The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-07
NEWS BREvITiEs.


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I'm the Northwest.
Rev. w. A. Chambers. one Of the
very eldest active pastors OF the uppsr
Iowa conference, died at his home at
Garner Sunday.
r. STANCES house, barn and granary.
noaa nazei, N. D., was burned by prsa-
RE fire. Loss, 81, 600. A, @. Half lo~A
some cattle from the same cansa. M.
merous other losses are reported.
| Fire at Richardson, N. D., DESTROYED n
parn io horses, buggies, 90 wagons, 10
harnesses, and quantity Of hay grain
and implements belonging TO the Rieh-
aruson Land Improvement company.
Partially insured.
News was received ut Duluth that thu
steamer Dixon, an excursion boat from
there, was on the rocks in Chicago bay,
Tugs have been sent 10 get her or. A
number OF Duluth people are ON board.
~ storm does not come up there win
be no lives lost.
Joseph Pluard and family were cross
ing a narrow bridge over the Black
river ON the North side, at La Crosse,
when their wagon was overturned. The
wife and infant child were thrown
down thirty feet into the water. The
child was drowned and the woman res
cued with difficulty.
The La Belle Wagon works miami An
Fond du Lac shut down Saturday. and
VIII remove all it's effects 10 Superior.
The wagon works has been q prosperous
and important manufactory In that city
since 1853 and has made money for thoss
who We're IN connection with IL. The
capacity OF the plant, as ID stood, was
1000 annually.
Word was brought TO Chamberlain, q.
D., that Steve Zerega, q rsissr.
nad lost a small fortune in a
peculiar manner. He had been accus-
toned for some time past To secrete his
surplus wealth in this cellar Of his house.
The pile had gradually grown until Il
reached up into the thousands, all in
bills OF various denominations. The
other day upon visiting his secret hoarde.
he discovered that the rats and mice had
made mince meat of his money, the bills
being so badly chewed that they are
utterly worthless.
In General.
The Oxnard beet sugar factory a
Grand Island started up for the run OF
1890, and everything is moving satisfac-
torily.
Barrillns, OF Guatemala. told = eow-
respondent that the statement that ~
was trying 10 call n congress Of the
Ienfrst AsnsxsuMn s1Ates wAn ancorxwca.
- hnown Il e 4. Hm61r.on.
2s HE1. 81 lgzl .'''s@'@
Zl -: = - a. =. - f. - and outaas. died
Tvs barns 0n CAsl1nS =.
St. Lawrence river. e. wx1A fx
horses and much haT HN& nxo<n. -
burned Sunday might TIL knz1 y
10 Folger Bros, OF Mim11&19. 0z&. -
l were insured.
! On the night Of the IRE ina Mcvickers
theatre as Chicago one Of the life casts
4 OF Abraham LincCln's hand was stolea
from the studio Of sculptor Volk. The
latter needs IL because he Ii &C work on
q life statue of Lincoln for the soldiers
and sailors monument at Rochester,
NY.
1 The private secretary OF n. q. Inger-
l soil has had considerable difficulty I'm
securing a suitable hall for the colonel's
lecture on Art and Morality in Phila-
delphia, The officers OF the Academy
OF Music declined 10 rent the academy
TO any lecturer awho advocates infidsf.
1 ity and atheism An attempt 10 secure
the Union League Club annex was also
/ unsuccessful. Finally horticultural
hall was secured, and the lecture, which
| is designed 10 be testimonial benefit 10
\ Walt Whitman, Ia arranged for October
\ 3ist.
Foreign.
Nineteen hundred emigrants from
Russia have sailed for New York from
Bremen.
A strike Of 1000 cartmen for higher
wages and shorter hours has begun In
Liverpool.
The king Of Portugal, son-in-law of
the Comte dc Paris, has recovered from
his recent illness.