The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-05
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evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Coon went to
Flandrau.
Regular meeting Madison Chapter, o.
e. S., this evening.
Special meeting OF the Modern Wood
men Camp tonight.
Wheat dropped W cents in Chicago
this morning and one cent here.
Mrs. F. N. Palmer was a passenger
this afternoon for Blue Earth City, |
MINI.
Weather report: Generally fair to-
night and Wednesday with rising tenn
psrature. - Fl
The monthly meeting Of the building
and loan association has been adjourned
until this evening. Money will be
loaned in series b.
The w. @. II. U. will meet with Mrs.
Webster tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. An interesting program has
been prepared. All women are cordially
invited.
"a telegram from Aspen. Colo, this
informing states that Mss Satie Billings
still in a critical condition. Her
Nkher and brother Lucius will start
to-morrow for Aspen.
Services at the Presbyterian church
tonight and every night this week at
7:3O. Mr.. E. II. Grant, synodical Sun
day school missionary, will preach to-
night and tomorrow night.
The week of prayer will be apppropri-
ately observed at the Nj. E. church.
Tonight the topic will be The Church
Universal. Meeting Of the board Of
trustees after prayer meeting.
Strenuous efforts have been made TO-
day to open up the country roads, par
ties from Ramona and also near Went
worth having reached town after many
windings and shoveling OF drifts.
The funeral Of the late Bertha John
SON will be held to- morrow leaving the
residence OF Lars johnson on Lake Mad
ison about IL a. m., and services at the
Lutheran church in the city at l p. m.
Ensign Berrimau OF the Salvation
Army will be here to conduct services
z6 the barracks next Thursday and Fri
2ay evenings, and on Saturday evening
y the lassies will give q dime social aud
serve coffee and cake. The public is
invited TO all these meetings.
None OF the city schools were open
yesterday and so much snow blew into
the central building that it could not be
warmed up to day. School has been
kept in the east side school house to-day
and work will be resumed in the central
building tomorrow morning.
Rev. and Mrs. w. J. Cleveland will en-,
terrain the members of Grace church
and congregation ut the rectory to-mor.
row evening, and a cor iial invitation is
extended To all to attend. At the same
time q business meeting of the officers OF
the church will be held in Rev. Cleve.
lands study. ,
The streets this morning presented
an animated scene with sparkling snow
drifts everywhere and many sbovelere
and scrapers at work clearing the side.
walks and breaking down the greaI
drifts, which in places were from ten t.
twelve feet deep. The temperature
was down to zero which was five or si1
degrees col3er than yesterday. but th'
atmosphere clear and bracing.
The storm yesterday though genera
Nh the northwest extended only as ia
(st as Wells, MINI. The snow pillow
.fr1n the east reached Madison at ] p. N
and the mail train from the east wa
two hours late. This morning
snow pillow went west from here reaching
Woonsocket at noon and the east goini
train from Woonsocket reached her
at3 T. m, departing at 3:15. The brancl
line to Bristol will be opened up to
morrow.
This Is the week OF prayer which i
generally observed by the Christian
world. Sunday and Monday night
were 30 stormy that the observance G
the week has hardly been begun in
public way, but tonight nearly all tn
churches will observe the worship. Tn
subject for to night as suggested by tn
Evangelical Alliance is: The Churc
Universal Praise for the reality {
Christian unity and for it's increasin
recognition. I Cor XII, 1927. Praye
for the Holy Spirit; for a pure gospe
for the fellowship Of believers and fc
the fulfllment OF the chnrch mission.