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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
EDGEMoNr a KLoNDYKE.

Dirt From Ditch in the Center of the Civ
Proves to he Rich in the yellow Dust
While eXcavating for IL sewer in
Edgemont some fine sand was encount.
cred, and old miners saw it and deter
mined that it carried gold. A pan of
dirt was taken to Lake Calvert and five
large colors of gold were found. En-
citement runs at fever heat, and dirt
was carried to the lake by several peo-
pie, and in all cases large colors were
found. Expert miners declare that
the diggings with the results of the pan
ming would give twenty dollars day
to the man. It is supposed that the
old channel of the Cheyenne River has
been struck, and the citizens are look
ing anXiously for some ground that is
unoccupied. The agent for the Edge
mont Company is awaiting further de-
velopments before allowing any of the
lots to be sold along the line of the
sewer. Present owners of lots are fear
ing that it would be question whether
they can hold their property under the
recent placer laws. Merchants and
others are wild over the prospects, and
have closed their stores to pan gold.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03

The native ladies ride astride, wear
ing the divided skirt, while young men
visitors assume the cowboy hat and
ride on run through the streets with
lassos attached to their saddles. Many
pretty cottages are here perched on
the bluffs, which would make delight
full summer homes for small parties.
Bands of Sioux Indians come in oc
casionally from their reservation 30
miles distant. One mile up the can
yon is the stucco quarry which beauti-
fled the worlds fair buildings at the ex-
position in 1893.
Each day for a week past cloud
has been manufactured in this vicinity
and sent over the eastern plains, she'd
ding tears as it left.
We tourists, like the five wise vir-
gins, prepare for emergencies, but the
natives, and one has lived here three
years he becomes native, say it never
rains when it threatens to. Clouds are
made for the foreign market. But, oh.
how the natives were fooled last night!
One of their home made clouds, too
heavy totloat out of the valley, dropped
suddenly into the Cold Brook branch
of the stream, two miles above the
Evans. 1t caught a young man trying
to save his tent after the other occu-
pants had fled, and carried him with
the B. L. NJ. bridge, through the beau
tiful plunge with railroad irons. ties
and mud.
1t planted Il frame cottage which it
had brought down stream in the mid
die of the road, after leaving the road
in gullies. 1t then destroyed the ac-
queduct furnishing city water and
electric light power, leaving us in to-
tai darkness. At this point it de-
stroyed an Elkhorn railroad bridge.
with wagon road and foot road COM
bined; then it plunged into the sta
tion, leaving sea of mud, tearing out
private foot bridge which was just op-
posite. Next it swept under the high
wagon bridge between the Evans and
the Gillespie hotels. By the time it
had reached the Evans bridge the
guests had reached the higher banks,
watching the raging stream by the
light of a bonfire which had been built
near the bridge. Two hundred feet
from the bridge it struck private car
just as the young men escaped in their
night clothes, leaving the car sur
rounded by logs and broken timber.
Daylight nextmorning brought
hundreds of sight seers. Train loads
of men were already at work repairing
the damage. Imagine our discomfort.
No elevator and no water above the
first floor. The bell boys reaped a
harvest, but what can beat hustlinR
western town!
This storm occurred Friday night
and last night we had both water and
electric lights. The railroads have
been completed, tracks relaid and the
trains came in this morning as usual
Hot Springs is once more resuming It's
accustomed activities.
We leave this week for Deadwood
the mines and Fl. Meade, and expect
to come back 90 full Of enthusiasm
that We may 30 glad to have some one
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03

Eastern Star Celebrates it's Founders Isirtl,
Tuesday evening the ladies of the
Eastern Star celebrated the anniver-
sary of the birth of the founder of the
order. Robert Morris. who was born
in Massachusetts, August 81. 1883. and
died in Kentucky July 81. 1883. The
occasion was made one of delight and
pleasure and was we'll attended. \
specially interesting program had been
arranged which began with "a vocal
duett by Miss Mayme Stanley and
Mrs. I. Il. Grow which pleased i'm
mensely. DIR. Adams then gave the
biography of Robert Morris and Mrs.
Grow. who came down from Deadwood
Monday evening. sang charming solo.
Miss kellar accompanied the vocalist.
Mrs. Bradley read IL paper giving his
tory of the Eastern Star, after which
the daintiest and most delectable of
refreshments were served. Those who
were there wish Bob Norris birth
days came more frequently.
The local lodge is second largest in
the state. havinga membership of lO2.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
MOrfll-Eynns.

Frank L. Evans and Mrs. Ada NORM
were married at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry ID. Clark, Saturday even
ing, Rev. j. B. Long officiating.
Frank, who is the second son of MIR.
and Mrs. r. 7. Evans. is one of the
prominent young men of this city and
has host of friends who extend the
heartiest congratulations. He is at
present engaged in raising fruit and
early vegetables on his irrigated ranch
near the Falls, one of the finest in tho
Black Hills, and has been exceedingly
successful. The bride. who has been
living in Lead IL number of years, is
a very popular and pleasing lady, num-
bering her friends by yheracquaintances.
Her father, n. G. Smith. isa large mine
operator in the PHILIPPINE Islands. but
is at present i'll Lead, having been COM
PEELED to close his mines on account of
the revolution now in progress there
The ceremony was witnessed only by
the immediate relatives and friends
Many tokens of esteem were presented
the happy couple with wishes for hap
piness and prosperity. The STAR joins
in extending congratulations
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

The growth of the iron industry in
the South during the past few years
has been truly phenomenal. For the
year 1896 the total output of iron in
this section amounted to |. .S33, 235
tons; for the current year it will ex-
ceed 1000, 900 tons. When the South
ern iron manufacturers first sent their
product to Pennsylvania" says the
New Orleans Times Democrat, 'it was
thought most extraordinary that they
should be able to invade that territory.
At the present time, however, they
ship to England at least ten per cent.
of their product. Southern iron, like
Southern cotton, now finds its way to
all parts of the globe, and some of it
has recently been used in the manu-
facture of basic steel by the Martin
process. Ithas been possible to lay it
down in England at 81. so per ton and
it can be manufactured for even less,
as the cost of production in the Birm-
ingham district is reduced from year
to year. The chances are that nearly
One-third Of the total iron product of
the country will come this year from
the South, the largest share of this in
dustry it has ever had. Nor will its
field be limited to iron. for the metal
is now being extensively converted
into steel, and it is predicted that the
South will ultimately furnish the steel
plates for our men of war, which 1t
has been found impossible to get in
the East on reasonable terms. Much
of the Southern iron is being con-
verted elsewhere into steel, and the
new steel mill at Birmingham, Ala.
is now operating ten revolving steel
furnaces, turning out 1900 tons of steel
ingots per day, the latter being con-
verted at once into billets, steel rails
or bar steel"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

According to the New York Ledger
reconstructed adage reads, Eternal
vigilance is the price of safety of val
uable property, and in pursuance of
this idea an ingenious inventor has
devised an electric safe, which is made
with an electric lining, consisting of
thin metal sheets and strips of such
delicacy that the slightest rupture will
close the circuit and give the alarm
The thrust of pin point will pene-
trate this metal The casing is of steel
and is built inside of cover, which is
also lined with thin metal There are
several sets of bolts, which are so ar
ranged that considerable length of
time is required to move them. The
slightest displacement starts off the
alarm and long before the burglar can
get to the treasure in the heart Of the
safe the neighborhood gets altogether
too warm for him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

The extraordinary spectacle of n
dead man walking about the streets is
what the people Of Jackson, Mich.
have been treated to the past few days.
The dead man is, or from q legal
point of view was, Frank Townley. In
1864 Townley, while resident of
Jackson, enlisted in the army and
served until the close of the war. Then
he went to Dakota and some time later
to Alaska. Nothing was ever heard of
him at home, and in 1898 his relatives
applied to the Probate Court to have
him declared dead and his estate di-
vided. This action was finally taken,
his death being dated in 1885. On a
recent Sunday Townley returned to
his childhood's home, after an absence
OF thirty-three years, and was sur
prlsed to find out the state of affairs.
lie visited the court and examined the
records of his death and the disrosi-
ton of his property. Although he
breathes, moves around, eats and
sleeps like any ordinary individual,
Iownley is in the eyes of the law a
dead man, and what's more, has been
dead for twelve years past.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

As result of some experiments on
COWS supposed to he infected with
tuberculosis, Director Phelps, of the
Storrs Conn Agricultural Expert
ment Station, says: above all things,
the experiments made by this station
show that we are deplorably in the
dark regarding this disease and its
danger to our herds, and through
them to the human family, and that
there is need of further study and re-
search before we can deal with tuber
culosis wisely, either as individual
farmers or as a State"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22
DANA DEAD.
The Acknowledged Dean of
American journalism.
Distinguished Ancestry or Famous
Brook Farm Community.

NEW YORK. Oct. 10 Charles A. Dana,
editor Of the sun. j. dead at his home,
Dosoris island near Glen Cove. l.. l., at the
age of *. surrounded by his children. ripe
IN the great love uf his intimates. honorrd
aud r"Nrr'd. the editor saw the sunlight
for the last time, when. amid the splendUrs
OF a perfect duy. AIT nature about him seemed
agiuW. His farewell was the pressure upon
his forehead of the lips of his children.
Death had not come suddenly at the
closing Of his long life. The warning
had been given with the beginning OF
the summer. and life passed away on
the day when summer had become but u
memory. The end was A. peaceful a. the
lite had been vibrant in thought and action.
Ii was recognized early last week by Mr..
bana'S physician and sOn-in-aw, Dr. VIII
liam H. Draper that death was near. From
the time when the many Indications of the
disease -rirrno>is of the liver. from which
Mr. Dana died became plainly evident last
June, lt was appreciated, even 10y Mr.. Dana.
that the final scene was fast approaching. Yet
50 dr,usiye We're the symptoms of the mai
ady that at various periods during his last
Hines, Mr.. Dana seemed to regain the vital
ity ol thought and deed which had marked
hi great accomplishments, and hope. which
was nearly eNtinguished revived again.
During these intervals of strength Mr.. Dana
editors. had been in his confidence SO long,
and to them he indicated what should
be the policy OF the newspaper over
whose destinies he presided. He
was unusually interested in the po-
litical situation, and though he had laid
down the pen for all time. yet ii was his in
splra'lon which pointed the editorial sup
port Of the Republican ticket. But the pro-
greSs Df the sedse was not to be stayed.
The immediate members ot his family were
summoned last week. They were informed
that they must expect the worst at any time.
The dying editor, however. had become the
expiring philosopher, and he watched the
clouds approach with the serenity Of
content. While no word was given him
of the immediate possibilities. he thor
uHShly appreciated them and was prepared.
The beginning Of the end was on saturday.
HI" warmth and beauty Of the day seemed
t" act most layorabIy and he expressed Il
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

The recall of General Weyler as governor
general of Cuba is announced, and Marshal
Ramon Blanco y Arenas, Marquis de Pena
Plata, appointed his successor. Banco has
long been conspicuous figure in the affairs
of the colony. In April, 1879, after the re-
bellion in Cuba had been suppressed. he was
appointed captain general Of Cuba and re
tanned that position until 1881. During his
term number OF uprisings were noted and
a battle of some Importance was fought in
june 1880. The insurgents surrendered in
August and their general. CaIixto Garcia
was sent to Spain prisoner He was sub
sequently released on parole. The last of
these insurgents surrendered in October and
the dying embers of that rebe lion were eX-
tinguished. General Blanco attempted ad-
ministrative and judicial reforms which did
not meet with the approval of Spain. and he
was superseded by General Prendergast
He then was made captain general of the
Philippine Islands.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

To facilitate the transportation and
preservation of hay, an apparatus has
been devised at Buenos Ayres for
compressing it to one-tength its nor
nal bulk. In this form, as hay bis
cults" it can be preserved dry and
sound an indefinite period, without
losing its flavor or value as food.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

OAKLAND, Me-, Oct. 19.-In 1876 Mrs.
Robert r. Damren lent her -year-old
daughter to Mrs Philpot, who had lust lost
her own child. Mrs. Damren and her hus-
band were both taken sick, and when they
recovered and sought for their child all
trace of Mrs. Philpot was lost. Mr.. Dam
rem has just found that she married a man
named Wormell and moved to Portland.
taking the child with her. Father and
daughter have just been restored to each
other The girl has long been aware that
the Wormells were not her parents,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

A Maine man says he will try to
cross the Atlantic in a barrel. Many
man has succeeded in getting half
seas over by sticking to barrel. but
this is the first time that the second
half has been attempted, observes the
Chicago Times Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

Adirondack camps" are not as
primitive as the name would imply,
some of them, on the contrary, being
as costly and as elegant as Newport
cottages. H. Mex. Twombly owns
one in the St Regis region, which is
said to have cost not less than $50. 900.
Coils P. Huntington fitted up camp
in the same region few years ago
which cost about $35, 000 and White
law Reid has camp constructed on
the same expensive scale.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22
VOL. XIV.
Essex County Herald.

More than one invader of the Klon-
dixie region will be ready, before
spring, to paraphrase the cry of the
ocean castaway. With them it will be,
Gold, gold everywhere-but not a
loaf of breadr'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

Some butterflies have as many as
twenty thousand distinct eyes, and yet
they cannot see rs much as a man can,
who has only two. 1t is not aquestion
of the eye so much as of what is be-
hind the eye. 1t takes mind to see,
or, at any rate, to an@lyze and usefully
coordinate the results Of sight,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22
NOTES FROM THE HUB.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Mr.. Clark W. Bryan we'll known TO
two generations of newspaper men, has
been spending week of Syptember's
beautiful weather in Boston, and this is
what he writes of owe phase OF il to the
Springfield Republican. 1t needs only
brief study of the situation only a
hasty looking at what is going cu here
ana there in the active life of the city of
today, so quietly as to Ice passed by, al
most unnoticcd, from day to day. Ia
form a fair notion of the magnificent
proportions it must assume in the near
future, the enjoyment emolumeuts of
which 1t may be measurably possessed
of in the meantime. Starting from city
Point, now the objective feature Of
Greater BOstun's plans of progress and
promise, and passing the proposed sea
wall; protected boulevard and promen-
AIDES, in swinging around circle style.
past Franklin park at South Boston. and
on 10y tortuouS windings up into and
through the pulsing heart of the city, on
and on, out and out, across streets and
avenues, to the great beyond of country
life and living, forest lined here, hill
crowned there, and amid beauty both
adorned and unadurncd, a grand drive
way of 40 miles in extent is now planned
and III progress of completion. The
scheme embraces the building of per
manent iron bridge structure where a
wooden temporary one now stands,
reaching from the mainland at city
Point to Castle island, with a sea wall
boulevard encompassing the entire isl
| and fIrDl = HING Oh n IN ari,
with open sea accompaniment and Fort
Independence for centrepiece, within
gunshot Of the waterway through which
every vessel that goes into or cut of Bos-
ton harbor must pass, within sight and
sound of a bathing beach, where merry
makings and health giving sanitary ad-
Vantages are furnished to thousands and
thousands of health and pleasure seek
ers daily in warm weather at an expense
of nickel for bathing facilities, and car
fare to and from City Point. A system
of privacy and decurum mere prevails
that enables the rich and poor to dip to-
gether, Notwithstanding the promisCu-
Gus natures of the gatherings and the
questionably fashionable nothing Ia
wear" attire of the bathers, the loudest
and most offensive # which are brazcu-
ly borne by those who seek to revel in
the swim of notoriety, rather than they
of modestly apparelled humanity, and Of
medium-flled purses Millions of dol
Lars have already been laid out in the
prosecution of this grand enterprise and
millions more will be added until Bos-
TONS suburb system of Improvement
its parks, avenues, bouleyards, drive
ways. river fronts, harbor attractions
lakelets and lines of electric railway
tracks. taken in combination--wil be
without rival in extent and magnf.
cence of proportions and promise of per
fection of management
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

Beef and pork are in European de-
mand this year as we'll as wheat, cot
ton and corn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

The sylphlike Ann O'Delia Dis Dehar
IS once more in our midst! MortalS
dreadng death should Immediately
take a leaf out of her book Of humbug,
for it affords pleasing, soothing ntorma-
ton in regard to the impossibility of dy-
ing, at least as far as the prophecies ever
doing such an ordinary thing. But, bet
ter than this, Nine. Dis Debar, who has
escaped so often from the nets of the
cruel sceptic, now announces she might
be deprived of all material food, and'yet
would draw sustenance from the arr
Fruit and water, and occasionally a
handful of rice, are the chief of her dlet
at present and, apparently, she thriVes,
if avoirdupois is any guarantee OF a sat
isfied stomach. What a star boarder.
Let us all go and learn the secret OF Nv
ing on air and theosophy! 1t IS cheap.
The bronze bust of the late John Boyle
O'Reilly has been received at the pubic
library. This admirable likeness of the
ilate poet was ordered by the city coun-
ell The bust is about two and one-half
feet high, and stands on a block of
bronze in which the name, John Boyle
O'Reilly," is sunken. The sculptor Sc
lected by Mrs. O'Reilly is John Dono-
ghue. who designed the bust of Hugh
O'Brien, which was given to the city by
Michael NJ. Cunniff. The bust occupies
a conspicuous position near the entrance
to the periodical room. Mr.. Donoghue
has carefully reproduced the manly fea-
lures of the lamented O'Reilly. The pose
of the head is characteristic of the late
poet. This bust is pronounced to be full
ly the equal Of the one of Hugh O'Brien.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

Boston is in rather an entertaining
state of mind at present. The town is
full of visitors. There are many things
TO see besides the finest samples and
slices of October weather ever offered
wen in Boston. where October grows
more charming every year. The Consti-
tuition celebration and Professor Fos-
tcr's lectures on Some Features Of
Brain Work" come next week, but at the
present writing there are Professor Oar
win and the subway, the symphony con
ccrts and the Food Fair, joe Jeffcr-
son and the biograph tunnel scene and
the plays given by the LyCeum company
Of Nj. Daniel Frohman to attract all
persons in pursuit Of superior pleasures.
And a quality of amusement which does
not appeal perhaps to as many intellect
ual or aesthetic senses may be found
in half a dozen other shows in town. 1t
was an Englishman visiting here who
first wrote up the dime museums for the
Atlantic Monthly, revealed their socio-
logical possibilities to the mind of BOs
ton. and made some of our most Cul-
tured citizens feel new personal free
dom in resorting to a non -surrepttttous
study of a ake-Charmer or of the
largest mouthed person with lem
ons-in- his-cheeks-o earth. Then the
fact that one can see good play, fairly
well acted twice every day at the Castle
Square is another of Bostons boasts.
Daily matinees and Broomstick rides in
every direction are not to be sneeZed at
either by permanent residents or Visi-
tors from Coos county or from London.
1t is easy TO imagine Londoner ask
ing Now what is a BrOomstick ride
But when it has been tried, above
ground or under, the resources of the
Hub will be fully appreciated. And one
of the chief beauties of beautiful Boston
is that you can get out of it so quickly
into the deeps of wondercolor in Octo-
ber woods and fields or to the shore
where old Ocean is behaving in gentle
fashion. The battleships are at anchor
in bright waters and the little steam
launch that goes ashore for the officers
beer and things, beneath brilliant sunset
lights, dances up to the wharf across
summer Wavelets dappled with october
charm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

So far the system of house-to-h house
collection and delivery mail boxes has
been looked upon as an experiment here,
but the indications are now that it has
passed that stage. The verdict of the
people seems to be that the system is
worth adopting, and the government has
assumed an even more favorable atti
tude toward it than it had several
months ago, though it has always advo-
Gated the idea strongly. The system
has had only few months here in which
to show what it is worth, and that at a
time when the residents who might be
expected to take the deepest interest in
it were away from their homes; still
there are by this time about 800 such
boxes in use, according to the Postal
Improvement company, and the orders
for others are made and filled with in
creasing swiftness.
OBSERVER.