The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-12-30

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morning by the Rev. DR.. Wolf at the
family residence in the northeast part
of the city. after which they were taken
TO the depot and shipped to Green
Mountain, Iowa, for interment. Mr..
B. A. Williams, son-in-la OF the de-
ceased, accompanied the remains to
their last resting place.
x The Presbyterian Sunday school held
it's annual election Of officers for the
coming year, yesterday, resulting as fol-
lows: Superintendent, r. b. McClenon;
assistant, Willis jerks; secretary, Clay
ton Ball; assistant, Lucius Billings;
treasurer and librarian, Henry Neill;
chorister, Geo. F. Tuttle; organist, Ber-
tina Faw kes. Fourteen teachers were
also elected or rather mostly reelected.
John w. Davis Of Leroy came in to-
day and paid for bis ton Of coal received
from the county one year ago. Some OF
the neighbors had reflected ON Johns in
~tentions to pay but he always said he
would pay that before he would buy q
pair OF boots. He needs the Boots badly
enough, but he has paid the coal bill
first. In this connection it is interesting
to note that out of all the coal sold to the
needy a year ago, John is only the third
to make restitution; the other two being
Gus. Winslow of Wayne and Carl Gun
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Dell Rapids Tribune, %. Joe
Huntimer has sold his large farm
IN Taopi township to Jerry
Hurley, Of Madison. The farm
consists of 400 acres and MI. Hun
timer gets 5000 in cash and 5000
worth Of property in Madison, making
the total consideration 5000, or an aver
age of $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Huntimer
also gets the use Of the land for another
year, 70 that he will probably remain on
the farm for that length of time at
least. 49, Through the recommendation
Of Senator Pettigrew and other Con-
gressmen from this state, Ralph Whit
man, son of Geo. Whitman, OF this
place, has been appointed to a position
in the government printing Office at
Washington and has entered tupon his
duties.
The union services at the Presbyter-
ian church last evening were we'll attend
ed, the church being crowded to the
doors. The paper by Mrs. Jenkins was
a plea for purity of language, of thought
and Of life. The paper was very we'll
written aud set forth the Importance of
purity Of language on the part of pa
rents, teachers and all who occupy posi-.
tions Of influence. The subject Of Mrs
lackman's paper was "Our own and
Ter girls" Some facts brought out il
the paper are startling and are we'll cal
culated to make fathers and mothers
anxious as to the influence surrounding
our girls. or the 100000 girls who ART
living lives of shame, more than one
half are shared into that life and are
taken from respectable homes. Follow
ing this paper a collection was taken To-
the Rescue Home which has lately beer
founded at Pierre, and which is sup
ported by the w. G. II. U. Of the state
The collection amounted to Sl1.05. Tn.
! address of the evening was given BY
Judge Holdridge and was greatly en-
( joyed by all. 1t was a grand plea t.
young people to lead an industrious
pure and moral life. He gave many il
Illustrations drawn from personal OBJ
servations Of the fact that with very few
r exceptions the character of the boy O
girl is a sure index Of the character o
, the man or woman A gentleman leav
ing the church remarked that that wa
. one OF the finest addresses he had eve
heard in Madison. The choir adde,
much to the enjoyment of the occasion
b by their appropriate and we'll rendered
V selections.
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