The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-18
THE CITY.
Local BREvlTiEs.

LOCAL ~BREvlTlEb.
Gen. Beadle returned from Yankton.
q. Billings went west to his farm in
Jersuld county.
Weather report: Fair and warmer to-
night and Tuesday.
fE. A. Ripe and Frank Malloy were
morning passengers for Minneapolis.
Meetings will be held at the Adventist
church March 10, 20 and q at 7:3O p. m.
kGreeley Johnson's family circle was
enlarged this morning by the arrival Of q
little girl.
Fred Northey took the north train for
Minneapolis this evening and may secure
aposition for future work while gone. =
F. r. Van Slyke, L. J. Corcoran and j.
G. Smith all departed east today in the
interest Of Modern Woodm-n insurance.
Ladies interested in reading "a Great
Mother" will meet with Mrs. j. I. Hub
bell Tuesday afternoon from three to
five o'clock.
Meeting Of the 0. E. s. tomorrow eve
ming at which a large attendance is de-
sired as important business is to be
transacted.
+Frank Palmer who has been confined
TO his room by his old ailment and bad
an operation performed, is doing we'll
under the circumstances and expects to
improve steadily.
1H. j. Patterson went to Huron tonight
to attend q meeting Of the state board
of agriculture which is called to locate
the state fair for five years under the
new law just passed.
The mother OF Mrs. l.. E. Perrin resid-
ing in the southwest part OF town, a
lady about 60 years Of age, died yester-
day morning of dropsy and was buried
thissafternoon from the Baptist church
Rev. J. p. Jenkins and Rev. A. 9. Black
man conducting the services.
Auditor Northrop has been busy today
leasing school lands and yet there has
not been the ordinary rush for these
lands. The minimum price at which
they can sell is 5 cents an acre and so
far as the sale had progressed at the
time Of the reporters presence. it was
the maximum also. There will be plenty
OF Unbiased school lands when the audi
tor gets through today.
ArRus-Leader, Is: The county com
missioners adjourned yesterday until
April L, after an interesting session
taken up by routine business. No bids
were received for the $4,000 OF seed
grain warrants. The county will draw
on the sinking fund for $1,000 and ON
the salary fund for $1,000 which over
drafts will be made good when the
farmers notes are paid in the fall. No
definite bids have been received for the
rest of the warrants but negotiations are
in progress which will result in q salts
factory sale OF them.
<The reception given by the Odd Eel
lows to the Masonic fraternity Saturday
evening proved an exceedingly enjoyable
departure in the line Of civic comming-
ling. About sixty Of the Masons availed
themselves OF the invitation. and under
the leadership Of their Worshipful
Master, VIM. Rae, were most cordially
received by the entertaining Odd Eel
: lows presided over by Noble Grand, r.
B. Jones. These two gentlemen are said
to have presided over the joint formal
titles with the utmost dignity and grace.
The speeches which followed or both
sides were full of generous greeting,
joviality and neighborly feeling. These
over the company, about 125 in all, sat
down to q collation. of sandwiches, cake,
coffee and fruit served by the hosts to
their guests. Then followed the less
formal and more sociable part Of the en-
tertainment, when in personal contact
and intermingling over the pipeo peace,
men, who have long known each other,
but were not aware each was possessed
of such smiable qualities got together
and socially became really acquainted
for the first time in their lives. 1t was
this feature OF it which was q novelty in
civic fellowship and established q basis
of warmer, more friendly and even more
neighborly relations in the future.
Sweet potatoes at the Model bakery.
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