Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-08

"Se&N0AAo 1NoAAoA OOIpS Will m00V
In Masonic hall on Saturday afternoon
at the usual hour.
We had no mail yesterday over the
Elkhorn on account of both trains be-
ing stuck in the snow drifts in the
sand hills.
The cold weather is about the only
topic of conversation just now. The
old timers sit by the fires in the stores
and relate their experiences.
The first tax deed ever issued from
this county was issued by Treasurer
Burke to s. Loudenback Tuesday on
the livery stable property south of the
Evans.
Frank Hesnard has just completed
the contract of putting up a large
quantity of ice for the use of the Ca
tholicon hotel. This wouldaugurt that
that institution proposes to do bust
ness next summer.
Reports from Keystone are to the
effect that the officers of the company
have arrived on the ground and are
arranging to sink the shaft 100 feet and
enlarge their plant. The Holy Terror
is down 100 feet and is said to be richer
than on the surface.
j. r. Edmonds, of Deadwood, who
has lately returned from a western
trip, states that while he was in Denver
he met Don Porter, the we'll known
hotel man, formerly of the Black Hills.
Don isnow running one of the largest
hotels in Denver and is doing a profit
able business.-Rapid City Journal.
The injunctions prayed for by Judge
Cleveland restraining the issuing Of
tax deeds on certain property in this
city for the tax of 1891, for which GER
t~ificates were issued, were granted.
The legality of the taxes of that year
will be defended by the county and by
others who have boughtthe certificates
in good faith.
The household furniture of J.. NJ.
Kitson and wife, arrived yesterday and
is being hauled to one of the cottages
at the home where they will reside.
| We understand that MI. Kitson will be
the new hospital steward and
he and his wife will look after
the sick in the hospital. Th%eyarefrom
Woonsocket, s. d.
Three sports, Rivers, of Deadwood,
and Miller and Walker, of Billings,
Mont, were in town Thursday at the
expense of the p%roprietors of the crap
game. They broke one game and
started after another in such a manner
as to brighten the manager into closing
it up. 1t is said they quit heavy win
ners.-Chadron Citizen.
The Pringles are not receiving the
patronage they should during their
stay here. They had the nerve:to come
here to play during the entire week and
will leave the greater part of the money
they take in, in the city and as they
give a good show they should be liber-
ally patronized if our people expect
anything in the show line in the flu
ture.
Miss Minnie Beer, the Western Union
operator, has been putting in her spare
time practicing on type writer as an
order has been issued from headquar-
tiers that all operators will shortly be
required to write their messages ON the
type writer. The operators in Omaha
are using them now and are getting
IS a month extra for it. It is not
thought there will be any general in
crease of salary when the order takes
effect.
Nate Pool, who is getting to be one
of the most enthusiastic Woodmen in
town, is taking steps to organize a
camp of Royal Neighbors. Arrange
ments are now being perfected by the
head camp to comply with the state
laws governing organizations of this
kind, and Head Clerk Halves writes
that he expects to be authorized to
organize camps of Royal Neighbors in
this state by March 1. This organic
alton is a ladies auxiliary to the M.
w. A.
Fred Evans entertained a crowd of
listeners at the hotel this morning by
telling of the coolest experience he has
had in the Hills. It was about this
time in February 1882 when he was
returning on the stage from a trip to
Omaha. He with four others made the
ride between a ranch over on the Horse
head to Battle creek at night when the
temperature was 35 degrees below zero,
and the story he told of their suffering
was narrowing. He said the side ofhis
body next the outside was SO badly
numbed that he had little sensation in
it for several days.
While in Lead recently we we're per-
mitted to visit the library presented by
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to the citizens of