Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-12-18
Judge Cull left Tuesday night on a

Judge Gull left Tuesday night on a
business trip to Omaha.
Mrs. F. G. Silkensen entertained a
number of her lady friends at tea on
last Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Carr and Miss Nellie Mckinney,
both of Custer, we're married by Rev.
Father Ahern on Thursday afternoon.
1 have the finest line of goods ever
brought to town for fall and winter
clothing. Reasonable prices.
j. A. RyLEN.
Oysters will be received direct from
Baltimore. Leave orders early with
Richer 81 Co. for the Holidays.
Grant Pcttygrew is over from Edge
mont this week helping to arrange and
mark the immense stock of new goods
daily arriving at 1.-The Fair"
The suit of John Ferris against Pat
Ferguson for the recovery of the value
of two loads of corn was tried this
week before Justice Dudley and de-
cided in favor of the defendant,
The bazaar given at tho Gillespie
hotel by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church on Wednesday afternoon and
evening was we'll %patronized and netted
"a handsome profit. An elegant dinner
was served and the evening IL repast of
mush and milk, and oyster soup was
enjoyed by agoodly number. Adainty
little bowl was given away with each
dish of soup or mush. The ladies who
attended the booths and waited on the
tables We're attractivcly attircd i'm
quaint. o~ld-fashioned poke bonnets
surmounted by huge feathers, full
skirts and other apparel of old Colonial
days. The many articles on sale were
disposed of at good prices. The Pres
byterian Cook book. consisting of
choice recipes contributed 10y Hot
Springs ladies, was among the notable
articles offered for sale.
Rev. Shanafelt, OF Huron. S. ID.
Supt. for South Dakota of the Bap;i.t
Home Mission society, preached the
morning sermon at the Baptist church
Sunday. At IL business meeting of the
members of the church held during
Rev. Shanafelt's s%ojourn here it was
decided to extend Il call to Rev. Fred
Catlin, Il former resident of this city,
now of Pella, Ia. 1t is expected
that Rev. Catlin will his
passionate here about the first of the
year. He is a young man of boundless
energy, and is u speaker of consider
able eloquence and ability. Asaworkei
In h various young peoples societies
connected with the church he has been
especially successful. Since the de-
parture of Rev. Robert Leslie the pull
pit has been very ably filled by Rev.
A.. j. Wright of Cold Brook.
Herman III. Beal, a civil and mining
engineer formerly of Buffalo Gap and
quite we'll known i'll this city, returned
last week to Deadwood IRON Texas
where he has been engaged for some
months past in laying out and plating
the new town of Port Arthur, ut the
southern terminus of the new Kansas
City, Pittsburg Il Gulf railroad. Mr..
Beal went to his native home in Hol-
land i'll June. 1885, intending after his
visit with relatives. to 20 to South
Africa, but while there he fell in will,
a company of Hollanders who are
building the oadabove mentioned and
was placed in charge of the work at
Port Arthur. The location is eighty
miles east of Galveston aud, according
to the Deadwood Pioneer, has all the
advantages of soil and climate. Banan-
as and oranges grow, magnolias and
cape jasmines bloom the whole happy
year round" The road will be com
pleted from Kansas City to Port Arthur
in about five months and will be the
finest equipped west of the river.
Mr.. Beal was married about two weeks
ago to a Miss Lamb of Beaumont,
Texas. and the couple are now OH a
wedding tour.