The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-05-06
In THE SOUTH STATE.

THE pontoon bridge Ut Pierre will be
completed al once.
THE Briston cheese factory will com
mence operations Mays.
THE crop outlook In the Black Hills
counties was never more encouraging.
THE postoffice receipts Of Pierre war
/, rant the adoption OF the free delivery sys-
tenn.
THE Lyman County Journal is the name
of a neat and newsY papsr started In the
new town of Lyman.
THE anti-swearing society of Baltic has
dissolved, the members being unable 10
stand the pressure any longer.
curious freak has recently come 10 light
Ia Clark county. About q year ago q COW
belonging 10 farmer near Raymond was
struck by locomotive and badly injured,
bat short time afterward recovered and
gave birth to a calf. The calf 10 In no
way deformed aud has the appearance of
being common, ordinary, every day ami
NAL until IL becomes excited, when instead
Of the soft, bass lowing. peculiar to its
kind, it utters u series of sharp toots and
q kissing sound resembling the exhaust OF
Q high pressure steam engine. II has been
named the locomotive calf, and num-
Der of dime museum managers are after ID
for star engagement around the country.
A LARGE colony from Beadls county has
established a town on the Bad river, IN
Stanley county, and named IL New Huron.
SEVERAL Day county farmers are ac-
ensed of selling the seed wheat which they
secured from the commissioners on the
representation that they were In need.
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
PNKHAM states there will be no school
election Ia june, and that the present
school officers will hold over TO the regular
November election.
or the twelve commentaries Of Knights
Templar in the two states South Dakota
has eight and North Dakota four. The
total membership Of the society in both
states Is 62I.
DELEGATES 10 the coming convention Of
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, which
meets at Desdwood this month, win be
presented with souvenirs manufactured
from Black Hills tin. the first output of the
mines.
LouTs DEcoNTA has been summoned to
appear for trial at Fort Pierre on 9 charge
of alternating the affections of Ellen White
-aexss from her ffawfut husband, Ell Spot
ted Bear. All are full blood Indians.
This is the first state case to be tried I'm
Stanley county.
CHoSa GoAY, the Deadwood Chinaman
who has made several unsuccessful at
kamuks to aaeurn a skickal os lsayaH frorn
che stats department 10 visit his family In
his nssise lands laft for Hong Kane the
other day. Although unable TO secure
return passport, he 10 supplied
with credentials from the best people of
Deadwood and will probably meet With
little difficulty in Ian ding on his return.
BUILDING association Is being organ
ized at Fort Pierre.
THE postof6ee at Goddard, sully county,
has been discontinued.
A LARGELY increased acreage of corn is
being planted in Charles Mix county.
WORTHWHILE, SPHINX county, has de-
cided to incorporate under the general laws.
THE farmers alliances in sully county
are being organized on the secret plan.
Coon water can be had ia Lyman county
at depth of from twenty five to thirty
feet.
THE bullion output of the Black Hills
mines for the first half of April was $780,
900.
THREE-FooT rattler, the first Of the
season, was killed near Forest City the
other day.