Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-06-26

Andy Bray, deputy United States
marshal, was in the city on official busi-
ness Friday.
Ice cream-the very best-and cake
10 cents on Saturday evening, in the
building opposite the Gillespie.
Miss Frances HALEY, of Rapid City
has been visiting G. G. Smith and
family during the past week.
w. v. Philbreck, V. NJ. D., of Edge
mont, attended a meeting of the En-
campment here Saturday night.
Major Anderson and family moved
on Friday of last week into the j. B.
Dickover residence on College hill.
Conductor Zollinger resumed work
on Saturday last, having almost entire-
~ recovered from his recent accident.
G. G. Smith and family, and Miss
Frances HALEY, of Rapid City, spent
last Sunday very enjoyably at Cascade.
The returns of the city assessor of
Edgemont show the assessable property
as follows: Real estate, s9s,53O; per-
sonal property, s21,251.
The Edgemont Express says that the
report that H. G. Crofford lost his flock
of sheep in the recent floods on Lame
johnny was erroneous
Chas. j. Bracken, member of the
soldiers home family, returned Mon
day morning from visit to friends at
Plankinton and Woonsocket.
The Cheyenne river has been rum
ming banks full nearly all the week.
J.J. Cairnes, who arrived from Oelrichs
Sunday night, drove as far as the river
and was obliged to cross in boat.
A slight washout occurred on the
Elkhorn, near Wayside, Sunday after
noon. The damage was Immediately
repaired and trains were notmaterially
delayed.
The Edgemont Express libels Hot
Springs thusly: "The Thermometer
registered ITO in the shade at Hot
Springs Sunday" That is what it was
in the sun on that day but not in the
shade-oh no.
The Dearduff saloon in lower town
has reduced the price of keg beer to
five cents and the red nosed beer guz.
nle. AoJulGeth aeotly tho1y.t. 1SOw Iur
a reduction in the price eofstrawberries.
and other wholesome lux.
uries.
Thirteen emigants from Lake Pres
ton, s. D., with three covered wagons
drove through town Friday enroute to
Arizona. They had been on the road
four weeks and had encountered many
hard storms. The party was we'll
equipped for travelling overland.
Our base ball nineis negotiating with
the Edgemont club to play game of
ball at the Mid Republic city on July
4th. The Hot Springs boys have
demonstrated that they can put up
a good game of ball and if the game
comes off as contemplated this feature
of the celebration will be one of the
chief attractions.
DIR. A. w. Blount and wife of Clinton,
Iowa, accompanied by Miss Margaret
Blount of Evanston, Ills, were among
the arrivals at the Evans Friday. DIR.
Blount is the family physician and
neighbor of A. M. Baldwin, who visited
this place two years ago and made a
lengthy visit. The party will remain
three or four weeks.
7. F. McConville and family departed
for Hot Springs last Saturday, says
the Edgemont Express, where the
family will reside for some time to see
If the Springs will not benefit Mrs.
McConville's health. They are COM
fortably located and Tom will visit
them every Saturday. It is to be hoped
that the benefits of the springs will be
such that Mrs. McConville may be en-.
tirely restored to health and strength.
DR.. H. G. Demaree, physician of the
Nebraska state penitentiary at Lincoln,
and George w. Ludigh, warden of that
institution, arrived Saturday morning
and have rooms at the Hotel Fargo.
Warden Ludigh had charge of Charley
jackson and Safe Clark during their
incarceration and it was he who turned
the prisoners loose when the supreme
court held that they were illegally
sentenced. Warden Ludigh advised
them to make themselves scarce in
Nebraska and 'they never came back
any more" It is thought that they are
now in Missouri.
The STAR is in receipt of aletter from
Hon. H. A. GODDARD, dated Bar s ranch
near Evanston, Wyo, June II, in the
course of which he says: 81 am hard
at work branding and chasing cattle;
have about two thousand run through
now and will probably get through to.
morrow. Will get in close to Smith.
wick and have them on sale about the
10th of July. My home and post.
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