The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01
THE CITY.
LOCAL BREvlrIES.


Little Dick Chaphe vent to Sioux
City alone to-day.
. Mrs. Henry Mead and children we're
passengers for Sioux Falls.
The finest tables In the land hold
bread made from Dwight,s -four.
John Dahl, Jr., aunt and two cousins,
arrived from Lacrosse this evening.
Mcdonald Bros. have just hung across
the sidewalk an elegantly painted hard
ware sign.
Y The Misses Sada and Ida Jones we're
morning passengers for Minneapolis
where they will spend three weeks visit
ing friends.
Miss Annie Brown while attending in
stitute received a telegram from Wis
consin this morning stating that her
2 mother was dead.
Weather report: Probably showers
this afternoon or tonight; Friday geuer
ally fair with probably cooler, variable
winds becoming westerly Friday.
Y Mrs. A. w. Clark was a morning pass
ehger for Galesville, WIS.,, where she
goes to join her husband and children
for three weeks In Mr.. Clark's parents
home.
Chas. Jones finished threshing his fax
on the G. B. Kennedy place east Of town
! this morning which yielded about five
bushels to the acre. II was OF excellent
quality, grading No. l, and was purchas-
ed by Stoddard & Ketcham this FORE
moo at IS cents, the first new grain
marketed this season. ,
Ed. and Arthur Nelson, sons of Agrim
Nelson, drove up from Howard this
morning in company with NJ. A. Peter
son, tailor OF Howard, who Immediately
repaired to the clerk Of courts Office and
took out a marriage license for himself
and Rachel Christensen, also Of Howard,
who has been working in this city. They
were afterwards married by Rev. N. M.
Mime.
Wilmot dispatch, 80: The report from
Mitchell, dated July 26, reporting Roberts
county at an average of five to seven
bushels to the acre, and Lake and Min
nehaha counties as the banner counties
OF South Dakota, is false in every par
ticular. Roberts county will average
twenty to thirty bushels Of wheat.
Dc,lox, xk~,ohal fror fho ynoo1tna ko.
from 70 to 100 bushels to the acre. Oats
will run about the same, and fax will
turn out good, as we'll as corn, and pota-
toes.
Misses Lizzie Dawson, Blanche Nc
Callister and Kittie Wheeler and Geo.
w. Kephart returned from De Smet this
morning where they have furnished the
music for three evenings silver medal
contests. The first was by ten young
girls, the second by ten young ladies and
the third by five men-ministers, law
yers and teachers. In the latter the
lawyer won. Warren Tolles who was
also with the company remained at Ra-
mona and engaged to work in the har-
vest field.
III. v. Jones commercial editor OF the
Minneapolis Journal and n of the best
judges OF wheat fields in the northwest,
has made considerable of his tour in the
state of South Dakota. He was in this
city q couple Of evenings ago and placed
the average Of our county at Is bushels
per acre which is not any too high.
From Huron OF the 3lst he telegraphs
to the Journal az follows: "a drive of
35 miles from Madison to Lake Preston
shows q fair average of wheat we'll up to
the latter point. From Lake Preston
west the average is very light, perhaps
pot over five bushels for Beadle county.
A line drawn from Watertown to Lake
Preston, to Mitchell with a partial re-
Y serve Of fair wheat IN the northern
2 counties, will all about divine the poor
wheat of South Dakota from the bal
ance of the state which will average
high.
For Sale-At a bargain 40 acres of
choice land within twenty eight miles of
olympia, Wash. Inquire at Bridges
steam laundry.