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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
RACING ACROSS THE LAMBS.

drifts yet unmelted in the fence corners
and in the gullies of the hillside, and
it still retains some of the balm of sum.
mer. You will do we'll, too, if the choice
is left to you, to begin your blowing in
u field that has recently been cropped
and not in one whose surface Is covered
with n sward of some years growth,
especially if your team be light, for
only the heaviest draft animals can be
used i'm breaking sward with any com
fort to the man who holds the pillow
handles. Light horses are Obliged, in or.
der to haul the plowshare's cutting edge
through the sward's thick mass, to move
with much greater speed than the heavy
ones, and the man who plows sward
with horses weighing less than 1, 600
pounds apiece is far more wearied when
at noon the dinner horn calls to the
midday meal than his neighbor whose
My first experience as a plowboy was
in the autumn in u Is acre field of sward
that had not been turned for 25 years.
Fair and smooth this field appeared to
the eye, for although it had originally
been covered with stones they had been
picked clean and laid into walls in place
of fences, with the exception of here
and there a bowlder showing its rounded
brown or white surface in strong con.
trast with the prevailing green. These
powders, however, did not add to the
difficulty of breaking up the sod, for
they could be avoided, but there were
others, lying just below the surface,
which could not be perceived till they
were struck, and therein lay my great
est difficulty. My team was light, one
of the horses weighing about 1000
pounds and the other about l, 100. Ev
cry farmer knows that such a team
ought not to be put in to break sod. /
know it now, and it wa in that field of
sward that / learned it.
My little horses, barely more than
ponies. were admirably adapted to light
road work, but not at all to breaking
sod. Besides being light they were high
strung and doubtless indignant at the
heavy task / placed upon them. BY no
possibility could they do the work at q
steady, even gait. They were obliged to
race across the lands" as the sections
into which a field is divided by the
plowman are denominated. If you have
ever plowed, you do not need to know
of my misery during the fortnighs that
was consumed in breaking those ID acres
of sod. 1t was almost impossible to
keep a straight furrow, and frequently
the plow would run completely out of
the ground. making it necessary to back
the horses with one hand and haul the
heavy iron sod breaker with the other
to the point of leaving the furrow. This
almost constant bobbing in and out of
the furrow was extremely conducive TO
bruises. AS / am rather tall, / was
thumped continually in the region Of
the hips, which became black and blue
ON the first day of my labors in the field
and remained so until the work was en-
tirely finished. III i had been shorter Of
stature, / would have received the pillow
handles hammering on the ribs
, This punishment and the exertion OF
keeping my team as near straight as
possible were enough to make any one
in position to do so forswear the occu
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
A Town with No Lawxers.

In the town of Oberweisenthal, in
Saxony, disputes between the inhabit-
ants are SO rare that there is no room
for o lawyer. A Leipsic merchant, who
applied TO the tribunal at Oberweisen-
thai for TIE address Of q counsel, re-
ceiyed the following reply, 1--WE have
the honor to inform you that there Ii no
advocate here, but the barber, Fritz
Biel. represents the interests of litigants
In civil cases. {
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

Aberdeen News, B: Mrs. S. II. Gran
mer vent to Huron this morning. She
vigorously denies the report telegraph,
ed from Sioux Falls that she had given
up the fight against resubmission be.
cause she had come to believe that
further work was useless. On the con.
trary she insists that resubmission will
In all probability be defeated and that
the efforts of Christian people will be
earnestly maintained.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

gave me the impression that my neck
n well as the horizon was broken. For
q moment the team struggled frantical-
~, dragging me over the handles of the
pillow, and then stood still.
Then l got to my feet and began an
investigation. First / loosened the team
and let them rest and Craze. Then !
pulled tho heavy iron continuance out
of the furrow and examined 1t. The
point was broken short off and lay in
the bottom of the shallow trench, against
the top of the bowlder / had struggled
with to my defeat. AS l had not antici-
pated any such experience, being green
i'm the matter of breaking sward, / was
obliged to leave my work and go three
miles to the village for a new point. To
the portly old ''~storekeeper, who had
himself been q farmer and when a boy
had personally had a first experience be-
tween the pillow handles, / told the story
of my mishap. 1t seemed to him vastly
amusing, and he suggested that ! should
take half n dozen points along, so that
in case I ran across more powders /
would not have to lose time making ex-
ira trips. ! accepted his advice and
drove back I % the field determined to
watch out for hidden obstacles the rest
Of the day. All went well until about
8 o'clock. Perhaps / had grown are
less by that time, though, now that ]
think of it, / fail to see how, with 8 o
light q team, / could have avoided
breaking points. At all events, I struck
another bowlder, and the result was
even more disastrous than when / COL
lided with the first one.
My poor little horses were forging
ahead quite as rapidly as before, their
n~ostrils swelling and their necks and
TANKS fiecked with foam, when we
struck. / knew what was the matter
this time, but ! was quite unprepared
for what happened. 1t was not the point
that gave way, but the iron beam, a
much more serious matter, for while
points cost bat a few cents apiece the
price of q beam runs up into the dol
lars. I don't remember the exact
amount, but it was enough to seem a
great sum to me then. Besides il meant
a much greater loss of time than if
had simply broken q point, for to get a
beam casting I had to go to the county
seat, some 16 miles away, where the
plow was manufactured. Fortunately ]
found On closely examining the break
that there had been a flaw in the cast
ing, and for that reason I was able to
force the manufacturer to furnish q new
beam gratis.
/ have no distinct recollection Of the
number of powders with which / after
ward came in collision. Tt was probably
less than 100, and / know it was more
than six, for ! remember distinctly hav-
ing to make several trips to the good
natured old storekeeper for more points.
He said / was the best customer he had
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

An important decision has just been
rendered by the supreme court in the
case of James River lodge, No. 80, l. o.
O. F., Of Huron, against c. E. Decker
man. The decision suetains Judge A.
w. Campbell, in an application by the
plaintiff for a writ of certiorari to re-
verse his order allowing foreclosure by
affidavit to proceed. About $1,000 is in
volved in this suit, secured by mortgage
on the Odd Fellows block in this city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
BREAK OLD SOD
ESPECIALLY " YOUR HORSES ARE
LIGHT DRAFT AND HIGH SPIRITED.

What Every Veteran win Agree Is Good
Advice to- the Young or Amateur Farmer.
You'd Best Draw Your First Furrow In
the Autumn.
Maybe you have never held the pillow
handles behind steady moving team of
horses or a pair Of oxen of still slower
and more uniform rate Of progress, If
you have not, you do not know by ex-
perience that blowing is an operation
requiring skill and patience as well as
plenty of brute strength.
If You are a farmers boy, but have
not yet gone into the field a-plowing,
you will do we'll to draw the first fur
row in the autumn rather than in the
spring, for although the atmosphere of
autumn is bracing and in its chilliness
foretells the freezing atmosphere of
winter, yet it lacks the raw edge of the
springtime air that comes from
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

patton of blowing as a means OF getting
o livelihood, but these were the least
81 my troubles. | shall never forget
how, in about the middle of the morn
ing OF the third day. the point or my
pillow came In sudden contact with one
of the hidden bowlders | have mention
cd. Ny light draft horses were tearing
across the field at almost>a trot. I was
bathed In p~erspiration. and my long legs
were striding vigorously to keep up.
Suddenly tho sky seemed to fall. TIE
earth to rise to meet the blue, and the
horizon 10 break In pieces. The reins,
which were over my shoulders. were
pulled even herder than usual. and this
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

Anaconda, in Montana, has succeeded
in capturing the state capital from
Helena by a majority of over 1000 votes.
More money was spent in the waging of
this war than in ny capital fight prob.
ably ever contested in the world. Mine
owners, capitalists and railroad corpora
tons were pitted against each other.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

they can be had c. +he
FAVORABLE TERMS
now offered, and you viii then have
them when you need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
we'll as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
Ii you have been renting q
house in the city, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out in rent, and if you have
been renting long you will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build as good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home Of
your own. Why not put this
money into
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you will feel a natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy on your part will do
it. Start at once by
BUYING A LOT.
Ii you are renting a farm figure
a moment what you r paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy a farm here.
What you pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good q farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm of
your own and feel the independ-.
ence Of
OWNING A HOME.
Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
South Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your ~opportuni-
ty of a lifetime will be gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient money on hand with
which to buy even a lot" Sup
pose you have not -- and there are
many of this Glasgow a pay a
small amount down, and we will
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi-
lures, and before you know it your
lot is
PAID FOR
and you have not missed the mon
ey the amount of each payment
being so small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances IN that
this same money would have been
expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there il no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to a piece of real estate, and
especially if that real estate is
sometime to be your Home.
It will surprise you when you
lsok over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
it will take to secure a fine resi-
dence or business lot in this city,
or a beautiful farm in this county.
We own and control nearly all the
real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
and easy terms Of payment. If
you only have a few dollars to
spare now, come in or write us, and
we will fit you out with a good lot,
or more than one if you want, and
arrange payments satisfactorily to
you. III you have only a few hum
dred dollars TO spare, and want q
farm, come and see us, or write,
and we feel positiyewe can arrange
q deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
AIRY and social advantages, has a
wide reputation for being a
CITY OF M
and Lake county with her excel
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The DAILY LEADEB makes n epecAal feature OF
furnishIup Information concerning Disadvantages
aud resources of the city of Madison aud of the
state al large emitting 1t 10 the patronage of ad-
J. F. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

To tell mushrooms from toadstools,
without eating and waiting for results,
peel an onion and put IL with the fungi
while being cooked. IL the onion re-
mains white, eat with confidence; IL it
turns black. eat it not, IL Won value life.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powdei
awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Franeiseo.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

lAN &A11N -
Every dollar deposited in q city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, and
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation of many q
fortune has been lain by
the purchase of a city lot. IL you
have a family, then by all means
you want a home. If You wish to
live in the city, buy a lot, or more
than one IL you feel able, and COM
mence at once to improve it by
planting trees on il il nothing
more, and building on it as soon
IS practicable. You can make q
oan for the purpose Of building il
You own your lot. II you are q
farmer and expect TO retire soon
aud secure q farm, or come TO the
town for the purpose Of educating
your children then you certainly
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
NOT | PA.S;SEDO'|Ih|''l||.| |
Validity Of the North Dakota
Prohibition Law Still
Unsettled. s~H NH
BEFORE THE SUPREME. COURT,
That Body, However, Deciinoa
to Decide the Case on
Its Merits. 1SS#

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9O.-Chief Justlce
Fuller of the United States supreme
court has affirmed the decision Of the
United States district court Of North
Dakota in the case Of Emil J. Pepke
against the sheriff of Walsh county.
N. D., involving the constitutionality
of the prohibition law of that state.
The justice based his decision on the
similar case decided Monday, that OF
The State of New York vs.. John @:
Emo, brought before the supreme court
on habeas corpus proceedings.
The supreme court rendered no opin'
ion whatever as to the constitutionality
of North Dakota's liquor law. They
decided that they would not review the
decision of the United States district
court at Fargo, discharging the writ of
habeas corpus, and would not decide
the matter upon its merits. The con-
stitutionality of this law still remains
unsettled. Justices Field and Shiras
vigorously dissented from the opinion
in this case. 1.@
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
FATAL.T'lo TWO. v
Street BraWl at York, Ala, Be-
tween a Couple of Prom
inent Residents.
CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED.
He Attempted to Disarm the
Fighters and Was Shot
in the Heart.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, OCT. 30.-A street
fight at York, Ala, resulted in the
wounding of two prominent citizens,
one fatally, and the killing Of the chief
Of police, j. w. Thompson. On Satur.
day S. A. Cameron, cotton compress
agent, and E. F. Allison, O timber mer'
chant, had quarrel about business
settlement, and interference of friends
only prevented bloodshed then. Mon
day morning Allison met, Cameron on
the street and demanded an apology
for certain harsh epithets that he had
applied to him during Saturdays difia.
Guilty. Cameron refused to apologize
and drew his pistol. A fight followed,
when Chief of Police Thompson ran up,
seized Cameron and attempted to dis.
arm him. In the scuffle Cameron's q
pistol went off, two bullets passing
through Allison's side and then pene.
trating Thompson's heart. The latter
fell dead and the former is mortally
wounded. Cameron was severely hurt
by blows ON the head.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
RIVAL OF TWO TRUSTS.

The Great White Spirit Company VIII
Make Sugar and Whisky.
New YORK, Oct. 3O.-A Wall street
news agency, alluding to the newly
organized Great White Spirit company
of New Jersey, says that the corpora
ton is likely to become a rival Of the
American Sugar Refining company,
(sugar trust) as we'll as Of the whisky
trust. The plan is to adopt the German
and French method of refining sugar
and making spirits in practically the
same plant.
The sugar is refined from Beet juice,
and the spirits are made from the
syrups and refuse. This country has
already exported some 10000 tons Of
syrups to be put through this process.
It is alleged to be the purpose of the
new concern to reverse that condition
and import syrups from Europe in tank
steamers.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
HIS BID TOO LOW,

Aud Now tho Governments Insists That .
Contractor Pay Up
Sioux FALLS, Oct. 80.-Asuit invo'v.
ing large sum was commenced in the
United States court here during the
day. The United States is plaintiff and
Asel Kyes, with his bondsmen. defend
ants. The complainant alleges that
Kyes had contract to furnish grain to
Fort Sully, in Indian Territory, and
Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, in
Kansas, for J. the year beginning
July l., 1890, and ending June
80, 1891. Under the term Of his
contract he was to furnish the govern.
ment 2,450,O00 pounds of oats and
100000 pounds of corn at q stipulated
price. Owing to the drouth in that
section Of the country he was unable to
supply the grain and the government
went into the markets and bought
what it needed. 1t now sues Mr.. Kyes
for the difference between the contract
price and what it had to pay, the total
amount being $2S, 1878, with interest
at per cent from July /, 1891, to the
present time.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
CONFESS THEIR CRIME,
Pacific Express Robbers at Tho Dalles,
Or, in Custody. T.

Pacific Express Robbers at Tho Dalles,
Or, in Custody. { & a.
The DALLEs, Ore, Oct. 30.-After
two weeks unsuccessful endeavor on the
part of detectives and local officers the
parties who robbed the Pacific Express
company in this city Of $14, 900 on Oct.
l, have at last been apprehended and
placed under arrest and all but $500 OF
the money recovered. Frank Klein and
Otis Savage; young men Of respectable
parentage living here, are in Jail, hav-
ing made complete confession OF the
theft. Many clues were followed by
detectives, but all proved fruitless until
Sheriff Driver suggested that possibly
Klein and Savage, who have been liv'
ing in idleness about town and who
once belonged to what is known locally
as the Hawthorne gang Of desperadoes,
might be implicated. The clue was
followed and Klein confessed, telling
also where the money was hid. Klein
also confessed that they had robbed the
postofice here on the night Of Sept. s.
These arrests break up one Of the worst
gangs of robbers in this section and re-
lieve Express Agent Hill of the odium
which suspicion cast on him when dis
patches erroneously stated that he had
been arrested for committing the deed
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
GRESHAM'S STRONG KICK
Against the Action Of the German Govern
ment in Prohibiting Our Beef. &

Against the Action Of the German Govern
ment in Prohibiting Our Beef.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S0.-Secretary
Gresham has made a very strong repre-
sentation to the German government
as to the injustice to the United States
of the recent order prohibiting the i'm
portation of American cattle and fresh
meat into Germany. He has protested
that the action, which is SO severe a
blow to great American industry.
was taken without sufficient evidence
of disease among the cattle exported
from the United States or it's ccnta
gious character or harmful effects. The
secretary and the German ambassador
were in conference at the state depart
ment on the, subject and the minis
ter transmitted the protest to
his home government, promising that
it should receive careful consideration.
There is some reason to hope that our
government may be able to secure
suspension Of the order for a time at
least, to afford opportunity for further
investigation and the proper considera-
ton of such representation as we can
make to support our cause, and reason
for this belief is founded on the change
just made in the German chancellor
shin, '- &
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
GREETING TO HILL.
Democrats of Albany Turn Out in Unprece-
dented Numbers.

Democrats of Albany Turn Out in Unprece-
dented Numbers.
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 30.-A mass
meeting, the proportions Of which has
never been paralleled in Albany, was
the result of the fusion of the two
branches of the Democracy to tender q
greeting to Senator Hill, who is now q
resident Of this city. At least 1000
people thronged the great hall where
Senator Hill spoke and as many more
listened to speakers who were on the
outside and unable to gain admission.
A noticeable feature Of the affair
was the presence on the stage, as co.
speaker with Senator Hill, Of Congress-
man Charles Tracy, who is looked upon
as personal representative Of Presi-
dent Cleveland. At least 1900 men
took part in the escort of Senator Hill
to the hall, among whom was body
of Grand Army veterans and two labor
organizations. Senator Hill was the
principal speaker and devoted his time
mainly to 4 discussion Of the tariff.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02
HYPNOTlZED AND HUNG.

Terrible Talo Of Depravity Developed
From Murderer's Confession.
SPARTA, Wis, Oct. 8O.-Samuel F.
Buxton, who was arrested Saturday on
a charge of having murdered Mary A.
Jones, maiden lady. at her home q
few miles from this city, on the 21st
inst, where she was found hanging by
the neck, has confessed the murder.
His preliminary hearing was held dur
ing the morning, when he waived OK.
animation. He was Immediately re-
moved to Sparta, fears being enter
tanned that mob might attempt to
take him from tho Jail. The crime is
one of q revol ting nature. Three years
ago Buxton hypnotized her and caused
her ruin. The intimacy was conducted
to the day of her death. By the same
system of deceit, the infatuated woman
Consented to he Strung Up
by the neck in the belief that it would
cause the death Of Buxton's wife. The
second time the experiment was tried,
Buxton pushed the chair on which the
foolish woman stood, from under her,
and she swung into eternity. Buxton
took what money was in the house and
left for his home, q short distance
away, where he was arrested, brought
to the city and placed in Jail. His mo.
tive for committing the murder was
that he was tired Of the woman.
Buxton has wife and three children.
The murdered woman was n near
alone.
AS soon as court was called after
dinner, Buxton was brought in and
plead guilty, and was Immediately sem
tanced to Waupun for life.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-11-02

REED GIVEN AN OVATION.
The Ex-srsakcr Talks toa Big Audience
~ 4 gts F n +l% aE3 st, Louis. 49, r

rhe Ex-srsakcr Talks to a Big Audience
~ z y n VIII at St. Louis. ~ =
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 30.-Hon. Thomas B.
Reed, ex-speaker Of the national house
of representatives, held reception at
the Southern hotel during the morning
which lasted until noon. In the after
noon he addressed the members of the
Merchants Exchange. In the evening
Music hall, in the Exposition building,
was filed with crowd numbering be-
tween 1000 and 5000 people, many Of
whom were ladies. Congressman
Charles F. Joy introduced Mr.. Reed,
who was the principal speaker Of the
evening. The ex.speaker received an
ovation when he arose, and it was
some time before he could begin his
address because of the long continued
applause. He held the attention of the
audience throughout, elioiting almost
continuous laughter by his witty re-
marks.