scandal ''on it's hands," the result of !;
little funny work ON the part of an al
legged doctor of that town. What is
needed down there is an excursion
train direct from the court house tt
Sioux Falls, with Sheriff Blakey il
charge as conductor. and it is to bt
hoped the moral element of the place
will enter into negotiations lookin.
towards the supplying of the want
Lead Call.
Oelrichs is coming right to the front
as a matrimonial center. Two couple.
of their prominent people have recent
ly taken on themselves the yoke o.
married life and we understand there
are others to follow in the same way