Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
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Chambers Kellar spent Sunday with
his parents here.
Attorney Wilson visited Rapid City
Saturday attending to legal matters.
L. Il. Jcnness, representing the
Sioux City Tribune. was in the city
Saturday.
Claire Wool went to Denver We'd
nesday evening and will visit with his
mother about ten days.
Jason March Midwife went to Omaha
last Thursday for Il short business and
pleasure trip. returning Monday morn
ing.
Hose company No. l gave Il dance ut
the city hall on the evening of st. Pat
rick's day which was we'll attended and
much enjoyed.
III. Il. Seaman, representing the Car
penter Paper company of Omaha, Wis
tied the STAR Saturday on his regular
trip through the Hills.
Judge McGee held a motion day in
this city Monday for Fall River coun-
ty. at which time Il number of legal
matters were attendedto.
T.. w. Martin was down from Dead
wood this week, visiting with B. IL.
Martin md wife on the farm and with
q. n. Miner and family.
Farmers remember that the Big De.
partment Store are in the market with
a new and fresh lot of seeds cheap for
cash.
Ed. Martin, the barber, left yesterday
for Hot Springs. He was accompanied
by his wife, who goes to the Springs to
be treated for ueueralgia.-Lead
Call, %.
Andy Snyder is taking a short vaca-
ton before the rush of work of the
Transfer company during the coming
season and is spending the week in
Deadwood.
e. B. Cook is exhibiting a beautiful
specimen of gold ore and says nothing.
He would not inform us in which di-
rection from the city he found it-but
it's a beauty.
Ed. Sherry, the good looking freight
brakeman, has taken a two weeks lay
off and went up to Hot Springs yester-
day OH a visit. He intends staying
about ten days up characterization
Journal.
Sam Harris got a%'letter from the mil
itary department of the state under
dictation of Governor Lee saying the
tender of his services in event of war
had been received and his name placed
on file.
Joe Vincent has been at Deadwood
for ten days now. preparing his new
furniture store for opening up April
LIST. Joe is a genial fellow and knows
the business thoroughly and willdoubt-
less do a thriving business up there.
a. B. Huff, a prominent rancher of
Hermosa. came down Tuesday night
and will be in the Soldiers Home for a
while in an endeavor to recuperate by
having the advantage of the baths and
medical treatment. He has been in
poor health for some time.
The Buffalo Gap Lumber Co. handles.
all kinds of building materials: also
grain, hay. flour, feed aud Sheridan and
Victor coal. Phone No. II. If
Mrs. Ben Skies came down Sunday
night from Lead with her mother, Mrs.
Bob Cramer, to assist her in packing
mp preparatory to moving up to Lead,
where Mr.. Cramer is engaged in the
blacksmith business in partnership
with John Fallon,
The greenhouse of j. p. Billups.
about a mile below town, caught fire
during Monday night and but for
prompt discovery would have been
destroyed. The damage done to the
plants and otherwise is estimated at
about 5000.
John II. skinner of the Bald Noun
tain News of Terry accompanied by
MIR. Secor came down Saturday night
and spent Sunday and Monday here.
Mr.. Skinner is a son-in-law of George
Trimmer. The STAR acknowledges a
call.
j. +. Parks and DIR. Iiargens went to
Irwin. Neh.. Saturday for Il few days
sport shooting geese. They took along
all sorts of ammunition but found the
fight very light and the game very
Wild. They returned "Wednesday
morning. having had only fair sport.
Willis Sawyer and Sam Harris have
been surveying a road near the Mahl-
Ter ditch below Cascade. and also Il
part of the ditch. Mr.. Harris says
there will be about ii thousand acres
of land under waterthis year and much
more when the ditch is completed as
contemplated.