Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-22
LOCAL
From satnrday's Edition.

From Saturdays Edition.
Cranes expect to rebuild at once.
Custer is to have a cotton gold ore
reduction works.
Samuel A. Cook of Edgemont has
made a homestead entry.
Us. Noodle and r. T. Patrick loaded
a car of stone for Sioux City at the
Elm Greek quarry the other day.
The big hotel being built at Sylvan
lake will be a splendid one. 1t will be
three stories high and have fifty rooms.
Johnny Mueller is helping in
Cramer's blacksmith shop, as Mr.. Cra-
mer is suffering with an injury to his
hand received while shooting a horse.
The grocery wal going on in our city
is bringing in trade from long dis
tances. There we're some parties here
from near Hill City yesterday buying
groceries.
Anthony Traut returned from Lead
Thursday evening where he secured
some extensive jobs of plumbing for
the Homestake and Supt. Grier's new
residence.
Alderman Davis informs us that he
has had Il number of inquiries recently
i'll regard to plastering and he thinks
there will be quite Il building boom in
the spring.
Shorty West and two others came
over from the old u bell ranch today
with their wagons and they are going
up in the Hills for saw-dust to be used
in putting up ice on the ranch.
DIR. G. G. Crist, the versatile and
jolly editor of the Edgemont Express
is in the city today looking after bust
ness. He reports the Masquerade ball
on Valentines day at that place IL grand
success.
Gus Englebert, who works for Traut
a Gillespie, stuck a pick into his foot
yesterday while digging out a frozen
water pipe for Pat Boyles. 1t is not so
seriously injured but that he is able to
be about today.
The stockmen in the county are
complaining that there is Il great deal
of rustling going on. One ranchman
near Cascade says that he had 81 two
year old steer butchered within 100
yards of his house recently.
Ed Raaths, who left for Oregon and
Washington a few weeks ago, returned
yesterday. He says that people who
are making a living here make a great
mistake to go running round over the
country looking for something better.
MIR. Gone, a professional laundry
men from Sioux City, has been in
stalled as foreman of the Evans laun-
dry and is making some very import
ant improvements in the running of
l%aundryman.
Miss Jessie Lillis completed a
very successful term of school north
of town about three weeks since, but
has been confined to her room with
sickness ever since. We are glad to
say she is now much better and able to
be about again.
Reeder Il Boyles have received the
fine team of draft horses recently pur.
chased from the Black Hills Invest.
ment company and are delighted with
them. One of them is an elegant full
blood Percheron stallion that will
weigh 1900 pounds when i'll good flesh.
Bonnie. the little son of DR.. Wade.
was quite seriously hurt while %coasting
yesterday. A little girl was coming
down hill and the point of one of the
runners of her sled struck him above
the eye as he was on the ground, cut
ting IN ugly cash and laying the skull
bare. 1t will no doubt leave an ugly
scar
Hot Springs Hose company No. 1 OF
the lower town, which did not have Il
meeting for a long time, met last even.
ing and recognized by electing the fol.
lowing officers: Il. ID. Hummell. fore.
man; w. J.. Mcgowan, LIST assistant;
Chas. Stewart, secretary and E. T.
Petty. treasurer. They will now apply
to the department for recognition as q
part thereof.
S. a. Iden. sheep inspector for this
county. returned from his trip to Chi
cago this morning whittier he hadtakeu
seven car loads of cattle from his ranch
near Sheridan. Wyo. He got caught III
the blizzard in Iowa with his stock and
the cattle fell off 40 pounds per head
thereby causing $1,000 loss on account
of their ragged appearance when they
got to market.
Deputy U. S. Marshal j. P. Walters
brought an Indian named Four Toes
down from Deadwood last night to be
incarcerated in our county Jail on n ter
days sentence for grand larceny. He