The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-03

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be congratulated on this extension of
business and his enterprise is fully war
ranted by his increasing trade.
X County Auditor Northrop has received
all the assessors returns OF census for
Lake county for this year 1895, and
though not compiled pet by him, a
DAILY LEADER reporter figured out for
himself the following statistics Of popu-
lation: City of Madison, 2,OO6; Winfred,
264; Lakeview, s39; Badus, 432; Wayne,
800; Summit, Ala; Nunda, AS; Orland,
255; Chester, 23S; Leroy, sos;
Wentworth, 352; Franklin, 1888; Concord,
1871; Rutland, 447; Herman, 800; Clarno,
274; Pennington, 361. Total, 7,541.
Pipestone Daily Star, l: Prof. Titus,
a former Pipestoneite, who has been
teaching school at Marshall the past
year, has received a very fattering offer
to take charge Of q large school in north
ern Texas, and thinks seriously Of NOV
ing there. -. Among the express which
reached here over the Omaha Saturday
evening was a crate of live chickens en-
route from West Superior to Madison,
S. d. The chickens had to stay here
over Sunday and Agent Stillwell had to
mix up a bran mash for them for six
meals. The air around Madison will no
doubt be full Of j! -! when the owner
comes to pay the express on the crate
tonight.
Argus Leader, 2: The new law on
services outside the state goes into ef-
feet today and in it's practical opera
tions 1t cuts forty-two days off the time
required to get a divorce in South Da.
kota, making this state once more an &C.
tive competitor with North Dakota for
the divorce business. The old law
which required seventy two days before
default could result from service outside
the state was made the same as for per.
sonal service within the state. This
law goes into effect to-day. According
ly when personal service is secured after
thirty days. A decree can thus be se.
cured 10 seven months from the time an
applicant arrives in South Dakota,
which makes the conditions here about
as favorable as in North Dakota.
TThe annual meeting OF the Farmers
Elevator company yesterday afternoon
resulted in the election of the following
directors: E. r. G. Gross, John B.
Douglass, John Walter, Henry Ham.
mer, w. H. Downs, Henry Rohrer and
M. E. Hart. Messrs. Hart and Hammer
were chosen president and secretary,
respectively, of the new board. NThe
board meets next Saturday to elect a
manager of the elevator and business
The company now has 60 shares of stock
outstanding, worth $50 per share, not.
withstanding the company has paid $4C
per share in dividends since 1889. The
par value Of a share Of stock is S25. The
company decided to sell new stock from
this time until the first Of January mex
at $50 per share. The house did not dc
a large business last year as none of the
grain houses did; but it held it's own
with a profit to the company.
k1ieo. Farmer, Esq, returned from
Howard this forenoon, whittier he had
gone last night to witness the results OF
the mill explosion. He confirms the
worst OF the report as given in yester.
days DAILY LEADER. The engineer, O
P. Walker, a former resident of this city
was killed outright by the blowing up oil
the boiler and Will Clark who had jus,
entered the engine room on a collecting
tour was so fatally injured that he dice
in a few hours afterward.X The boile,
explosion in the wing communicated al
most instantly with the interior OF the
mill, causing an explosion Of -four dus,
which blew the entire building into
ruins in an instant with a great burst oil
flame. AS soon as the debris settled thu
mass Of flame subsidized and the chem
ical engine being quickly on the spo'
further burning WAS prevented. MI
Laurson and Mr.. Gould, proprietors o.
the mill, we're in the interior when the
explosion OF -four dust took place anc
the mill blown to pieces, and were SO
verely burned besides being hurt will
falling timbers, but will, it is thought
easily ecover. Robt. Debolt and Chas
Laurson were standing beside the mil
on the outside, looking at the bicycle OF
which Nj. Clark had ridden up wher
the explosion Of the mill occurred. Laur
So. was severely burned but will b,
around in a few days, while Diebolt wal
both burned and severely crushed b,
being caught with a stick Of timber i,
the settling Of the ruins. He is in
more %precarious condition, but, it il
thought will recover. The mill, a pro
, perty worth ten or twelve thousand dol
lars, is so completely wrecked that eve,
, the ruins do not make a pile of splinter
ed timber fifteen feet high. All the ma