Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

Mrs. Charley Smith returned Tues
day morning from a four weeks visit
to relative in Nebraska.
Thos. p. Mackinlay returned Monday
morning from a very successful bust
ness trip to Kansas City and Elbhart,
Ind.
w. r. Alexander, formerly of Craw-
ford, now engaged in the mercantile
business at Edgemont, was in town
Satul day.
Miss Nettie Standen finished a very
successful three months term of school
at Minnekahta Oh Friday of last wee!,
and returned to Hot Springs.
What we need now to make Thanks
giving day thoroughly enjoyable. III
addition to q we'll filled harder. is good
sleighins and crisp winter weather.
Mrs. w. W. Root. who has been visit
ing friends in Nebraska for some time
past. left last week for Salt Lake City
where here her husband is engaged in
business.
Lester. the little son of Rev. and
Mrs. W. II. Pond, was taken suddenly
i'll! at the reception at the Gillespie
Saturday night and his condition has
been somewhat alarming. There is
considerable sickness among the chill
dren OF the city.
\. drove of % Shetland ponies passed
through here Saturday, says the lro-
quois Journal. The parties owning the
bunch were taking them TO the Black
Hills. where they will start "a %ranchand
make Il business of raising tho little
fellows.
The general missionary committee Of
She NJ. II. church. in session at De
troit. Mich. has appropriated si323 for
church work in the Black Hills and
$1,000 for schools. The latter amount
goes to- the Black Hills college at Hot
Springs.
judge Cults friends regret verymuch
tllat lie is still confined tohis homeand
agicHter part of lifetime to his bed by
illness. His uiln,ent is much more
complicated than was at first supposed.
He suffers intense pain in his head and
back and has not as yet been able to
obtain much relief.
We owe the readers of the STAR an
apology for the scarcity of local news
i'll this issue. We go to press on We'd
ncsday evening this week. instead of
Thursday evening as usual, in order to
to give the STAR employees Il Thanks
giving holiday, and SO it happens that
we are SHY" one days local news.
Nominations for officers OF the
Modern Woodman camp for the en-
suing year were made at ~ regular
meeting of the camp held on Monday
night. The election will occur on the
night of December IA at which time it
is hoped that all resident members in
good standing will bc present..
Charley Stewart has taken up the
study of law in the Office OF Judge
Cleveland. Next year ne expects to
continue his studies at Ann .Arbor aud
will, eventually. blossom out into a
IL full iledgeG eNpounder Of Blackstone.
Charley is ii young man OF keen intel
lect. stu'tious habits and a natural
liking for his chosen profession and
he will doubtless be II leader
among The rising young jurists of the
state.
Isaac y. B!ackwood. who since last
July has been the B. Il NJ. operator at
this place, has been promoted to tine
position of agent at Mullen, Neb., and
left with his wife for that place Satur-
day night. MIR. Blachwood is Il deserv-
ing young man and his promotion is
Il fitting recognition of his faithful
service. Mr. .A~llstots, of Newcastle,
has succeeded MIR. Blackwood as ope1-
ator at this place.
The work that is now being done ON
the College hill road is of a NOR
permanent and Observation-Disclosures than
: any road work that has been done here
ahouts for many q day. Instead ot
replacing the small wooden culver,
which has washed out regularly severa
times a year and has always been {
hoodoo and Il menace to that street
> Il deep. wide cut is being cXcavated
The cut will lie bridged and is larg,
= enough to carry off the surface waite
from tile heaviest rain storm.
Between seventy-tiye and one hun
dred feet of Water. Light a. Power
i. company tlume Just below the dam Il
the falls was destroyed on Saturday
night by the caving off aud sliding
- OF falling onto the fiume of severa
hundred tons of rock AMI dlrt. o
g course the incandescent lights wer
again eNtinguished and kerosene lamp
have been in vogue since the time O
the accident. Superintendent Park