The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11
THE CITY.


LOCAL DBEvITIEeD.
y Geo. r. Farmer, Esq, was q morning
passenger for Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Herb. Putney went to Dell Rap
ids to visit her grand parents.
MA car load Of butter, eggs and poultry
goes out tonight for the eastern market.
W. E. Daniels went to Howard and L.
j. Corooran to Erwin by the evening
trains.
Weather report: Local SHOWS and
cold wave tonight. Tuesday fair and
warmer In evening.
Y Rev. W. j. Cleveland and wife return
ed from Howard. Bishop Hare was also
on the train returning east.
HJohn Hoffman, one OF the prosperous
farmers OF Lincoln county, is visiting in
the family OF his son-in-law, A. w. Hol.
bridge.
f-Rev. Henry Mensing, Of Webster, s..
D., has been appointed administrator OF
the Sioux Falls diocese until a successor
shall be chosen to succeed Bishop Marty.
The Chorus club will meet in the
court house for practice this evening in
stead Of tomorrow evening, owing to the
dairymen's meeting at that time.
1.-The county commissioners have ~
let the CONTRACTS for furnishing $4,000
bushels Of wheat, $1,000 bushels OF oats
and 1900 bushels of fax to the three
local elevator companies-Hodges 4
Hyde, Cargill & Co. and Stoddard &
Ketchum.
While Will Dixon and Bruce Hart Of
Dell Rapids were returning from an
auction sale the other day, Hart was &C.
cidently shot in the back by discharge
OF Q gun. OIt ia not known how seriously
he is hurt. Hart is a son Of ex-senator
Hart of Logan township.
The county commissioners are busy
this afternoon inspecting samples OF seed
grain submitted by firms wishing to sell.
They r alse besieged by farmers max
ing inquiries as to what they will have
I, pay for this seed grain to which in
quiries the commissioners respond they
expect to be able to let them know by
tomorrow night. The contracts for the
grain will be let o
Sioux City Journal, 8: A gentleman
who wssin town yesterday from Union
county, 8. D., says the farmers have
sown q great deal of wheat in that u
ty. Rain, he said, was needed badly.
The ground is a. dry. as gunpowder and
unless more moisture u had than OF late
he anticipated q short crop. However,
he said there was plenty Of time yet for
rain, and was sanguine that with only q
moderately wet spring Union county
would produoeits usual bountiful har-
vest.
The Mitchell Republican Of the 7th
inst. has the following item in regard to
q prominent populist leader Of this state
which will be sad news to many 40
quaintances Of his in Lake county: The
remains Of Capt. w. H. Curtis passed
through this morning from Kimball for
interment ct Waterloo, Iowa. Capt.
Curtis is an old settler in this part OF
the state and has q host of warm friends
who will be panied to learn OF his death.
In 1892 Capt. Curtis was q candidate for
attorney general or the populist ticket.
Salem Special, 9: Two kids and a
1'soiled doye" from Madison caused some
commotion on South Main street, Thurs.
day evening. The building they were
located in began to receive q shower Of
brick bats, which brought the marshal
to the scene. When he entered the
building the "birds" had flown. Madison
should take better care Of her citizens,
they are liable to get into trouble il they
persist in such conduct hereabonts.
They delight to call Salem = tough town,
but We don't allow settlement by such
citizens as the above mentioned.
Dawson county comm. issioners had q
number OF tenders of seed wheat from
elevator companies, Hubbard 4 Palmer
Offering $4,000 at 6sh cents, payable IN
county warrants, or 1900 bushels Of this
On hand in their elevator at Mitchell
they would fell for 60 cents In warrants
at par value or 50 cents in cash and
would furnish the balance on cars at
Mitchell for 6l1 cents cash. Two other
companies made the same terms on
smaller quantities, but the commission
ers accepted the first. They also rece,v-
ed an offer Of 5000 bushels Of Data at 311
cents per bushel.
Montross Herald, g.: There 10 con-
siderable indignation among citizens Of
the east side Of the county over the fact
that the elevator conpaniss want to
charge the farmers 70 cents per bushel
foP sd grain. Soma Of the ~citizAna de-