Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-01
SOLDIERS, HOME NOTES.

SOLDIERS HOME NOTES.
We are informed that applications
for membership are coming in at about
one each day on the average, most OF
them from eastern Dakota.
Tom Tate, the Chesterfield OF the
Home, made short visit to friends at
Rapid City over Sunday. Rather lone
some without Sir Thomas being pres
ent.
John Brant, of Belle Fourche, came
back Tuesday morning. One of the
wags of the Home said, 81 move we
change the name to ::Belle Fourche
Home." aNuff sed."
Nelson Patnoe, of Beresford, arrived
last week. He is an old settler in the
state, but an attack of rheumatism has
driven him to the Home. He served
in the First New York engi neers.
The Home got in car load of gro
ceries, canned and dried fruits, this
week, bought, we hear, in Omaha or
Lincoln. A glance through the win
dows SLOWS the quartermaster's new
building full of stuff to eat.
Lee Phillips, the old standby engin-
eer, took a few days off last week to go
up to Sturgis and make arrangements
to have his cattle wintered. In his alb
sence Charley Bland opened and closed
the steam throttle successfully.
Col. j. F. Baker came down from
Hermosa and brought With him three
dollars contributed by Tom Menahan,
tie Relief Corps and himself. sAll vote
the Hermosa people to be "the best
folks on EARTH"
j The oyster supper Saturday night
was a success in all respects. The
crowd was large and all enjoyed them
selves. The net proceeds, we hear, was
s4S.45, not quite half enough to pay
, the freight on the guns. Don't know
what the next move will be to get the
balance, but it will have to be got
somehow, the management says.
Abraham Lutz returned last week
3 after an absence of two or three years.
: He was as tickled to get back as a boy
}, with red topped boots, and all the old
Q timers were glad to see Abraham, for
he is genial, good natured Pennsyl-
!, vania dutchman who drives the blues
S away.
Peter Miller, of Belle Fourche, en-.
J. tered the Home last week to recuper.
ate his strength. He was treasurer Of
Butte county for four years. He
;, served in the 62nd Ohio Infantry dur.
- ing the war. Pete is royal good fell
low, but you should have seen the
, quartermaster searching for a pair OF
pantaloons with legs long enough tc
" encase Peters trotters in.
y Uncle Charley Bracken left a few
" days ago for Plankington to visit sor
II and daughter who live there. He goe!
over there on one quarters pension
y stays until the next one is due an6
Q comes back on it. The colonel told
:. him he would save good deal of worr!
Il and fatigue by going down to the ofhc'
and passing over his pension to th'
agent of the Elkhorn railroad, when i
- comes each quarter.
ot Geo. w. Thackeray asked for his dis
le charge which was granted and lef
Monday night for Troy, Ohio, to visi
W with his brothers and hosts of relative
sr and friends. He came to this Home j,
{, 1898. He is good, kind hearted com
rade. Was member of the 31st Wis
consin Init, during the war. He SAT-
when he left, ''if don't find things t
suit me in the east I'll come back.
- = Many regrets were expressed owe
=, Georges going away.
A few nights ago about midnight tn
v. report of gun was heard out near tn
barn. AS it rang out on the still al
k, of the night and echoed up and dow
"Lover's Glen'' canyon many of tn
n, old boys cooked up their heads an
le asked, sis it night attack" The fac
IN is Charley Bland, the night enginee,
got tired of the everlasting XII vi of th
It. coyotes about the barn and chicke
he house, he sneaked out on an assembl
and turned loose shot gun on then
ne but without any known result othe
than to scare the "varmints" badly.