Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-12-18
George L. Thorp and family have

George L. Thorp and family have
returned from a visit to friends in
Lincoln.
Richard Standen moved this week
into the residence lately vacated by
the family of Andy Traut.
The Buffalo Gap Lumber Co. handles
lumber. sash, doors, glass, paints and
all kinds of building materials; also
grain, hay, flour, feed and Sheridan and
Victor coal. Phone No. IL. If
Harry Clark made a business trip to
the northern Hills this week. He is
fitting up the Sioux City club house
preparatory to moving therein.
Fay, the little daughter of Postmaster
Ames, sprained one of her wrists the
first of the week by catching it in the
fly wheel of u job press in the Herald
office.
Mrs. Elsey, of Nebraska City, who
visited this place with aparty of friends
during the summer of 1895 and made
many friends during her soiourn here,
died Mt her home on the LIST inst.
John Sharrock. the venerable father
of Mayor Shamrock, OF Edgemont. died
at his home in Tower Hill. ILL.,, on
Thursday IF last week. Mr.. Sha1 rock
was 10 years old at the time of his
death.
Rev. a. L. Baker is conducting a
series OF revival meetings at the NJ. II.
church at Edgemont. He is assisted
by Evangelist McGregor and Singer
Williams and it is expected that great
good will be accomplished.
Miss Held, who is teaching the Lake
Nettleton school near Edgemont, is
preparing to give her pupils IL Christ
mas tree. The Express says 'sshe is
progressive and let's no opportunity
slip to make her scholars have II good
time. and thus holds her place IN their
Affections"
d. a. Elliott, late postmaster Mt
Buffalo Gap, was arrested this week on
IL charge of embczzling p~ostotfice funds
and was brought before Court Com
missioner Anderson for Il preliminary
examination. Tue hearing was con
tinued until next Monday, pending
which he is in custody of the officer.
Prof. Moore, principal of the Hot
Springs schools, was given a pleasant
surprise party at his home on Tuesday
evening by the students of the High
school. The occasion was the ami
versary of Prof. Moorc's birth and it
goes without saying that the forty
rollicking, rosy-chceked school boys
and girls made a lively aud interesting
evening of it.
j. l.. Baker came in from Omaha
Monday morning to look after his en-
tensive interests here. 1t is reported
that he has lately purchased sixteen
lots in Cold Brook addition and is ne
gotiating for the purchase of tine
Wesch ~ Oak stone block. MIR. Baker
is IL shrewd. long-headed individual and
knows that prices of choice Hot Springs
/, real estate will never again be as low
10 WHY INC uOM. llllS IS Jue CkE1G Tor
investors to get in their work.
Samuel Scott's new geological map
of the Black Hills will be completed
and submitted to the public about Jan
uary LIST. Mr.. Scott received proof
sheets OH Thursday and with the en-
! ception of 81 few minor mistakes the
map is complete and perfect in every
respect. The mistakes will be corrected
and the map issued as above stated,
when it may be procured of the pro-
prietor or his agents throughout the
Black Hills. The map will doubtless
meet with an extensive sale.-Custer
Chronicle.
Prof. Charles Mayer, ex-principal of
j. the former Commercial college, Mil
waukee, Wis, arrived in town last week
and will stay here a short time to take
advantage of our sanitary waters. Mr.,
Mayer is the author of the sInstitu-
i. tions of Law and Forms,'' and other
educational works. When here two
years ago he spoke favorably of our
place and published sketches of Hot
Springs and its surroundings in a num-
Der of papers. Prof. Mayer will leave
here via Billings, thence to Portland,
San Francisco and Los Angeles, and
return to Milwaukee about the middle
part of March.
Miss Minnie Beer, the efficient and
obliging Western Union Telegraph
operator. returned Monday morning
from a three weeks visit to her old
home at West Reynoldsville. Pa. She
stopped Owe in Omaha on her return
for Il few days visit with Mrs. Bremen
and family. She found them all well
and much pleased with their new
home. Miss Clara is employed as
s%tenographer and typewriter ut a good
= salary in the Office of the Great West.