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

"A Surplus of Newsy Items. Crowded of
| Their Customary Page.
Mrs. Manning and her sister, Miss
Dennis, of Omaha, are guests at the
Gillespie.
Mrs. Riordan and little son, and NJ
Alexander, of Buffalo Gap, were in
town Friday.
Mrs. w. L. Judkins has been quite
ill during the past week and is pa
tient at the Sanitarium.
President Hancher went to Rapid
City Thursday to attend a meeting of
the board of trustees of the school of
mines.
Mrs. Lillis, mother of Miss Jessie
Lillis, arrived yesterday morning from
Ottawa, Ills, and will remain here sew
eral weeks.
DIR. j. G. Baldwin, of Benton Harbor
Mich, came in Friday morning and
left Saturday for Custer where he en-
poets to locate permanently.
Mrs. Gregory, of Chadron, and r.
Gilchrist, of South Omaha, we're arri-
walls at the Gillespie Saturday. They
visited Wind cave during their stay
here.
DIR. d. w. Flick, deputy collector of
internal revenue, came down from
Rapid Tuesday night and left Wednes-
day morning for Custer on official busi-
ness,
Prof. Turner and L. G. Chandler left
Thursday morning for Custer to attend
the Epworth league convention. Prof.
Corning and wife drove to Custer Tues
day to attend the meeting.
Thos. Cannon, roadmaster of the
Black Hills division of the B. & M. with
headquarters at Edgemont, was in town
Saturday accompanied by his niece,
Miss Georgia Meade, of Dumont, s. d.
Miss Alma j. Boicourt will receive
piano forte pupils during the summer.
Those desiring to make arrangements
for lessons may call at music room of
the college on June 29th and Both be.
tween 8 and 10 a. m.
The lively little mining camp of Key
stone is making extensive preparations
to celebrate the glorious Fourth with
genuine old time enthusiasm. quite u
number of Hot Springs residents are
contemplating celebrating the nations
birthday at that camp.
Chambers Kellar left Thursday morn
ing for Custer on business connected
with an action for divorce. He would
not divulge the names of the parties
whose marital relations are SO infelici-
tous but intimated that the testimony
in the case would be very spicy.
A party of ladies and gentlemen from
Mitchell arrived Wednesday morning
for an outing of week or more and
are stopping at the Gillespie. The
party is composed of j. E. Wells and
wife, Ben Oleson and wife, j. G. Nc
Cartney and r. Goodrich and wife.
The teachers institute which has
been in session here for the past two
weeks closes Saturday. Much interest
has been manifested by those in at
tendance and the instructors are
highly complimented for their thor
ough and efficient work. Fifty
teachers availed themselves of the ad-
vantages of the institute.
r. F. Connor returned Wednesday
from an extended tour through the
central Hills mining district and the
limestone range. He is steadily i'm.
proving in health and enjoys camp life.
Geo. Turner and Billy Castle are we'll.
Mr.. Connor will join his comrades in
the limestone country about the first
of next week.
Geo. Mill, an old resident of Lame
Johny valley and a leading sheep owner
of Custer county died of appendicitis
on Sunday last after a long illness.
He had been treated by a Custer ply.
sician for some time past for what was
supposed to be dyspepsia, but the pa
tient rapidly grew worse and on Satur-
day night Drs. Adams and HarRens
were summoned to attend him. A
careful diagnosis of his case revealed
the fact that he was suffering with ap.
pendicites. He was Immediately oper.
ated upon but his case had been me-
elected too long and he died in great
agony soon after the operation. He
had resided in Custer county over IA
years and was we'll and favorably known
throughout the southern Hills.
It is said thata brilliant young school
master from neighboring town who
has been in attendance upon the teach
ers institute in this place for the past
two weeks has found himselfin q some-
what embarrassing predicament by his
forgetfulness and his admiration for
the fair sex. He forgot that he was
recently married and went out calling