Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-02-07
THE SOLDIERS HOME.

THE SOLDIERS HOME,
Items of Interest Pertaining to the Stat.
Instttution and the Boys
In Blue.
The remarkable state of health still
continues, not sick man, outside oi
chronics and they are better.
w. V. Hoisington went to Rapid City
Wednesday to attend his wife who IL
ill. His stay will depend upon her
condition.
w. s. Addington is another one of
the boys who was ordered to Rapid
City before the pension board to be
examined for an increase.
Hugh A. Mcdonald of Sturgis came
into the Home Monday. He bears on
his person gun shot wound, has
heart trouble and rheumatism: He
was member of the 7th Michigan
Cavalry.
Rev. DIR. Robinson will deliver his
lecture on prison. life, describing his
escape from prison and many other
thrilling events of his experience
while soldier. The lecture will be
given Friday evening in the chapel.
John w. Leet, better known as .sSal.
vation John," resigned his place as
hospital nurse this week, took a fur
Tough and left for Mitchell to visit
friends for month or SO. John will
be missed, for he has sunny disposi.
tion.
There is gang of COWS that tress.
pass on the Home grounds dail v,
The Col. has war paint on and if your
reporter is not mistaken somebody
will find their COWS in the city pound,
from whence it will take shekels to
get them. Better take care of them.
HI. j. Harlow is back at his place in
the Home after three weeks exper-
ience in quarantine. Hischildren had
the smallpox, or rather variloid, and
were quarantined until all danger was
past. After a thorough fumigation
Hiram came back with lots of exreri-
ence as prisoner for the public good.
B. F. Nutten left for Hill City Tues.
day to look over the ruins of the
burned town. He had no property de.
stroyed but desire to see the place,
as it now is was too strong to resist
and he lit out. Some wag said b. r.
will buy the townsite and make deer
park of it, for be it remembered he is
the mighty Nimrod of the Home.
Johnny Hughes is good deal con-
cerned about his ''pard" Pendy, who
washed his face very clean, went down
town and was seen strolling up and
down the side walk in the busiest part
of town, with fine looking lady.
Johnny is anxious to know what it all
means; and whether tn ere,is danger of
him being left alone.
d. L. Hiscox, or "Big Charley" came
home from Oreville where he was
about ten days helping Frank Hesnard
put up ice. He declares that the time
he was up there was the longest cold
spell he has ever experience in his
twenty years residence in the Black
Hills-theremometer ranging from q
to 36o below each day. "Chawles'
says he longed for his warm nest al
the Home.
sICarl Nelson has resigned his place
as chief cook and will go into othe,
business. Carl is good boy and vel
liked by the management and all the
members of the Home. All wish hin
success. His place is taken by w
H. Baker who is said to be goo6
cook. Jay Dudley remains as second
cook on raise of salary We cam
get along without Jay.
Last week N. j. Way received a tele
phone message that his sons bod,
would reach Hill City from North Da
kota, where he died, after six day.
sickness from Pneumonia. The de
ceased was an athlete and powerful
young man, and not word had beer
received of his illness. It came like {
thunder clap to the father. He went
up and attended the funeral.
The management of the Home il
very nervous and skittish for fear 6
case of small pox may develop here
and it is no surprise it should be so
1t behooyes every member to be eau
tious about where they go, for if 6
case should show up here, it would
be six months before man would b,
allowed to leave the Home. Tall
about the 'picket line," it would no