The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-02
THE CITY.
BREvITIEs.

aa LOCAL ~DREV1T1ES.
e. b. Kennedy returned from the west.
+Miss Annie Pfster arrived from Fland-
ran.
FED. Joy, OF Elk Point, formerly a
brakeman on the s. N. is in the city.
John Huss arrived last evening from
Chicago and will remain q few days visit
ing friends.
Weather report today: Local SHOWS
and decidedly colder tonight. Fair and
colder tomorrow.
4Mrs. VIM. Torbert, nee Minnie Elliott,
departed for Woonsocket this evening to
make her home there.
Special Communication OF Evergreen
lodge No. II A. +. and A. NJ, this
evening. Work in M. NJ. degree.
b. B. Coon, of Sioux Falls, an expert
enced barber, has accepted a position in
the barber shop under the Citizens bank.
building.
Beloit correspondence Canton Advo-
cate: Miss Munger Of Madison, arrived
last Friday for a few days visit with her
sister, Mrs. E. s. Maynard.
On the train from the north this morn
ing returned j. A. Trow from Pierre, &c.
e. II. Roberts from Volga and w. E. Dan
iels and John G. Smith from Lake
Preston.
OF the thousand and one farmers in
town today, the sole inquiry has been,
what are the county commissioners 60
ing to do about seed wheat?" We invari-
ably reply, II dunno"
4 Thoe. Rae took the frs. heat in the
bicycle race this afternoon and pumped
out ID miles in exactly 291a minutes.
The second runner, Lewis Olson, made
12116 miles in exactly 80 minutes.
sneak thieves have stolen about
loo bushsls Of wheat from the granary
q Geo. Melon on his place four miles
south OF town. This is quite a heauy
loss to Mr.. Melon as he was depending
upon 1t to seed his place.
Miss Frances Walden went to Sioux
Falls today to begin q three months
course in bookkeeping at the CONNER.
cial college Of that place. Miss Walden
finds q large and responsible field open
or her in that line in her fathers Office.
The socials at the Presbyterian church
and Odd Fellows hail last evening were
both decided successes. The programs
were more than promised in richness Of
variety and entertainment and both
places were crowded in attendance. The
Presbyterian social realized about 3l2.
Auditor Elect Northrop would have
been duly installed into Office yesterday
Il he had 60 desired and as other auditors
have been, for Auditor Runkel went to
the Office yesterday morning with the in
sention OF turning over the keys, think
ing the last day in February was his last
day in office. But Mr.. Northrop. dis
agrees with him aad construes the law
as to the beginning Of the term to read
''the first Monday in March, which will
BE- next Monday.
Sioux Falls Press, L: A council OF the
Brotherhood OF Purpose, working under
a dispensation from the state grand
council, has opened a council hall in
Pierre, and is working nearly every night.
Some of the most prominent nen Of the
state have been admitted, and the list
; Of applicants is daily increasing. State
councils have recently been started in
Illinois and Minnesota, and organizers
are to at nce be put into Iowa, Michi-
gan and states farther east.
u Norman McG;llivrray and Dan McRse
returned this morning from a genuine
old fashioned Scotch party gwen last
night by John Mcleod four miles south
OF Winfred. in honor Of his brother Rory
Mcleod and niece, Miss Jessie Mcmillan
who had lately arrived from Canada and
will soon proceed on their way to their
home in Montana. About fifty friends
and neighbors, mostly Scotch. were
guests and the time was spent in card
playing, telling "auld Scotch stories''
and singing Gaelic songs, far into the
.wee sma' hours o. the mornin'."
Sweet potatoes at the Model.