Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Black Hills Man Killed.
South Dakota Briefs,

Two carloads of buggies have been sold
at FaulktOn so far this spring.
John +. Colony was fined $40 in court at
Canton for setting q prairie fire.
Measles has become quite prevalent
among the young folks of Faulkton.
Dwelling houses are in demand at De
Smet. A number of new ones will be
erected this spring.
The March term of the circuit court has
been closed at Huron after three weeks
continuous session.
Implement dealers at Faulkton are
happy. They are selling a larger amount
of machinery this year than ever.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
for the German American Bank at Parks
ton, with a capital stock of $4,000.
What's the matter with the coal supply
at Sioux Falls? One day last week it was.
necessary to dismiss the high school on ac--
count of the cold.
Frank Hefner, ST., for many years a
prominent stockman in and around Yank-
ton is dead. His death was the result of a
kick from a horse.
j. NJ. McLaurin is sinking a shaft ON
the Eldorado group, g Hill City. The
vein varies from a few inches to thirty
inches and averages s22 free milling.
Thomas Fletcher, a farmer of Moody
County, who died last week, came to South
Dakota in 1878 with nothing and now
leaves an estate worth s25, 1000, all made
out of Dakota soil in twenty years.
There were 40 more tax receipts written
by the treasurer of Minnehaha County in
February, this year, than for the same
month last year. The amount of money
paid in was $106, III. 12, while last year It,
was sos, 500. 80.
A great deal of young stock is being
shipped i'll from n%eighboring states for
South Dakota ranges this spring. Sixty
carloads, representing over 5000 head.
were unloaded at Pierre in ten days' time
during the second and third week of the
month.
AS the result of a special election. the
town OF Trip, will put in a new water
system. Ten bonds of $500 each, bearing
q per cent. interest, will be sold ON April
Is to the highest bidder. The money thus
raised will he used to put in the water
works plant.
~ month ago a man named Pete Matson
OF Lead ran away with Mrs. Emma Aup-
gusson and another woman. Mrs. Aug
susson took from the bank at her depart-
nrc $1,000 which had been earned by her
husband in the mines. The party of three
has been located at Rossland, b.. C, Mr..
Auggusson has gone to Rossland to seek
to recover his money.
Superintendent of Instruction Crane
recently received a letter from the super-
intendent of schools of one of the counties
of the state, which would indicate that the
martial spirit is making itself felt in the
public schools of that section. The letter
is an inquiry as to the right of the school
boards to use the public school fund to
employ military instructors in the schools.
In the case of the State VS.. Howard
Smith and Pete Carberry ut Deadw0od,
held for stealing two carloads of cattle
from Col. l.. II. Stone, defendants de-
INJURED to the information on the grounds
that 1t did not allege facts sufficient to
constitute a public offense or give the
court jurisdiction. The demurrer was not
sustained and the court remanded the de-
PENDANTS to Jail to await the action of the
grand jury.
Agricultural implement dealers at Mont-
rose have sold, thus far this season, over
60 drills.
One day last week seven carloads Of
sheep were shipped to market from
| brOOklngS.
Prospects for a long distance telephone
connecting BrO0kings with the South Min.
! nes0ta circuit are excellent.
The main artesian flow of warm water,
bearing gas. was reached in the new gas
we'll ut Pierre at a depth of LAO feet.
The average reserve held by the twenty.
six national banks in the state, accordins
to the last report Is 1917 per cent.
The state insurance department ha,
granted authority to do business in thia
state to the Home Forum benefit order Of
Chicago and to the Fort Wayne Fire In
surance Company Of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Articles Of incorporation have been filed
ut Pierre for the Geo. R. Allison & Sons,
INCORPORATED, at Creston, Pennington
County, with a capital Of $4,000. The
purposes Of the corporation being to raisl
and handle live stock. Incorporators,
L Svlvestor Allisnn.