Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-02-08

Col. Nellar Went to DeadwOod Tues
day.
j. l.. Baker arrived from Omaha
Thursday.
Il. S. Ames and wife returned Tues
from their sad mission to Illinois.
The recent fall of snow, though light,
was welcomed 10y the stockmen.
Mrs. p G. Hunt charmingly enter
tanned Il small number of friends last
Saturday afternoon.
Chas. L. Garfield, the all-round
good blacksmith, invites patronage
through the STAR columns.
Miss Myrtle Cole arrived last Satur-
day for visit to her sister, Mrs. T..
Hargens, and her many friends here.
E. b. Cook Il Co. have secured new
prescription clerk, who is first class
man in every respect.
VIII. Wilson left Saturday for keota,
Iowa, to witness the marriage of q
cousin. Miss Anna LeacoN joined
him at Omaha.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
Sioux Falls $4,000 for public library
building if that city will contribute
81 500 annually toward sustaining the
library.
Il. b. Cook & Co. have had the larg-
eat Christmas trade that they ever had
and they are now on deck to take care
OF their large everyday trade.
T.. Il. Jaclsett left Saturday for
Pierre where he will observe the work
of the soions for few days and at the
same time look after some legal mat
tiers.
Go to II. b. Smiths Hot Springs liv-
cry barn for saddle horses and rigs of
all kinds. Telephone No. %.
Our balmy weather got caught in
the edges of blizzard that swept over
most of the country the fore part of
the week. We received slight snow
fall and drop in mercury to about
zero. But nearly every one seemed to
enjoy the cold weather.
j. w Brock & Co, sells Oxen 25cts;
tin cups y Sets: wool mits l0cts; wool
socks l.Icts; wool facinators 2Octs; pins
= and 3cts; thread Bets; soap 2cts; ink
IaOiots oct; - envelopes and l. sheets
paper lOcts
Mrs. III. A. Cox arrived from Winona,
Mimi, last Sunday to spend q short
time at the Evans with her husband.
Mr.. Cox has been somewhat under the
weather for several days but is now
regaining his health. He is one of the
ElkhorEs very popular conductors.
The early closing plan among the
merchants is again being agitated.
Certainly the merchants and clerks
would enjoy Il change from the long
hours that they have been accustomed
to. and if all will agree to such a scheme
no one will be the loser, for it would
not take long for people to learn to buy
before night. Close early and take a
rest evenings.
County Superintendent, Miss Emily
Black, has been visiting the schools of
the county during the past month and
has made complete inspection of
them. The weather was quite pleasant
for her excepting during the last1week.
Miss Black is taking hold of her work
with considerable enthusiasm and
= seems to be we'll liked.
Since the closing of the Black Hills
college Hot Springs has been without
vocal teacher, but now Mrs. Ram
baut- Hill has decided to remain some
time and give singing lessons to music
lovers who wish to avail themselves of
the benefits of her thorough musical
education Those who heard her in
the minstrel performance BELLS of
Blackville) will realize that she is fully
qualified for this work. She will also
give lessons on the piano.
There has been quite a change in
ownership of real estate in this part of
the county recently. j. X. Eggenber-
ger has sold his ranch to the McKi ra-
han boys; H. T. Hawthorn has sold his
homestead to P. s. Engelbrecht, and
&C. Wood has sold his place to B. H.
Martin. MIR. Wood expects to leave
for Kansas City about the middle of
February and will probably engage in
the mattress business with his neph-
ews.-Buffalo Gap Republican.
Rev. j. l. Sanford has accepted the
call to the pastorate of the Congrega
tional church of this place and is now
resident here, his wife arriving from
Rapid City with him last week. Mr..
Sanford is an artist also and spent last
summer painting number of scenes
in the Hills. He is said to be an excel.
lent preacher. is sociable gentleman,
and both he and his wife are pleasant
acoessions to Hot Springs.
Among the new features planned for
the Chautauqua season next summer