The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-16
THE CITY.
LOCAL BREvlTIEA.

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the north.
Weather report: Fair tonight; fair
and warmer tomorrow.
Editor Person OF the Howard Press
spent the day in the city.
Geo. Hicks came down from Oldham
on the train from the north.
Modern Woodmen meeting tonight
will be held at the hall instead Of w.
E. Daniels office.
j. s. johnson was a passenger for
Iowa points on business and will return
Thursday evening.
H. G. Joy arrived from Sioux Falls
last evening to be present at his broth
er's wedding this evening.
Attend the supper and sale by the
Episcopal ladies at the opera house this
evening. Musical program.
The ladies' who are reading IA Great
Mother" will meet with Mrs. c. w.
Wood, Wednesday at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Fred Mueller departed for Mil
waukee to-day having received the an
nouncement of the death Of her mother.
Major Ruth OF DeSmet. ex-state CON-
missioner OF school and public lands,
was a passenger south to Sioux Falls at
noon.
Firemen's hook and ladder company
will meet tonight at 1880 o'clock to
transact important business. Every
member attend.
Jacob Malstead OF Leroy was brought
before Justice Holdridge to-day charged
with assault and battery upon Mark
Anderson Of that township. The hear
ing of the case was postponed until
Thursday at l p. m.
The school apportionment for April
has been made by Supt. Dougherty and
the money is now being paid out to
school officers by County Treasurer
Fleming. The total apportionment at
this time is s1,72395.
The Normal school will observe Arson
Day by appropriate exercises at the
opera house at $50 p. m. The pupils OF
the Model department will sit In q body
at the front; others will have to sit in
charge Of parents or others authorized
to care for them.
The evolutionary treat given by Miss
Emma Harker At the Baptist church
last evening is very highly spoken Of by
all who attended. She had q large and
appreciative house and musical program
furnished by local talent was not the
least enjoyable part Of the entertain
ment.
Register Of Deeds Schmidt is making
out an abstract to-day Of about sixty
entries. The title runs back to the first
piece OF recorded property in Lake
county, patent running to Wm. F. Baxter,
and first transferred in 1872, in days
when stamps had to be placed
upol such documents. The property in
question is now lakewood Park directly
across the head end OF the lake from the
Chautauqua grounds and just west Of
Sioux Falls point.
The Estelline Tribune has q very good
article on the Madison Normal school by
Lulu M. Digger. which brings into
prominence the fact that outside Of Lake
county Hamlin has more students 13 in
all, giving their names) than any other
county in the state. Such endorsements
as these away from home count much
for the school while on the other hand,
as Miss Digger says, "the best way for
a county TO secure the advantages OF a
state institution is to send pupils 70 il"
Quite q delegation of Presbyterians
were aboard the forenoon train going to
Presbytery which meets at F1andrau
this evening, continuing two days. Del
egates from this city were Elder J. b.
Jones, representing the local church,
Mrs. d. D. Holdridge. Mrs. j. B. jerks
and Mrs. y. E. Matheny, repre-
senting the ladies' missionary society,
and Mrs. r. b. McClenon, secretary of
the synodical missionary society. Ed
Biederstaedt, representing the Y. P. s.
G.. E., DR.. Wolff and Elder John Gill
christ expect to 60 tomorrow.
Election to-day was entirely ~unevent-
full, there being but n candidate for
each Office on the ticket. A misappre-
hension exists, however, az to the OPP
portunity OF the elector o vote under
the Australian system. A large proper.
ton Of the voters think that under this
system no one q be voted for except
those whose names appear on the Of
fetal ballot. Such is not the fact nor
the intent of the Australian system.
Under each candidates name q blank