Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-05-16
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Items of Interest Pertaining to the State
Institution and the Boys
In Blue


| In Blue.
Rev. Henry Albertson will conduct
the religious services at the Home
next Sunday at o'clock.
John Brant came back from fur
Tough the last end of last week. He
reports bueiness fine about Belle
Fourche.
John Bigley went up to Belle
Fourche to see how the world wags up
tfieae. That section is Johnbys old
stamping ground.
David Hankins went up to Rapid
City on Tuesdays train to see how the
boys and sheep get along. Uncle
Dave is almost four score years old
atd one of the good, quiet men of the
Home.
John Spiers, who served ten years
in ike 18th U. s. Inft., has became a
member of the Home. He intends
later on to go to the Home at Wash.
ington maintained by and for the reg..
ulars.
Robt H. Anderson went to his home
at White Rock, Roberts Co.. on a three
months furlough. It is year and a
half since he has been home. He is q
great sufferer from neuralgia of the
heart.
Charley James went up to Hermosa
last week to rusticate among his old
associates and upon his old stamping
ground. When he gets through visit.
ing he will "hike" back to his old stall
in the Home.
Elijah L. Sawyer, of FIandreau, came
to the Home Thursday of last week.
He was member of Co. "CY 9th Yer
mont during the war and saw much
service in the army of the Potomac.
He has lived in Moody Co. for 20 years.
Major Connor, Q. NJ, has carried
about face that looked like he had
been in the prize ring. He says it
comes from an ulcerated tooth, but
some of the sports intimate that the
Major met John L. Sullivan or some
other scrapper.
1t has been determined by the man
ayers of the Home to not receive visit.
ors on Sunday this summer. This is
in line with the methods at other
Homes and seems to be the proper way
to do. The Sabbath is day set apart
for rest and meditation.
John 7. Smith, of Hill City. came
last week as announced, stayed three
days and then asked for furlough to
60 home to make garden. Some of the
Hill City boys say the garden business
is only an excuse. John is 80 and at
the mature age Of " took unto himself
a wife and that the honeymoon is not
over with the boy. Adjutant Smith
says it is the way most all of the
Smiths act.
w. HI. Weisheit is installed in the
barber shop at the Home and will run
an up-to-date shop. He is fine artist
in his line and a clean, honorable
gentleman. Tbs management believes
it has secured man who will stay by
for some time to bone. Mrs. Weisheit
and the two children will soon join
him and they will live in the cottage
lately vacated by Frank Fassett. Mrs.
Weisheit is better known to Hot
Springs people as formerly Miss
Morrell.
Peter Schang left last week for a
three months stay at Mitchell. Peter
has a lawsuit pending over the title to
a valuable quarter section of land near
Mitchell. He declares a couple of
brothers-in-law are trying to steal the
land and very naturally he objects to
that sort of proceeding. If the court
shall sestle the title in favor of Peter
he will not come back, for he will be
the possessor of at least five thousand
dollars.
Chris Schaeffer came down from
Belle Fourche and entered the Home.
Chris has lived alone so long and ate
his own cooking he is pretty we'll done
for. He has been in the Hills since
1877 and kept bachelors hall all these
years He was member of the 7th
Iowa Unfit, one of the fighting regi-
ments, beginning at Belmound under
Grant and ending at Appomattox
under the same great chieftan. Who
has better right to soft seat in the
Home than Chris?
Dwight L. Hiscox, better known as
"Big Charley" got coltish, asked for q
ninety day furlough and contracted to
hold scraper for the contractor who is
excavating at the power house down
town. He rolled up his sleeves and
went at the job with all the vim of
boy. But in the progress of the work
the scraper "bucked" and Charley per-
formed some gymnastic movements
not in the program. He doubled mp
into bow knot, stood on his head,
rooted up the ground and carooned on
a big rock; result, lame back, lame
side, short breathing and sort of
wild eyed, far away look. He came