The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-14
THE CITY.
e BREvuTlEs.

Wheat s.; fax 81.
Chicken pie supper to night. 4
d. D. Holdridge went to Sioux Falls.
Lawyer Robertson Of Dell Rapids
spent the morning In the city.
Frank Bagley and son George of
Carthage are IN the city visiting friends.
Thoe. Fit zgerald of Howard. cousin OF
J.J. Fitzgerald, is visiting friends in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds, of Zumbrota,
arrived on a visit to their uncle, Agrim
Nelson.
Weather report: Cloudy and warmer
tonight. Friday probably rain or snow.
variable winds shifting to s%outherly.
Capt. Gill of the Salvation Army who
has been highly appreciated here in her
work, left to-day for her homo at
Negaunee, Mich.
Regular meeting OF Lodge No. 40 A. o.
u. w. at Masonic hall, tomorrow even
ing. installation of officers and initia-
ton of candidates. All members urged
to be present.
National banks held their annual cleo
ton of officers last Tuesday. The First
National Of this city re elected the same
officers throughout. State banks do not
elect until June.
D The Y. P. 5. G. K. will hold a free,
social in the basement Of the Presby
terian church, Saturday evening, Janu-
airy l6. An Art Gallery containing the
masterpieces OF the world Original
copies} will be opened during the even
ing. Services Of the guides free.
Everybody come.
The building committee Of the
Norwegian Lutheran church held a
business meeting last night and closed
up the financial matters OF their build
ing operations. As it now stands their
nsw church 10 ell paid for and the CON-
mittee 10 in joyful mood at their success
and the liberality of Madison people in
contributing to the building OF their
house Of worship. For this liberslity
they desire to express their deepest and
most heartfelt gratitude, and pray for a
blessing upon the people Of Madison.
The county board to-day engaged the
use of a telephone for the court house
and ordered a warrant for $3.50 drawn
for the first quarters payment. The bill
OF Martin Berther for services as deputy
treasurer for the months OF October,
November and December was rejected,
Bingham voting aye, Davis and Buxton.
no. The::board also knocked of or abat-
ed the tax on several valuations illegally
raised by the city equalization board last
spring, the illegal excess Ut valuations or
which the tax is abated being: H. p.
Smith s3,46O, G. s. Lee $3.50; r. Ian
non $3.50; w. E. Daniels 1855; John
Walden Sl,46O.
The usual public midwinter commenc-
ment exercises OF the State Normal
school were not held tins year., but
sn excellent class was graduated
at the state building Tuesday and pro-
vided with diplomas and state certif.
Gates, as follows: Jessie Hollis Bssbs,
K,mball; Blanche Davy, Howard; Carrie
j. Newell, Highmore; Lucia Watson,
Sioux Falls; Elizabeth Lockwood,
B~rookings; Esther Lewis, Mitchell
Margaret L. Tobin, Huron; Florence E.
Walker, Harold (Sully county,; Theo.
dora Doescher, Madison. OF the class
President Beadle says: "Some Of these
had finished the work of the school las,
year or prior TO that, but the faculty
lacked evidence of their success az
teachers which they have since given il
a satisfactory way. A few days before
/ che graduated, Miss Beebe was offered
position Of assistant in the Howard
nigh school where she began work or
the 18th. Miss Newell is teaching the
7th and 9Th grades in the DeSme'
schools, and Miss Watson Is teaching
the End grade in Sioux Falls. Mis-.
Lewis is teaching in Dawson county
Miss Tobin has been offered q position
Misses Davey, Walker, Doescher ane
Beebe have had very successful expert
ence." The State Normal school il
steadily gaining and maintaining a high
standard of excellence, and President
Beadle not only grows enthusiastic bu
exhibits the keenest happiness whel
discussing the successes Of the schoo..
''E xcuse me-" observed the the man il
spectacles, "but l am a surgeon, and tina
is not where the liver it," "Never 20,
mind where his liver is, retorted tn
other. III it was in his big toe or BIZ
left ear DeWitt's Little Early Riser
would reach it and shake it for him."
FRANK SMITH.
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