Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-01

Three years ago tonight we had the
big fire In the lower town.
The trial Of the Barrett Scott MUIR
derers has been set for March 20.
Mrs. w. L. Judkins returned home
from her extended visit with friends in
Iowa this morning.
A. G. Duke will reopen his second
hand store in the building north of
Caughey & Clark's
Hereafter until further notice, Rev.
Bolster of the Episcopal church, will
hold service every other Sunday at Rap
id City. He will continue to hold his
residence here.
A STAR reader wants to know why
the white "soiled doves' of the CITY are
arrested, fined and orded out of town,
while the colored ones are allowed to
ply their vocation unmolested.
The fume is being repaired to keep
it from leaking so badly which does
not s~ubstantiate the report that it was
soon to be abandoned and the water
pump and arc lights would be run
by a motor with power from the Falls.
The Indian, John Lance who has
been on trial for the last ten DAYS in
the United States court at Deadwood.
was found guilty of manslaughter on
a compromise verdict. He will proba-
bly, go to the pom for five or ten years.
John M. Henton came down from the
upper Hills last night and will remain
a few days. He stopped at Hill City on
his way down and reports things quite
lively there. A steam hoist is being
put an at the Tea lode and they are
taking out ore at the j Ras fast as they
can.
We understand that application will
be made to Judge Gardner for the ap-
pointment of a receiver for the Hot
Springs house, pending the settlement
of the differences between the Dakota
Hot Springs Co. and G. Young.
If the appointment is made Mr.. Young
will have to vacate.
James A. Wilson, the gardener and
florist has sold all his plants to Fred
Evans and they have had an amicable
and satisfactory settlement. Mr.. Will
son has shipped his sash and other be-
longings to Rapid City and started to
drive to his ranch at Viewfeld this
morning. He may ..go into the hot
house business at Rapid City.
The CCC tea given by st. Luke's
guild at the Gillespie Tuesday evening
was a very pleasant affair and about a
hundred persons attended and enjoyed
the set out. The bill of fare consisted
only of such articles as commence with
the letter g, and everybody was sur
prised that such an elegant supper
could be gotten up with those articles
alone. The receipts we're something
over s25.
Crane Bros. and j. F. Edmunds
reached a settlement of the loss on the
building and fixtures Wednesday, the
companies represented by Mr..
Edmunds paying the full amount of
insurance on furniture and fixtures
and about $1,000 on the building out
a total of s2,5o0,-the estimated value
of the walls being about $500. We are
assured by the Messrs. Crane that they
will rebuild at an early day.
Our citizens should not forget that
the Nebraska undertakers will hold
their annual convention at this place
during the month of June and there
will probably be three or four hundred
people here for several days. Nh.
Evans has written the officers that they
can have the opera house free of charge
and granted them other c~ourtesies.
Their stay here should be made as
pleasant as possible by our citizens.
Tony Bernard, proprietor of the Key
stone hotel at Deadwood, has refused
to pay the compromise monthly fine of
s25 for selling whiskey, claiming that
others are allowed to carry on the bus
mess without paying it, and he has
taken the matter into the courts and
says he will carry the matter to the SUI
preme court. If he does, it may result
unfavorably to the manner of evading
the prohibition law in all the Black
Hills towns, Hot Springs included.
The B. & NJ. has paid it's taxes in the
county and it amounts to the neat sum
of $500. OF this, about $500 will go
to the school districts through which
the road runs The balance, or about
$1,000, will be applied to county and
state taxes. The Edgemont school dis
trict gets the biggest slice of the school
money, their share being about $1,000.
The other districts will receive sums
ranging from $50 to several hundred
dollars. The Elkhorn paid it's tax in
December with warrants bought last