The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-20
THE CITY.
LOCAL BRE

Read G. H. Woods and Cook & Odee's
advertisements.
Mrs. j. A. McGovern is seriously i'll
with lung trouble.
The Minnesota State fair at Hamline
takes place September 6 to II.
A. Paulson went to Wentworth to do
repair. work on the Hyde elevator.
Regular meeting of Madison Lodge,
No. 49, A. o. U. W. at Masonic hall to
night.
Miss Mary Davis of Yankton arrived
on a visit to her sister, Mrs. John
Chestnut.
Mrs. o. Settin and Mrs. Lee, q friend
from Bradley, went to Colman on a visit
to friends.
Fred Stoltzman who came up from
Wells, Mimi. q few days ago to visit old
neighbors returned this morning.
The auction sale of Mis-. Stewards
household goods yesterday went up to
good figures and ready sale for every
thing.
Weather report: Local showers this
afternoon; partly cloudy tonight with
warmer east and cooler extreme west
portion. Saturday fair.
The hearing of the LaBelle rancho
cases that have been IN progress before
Judge Aikens at the courthouse the
past few days closed this afternoon.
Rev. DR.. wolff was a passenger for
Sioux Falls to attend the state Chris.
tian Endeavor convention where he is
looked for an address Sunday.
Chicago wheat went back from 81
cents yesterday at one time to 81 at the
close. To-day it closed at 8 and a
fraction. Calls for tomorrow are placed
all the way from SO to Sl.OO.
A team Of Ju'irs schmidt northeast
of the city took a run on the farm yes
terday and were brought to u sudden
stop by one of the horses striking the
corner of q hay rack with It's breast and
killing it instantly. 1t was a valuable
animal five years old.
Hiram Ha%rrison's team coming in from
the country took fright and ran away
with him, coming around the corner at
Hubbell's barn at q fearful rate and
run into one Of Henry Cuisines new
threshing machines standing on the side
of Main street. The tongue of the bug
gy was badly wrecked, but all else es.
capped injury.
The Mitchell Republican Of the 9Th
inst. referring to the telegram sent there
announcing the death Of John Pye,
speaks in very complimentary terms Of
his work as principal OF the Mitchell
schools. The school board sent the
bereaved parents the following message
of coincidence: 1.-THE board of education,
superintendent, teachers and pupils of
Mitchell mourn with you to-day. With
bowed heads and saddened hearts We ex-
tend our sympathy aud coincidence"
Sergeant Glenn's weather and crop
bulletin for the week ending August 16,
in this state locates a light frost at
Howard on the morning of the 10th and
nearly as low temperature over all the
eastern portion OF the state. Fair and
cool weather favorable for harvesting
prevailed. 1t further says: The cool
weather was favorable for the filling of
late spring wheat, but the damp soil
promoted weed growth 70 snch an extent
that many fields of late wheat in the
central and northern counties will be
saved with difficulty and some are ru
ined. There Is some report OF grain
%eprouting and moulding in the shock
and stack because of the damp, rainy
weather of the preceding week, but
this appears to be local. Harvesting OF
wheat and oats is nearing completion in
the central and progressing we'll in the
northern counties. In the southern
counties stacking is in progress and some
threshing has been done. Reports con.
tinue to indicate that the yield Of
wheat will be uneven but nearly all
agree that, generally, the quality will be
very good to excellent and the yield for
the state q fair to good crop.
The corn crop is reported as promising
we'll and the ears filing rapidly. Pota.
toes have done we'll and some of the
earliest in southern counties are report.
ed ~ripening. This crop promises q fair
to very good yield Of good quality. Most
reports indicate that the oats crop is
fair to good; barley good to very good
and rye very good. Millet is q heavy
stand generally and that already cut has
yielded heavy tonnage and excellent
quality.