Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-12-21

this week.e
The STAR wishes its many readers q
Merry Christmas.
Will Carr returned home Wednesday
from the Upper Hills.
Judge Juckett was at Rapid City
Tuesday on legal business.
Mrs. H. d. Clark expects to return
from California in a few days.
S. D., ,Basford is now in charge of the
incandescent light plant at the Falls.
Hon. John r. Wilson and wife, of
Deadwood spent Sunday at the Evans.
Attorney Gull transacted business
at Deadwood the fore part of the week.
Mrs. Robert Pringle returned
Wednesday from her trip down the
road.
Vic Peterson is home from Rapid
City where he put in large acetylene
gas plant.
BoRN-To Hon. E. S. Kelly and wife
on Wednesday, Dec., 19, boy. Con-
graduation.
Notice the splendid fnan cial state.
ment made by the Bank of Hot Springs
in this issue.
1. H. Chase came in from the north
Thursday to look after his business
interests here.
Frank Carley arrived Thursday
from New York, to visit his sistsr Mrs.
Hunt and his mother.
Jas. S. Wing, of Edgemont and Miss
Mary Zeller, of Boelus, Neb., obtained
marriage license Wednesday.
Claude Williams has decided to re-
main here and will go to York at the
Evans the middle of January.
Judge Westover and ex-state auditor
Eugene Moore, of Nebraska, were
Thursday arrivals at the Evans.
We understand that James Wybry is
to go the High Lint as B. & NJ. fireman.
He has been here long time and will
be missed.
Roy Farmer, who has been Elkho rn
operator for several weeks, has been
sent to Buffalo Gap, and Mr.. Cooley
takes his place.
Justice Becker, veteran of the
Home, died Thurrday morning. He
has been in the hospital and great
sufferer for some time.
Mrs. Perry Sickles arrived Thursday
from Illinois where she was called by
the death of her father. She was
hurried home by the sickness of her
husband, but he is now much better.
S. d. Wilson, wife and daughter re-
turned Thursday from Lincoln, where
Mrs. Wilson and Edith have been for
several weeks. Mrs. Wilson is much
improved in health.
The dime social by the Nj. E. Aid
Society at the pleasant home of Mrs.
Fayel Wednesday night was we'll at
tended and very pleasant affair. The
home made candies were delicious and
all sold readily.
Hon. j. l.. Burke and wife will pro-
badly leave the latter part of next
week for the eastern part of the state.
Mrs. Burke will spend most of the win
ter with her parents at Mitchell, while
Senator Burke represents his district
at Pierre.
w. r. Haskell and Jas. Graham, the
Minneapolis gentlemen who are inter
ested invaluable mining property near
Hill City, and also are promoting the
railroad scheme that it is hoped may
culminate in connecting the Twin
Cities with the Hills, spent Sunday at
the Evans.
Most of the Elkhorn officials we're in
the Northern Hills the fore part of the
week looking over various contemp-
lated improvements. They then went
to Casper, Wyo., from where it is
whispered a branch is likely to be
built next spring northwest into
Wyoming.
We can hardly realize that Christ
mas is almost upon us, for with snch
warm weather, not a cloud in the sky
and no snow upon the ground, we can
scarcely imagine that the time of Kris
Kringle is at hand. We shall have to
have a pretty sudden change if the
jolly old fellow can run in here this
year with his reindeers and sleds.
4 F. A. Fassett, superintendent of the
NJ. E. Sunday school reports every
thing in very fiourishing condition.
The arrangements for Christmas eve
exercises are being perfected in fine
shape and the youngf folks are planning
on grand time. The Sunday school
officers elected Monday night for the
ensuing year are as follows: Supt., F,
A. Fassett; secretary, Clifford Wilson;
assistant Arthur Lampert; treasurer,
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