The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-09-08

will 10 morrow undertake the work or
making the weekly subscription collec-
tions. It will be Loren's first experience
in that line Of work, and we hope u
patrons will be generous with him until
he gets fairly broken in.
Leonard Jones, living seven miles west
of town, came in for q doctor this after
noon to attend his boy, whom he left
unconscious from a kick in the face by a
horse.
A Maxey Cobb colt about five months
old, belonging to E. S. Jacobs, received
a horrible looking cut on a wire fence
last evening. The cash reached from
the top OF the neck nearly to the bottom
in front OF the shoulder, laying 1t open
several inches wide and about half
through the neck. DR.. Dean has sewed
it up and the animal appears to be doing
we'll.
The three societies OF young people OF
the Presbyterian, NJ. E., and Baptist
churches will give the students OF the
Normal school a reception at the opera
house tonight, to which all the students
OF the Normal are cordially invited. A
ogram will be rendered. Citizens gen.
orally and young people in particular,
noisy boys and children excepted, are
also cordially invited to be present and
aca.~4 -, 4ha ptartaippnap
The board of Chautauqua directors,
in session last night, did not do much
except to make arrangements for closing
out the sale of stock by the first OF next
month. Rev. Mr.. .Coffman Of Sioux
Falls will be put or the road to sell
stock. The stock on hand unpledRed is
about thirty shares. The new executive
committee consists of j. H. Williamson,
Rev. w. III. Jordan, j. w. Goff and Rev.
T. III. Shanafelt.
Carl Thompson, Torkel Hansen, Chris.
Peterson Helmer Blegen, III. A. Kven-
void and Mrs. Storsveen all bought tick
cts for the worlds fair this morning. All
have been prosperous at farming in
Lake county, and as Mr.. Kvenvold re-
marked, thought they could take a little
layof as work vas not crowding this fall.
They could hire help cheap to work on
the threshing crews, and nothing else
was crowding them. This was the first
recreation he said he had taken in six
teen years.
In answer to a query of your reporter
to-day as to whether or not there was
any truth in the report that he was go.
ing to be an independent candidate be.
fore the people for the judgeship Of this
circuit, Hon. III. Fl. Keith replied,
"There has been a petition signed by
twenty-five OF the more prominent law.
yers OF Sioux Falls, and many others
presented to me and asking me to stand
as a non-partisan candidate for that Of
flee, but | have made no answer to it YET
and don't know yet what / shall do. il
| went into the race it would be entirely
independent of politics or political con
siderations, as allowed by our Australian
system OF voting"
w. e. Higbie. field agent of tn,
Springfield insurance company, was il
the city to-day and in answer to a DAILY
LEADER reporters inquiry as to tn,
cause OF companies Withdrawing theil
risks in Madison, replied that this actor
OF the companies was not peculiar t.
this city, but general throughout tn,
northwest. He said the question o
water works cut 40 figure in it. Com
panies which were withdrawing thei
risks here were, as a rule, withdrawing
from the state entirely. Companie.
were curtailing their risks in all tn,
north western states because it was cost
ing them too much to meet the aln1ss
unprecedented tire losses this year. AL
though South Dakota has not reall,
been SO bad in itself for losses, yet it i
suffering from the general bad reputa
ton OF the northwest states, and tn,
companies which remain will soon max,
an increase OF 20 per cent. in insuranc,
rates. Madison has always peer consid
cred a very low-rated town and will in
cur q raise whether we have water work
or not. However, Madison needs, an,
ought to have, water works, just tn
same.
The Presbyterian Synod of South Ds
kota, which meets in Madison Octobe
5-8, consists OF eighty-four minister.
besides licentiates and candidates, an
one hundred and twenty-three churche
distributed as follows: Presbytery 9
Aberdeen, IL ministers and % churches
Presbytery of the Black Hills, IL minis
ters and Is churches; Presbytery OF De
kota )Indian), II ministers and /
churches; P~resbytery of Central Dakot
I'm which Madison is located), 10 minis
ters, 80 churches; Presbytery of South
ern Dakota, 10 ministers, % churche.