Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-04


Fred Evans went to Buffalo Gap last
night to meet the delegation of Solons
from the Hills ON their way to Pierre.
He reports them lively crowd.
The dance at Buffalo Gap New
Years night was we'll attended, num-
Der of our young people going over to
attend it. They report an elegant
time.
Prof. j. G. Mckee, county superin-
tendent, drove over from Union
Wednesday and has scarcely got thaw-
ed out yet. He is attending to the
hearing of the matter of making the
Cascade school district an independ-
ent one.
Thomas H. Wells received a letter
from j. G. Davis, late manager of the
Fargo Mercantile Co., asking for Hot
Springs literature, as a number of his
friends at Vermilion and other parts
of this state and Minnesota expect to
visit our city next year and want a
little information concerning it.
Mr.. Logan informs us that while
doing some assessment work on his
property at Union Hill last week he
struck lead of rich gold bearing rock
which is likely to prove as rich as the
Holy Terror. They went down six
feet and found we'll defined lead that
is sure to show up big. He is very
much worked up open the find and
goes back at once to make further de-
velopment.
The jury in the case of the state VS..
ellison, the old soldier, for stabbing the
Elkhorn brakeman, Heidinger, which
has been on trial in Custer county,
brought in verdict of not guilty after
being out about twenty minutes. The
old gentleman has been confined in Jail
at Custer since the affray occurred,
which was more than six months ago.
and 1T was thought he had been pun
ished enough.
John Fitzgerald, of Lincoln, the
eminent railroad contractor who built
the line between Lincoln and Dead
wood, and has had hand in nearly all
the railroad construction in this part
of the west, especially the extensions
of the b. 6 NJ. died at his home on Sun
day last. His death following so short
ly after that of 7. NJ. Marquette, general
counsel for the B. & NJ. who is also we'll
known in this country, robs Lincoln of
two of her most prominent citizens.
Roy A. Downs, who for some time
has been assisting in the Merchants
State bank, resigned his position and
left Monday evening for his home at
Ponder, where he will be associated
with his father as junior partner in the
real estate and loan business. Roy's
many friends are sorryto eehim leave
town but will wish him we'll and hope
he may return again during the sum-
mer as he contemplates.
Judge Cleveland is going into court
on the tax business again in another
matter. He has now applied to the
court for an injunction restraining the
county treasurer from the collection of
the tax of 1891 remaining unpaid at
this time, claiming that they were
illegally levied. The result of this
application will be watched with
interest by the taxpayers of the county
as it involves the property of some of
our largest real estate holders.
Frank Crabill thinks we did not do
him justice in the matter of his strik-
ing j. A. Rylen Monday afternoon. He
says he was trying to collect IL bill of
Rylen which the latter disputed and
called him liar, when he slapped him
across the face. mot hard enough to
hurt him. but just to resent the insult" :"
He admits that Tom struck Rylen too,
in tho excitement. Mr.. Rylen swore
out warrant and had Frank arrested
and he paid fine of IS and costs. They
both wear faces somewhat disfguredas
mementoes of the occasion.
w. H. Train informs us that he has
Just sent word to several electrical sup
ply houses to send their representa-
tives here at once to bid on putting in
the appliances for carrying the electric
power from the Falls to this city for
the use of the stucco mill, the Touring
mill and the planning mill. The stucco
mill is to have 100 horse power dy-
namo, as they expect to do big bust
ness this year, the Touring mill will
have an eighty horse power dynamo,
the planning mill will have a twenty five
horse power dynamo and ten horse
power dynamo for the Evans laundry.
Then there will be the transm ission of
the power, which will be quite an item.
The Water, Light & Power company
expect to do great things in the near
future.
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