Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-06-05

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household goods to Deadwood, where
he will reside.
Receiver Mackinlay visited Rapid
City Thursday and Friday of last week
in his capacity as receiver of the Black
Hills National bank.
Ed. Davis returned Sunday morning
from Pine Ridge, where he has been
engaged plastering several government
school houses.
v. G. Daniels, of Crawford, who was
a student at the Black Hills college
from 1892 to 1894, attended ommence
ment exercises here this week.
This section of the Hills was blessed
with another glorious rain on Saturday
and Sunday. The rain fell gently, but
continuously for nearly seventeen
hours and the ground received Il thor
ough soaking.
Mrs. Ella Straight, of st. Paul. Mimi.
daughter of Mrs. w. H. Stanley and
sister of the STAR editors, arrived
Thursday morning, accompanied by
her little daughter, Norma, and will
spend the summer here.
Mrs. Andy Traut left Monday night
for an extended visit to her old home
i'll Hinton, Ohio. She will also visit
friends i'll Wisconsin before returning
to Hot Springs. Andy will spend a
greater portion of the summer i'm the
northern Hills.
j. Warren Dickover came down from
Rapid City Saturday night to spend IL
few days at his home and incidentally
to attend the meeting of the Philoma.
thean society of which he is president
and present diplomas of the %oryaniza-
ton to the members of the graduating
class.
John Stabler, who has done so much
to bring Wind cave into prominence.
was in town Saturday, looking hale
and hearty after the siege from his
prairie dog bite. John has an iron
constitution and lots of grit or he
would have been underline sod ere this.
Congressman Picker, on Friday of
last week, introduced a bill in the
house to amend or correct the military
record of James H. Watts, of this city,
so as tosshow.his name on the rolls of
company b, Fifteenth Indiana volun-
teer infantry, as a first lieutenant from
July Ii, 1864, to August ii, 1865.
1t is reported that Capt. Megrew.
formerly c%ommandant of the soldiers
home in this place and now serving the
state of Indiana in a similar capacity
at TT. Wayne, was married some three
weeks ago to the widow of his deceased
brother who has been acting in tie Gu
pacity of matron of the TT. Wayne
home since Capt. Megrew assumed
charge. If the report be true the STAR
offers congratulations and best wishes.
Mrs. A. G. Cleveland, Mrs. A. B. Con-
nor, and Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Richard
son left Sunday night for Watertown
to attend the annual state encamp-
ment of the Woman's Relief Corps and
Grand Army of the Republic which
met on Wednesday. Mrs. Cleveland
will visit a daughter at 1roquois. for
two or three weeks before returning
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson will
also visit friends and relatives east of
the river.
Thos. p. Mackinlay and Chambers
kellar left Monday morning for Dead
wood to try before Referee G. G. Ben
nett i'll United States circuit court. the
case of Independent School District
No. 10 VS.. the First National bank
wherein plaintiff seeks to have the
funds deposited with the defendant,
and tied up by reason of the failure of
the bank, made Il special or preferred
claim and paid out of the first collec-
tons. The case involves about four
thousand dollars and is being stub.
bornly fought.
Mr.. Davenport, a we'll known resi-
dent of Sioux City who arrived here
about three weeks sago, a helpless in
valid from the effects of a long siege of
rheumatism, has so far improved as to
be able to walk out. He continues to
improve rapidly and hopes in the
course of a week or ten days to lay
aside his.::cane. He has suffered all
manner of torment since he was first
afflicted with rheumatism and was so
bad at one time that he had tobe turned
on a sheet. Heis convinced that there
is nothing like Hot Springs water as a
specific for rheumatism.
A. B. Noble, the we'll known, fat aud
amiable immigration agent of the b. &
NJ. railroad, came in Wednesday morn.
ing in company with H. A. Campbell,
editor of the Western Soil Culture. an
agricultural journal published at Sioux
City. Mr.. Campbell is interested in a
scheme for reclaiming and cultivating