The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-24
G ~BREvITIEs.


Rev. J. P. Jenkins will exchange pull
pits tomorrow with Rev. Geo. B. Dodd
of Colman.
The last of the machinery for the new
creamery arrived to-day and it will soon
be in operation.
Miss Nettie Dexleimer returned to
her home at Spencer, preparatory to go
ing to the worlds fair.
Rev. Il. M. Shanafelt, Of Huron, and
ID. p. Ward, Baptist Sunday school mis-
sionary, were attendants at the German
Baptist conference yesterday.
s.. Bullock was suddenly stricken
down this morning With a kidney COM
plant from which he suffered very Sc
verely until relieved by medical aid.
MI. and Mrs. Cyrus Crossman, uncle
and aunt of Mrs. Elwyn Hart, who have
been visiting the latter for a week, left
for their home in Pennsylvania this
morning. They have made a six weeks
tour of western states and are more
highly pleased with South Dakota than
any of them.
Canton Daily Advocate, %: 1t is re-
ported that Miss Edna Carter's voice has
failed. This, If true, will be sad news to
her many Canton friends, as great ex-
pectations were entertained by all that
Miss Edna would make a notorial repu-
tation for herself, as she had a voice
which had stood the test of criticism by
noted critics.
Howard Press. %: The Madison ball
club crossed bats with the Howard Sec
ond nine Wednesday afternoon and left
town in the evening without the banner.
At the close of the first half OF the
eighth inning the score stood Is to IL i n
favor Of the Howard boys. Both clubs
put up a good game, many plays being
made which would have done credit TO
played on the Madison grounds July 4th.
The Madison ball club Is a ~gentlemanly
lot of boys. The game was entirely free
from kicks and squabbles of any kind.
John Buckley, of Canova, who had
come to the lake on a fishing excursion,
drove up In front Of ID. McKinnon's store
and hitched his horse. Scarcely had
they left the animal thar it backed on
the hi~tching-strap and sloughed the
bride, made a savage run around in
circle, running upon the side walk and
almost into Grinager Bros store door
; then backed out and went down Center
street ~careering turned at the public
school ground and nearly broke its neck
in crossing the side walks as it rounded
up behind the marble works. The tor
, of the buggy was jerked off and reaches
broken, otherwise no material damage
ensued.
The State Alliance meeting which be.
gins here next Monday promises to be
well attended from all parts Of the state
The first public gathering will be- Mon
day evening in the opera house when III
L. Loucks will deliver an address on the
naturalization OF the liquor traffic. Al
this will be a new view of the temper
ance cause and one which is agltatinl
the public mind to a considerable extent
the honorable gentleman ought to be ia
vored with a large attendance. A NAL,
q~uartette of Madison's best singers viii
~enliven the occasion with songs, and il
this and by a good attendance it i
hoped to show that Madison welcome
? to her precincts all classes and creeds o
South Dakota citizenship.
City Auditor Sheridan this Afternoon
received a letter from Vernon Bell !.
Son of Minneapolis, Mimi, giving est
mates, plans and specifications 70
an electric light plant to be estat
Iished in the city of Madison. The lei
q ter states that the figures and propos
tion were made at the request of "you
friend" Auditor Sheridan is at a los
to know who "yonr friend" refers tt
'. but in view of the fact that Alderma
Fits of the First ward has recentl
been the guest OF the Minneapolltan
~ perhaps he is posing as the auditor
- "friend," and being suddenly attacke
with o spasm of enterprise and genero
ity, the alderman from the First war
! has decided to buy an electric ligf
plant and give it to the city for a Fourt
OF July present. Well, it's all RICH
le Madison needs an aldermanic Moses
lead her benighted people out of ii
g darkness and wilderness and one thin
and another, and there is no good reaso
IS, why the alderman from the First wal
shouldn't take the rod and assun
IN command. What we all want, Aide
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