The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-09
THE CITY.


Rev. J. w. Cleveland went to Howard.
Ensign Berriman took his departure
east on the forenoon train.
The Misses Booher and Stewart, Win
fred teachers, came over on the morning
train.
Prayer meeting this evening in the N.
e. church at 7:3O. Subject, SCHOOLS
and Families"
Weather report: Fair to night aud
Sunday with colder east portion tonight
variable winds.
Father Flynn returned from Mitchell
where he has been attending the funeral
obsequies Of the late, lamented Father
Maher.
Rev. DR.. Carson OF Scotland and little
daughter were morning passengers for
Fiandrau, where he will occupy the
Presbyterian pulpit tomorrow.
cyan Express, z: j. A. Trow. form.
erly OF Madison but now Of Council
Bluffs, Iowa was a storm.bound guest at
the Railway hotel from Saturday until
Tuesday.
4 Tue tiremen's dance last evening was
sn1ss a success. Fifty.two numbers
were sold and the music was first class,
\ being furnished by four pieces OF Hal
Nead's string band.
AArriva!s on the evening train, Gen.
Eeadle, Mr.. and Mrs John Walden. the
Misses May Hunt and Dora Murphy Of
Austin, the former the guest of Miss
Margaret Callinan and the latter the
guest OF Mrs. Denny Casey.
Howard Democrat, 8: The snow pillow
that came up from Madison Tuesday
morning tore up a couple OF rails and
otherwise 'demoralize d the track in the
yarda3at THE station. The engine was
sdetracked for repairs, and another from
Madison passed through on it's way to
Woonsocket.
\ Superintendent Dongaerty made his
apportionment OF county and state
school moneys to-day amounting in all
to e2,47O.56 which allows Of 81 8 10 cents
per capita on each OF the 1885 children
OF school age in the county, School
districts can now draw on the county
treasurer for nearly one dollar per child
Il Postal Clerk Stevenson reports tina,
the II. & D. division Of the Milwaukee
= Road from Aberdeen 10 Minneapolis will
! not be open until Monday. There was
still ID miles between Bristol aud Web
ster to be opened this morning and the
drift is very hard, the rotary snow
plows having opened only six miles yes.
terday.
4 The county commissioners have been
engaged the past two days mostly IN
checking up with the clerk Of the courts
justices Ut the peace, and allowing bills
The bonds of the clerk Of court, auditor
and OF the Madison Abstract and Title
Guarantee company have been approved
and the bond Of county judge reduced
from 5000 to $500. The commission
ers also looked over the new bond o.
County Treasurer Fleming this after
noon aud approved it. The bond quail
Ties in the sum Of S67, 800.
Minneapolis Press: The Chinook
the icy picture play, meets with higl
favor. It is Q beautiful story Of love
romance and sacrifice, and is q decides
success. The realism Of the differen
scenes make the spectators feel as thouR|
they were witnessing q full staged pei
Torrance and that the pictures wer
real flesh and blood. Miss Thompson |
delightfully."- entertaining. Each preser
tation wins new friends, and many praii
u % for Miss Thompsoa's work and he
aplsy 10 fast gaining in popularity. Mis-
] Thompson will appear in the operahous
Ia Madison, January Is, 1897, under tn
a~uspices of the Modern Woodmen. ,