The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-26

Madison. Some have purchased new
tents and others have been getting thei
camping outfits in readiness 90 al TO b,
on hard ct the opening of the assembly
We have noticed one or two new boats
which have inst been completed that this
owners will take TO Lake Madison Il
use during their ~soiourn there.
Mayor EcGillivray, Auditor Hubbell,
and Assessor Clark will sit ~ . board
OF equalization at Hubbell Bros. Office on
Main street until Thursday evening,
June 20. All persons interested are re-
quested 70 take notice.
Yesterday the attendance in the audi
torium at the lake which listened 70 j,
Al. Willis, the national lecturer. dis
course on populist themes, was about
200. To-day 600 gathered in the same
place after dinner to heal H. Il. Loucks,
and after him, Isaac Howe, the guber-
Material candidate. Mr.. Loucks dis
cussed the government ownership OF
railroads, maintaining that the present
legislative, commissioner or judicial con-
troll 10 incompetent. He lie in favor OF
issuing $3,O00,000 or SO in greenbacks or
treasury notes and building an inter
state road from Canada to the
Gull. This crosses so many other roads
that regulating the traffic on it would
regulate the traffic and tariffs on q |
corporate roads and thus the difficulty
would be solved. Tomorrow promises
10 be the greatest day Of, all at the camp
grouEd and plenty Of talent is on hand
to entertain.
OF the sale of unclaimed American Ex-
press packages collected from all over
the State Of South Dakota the past year,
at Sioux Falls last week. the Press says:
Some OF the parties who purchased
goods at the unclaimed package sale of
the American Express company, are
still wondering what they secured. The
boys t still laughing at l.. NJ, Banks
and John Shorb, who bought up a whole
dray load OF the STUFF. John Buell.
agreed to deliver all they bought il he
was allowed to see what was in the
packages. In the whole dray load they
got nothing OF any value outside Of y jug
Of whisky and o bird cage, both Of which
we're stolen from them. One box weigh
ed about 400 pounds and they thought
it ~ q tombstone, but when opened 10
was . lot OF advertising matter for .
patent medicine. Col. j. r. Woods was
also q lucky purchaser but his luck did
not hold u when the packages were
opened.
HaFeaite, 90: James Hanson has
passed bis final examination and been
admitted AS q cadet at West Point. The
appointment Of young Hanson TO the
West Point Military academy but shows
the possibi tiles OF the poor boy In this
country. james Hanson has been q bare
footed boy at Huron, grown toearly man
hood here, passed through the Huron
high school, and working in various ways
his vacation. He was examined
for appointment here about o year ago,
passed the examination, and was ordered
10 report Tor q second examination at
st. Paul, which he passed, and finally
he was directed 70 60 to West Point for
final examination. And now his poor
old mothers heart il made glad by the
news that her boy, James, has passed the
examination and has been appointed
10 the greatest military academy in the
world. Henson's appointment 10 one OF
alone, AZ he has not q par
Eicle Of political influence, no infiuen
tial friends 10 assist him. Thus IL il
hat in this free country the road to
lame and honor is open TO the rich and
poor alike.
,qDid Jewell bring the rain TO Sioux
.allsr Ii q question often asked.
In this city who were much inter-
In the experiment can draw their
inference from the following &C
,ount OF It's coming. by the Sioux Falls
Press OF the Oath: Last evening at 9:45
Sioux Falls wal visited by one OF those
yentle spring showers, which came
Town easy and penetrated deep into the
,arth. just how Tar the rain extends
not be a~scertained last evening,
it 10 probably quite extensive. n ii
extends quite generally over the country
: will, of course, be claimed al the pro-
of Rainmaker Jewell, and II the
d half inch falls bio win r.
5000 for IL. Mr.. Jewell has made
everal bluffs as 10 what time the rain
would come, but finally gave mp guessing
md concluded to wait and see what
would happen. He was rewarded last
'yening and ID correspondingly happy,
or 1t began 70 look al though ii would
lot rain while he was in thu city. He
lrrived here last Tuesday and since then
/ has rained all around this vicinity and
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