The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-24
THE CITY.
LOCAL ~RREVlTlES.

Rev. y. NJ. Mime vent to Oldham this
morning to hold lis appointment t..
morrow.
Editor Wait, Of the Howard Demo-
crat, and wife went east this morning to
Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Rev. Mr.. Clifton, Baptist minister at
E,an. paid Rev. \. G. BIackman u visit
t. yesterday, returning home to day.
Ernest Hill, of Chamberlain. is attenG-
ing to the ~jewelry and repairing depart
ment OF Frank &. Smiths store until W.
illness.
. Dr. \. T.. Clough, County Judge VIII
hanson and o. O. Murray, Esq, acting
a "A board Of insanity, to-day took the
evidence in the case of james L. Goggin.
a young MAJ about ~ years Of age, of
Winfred. adjudging him insane. As
soon DIS the proper papers can be made
cut and an attendant summoned, he will
be committed to the asylum for the ir-
sane at Yankton.
\ The two Year old child Of John Schnell
living south of the city died yesterday of
dropsy from which it has been ailing "a
long time. The funeral will be held
from the Prince school house at . p. M,
tomorrow. Rev. J. y. Ewart conducting
the services. The remains will tie
brought>to Madison cemetery for burial.
Station Agent Larkin received notice
from the Milwaukee, railway company
this morning that it will freight the
water works piping to this city from
Chicago at I cents per hundred weight
less than regular rate, which is 30 cents.
This is a very liberal concession and Will
save the city about 500.
The place of the funeral of the late
Mrs. julia A. Pulford, having been
changed from the family residence in
Concord township to the Presbyterian
church of his city, the services. con
Quoted by the Rev. j. Y. Ewart, took
place there at | o'clock this afternoon.
\. large number Of immediate friends
and n%elghbors accompanied the family
and remains hlther and many more SYM
pathizing friends joined the cortege here.
The ladies Of the church had prepared
some beautiful floral offerings IN the
forms OF crosses, anchor and other de-
signs and the choir led in the solemn
singing OF the occasion. Rev. J. Y.
Ewart took for his text, John 1G:33-"In
this world ye shall have tribulation but
be Of good cheer, ] have overcome the
world" and preach 4 a very comforting
m The remains We're taken to
Madison cemetery for interment.
y Sioux Falls special of the - INST. to
the Sioux City Journal gives the follow
ing inside Information into game mat
ters in Lake county, $. d.: A farmer
who lives in the vicinity Of Madison was
in the city yesterday selling fish, which
were taken out of Lake Madison with a
seine. lie brought down about IA ton of
the fish and says he has three tons left,
which he will ship to eastern markets.
The law Of South Dakota prescribes a
heavy penalty for catching or destroying
fish from January to May of each year,
but no attention is paid to it. This far
mer tells OF IA rather queer state OF affairs
that now exists at Madison over the at
tempt made there last week to enforce
the law against trapping prairie chickens.
The farmers throughout Lake county,
have been doing an extensive business
this winter in trapping prairie chickens
and selling them to parties who ship
them to Boston, where they nave been
receiving from 1850 to s. per dozen f,r
the chickens. A number of business men
of Madison formed a gun club for the
purpose OF stopping this traffic, and had
n farmer arrested as he was preparing
30 ship two barrels of chickens. After a
couple of trials and considerable expense
to the county the farmer escaped. as 1t
was impossible to convict him. 1t was
known that lots Of the game birds we're
on hand, SC the club sent men to all the
stations in the vicinity to catch any one
who would ship them, but they did not
look after their v station properly, fer