The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-31
McGILLIVRAY BROS

Local dealers pay from Is to 20 cents and
find oats scarce and hard to get. Far
mers are not hurrylng the threshing Of
oats, the price being no incentive to &C.
tivity. local dealers are retailing at %
cents.
MRS. d. G. Miller landlady OF the
Madison house received q corteous sur
prize to-day at dinner time. Her board
ers discovered it was her birthday an
niversary and to attest their ap
probation Of her kindly efforts to
minister to their physical comfort pre-.
sented her with a beautiful gold lined
card receiver, Rev. DR.. Wolff making
the presentation address in fitting terms.
1t was a complete surprise 20 the
worth lady and had been successfully
planned by Mrs. H. J. Patterson.
IA new Presbyterian church will be
organized tomorrow at the McGillivray
school house, eight miles southwest Of
this city, by Rev. DR.. Carson, synodical
missionary, and Rev. A. M. Work, Pres.
byterial missionary. Several country
members of the church here-Mr. and
Mrs. and Nellie Grant, Mrs. John Nc,
Gillivray and Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. B. John,
son-will be granted letters Of dismiss
Ion and constitute part of the Icy or
ganization. Licentiate G. l.. Mcleod
has been a very acceptable preacher to
these people.
Henry Gill brought to The DAILY
LEADER Office to day a magnificent sam.
pie Of Kafir corn raised by John T,
Hare on Lake Madison from seed
brought by Mr.. Gill from Missouri a
year ago. 1t stands about eight feet
high and is very bushy, making a fruit.
full and nutritious fodder, growing an
immense crop. The large amount Of
sacchaiine matter in this fodder makes
it very ~fattening, all kinds OF stock eat.
ing 1t ravenously. The fact that il
grows 60 luxuriantly in all kinds OF sea.
sons in Dakota makes it also valuable
for this country. Mr.. Hare has several
acres Of it, all good, and the heavy tas.
sells upon 1t shows t twill produce abun'
dance of seed. He also brought some
samples of Indian corn from MI. Hare's
fields the ears Of which are prodigious
Ten days more without frost and Lake
county will have one of the greatest anC
best crops Of corn 1t ever raised.
Argus Leadet, 80: II the peddlers' Ii
cense ordinance is Of any value it 10 abou'
time to begin enforcing it against tn,
horGe OF psddlers who are now canvas
sing the town. One man sells furnitur,
polish, another rugs, another lace cur
t.ins and so on through the whole list
The curtain peddler sells goods "for on,
third less than your local merchants cal
sell them" and gets very ugly when til,
house wife refuses to believe the story
One of the peddlers is suspected to b'
the advance agent Of q gang OF burglar
| which usually reaches q town with q cir
Gus in spite Of all the police and the cir
Gus management can do, and that while
he Is ~ostensibly trying to selfgoods he il
in reality taking observations for futur,
use. Some OF those fellows would b,
good ones to use for a test Of the ordi
nance -. Willis c. Beaman Of Madison
will plead tomorrow to ar indictment TO
forging an internal ven receipt. I
10 charged that Beaman took an old re
ceipt issued il 1893 to B. G. Henry a
Lake View and changed it 70 run to Jes
sic Hawkins who kept resort at LAX,
Herman. He sold it to Jessie at a dis
count but Jessie became convinced tina
this was wrong aud reported the matte
to the authorities. Judge Atkins will dc
fend.
Smoke Kurth's Flor de Basco, best s
cigar in town.