The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-15

will nominate it's county and legislative
ticket by the primary election system
adopted two years ago. The polls in
each township will be conducted uLder
strict rules OF supervision and kept open
a sufficient time to allow all republicans
desiring to express their choice for
nominees.
The fve-days' old infant Of Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. P. Thompson died yesterday
morning and to-day the remains were
taken back to Sinai cemetery, in Brook
ings county, where the family formerly
came from, for iuterment. Rev. MIR.
| Mime preached the funeral sermon at
the residence this morning.
Aberdeen had a lively Fourth of July
incident in one Of its notion stores the
other evening. About $50 worth of fire.
works, including some Of the most ex-
pensive and heavily charged kinds. such
az mortars, six-pound rockets, candles,
ETC., let 20 in F. G. Newell's display win
dow and inflicted damage to stock,
fixtures, glass and building amounting to
fully $500.
The two companies Of cadets OF the
First Presbyterian church have elected
Mr.. E. Biederstadt captain and drill
master. The first meeting for drill will
be held tomorrow night in the base
ment Of the church. Every enlisted
member please be on hand at 8 o'clock
sharp, and also any other boys and girls
between the ages Of Il and lS years, who
wish to join.
Rev. H. P. Carson, D. D., Synodical
missionary of the Synod Of South
Dakota, has been with his sick wife at
Hardin, Illinois, for nearly three months.
In a letter to Rev. DR.. Wolff, received
Saturday DR.. Carson reports Mrs Car.
son very low and that she cannot
possibly live more than a week or two
at the fartherest. DR.. Carson's many
friends IN this vicinity will deeply
sympathize with him in this sore
afni ction.
Flandreau Herald, ID: "Rev. A. T..
Wolff, of Madison. prepared a sermon to
preach to his congregation last Sunday
upon the, Visitation of Gods wrath upon
the wicked city Of st Louis, but Satur-
day evening his house was struck by
lightning. Whether the elder caught
on and changed his subject the next
morning, We have been anable to learn"
No, the Doctor kept right on with q
better knowledge of the subject than
ever before and his sermon ie reported as
one Of the strongest ever preached in
Madison.
The city election contest cases came up
for hearing before Referee c. l.. Brock
way of Sioux Falls, at the court house
this afternoon. Judge Aiken Of Sioux
Falls appeared for the contestants and
Geo. r. Farmer, Esq, and VIM. Nc
Grath for defendants. The first motion
was, in the case Of Neill We. Dempster, to
dismis because it was not alleged in
complaint that Neill was q candidate for
the Office and that his complaint was MT
signed by the district attorney. This
motion was argued and overruled and
defense then interposed a demurrer
to the same effect. The demurrer to tho
jurisdiction OF the court, and that the
complaint did not allege sufficient cause
Of action, was taken under advisement
by the referee until tomorrow morning,
and the case OF Chas. Bingham We. VIM.
Whitmore taken up. Defendants made
a motion to dismiss this case on the
ground that the states attorney was
made q party to the action, but the
court overruled the motion, and just be-
fore the introduction of witnesses court
took q recess until 4:45 p. m Several
ladies are in attendance upon the trial.