The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-05-18
Local BREyHTaEs.

LOCAL BEkES kAAFsS.
Weather report, 1925 a, M: Thurs
day night and Friday, light local show
ers; considerably colder. 1:I p. M:
Conditions favorable for severe local
storms In extreme eastern Dakota.
The coaches from the east on the
afternoon train were loaded with return
ing delegates, from the /. 0. O. +. and
Rebekah grand lodges just held at Sioux
Falls. The grand lodge voted to meet
at Sioux Falls again next year.
George Schlosser, the rustling man
ager of of the Publishers Printing COM
pany of Aberdeen passed east today.
The Printing company now supplies
patents for So newspapers of the state
and is meeting with excellent success
though witkstanding a bitter attack on
every hand from the patent house trusts.
Rapid City Journal, 10: There was
| brought to the city yesterday afternoon
| the pelt OF an unusually large mountain
lion. The animal was captured near
| John Morris ranch. Sunday evening a
young man living in that neighborhood
found the animals trail ..and tracked it
to it's den. A large beaver trap was set
the same evening with the result of cap
turing his lionship. The lion measures
eight feet and the skin will no doubt ere
long adorn the parlor of some palatial
residence.
Preparations are being made for the
forthcoming Advent camp meeting,
which will be held in Walkers grove, on
Lake Madison, beginning June Ia. The
camp meeting proper begins june %.
Rev. A. p. Nelson, Of Hurley, president
OF this conference and Rev. A. w. Kan
BILE, of Sioux Falls, arranging for lumber,
tents, oats, hay, groceries and provisions
generally. AS large an attendance as
ever secured is expected this year. A
prominent divine who has been doing
work in Australia will be present during
the meeting, as will also Rev. c. A. Olson
president of the General Conference.
Sheriff Fox, assisted by e. D. Stetzel
commenced this morning to take inven-
tory OF the stock of John Driscoll, levied
upon under execution yesterday morn
ing. In answer to the query of a DAILY
LEADER reporter to-day, Mr.. Driscoll
said he did not know how much the
stock would inventory and it would take
quite a while to determine, as the goods
we're not marked on cost price and re-
ference would have to be had to the
original invoices in many cases, which
would make the listing necessarily slow
Mr. Drlscoll was looking after his ex
emptions in the matter, as he said it was
all he had or would get out OF the stock
and he thought his family entitled te
this much at least. MIR. Driscoll feels
keenly the loss of his business and hopes
such a valuable stock will not be taken
away from here or sacrificed in the sale
The degree team and representatives
of Madison Lodge ]. O. 0. f. came back
in full force from Sioux Falls this after
noon and bearing very enthusiastically
as they had a good right to, the magnifi
cent silver prize cup as a trophy Of theil
excellent drill. In the first or ~,nitiatory
drill the team tied the Sioux Falls team
but allowed the latter to take the prize
as they had won it here last year. Bu1
in the first degree contest the Madison
boys outdid their competitors in splendid
work and become absolute possessors o
the silver cup which is now on exhibi
tion in the Book store. On one side i
is engraved with a member in uniform
and on the observe has the followin,
legend: presented to the degree team
Madison Lodge, No. 20, for the best OK
emplification Of the First Degree, Ma,
II, 1893, by the past grand masters ant
grand lodge officers Of South Dakota"
A DAILY LEADER reporter was mucl
surprised to meet III the city today al
old acquaintance Of early days in Gran
: county whom he had not met in twelv,
years, John II. Packard. John had
troublous life in those days and though
to improve ii by enlisting in the regula
: army, which he did. He served hi
nine years faithfully chasing Sitting
!, Bull and other unruly Indians in Nortl
Dakota and Montana, robbers in tn
western mountains and bandits, counter
feters ard moonshiners in the south
western states and is now on the honor
ably retired list, still in secret service o
his country, has q young wife and tw
! children and looks ten years younge
than when we last saw him twelve year
!, ago. He can entertain one by the hon
d with his thrilling stories and one of th