Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-01
LOCAL MENTION.

Merit Tillotson left yesterday for
Chicago.
We are having a touch of genuine
winter weather now
The Cold Brook band is getting down
to earnest practice again.
w. H. Mccoy expects to go to Dead
wood to work in the Keystone.
Treasurer Burke is out with a cir
cular making a call for warrants to the
amount of over s 1900.
Mrs. A. ID. Wood has gone from Den
YER to Iowa where she will spend the
winter with her mother.
Fred Noerenberg, proprietor of the
Cascade hotel, made homestead fling
on IA claim near Cascade yesterday.
Quite "a number of people have set
their machines in order to grind out
poetry i'll the hope of winning the New
York store prize.
Young MI. LeacoX of this city, was
married yesterday to Miss Nora &C.
neva Bailey of Custer. The STAR joins
in heartiest congratulations.
The Fireman's ball at the court house
on Thursday evening was a grand sue
cess. About s38 was taken in and
those who attended report a splendid
time.
Our city council should take some
action in the matter of sewerage at
their next meeting. We must have the
creek cleaned up before another season
comes on.
.Arlie Cleghorn has just finished
putting up twenty tons Of Cheyenne
river ice ON his place near the Falls.
He expects to do some dairy business
the coming summer.
Sackette, the decorator, is papering
the east room of Judge Cults office in
fine shape. Judge and John Evans
propose to have n of the finest law
offices in the country.
Mrs. G. E. Sawyer and Miss Nettie
Laberteaux were made to rejoice
Thursday by the arrival of their
mother from Marshall, Mich, who will
spend several months visiting them.
Dr. Hargens showed us a cancer of
the bone which vas removed from the
finger of a young lady at the PARROT
house on Thursday. Its removal ne
oocc;to%oJ Tho ,,,0,,A&:oo 80 Al. o-.-
The school board had a meeting last
evening and passed the regular grist of
bills and teachers salaries. They also
decided to advertise for bids for 100
cords of wood for fuel for next winter.
Since the Butte disaster, we are ln-
formed that complaint will be made to
the city council that a quantity of dan
gerous explosives are kept within the
city limits here in disregard of the city
ordinance.
A big dance was held at the oldZbell
ranch last night and about thirty cou-
pies from all over the country enjoyed
themselves in the good old-fashioned
way. Those who attended report a
splendid time.
The Elm Creek Stone company will
commence quarrying and shipping
fifteen car loads of stone to Omaha on
Monday. They will also get out five
cars for trimming the new schoolhouse
at South Sioux City.
County Treasurer Burke has fixed up
his Office in much different shape, Civ
ing himself more counter room SO that
he car handle Il number of books at
the same time, which is some times
necessary in fixing up taxes.
The remains of Uncle Jimmy Griffin,
the old soldier who died on Thursday
morning, were laid to rest in the Sol
diers' home cemetery at 2 o'clock yes
terday. He will be greatly missed as
he was a general favorite.
Clerk of Courts Chesley has been
making considerable improvement in
his office. He has cleaned out the
vault and put in new shelving in order
to accommodate the books that hereto
fore have not had a convenient resting
place.
The following patents were received
at the land Office at Rapid City on
Thursday for agricultural and timber
and stone entries: Mary A. Powell,
Frederick E. Dale, Robert Moore, Abel
w. Odell, Abrham Z. Sharrock, Ed
ward L. Fiegel and Patrick Murray.
Marguerite, the little daughter of
Conductor Zollinger was unfortunate
enough to have her shoulder dislo-
Gated yesterday, but it was soon re-
duced and she is feeling none the worse
for it. Mr.. Zollinger's little boy is
quite sick with an attack of something
like pneumonia.
j. w. Pike is making his arrange
ments for a trip to southern California
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