The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-22

80 kindly ]patronized the occasion and
also to those who assisted in the must
cal part Of the evening entertainment.
The affair was IN unusually pleasant one
many of the young and some OF the older
people taking part IN a unique program.
Ten dollars was raised for the charitable
object Of the gathering.
OF the live men arrested for SEEMING
fish in Brant Lake two-Ciem and j.. G.
Harvey-were brought tbefore Justice
Holdridge last evening and plead. The
former was acquitted and the latter fin
ed S25 and costs, in default Of which be
should go to Jail five days. AS the fine
was pretty heavy for these times and be
was unable to r.ise the money he now
languishes in Jail. The other three
John and Garland Ellis.and E. Ovens
were brought before Justice Holdridge
this afternoon. The defendants with
VIM. McGrath as counsel are making a
tight on b constitutionality of the law.
Mrs. Ulba Thompson, preacher in
charge Of the Lake county circuit of the
Free Methodist church, that
there will be a Free Methodist tent
meeting about eight miles southeast of
Madison (%southeast quarter section 10
los 52) Franklin township, commencing
May %, 1895, and continuing over two
Sundays. Rev. d. w. Cook Of Beresford
will have charge Of the meeting and be
assisted by other ministerial talent. The
quarterly meeting in connection with
this gathering will begin June 7 and be
continued over the Sunday following.
Rev. j. B. Freeland, district elder, will
be present from June 4 to g.. Preaching
service every evening at 8 o'clock and
every afternoon at 2:30, beginning June
l. Sunday services will be at 1920 a.
H., 2:3O p. m. and : p. IN. Everybody is
earnestly invited to attend. Plenty of
picket room for horses.
The summary Of the South Dakota
weather service of meteorological
changes for April is at hand and shows
an interesting lot of facts. The monthly
mean temperature was 53.4 or S.5 above
the normal which will be readily conce-
dcd when the warm weather Of that
month is remembered. The precipita-
ton was also O.O9 Of an inch above the
average, the mean rainfall being 2.G.
The greatest rainfall was in a section
about fifty miles in diameter around
Aberdeen where 5.A inches fell. The
fall In Lake county was about 2.5 inches.
The prevailing direction of the wind
was northwest. The probability of
rain for South Dakota during the month
of June as determined from records COW
ering the period from 1871 to 1888 inclu
sive, of days Of one .hundredth of an
inch or more rainfall, is for the eastern
portion, 36 per cent; central. So per cent;
and western, 43 per cent.
1.-The district w. G. r. q. convention
met this afternoon ut 2 O'Clock in the
Presbyterian church with about thirty
delegates in attendance. Mrs. Lulu A.
Ramsey OF Woonsocket presided and
Mrs. G. W. Wood OF this city 10 score
tary. The meeting opened with devo-
tional exercises by Mrs. Stump of Went
worth and then followed the roll call Of
officers, appointment Of committees,
work Of credentials and other commit.
tees, and the mothers meeting led by
Mrs. Blackman.x This evening at the
opera house will he tho address of vel
come, response and lecture by Rev. Dr..
Wolff on Our Partnership With the So