The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-04-28

seen. AS the storm crossed an arm of;the
lake 1t ecooped a column of water, an
eye witness says, 500 feet into the air.
The following item from the Water
town Public Opinion OF the I'D inst,
refers to former Madison residents.
The bereaved mother was formerly
Clara Houts, who will be remembered as
having resided with her parents in this
city u few years ago: MIR. and Mrs.
M~cNaughton Of Staples, Mimi, who
have been visiting MIR. and Mrs. F. P
Snyder for some time, have the deep
sympathy Of the entire community in
the loss Of their infant son. Glen, which
occurred last Saturday evening. Little
Glen was about twenty months old, and
suffered just a week, having been taken
i'll on Monday, April 18th, which after
ward developed into l~aryngitis, with the
result: stated. MIR. and Mrs. McNaugh-
ton took the remains east Monday for
burial. MIR. McNaughton is a conductor
on the Northern Pacific railroad and ar
rived here in time to see bis child before
it died"
r. At Z o'clock last evening scurrying
thunder clouds settled 10 all around us
and after letting down considerable rain
resulted In quite a violent hail storm.
The hail stones were not SO many, as
they were large and heavy, and many
window psnes on the east side Of build
ings throughout the city were broken.
Following the hail storm or about 8
o'clock we are informed a small cyclone
came up from south Of Lake Herman,
demolishing the barns and sleep sheds
on the Brooks rancho, passed on to
Phil Thomas place ON the late Sheldon
and Martin rancho, doing like destruct-
i've work and passing on to the north
west where it is thought to have carried
down the Schroepel windmill. The
barns and sheds Of the first mentioned
places were in the air in every direction,
blown into kindling wood and strewn
over the fields. No loss Of or injury to
human or animal life is reported. The
elements continued in a solid down pour
all this forenoon and between the pre-
cipitation Of last night and to-day sci.
dom have We ever seen Dakota soil get
SO good a drenching.
A correspondent Of the Montrose
Herald Of the Oath recounts an attempt
Of two men to hold up the stage which
Jasen Clark drives from Madison to Ia
OPT. The incident happened Saturday,
the 18th, IN a lonely stretch of road,
says the writer, about two miles before
reaching Franklin postofice from Mad
ison. A couple Of tou~gh-looking fellows
with a light spring wagon and a bay
team drove up behind the stage and
asked some questions of the driver.
Some bantering words were exchanged
and he paid no further attention to
them, thinking that they were just a
couple Of "smart alecks." But on
reaching q place that had once been a
pond, he was greatly surprised to find
all at once that one Of them was holding
bis horses while the other was aiming q
very conspicuous looking revolver at his
head, and demanding his money and his
watch and chain, which happened to be
a valuable me-. For a moment he was
overwhelmed, then GOODNESS and anger
taking the place Of surprise he suddenly
raised his foot and kicked the revolver
from the hand Of the tough. They were
in turn 80 surprised at this state Of at
fairs that when Mr.. Clark sprang from
his buggy he easily knocked one OF the
fellows down with but little resistance.
Then he turned to the other who was
looking On in utter amazement. The
one knocked down succeeded in picking