The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-10
THE CITY.
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LOCAL H ~ 4 :.
F. L. Soper went to Sioux Falls.
Regular meeting of Modern Woo1men
tonight.
Mrs. Sarah Flynn was a passenger for
Milwaukee.
Read the new advertisement Of n. D,
McGillivray.
City auditor Rae is confined to his
room to-day by a threatened fever.
Weather report: Generally fair and
slightly warmer tonight and Wednesday,
Mons Grinager accompanied by his
brother ]. P. of Howard departed FOL
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faegre who visited E. p.
Grinager and wife last night returned to
Flandrau.
The school board met last night and
did some talking but no business. 1t
meets again tonight.
Capt. James of the Salvation Army
went to Minneapolis on official duty.
He will return shortly.
Arrivals on the evening train were
Miss Nora Lanron from Flsndrau and
n. C. Bullock from Sioux City.
Miss Lizzie McClarty departed for
Michigan this morning to visit friends
and ultimately will probably 60 on to
Canada.
Mrs. Buckholtz arrived from Woon-
socket on the morning train and will
proceed to Webster this evening to visit
friends.
Arrivals from the north were Jos.
Shimerda, Mrs. Frank Halstead and G.
r. Hustie, father of Mrs. Bert Goodspeed,
.ot Bradley.
The University association will meet
in the Presbyterian church Wednesday
evening, August II, at 8 o'clock. The
reading for this meeting will be the first
ten pages of Progress" Leader Rev.
j.. P. jenkins.
Thos. Stanford, baker, has furnished
The DAILY LEADER with some tooth
some samples of his baking which speak
very highly for Mr.. Stanford's taste and
ability as a tradesman. His shop on up.
per Egan avenue is very neatly con-
Quoted and his free delivery is a great
convenience to patrons.
City council me in special session last
evening and looked over the new plans
and specifications for the new electric
light plant which have been signed by
the contractors and with q few changes
Will be signed at once by the city
authorities. Construction material is
expected now in a few days.
Sioux City Journal, 9: Sportsmen
claim the chicken season opens in South
Dakota on August Is, despite the opip-
ion of the attorney general OF that
state that it does not open until
Sept. l. Anyhow q number of men
will go from this city this week, and ex.
pect some rare good sport hunting the
bird.
A stranger engaged a horse and car.
riage at the Koehler livery barn about 6
o'clock last evening to be gone an hour
and has not yet returned. Mr.. Koehler
has been telegraphing far and wide and
about noon to-day got track Of him to.
towards the south. Whether he intend.
ed to steal the horse or only reach some
other town is not yet known but it will
not go easy with him if brought back.
The preliminary hearing OF Jos. B.
Kinneman for alleged rape is in progress
before Justice Holdridge this afternoon,
but as it is conducted privately by con.
sent of parties and only these and the
witnesses allowed to be present, the evl
dence in the case cannot be reported.
There was a large company OF disconso.
late when the sheriff cleared the court
room. "
Auditor Keith received word today
from the state equalizing board that it
had left the Lake county assessment of
real estate just as it was passed upon by
the county board of commissioners. Be.
sides being q great convenience to the
auditor in the saving OF time in getting
ut the making out Of a tax roll and labor
incident to making out Q new schedule
OF percentages as the result Of q change.
it also speaks volumes for the wisdom
OF our county commissioners in equaliz-
ing 90 fairly and honestly as they did.
Geo. Willard, a former townsmau. of
Owatonna, MINI. arrived in the city yes.
terday returning home today. Mr.. Will.
lizard was looking over the situation with
a view Of returning to Madison, bis wife,
now a confirmed invalid desiring very
much to do so. The poor woman Las
suffered much the paak vaar. n havin0