Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-06-24
The postomoe room is beiu9 papered.
long needed Improvement.

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DR.. Bond, Of Ord, Nebraska, is In the
city taking baths Tor . skin trouble.
Come to Hot Springs July 4th, and,
see the boy that has the tickets. cit
The library room in the city hall has
been newly papered. and now presents
"a attractive appearance. It is q very
pleasant room,
Mai. Anderson will go to Deadwood
today, where he will respond to the
toast, "The Volunteers Of 1885," before
the g. A. r. reunion Of the Hills.
The equalization board Of the city
was in session the first three days of
the week adjusting Irregularities of as
sessment.
Special Inducements in prices at Far.
COS until July LIST, when, on account Of
the war, prices will be advanced. Stock
up now before the big government tax
is added.
There was a dance in Cold Brook
Tuesday evening at which a number of
young people from the town and and
surrounding country were present.
At the regular Sunday school hour
Sunday a special program will be given
in place of the lesson at the Presby-
terrain church and the offering for
Children's Day will be taken.
A. X. Gardner, register, and Porter
Warner, receiver, of the United States
land office at Rapid City, were in the
city Sunday. and visited Wind Cave.
We did nothear whether they regarded
the place as more valuable FOR it's min
eral wealth or agricultural resources.
There has been moro or less talk ut
Edgemont, we understand, regarding
school matters, and a few have made
an effort to create a prejudice against
d. X. Snively, whose reputation is too
we'll and favorably known to need de-
Tense. Those fault finders must now
feel like pulling themselves into a hole
and pulling the hole in after them, for
Mr.. Snively was reelected treasurer,
Tuesday, receiving 63 votes-only one
being cast against him..
a large party of Germans arrived
Friday from Nebraska, as many
of whom as could going to Huebner's.
Mr.. Huebner now has thirty people at
his house, as many as he a accommo-
date, all of whom are from the German
settlements about Scribner, Hooper
and surrounding towns. The Germans
in that part of Nebraska have a great
liking for Hot Springs and as many as
possible plan to spend at least a couple
of weeks here some time during the
summer.
Il. A. Fassett and family we're visited
Monday by Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Mariner
old friends from the eastern part of
the state, who drove across the coun-
try and have been spending several
weeks visiting in the Hills. They are
o on their way back to their home
at Mortified. MI. Mariner is one of
the leading attorneys of SPHINX county
and thinks there will be u large num-
Der of old soldiers and their friends
who will drive across from his county
to the encampment next year.
kava Kola,
The New Tonic.
The Shakespeare Club has made ar
rangements with the STAR to have the
complete use of the paperfo one week.
They have assigned editors to take
charge of various departments, and will
issue next weeks paper, the proceeds
of which will go to a library fund for
the benefit of the library association.
We leave it for them to tell and show
what they may do, but we anticipate a
mighty fine publication by them, and
everybody should plan to purchase a
few hundred copies. It will be an ex.
cellent advertising medium.
A government surveying party is 10
eating the line of the 6O-mile fence
along the northern boundary of Pine
Ridge reservation which will separate
the reservation from the coded lands
on the north. Cattle belonging to
white stockmen have been crossing
the line and in several instances the
Indians have taken them up and held
them for a ransom of a dollar a head,
requiring the action of our congress-
men to effect their release. The NAM
moth fence will be constructed of barb
wire, with iron posts, thus preventing
it from being destroyed by prairie
fires.
Rev. E. Hungerford arrived Tuesday
to look after his Catholicon affairs.
He says that while the Catholicon ho-
tel has not been formally opened to
the public that they are taking care of
those who feel that they prefer to re-
main there to be near the baths. Mr..
H%unperford Cives unifa "a oJow;no On