The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-18
Local BREvHTHEs.

Wheat a. cents; fax s1,20
Al jewel of a boy made its appearance
at Geo. Cooks yesterday.
A. w. Holdridge boasts q 10 arrival,
q, girl, at his house yesterday.
The Women's Guild Of Grace church
will meet at the residence OF Mrs. John
Bell tomorrow afternoon at the usral
hour.
The north end OF the first ward en-
joyed the sweet strains OF q Normal
school glee club who serenaded Alder
man-elect Dempster at q late hour laet
evening.
Agent Larkin has been instructed to
receive freight for Great Northern points
subject to delay caused by the strike on
that great line. It is 'tied up" from the
Pacific to The Great Lakes.
The weather bureau at Huron reports
the mean temperature for the month OF
March in South Dakota at 33.A degrees
above zero, the highest being Sc degrees
above and the lowest for the month %
degrees below. The summary also shows
that the average Of maximum tempera-
tures, 10, was the highest for the month
OF March in ID years past, while the
average minimum temperature, 9 below,
was the lowest, with q exception, in
ID years, thus showing greater extremes
In fluctuations of temperature. The
average precipitation or water fall was
2.l4 inches.
Arbor Day will be observed by the
several departments of the public schools
Of the city by appropriate exercises, each
department agreeing to plant at least
one tree on the school grounds. Follow
log is the program OF exercises of the
High school on that day, commencing at
2 .. m: Song. The Old Oxen Bucket;
roll call; reading, Arbor Day proclama-
ton, Bertha Marx; origin of Arbor Day;
song, Full and Harmonious; reading,
The forest Hymn, Susie La Brec; read
ing, Famous Trees, May Belknap; reci-
~tation, Woodman Spare that Tree,
Ellen Monty; song, Brave Old Oak, de-
bate; address, Rev. VT. J. Cleveland;
gong, America; planting trees.
The election at Woonsocket yesterday
decided the mayoralty by q single vote,
the contestants being Albert Carlisle
formerly Of this city, prohibitionist, and
Attorney Moses, anti, Moses being the
victor. Charlie Moore, locomotive en-
gfneer between Woonsocket and this
city. is accredited with having cast the
vote that made q mayoro of Moses. Char,
lie was an enthusiastic Moses man, but
was compelled to take his train out 81
Woonsocket yesterday morning before
the polls were opened. Upon meeting
the incoming train, however, he changed
off with Engineer Ryel and returned X
Woonsocket in time to cast his vote fol
his man, thereby making him a winner
The excavation for the standpipe hal
been made and the men to-day com
menced filing it with the concrete which
consists OF ! part cement, 2 parts sane
and 4 parts rock. It's resisting powe
will be 60 pounds to the square inch
The we'll is now down IL feet and waite
has been reached. The well will be pu
down 20 feet. The first pipe laid will.b
from the well TO the stand-pipe and tbel
across the rayine at the new Egan ave
nue. bridge where il must be sunk unde
the water bed. A difficulty has been on
~countered there in a bed OF quick-san,
which which will have to be OVERLAND b
concrete before the pipe can be lait
y The bill OF two car loads OF piping ha
been received and work in the trenche
will soon ommence.
The ladies having In charge the MID
way Plaisance entertainment to b
given at the opera house on the evening
OF April "a and %, are bnsily engage
perfecting their plans, and the indica
tions. are that the affair will be both er
joyable and successful Among the in
portant features will be the Mooris
palace, Irish booth, Turkish bootl
streets OF Cairo, Ferris wheel, etc. Th
Or Lake City orchestra will furnish mus
lie Cor the occasion, and The Nordraa
under the direction OF Or. Johr
ii son, viii render q gong program Ia Co
\. tune. There are many other pleasin
NJ features which will be noted later. "A.
mission to the hall % cents, children !
Is cents, supper 10 cents.
Is In counting the ballots yesterday
al was = frequent experiences Of the iudg,
TO ind ballots where the choice I,
mayor was marked by q cross before VI
!. name while all the other names on fl
i ticket were not marked and the vot
for these candidates thrown out by ii
judges. This sery materially reduce
ei the number Of votes cast Tor other cit
ward and school officers. The cause
ler iii no doubt was the fact that there w,