Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04
DlLDINE TAKES EVANS
Prominent and Popular Landlord Decides
to Operate the Hotel aud Bath
Houses.


Mr.. Dildine will not open the Evans
until May Is.
Negotiations between Mr.. Swan and
Mr.. Dildine. looking toward MIR. Dill.
dimes taking the Hot Springs proper
ties, have been under way for several
weeks. Mr.. Dildine hesitated to sign
a lease, however, until he could secure
a promise of favorable excursion rates
from the railroads. Both the Burling-
ton and Elkhorn are understood to
have given such assurance, and it is
said the rates will be lower than in any
previous summer.
Dan Murphy has returned to the
Springs and is now employed at the
Eureka.
Geo. Montgomery has completed his
new business place and is now bIsily
engaged in opening up his new stock
of dry goods.
Rev. III. G. Claycomb and wife, of
Brock, Neb., have taken rooms in Min
nekahta block and will probably re-
main all summer.
With both rain and snow consider
able moisture has fallen during the
past week, and at this writing, Thurs
day, the indications are that it is not
yet over with.
Col w. j. Thornby came down from
Deadwood Tuesday night and went
out to his ranch on Hat Creek We'd
nesday. He owns the Brit ranch and
went down to lease it for this summer.
A. E. Woodbury., the Singer Sewing
Machine hustler, has gone out into
Wyoming upon one of his periodical
trips. Mrs. Woodbury. and children
are visiting in the eastern part of the
county while he is gone.
w. j. Miller has disposed of his bar
ber shop and it will be continued by
Ted Hummel. Will expects to leave
for Kansas ina short time. Another
first-class barber will be employed and
the shop kept up to it's present high
standard.
DIR. Jennings left Monday for Chi
cago for II few weeks visit, and to see
that little grand-child. Mrs. Jennings
expects to accompany him home.
During his absence DIR. Neumarker. of
Edgemont, is looking after his prac
tice.
Q. G. Wilson, who was clerk at the
Gillespie during the season of 1897,
came down from Deadwood Tuesday
and spent several days in the city re-
newing old acquaintances here. He is
now employed upon the Independent
and enjoys journalism very much.
Lee Hail, of Deadwood, who came
here terribly afflicted with rheumatism
about ten days ago. is now getting
around comfortably. He says he was
wonderfully benefited by the first
bath and has continued to improve
right along since.
JAS. t. Clark, second vice president
and traffic manager, and l.. A. Robin
son, comptroller, of the Minneapolis
tand Omaha line, accompanied by two
or three sous, spent few days here
during the past week in private car
taking an outing during the boys'
school vacation.
Woodard, the murderer of the sher-
iff of Carbon county, Wyo., who was
sentenced to be hung last Friday,
but was reprieved by the governor a
few hours before the execution, was
taken from the Jail by force that night
by mob and lynched upon the scaffold
already prepared for him. A large
number of sheriffs and officers in the
Hills had been invited to the hanging,
and the citizens of Casper didn't pro-
pose that their guests should be disap.
pointed.
There has been quite general trans.
fer of tenants already this spring.
Capt. Watts has moved to Lincoln ave.
nue.; Walt Knowlton has moved into
his new homo-the Wilson place; E.
w. Stewart, the conductor, has moved
over nearer the B. s. NJ; Grant Robin
son occupies his own residence, just
vacated by Conductor Stewart; John
King moved into his own home. re-.
Gently purchased, on Jennings avenue;
+. A. Fassett moved down near Geo.
Trimmer's, having purchased a few
acres of ground for gardening purpos.
'es; H. J. Harlow has moved near the
Catholicon; @. x. johnson will move
into his property, the buck house.
near the court house.