Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-08-11

WANrED-Three bell boys at the
Evans Hotel.
II. Eller and wife arrived from Yank-
ton Wednesday.
Moore Bros. r papering their new
grocery room in fine shape.
Robert Pringle has had his pension
raised from SO to s14 a month.
Bishop Cosgrove will conduct Catho-
lie services at the church next Sunday,
at 1920 a. m.
The Burlington brought in a heavily
loaded passenger train Wednesday,
there being near 100 people.
Mrs. j. F.. Prentiss and sister, Miss
Lulu Hughes, left Tuesday for Pawnee
City, Neb., for a visit to their parents
and friends.
A Pierre special says that the Board
of Pardons has postponed action for
one year on the Thompson pardon
case from Custer county.
DIR. ID. w. Flick and wife, of Rapid
City, came down from that place Fri
day night and remained until Monday
morning, attending the funeral of
James Bradley. Mrs. Flick is a sister
of Mrs. Bradley.
G. A. Lancaster returned home Sun.
day. He visited keystone, Alliance
and several other places. Since living
in Hot Springs Gus can hardly be con
tented elsewhere and we hope he NAV
yet remain here.
j. II. Gable came in with the eXcur-
sionists Wednesday, accompanied by
M. NJ. McAlpin and Charles Tabor.
also of Denison. "Jake"i is getting to
be "one of us" now-or might figure as
more than one. He is a Hot Springs
man, anyway.
Col. Dick Woods, who is known all
over the state, arrived from Sioux
Falls with the excursionists Wednes-
day, accompanied by his wife and cou-
sin, Miss Eleanor Woods, of New York.
They went to Deadwood Thursday but
will return Friday night and spend a
day or two here.
j. M. Mum and wife, of Omaha. ar
rived Saturday to enjoy a short vaca-
ton at our Carlsbad. Mr.. Mum is
the worthy and capable assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the Elkhorn
railroad, who aids SO effectively in
doing some telling advertising for Hot
Springs and bringing so many people
here. They remained to enjoy the
meeting of the Central Whist associa-
ton.
Capt. Watts returned Sunday from a
trip north over the Elkhorn, south on
the Burlington to Alliance, thence to
Crawford, Chadron, end other points
along the Elkhorn. He says he was
greatly surprised to hear SO much talk
about Hot Springs. Everywhere he
went they were talking Hot Springs.
People had either been here and had a
delightful time, or were planning upon
coming here. He said he didn't hear a
word about the Omaha Exposition, but
Hot Springs was the only point of in
terest being considered. Capt. Watts
thinks u season. this year is going
to be quite prolonged. In fact, people
are fast learning that Hot Springs is
an all-year resort.
Ex-Gov. Furnas, of Brownsville. Neb..
who is enjoying a months %sojourn at
the Springs, hoping to be benefited
f1om rheumatism, was a pleasantca
at the STAR Office Thursday, in COM
pany with his old friend, DIR. A. s.
Stewart. Gov. Furnas was colonel of
the 22d Nebraska Infantry, in which.
DIR. Stewart was a second lieutenant.
They were in the White Stone Hill
fight with the Indians in the Territory
of Dakota, in 1863, in which a number
were killed. White Stone Hill is To-
Gated near where the town of Glendale.
N. OAK, now is. Gov. Furnas is q
very interesting gentleman and has
been a prominent figure in Nebraska
politics for a number of years. He
was elected governor of the State in
1872. He will remain in the city a
couple of weeks longer.