The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-11

fines. but the hearing Of the cases has
been adjourned until the 14th.
Mrs Sylvester returned from Wiscon-
sin and Miss Munger from the east on
the evening train.
Miss Tied, the young woman who has
been ill at the residence OF Mrs. Cam
eron, departed for her home by the last
passenger.
Mrs. G. johnson, OF Rochester, MIMI,
and son Eugene, arrived to-day on a
visit to their niece and cousin, Mrs.
Henry Neill.
Eight horses we're to-day sold under
the sheriff's hammer or the street, ag-
gregating in selling price about $50,
the lowest at "a and the highest at $50.
Lottie Lee Willard was this morning
taken to the Yankton insane asylum by
Mrs. Gilman, an attendant of that insti-
tuition. Mrs. Gilman reports the other
patients from this county as doing well,
Mrs. Mathieson especially, recovering
il mind and body.
AS a parliamentarian, Mayor Patter-
son is not q bright and shining example,
but inasmuch as some city councils are
not generally governed by parliamentary
usages, the mayor can fall back on his
record OF being an all-round r~ustler, but
not much given to details.
The store of C. III. Weiss was entered
last night by burglars and the safe in
which the postofice money, books and
stamps had been tempered with. 1t had
been drilled and powder applied, but the
attempt had evidently failed to blow il
open. Up till noon to-day, Mr.. Weiss
had been unable to open the safe to SEE
whether anything had been extracted OF
not.
Chicago dispatch, 9: A widow wht
gave her name as Mrs. Sampson cam.
into the Union Depot yesterday over thu
Chicago, B~urlingto. and Quincy road
from Pierre, 8. d., with eight children
They all rode on one ticket. That wa
the one the mother had bought for her
self. The entire Union Depot force wa
laughing about it, The widow ha'
changed roads several times. Each tim
she met a new conductor a row ensueG
but she came out victorious every tims
The children were all small. The rail
way rules allow children under 6 year
OF age to ride free. "Are they all your
children?" the conductor would ask
Eyes, sir, they are. Don't they look Xix
met" swell, I can't carry all OF then
free. Some OF them are over six year
DID," "Why there are two pair OF twin
in among them,' she would exultlngl
exclaim, then all the passengers woul
laugh, and the entire delegation &c
heir little feet on one ticket and rod
safely through.
Since the city council got into a razzl.
dazzle this morning on the methods I
be pursued in the sale of the water work
bonds, the resolution OF Alderman Bins
ham, adopted October 5, previous t
election, will be read with interest: "B
it resolved by the city council of the cit
OF Madison: That if the water work
bonds carry at the election on Octobe
10th. 1883, called for the purpose of vol
ing the bonds OF the city in the amour
of $4,000, to be used in putting in
water works system, said bonds not to /
sold until the money is used to con
mence the work, AMI not more tina
$1,000 of said bonds to be sold at on
time and no faster than the money
needed to pay for work" This was
popular vote catcher, but it was severel
criticised by many citizens, and Tn
DAILY LEADER predicted at the tim
that il wac possible the council woul
desire to get rid of it before the bond
were sold. Alderman Walden oppo sc
the resolution when proposed, as bein
impractical, but he now seems deter
mined not to let 1T get lost in the shuffI
Fresh Monitor brand oysters, Is cent
per can at ID. McKinnon's.