The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
Sioux Falls; Adolph Harms and Mrs.
w. F. Stump, from Wentworth.

thor Of America" and preach b sermon
on reading, subject, "Dirt in Ink"
Sphinx county students, eleven in num-
Der, at the Normal school, perpetuated
their friendship in visible form by hav-
ing their pictures taken in a group.
That lone young man in the group has
an enviable lot.
At 8 O'Clock next Wednesday morn
ing at Woonsocket, Conductor Hooval of
this city and Miss Edith Madlin Of the
former place will be married. Yes
O'Gar will be best man and the railroad
boys generally rejoice in Peters pros
pective good fortune.
Col. Thos. Kerr called at The DAILY
LEADER office to-day and received the
congratulations of "the boys" upon the
advent of his SOth birthday anniversary.
The Colonel is enjoying excellent health
this winter and his friends hope he may
celebrate many more birthday anniver-
saries.
Howard Press, 20: John O'Brien ate
his Thanksgiving dinner at the state
p%enitentiary. Even he had much for
which to be thankful-and nobody
realized it more fully than dia John
O'Brien, himself. -. Edwin Witt and
Lena Berniger we're married yesterday
at the residence of w. r. Smythe, by
the Rev. A. G. Blackman.
In the absence OF a majority Of their
children this year, Mr. and Mrs, s. E.
Baldwin Invited in their old Grant
county friends to eat Thanksgiving din
ner with them yerterday. The party
consisted of A. A. Abbott wife and chill
dren, Deputy Sheriff McGovern, wife
and children, MIR. and Mrs. Henry Neill
and children, and a most joyous time
they all had. Mrs. Baldwin knows just
how to set up an elegant spread.
Grand Recorder LAWN, of the A. o.
U. W., for the jurisdlctin Of South Da,
kota, says there will be no assessment
for December, which will reduce the
numberfor the year to eight. The cost OF
insurance for 1895 in the jurisdiction will
therefor, be only 81 for every $1,000.
This is a record which no other jurisdic-
ton in the United States can hope to at
tain. There is money on hand to pay
all death losses and leave a balance in
the treasury of $500.
- Sr~y Nn(NtA~0p hnn rnno,v,ol N lattAr
from the Rev. D. B. Scott of Sioux Falls
anent his letter to the Sioux Falls press
on the prohibition question which is be.
irg so freely quoted by those opposed to
the prohibitory law as an argumen,
against the law. The reverend gentle
man does not want his expressions &C
construed, as he is in favor of retaining
the p%rohibitory clause in our constitu'
ton but would like to see some law pass
ed that would be more effective in clos
ing up the open saloon than the present
law. Some law that would array in it,
favor that class OF people who do not en-
dorse our prohibitory law and yet clam
that they want the open saloon driver
out. He would like to see such given
chance to take a stand against the evi
according to the measure Of their zeal
The customary union Thanksgiving
service was more largely attended yes
terday than usual, and a stirring yet i'm
Z pressive discourse was given by the Rev
> w. j. Cleveland. The other Englisl
speaking pastors were present and as
sisted in the service, and a liberal collec
| ton for charitable purposes was takel
up. The sermon was preached from tn
text, Psalm, 1878, "Dweil in the land and
Y verify, thou shalt be fed" The speake
developed his theme as relating to tn
individual duty and responsibility to tn
v nation and more particularly to the 10y
atty of the citizens of South Dakota t
their own state and the laying of perma
nent foundations for both temporal an,
spiritual growth and prosperity. Hi
local illusions to ]prospector, speculatol
boomer and vendor we're we'll received
but the high spiritual tone of the dill
course was brought out in drawing tn
I SESSION toward the close. The probler
of life was not soil, climate, crop, bond
mortgages, etc., but our spiritual relt
y tions to God. To the worldly -minde
( the word "fed" of the text stood for fea,
y eat, die. To the spiritually minded tn
promise fed" meant spiritual food, edl
cation and deliverance from sins. Ma
n was more than the brute.
Three postofice robbers were YER
easily trapped at Brooklngs the othe
night. They had taken a young ma
@ named Kingsbury Of Brookings int
their confidence and intended to rob th
postofice last Monday night, but We
frightened away. They set the ne1
night-Tuesdsy-for the job, paid the
hotel bills in town and gave out thu
they we're going away. Kingsbur
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