The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

line. At one time seven OF the trains
were stalled on the Flandrau bill show
ing how heavily they were loaded.
Weather report to-day: Continue
the cold wave signal, temperature will
fall to twenty degrees by Thursday
morn ing, preceded by light rain or snow
| Wednesday afternoon or night.
Judge Williamson had a very quiet
wedding ceremony to perform last Mon
day evening at the residence of Mr.. AL
den Pattee in this city. The groom was
none other than Mr.. Pattee himself and
the bride Mrs. Emma E. Pettis. Both
formerly lived in Chester township.
The boys In their Halloween pereg-
rim atoms last night were not very de-
str uctive. A good deal Of singing and
loud noise was INDUCED in, and some
funny things done among which was the
putting of q colt on the roof OF a shed.
Chas. b. Kennedy returned from Chi
cago yesterday on the freight, delayed
trains having caused him to miss his
connection at Egan. He was quite i'll,
threatened with an attack of pneumonia,
and was taken to the residence of J. FL.
Will amson, where he will remain until
his family returns tomorrow. Mr.. Ken
nedy is much improved to-day.
The social at Masonic hall last eve
ming was a happy affair the attendance
being large, the refreshments very en-
joyable and the program of varied char
~acter-song, recital and speech. The
old became young, the grave gay, the
tenderfoot an old acquaintance, and on
the whole it was a rejuvenating occas-
ion.
Elkton Record, 81; Harper Bros.
"Chicago car" of groceries alighted at
this point for the purpose of distribut-
ing $500 worth of goods among our
farmers, Saturday last. About the
same time our sheriff alighted also and
compelled the retailers OF these wares to
''cough up" $s7.40 for use in the county
treasury. That's right! Let 'em pay
taxes like the rest of us.
Canton Advocate, %: A good story is
going the rounds against members, OF
the legal profession. In a certain cum
munity a lawyer died who was a most
worthy and popular man, among other
virtues inscribed upon his tombstone
was this: "A lawyer and an honest man."
Some years afterward a convention was
held in the town, and one OF the dele
gates, being OF sentimental turn, visited
the 'silent city" and in rambling among
the tombs was struck with the inscript-
ion, "A lawyer and an honest man." He
was 10 t in thought, and when ran upon
by a fellow hayseed, who noticing hA alb
straction asked il lie had found the
grave of a dear friend or relative, said:
mo, but / am wondering how they anne
to bury those two fellows in the same
grave"
The contest of Geo. p. Wilson and I'll.
A. aartwick, of Ramona, for an elevator
site at that station appears to be not yet
settled. For more than a year past, these
gentlemen have been applying for a site
or permission to build an elevator with
out success and finally applied to the
state railroad commissioners for help.
The latter viewed the site last Septem-
Der and ordered that appraisers be ap-
pointed and the site granted the appli-
cants. Three appraisers were named
and an application made to Judge
Aikens for their appointment. The rail
road company contested this and the
case was argued in chambers at Canton
by an attorney for the company and by
Murray IL Porter for the applicants, but
Judge Aikens refused to do anything in
the case claiming that the law for the
appointment Of appraisers in a case of
this kind was unconstitutional. We
understand that the case will now be
carried to the supreme court. An ex-
actly similar fight is being waged with
considerable bitterness, at Bristol and
has just been heard before Judge Camp
bell who has the matter under advis-
ment.
Girl wanted to do general homework.
Apply to Mrs. M. T., Clark.
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