The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-03
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Geo. R. Farmer to Egan on the morning
train.
X,About twenty tramps arrived on the
afternoon freight comfortable escoused
in a box car.
Weather report: Local showers this
afternoon and tonight. Wednesday
partly cloudy.
j. P. Farley who has been visiting his
son, Editor Farley, for two weeks re
turned to Dubuque, Iowa.
Mark Willard presented The DAILY
LEADER with some of the boss potatoes
of the season to.day-Early Rose.
Contractor Glover while handling
brick last evening tore off the nail and
severely injured the index finger OF his
right hand.
Arrivals on the evening train: Mrs.
j. J. Wright, Miss Mease, DR.. S. NJ.
jerks and D. NJ. jerks. Dr.. jerks re-
turns much improved.
The band concert will be participated
in by some of the most noted bands. and
will be a rare musical treat, free to all
holders of excursion tickets.
\ Miss Martha Cleveland departed for
Chicago where she will spend q week
with friends and then continue her jour.
ney to Orange, N. Y, her future home.
Brookings Register, 81: Mrs. F. N.
Halstead, accompanied by her daughter,
came up from Madison Thursday norm
ing and is visiting at the home OF E. n.
Aldrich.
<Reports come in of considerable grain
cutting yesterday and not much com.
plant of the quality Of the crop, but the
heavy rains of to-day will put a stop to
the good work.
For the occasion the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Panl railway will run a spe-
cial low rate excursion train from Madi.
son, S. D. to Spirit and Okoboji lakes
and return. Special train will leave
Madison at 5 o'clock a. 10. Fair for the
round trip $500.
<Jessie Jones accompanied by her
mother, departed for Portage and Cam
bria, Wis.,, and Chicago, where they will
visit old friends for several weeks. This
is a we'll merited vacation by Miss Jessie
after six years dilligent service in clerk
ing without rest.
X John Dunn who was in a starving con.
dition last night got a good beefsteak
from q kind hearted gentleman on cor.
ditian that he would cook and eat it., but
instead sold it for booze and was hauled
up flor being drunk. Justice Murray
gave him seven days in Jail.
On Sunday, August 8, there will be
given q grand band concert in the fine
pavilion at Arnold's park, on beautiful
West Okoboji lake. This is one OF the
most beautiful resorts in the northwest,
besides being the historic spot OF the
great Spirit Lake massacre. Here still
resides in the original cabin the only sur.
vivor of that most horrible occurrence in
the history of Iowa.
x The meeting of the kindergarten
patrons last evening decided to engage
graduate of the Minneapolis institute
for principal of the kindergarten the
next term which begins September first.
Miss Edith Fawkes IA re-engaged as
assistant and committee appointed to
look after the various parts OF the school
organization. The first term lasts until
December l, three months.
The regular b%i-monthly meeting of the
Eastern Star. will be held this evening at
the usual hour. The officers urge the
Importance of every member being pres
ent as important business will come be-
tore each meeting in connection with
matters pertaining to furnishing the new
hall. 1t is proposed to give a series Of
entertainments Of varied and interesting
description and the good counsel of all
members is needed.
Banker Mackay who returned from
Chicago last evening was having an ex-
cellent time with his friends Of former
days, telling them of the wonderful crops
and prospects in store for South Dako-
ia and the probable n for invest
ment; but when the reports of storms
came from different parts of the state
and the destruction was highly pictured
in the Chicago dailies, Mr.. Mackay felt as
it he, too, was thunder struck, and as
the spirits and hopes of his Chicago
friends YER the ruin wrought in South
Dakota fell bis courage failed
to and he hurried RSbaok home
to Dakota q week earlier than he
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