Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-06-25
oDELL CITY ITEMS.

What is the matter with those prom
ised rains that we were to have this
month.
Mrs. Sauer has been quite sick the
past week. DIR. Jennings was her at
tending physician.
Mrs. A. w. Odell was taken sick a
week or two ago and was taken to the
Springs for treatment.
Frank and Charley Freidrichs helped
Sam Odell brand his calves the first of
the week. Charley is good hand,
for boy, and did some good work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kyniple, Mr.. kintup
and Mrs. Jedd were in town Sunday
visiting Mrs. Sauers.
We are informed that james A.
Clark has sold $500 worth of cattle in
the last two weeks, taking advantage
of the present high prices.
We understand that Miss Laura
Rauffauf passed o very creditable eX-
animation at the teachers eNamina-
tion and received e second grade GER
titicate.
SIN union there is strength" We
believe that applies to newspapers just
as we'll as to all other branches of bus
mess or the public at large. Savey?
Vic sauers came home Saturday
night to see his sick, and has decided
to move them up to Deadwood Thurs
day morning.
Miss Laura Rauffauf was kicked by
u horse Sunday afternoon and was
quite seriously hurt, although no
bones were broken. She suffered con-
siderably Sunday night, but is much
better at this writing and will soon be
herself again.
Our school district held two cleo
tions last Tuesday and at the one held
at Odell the following officers were
elected for the terms of one, two and
three years respectively: Sam Odell,
chairman; True E. Parsons, clerk; w.
3. Bennett, treasurer. At the elec-
ton at the Falls Parsons was elected
clerk and Wyatt, treasurer. We have
not learned who was elected chairman.
The county superintendent will have
to decide which election was legal, but
Parsons seems to be the only one that
is strictly in it.
Last Tuesday forenoon at 9:3Oa. M,
little Verde Morgan of the section
house was bitten by rattle snake.
The boy was returning home from one
of the neighbors where he had been
after milk and was walking along the
track. The snake was coiled up be-
tween two ties and partly under the
rail, and as the boy stepped over him
it struck him just above the heel. The
boys mother heard him Cry, and rum
ming to him helped him home and into
the house. Fortunately Mr.. Knapp
and Sam Thompson of the Gap were
close at hand and ono going to Fraw-
leys' and the other to Odell's after
help and whiskey. It wasn't but few
minutes until the boy had plenty of
both. In the mean time Mr.. Clark
rode by and hearing of the misfortune
went in and cut the wound open and
applied soda and salt, which soon
started the blood. We then cut open
a live hen and applied that to the
wound, having been put into hot
bath. In few minutes the boys body
commenced to get warm, and then the
hot whiskey that we had given him
took effect and he was delirious for
over an hour. The boy suffered ter
ribly and it took two or three to hold
him in bed, and the reaction for the
better was fast and sure. DIR. Hargens
arrived about 9. p. m. and soon put the
little one at ease, remaining with him
during the afternoon and returning to
the Springs on the evening passenger.
The doctor was II minutes driving
from the Springs to the Falls, and was
doing some excellent work on the boy
in less than an hour from the time he
received the message. The boy Is do
ing nicely and will soon be around as
we'll as ever. CYCLONE.