The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-27
THE CITY.
LOCAL ~BREvlTlEx.

LOCAL DREvlTlES.
Weather report: Fair tonight and
Wednesday.
Barley harvest has already begun in
the country.
s...See change in Palace Drug Store ad:.
vertisement.
Funk's celebrated cream candies at
Shaw T. Cranney's.
Choice canned fruit aud fresh fruit at
Shaw & Cranney's.
City council meets tonight to pass up
on electric lighting bids.
A girl arrived at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Caderly last night.
Shaw & Cranney keep a full line of
every day freshly baked goods.
A rubber man was catching suckers
on the street corner this afternoon.
j. H. Williamson, Esq, was a passen-
ger this morning for points IN Iowa.
Rev. Mr.. Cline. the new Baptist minis
ter, and wife arrived from Hawarden.
w. w. James and wife returned to
Sioux City and f. V. Coon to Flandrau.
Fresh blueberries, raspberries and
plums this evening at Shaw 4 Cranney's.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harling this morning, but only lived a
few hours.
Mr.. Yull, brother. ic- law of Register Of
Deeds Thurow. and family of Miner
county are paying Mr.. Thurow's family
q visit.
The annual meeting for the election of
officers of the W. c. T. U. will be held at
the home of Mrs. S. NJ. Jerks tomorr row
afternoon at three o'clock.
The funeral of the late Frank Grow
who died at the residence of S. Devall
this week, will be held from the St
Thomas church at 10 a.. m. tomorrow.
Geo. Il. Farmer reports that they will
begin cutting a sixty acre field of whea,
on the Smith farm southeast of town
next Friday, which shows that the har'
vest is drawing on apace.
Argus Leader, a: Rev. DR.. Wolff will
preach in the Presbyterian church to-
morning and evening. The doctor is
said to be a very fine speaker and is Of
ten called "the Talmage Of South Dako
ta."
At the teachers institute in Uuion
county, South Dakota. last week a vote
was taken on preference for a state
flower, resulting as follows: Anemone
43; violet, 81; buttercup, IL; daisy, Il
rose IL.
A little girl of Mrs. Mcdonald
south of town, fell from a buggy yester
day afternoon and broke the bone of he
arm near the wrist. Being in town a
the time it happened the injured Nom
b,r was quickly reset by a physician.
The railroad men from Woonsocke
brought in samples of wheat this MON
ing that is being cut in the James rive
valley. 1t shows a short head. fully ripe
though not all filled, but a berry of ex
cellent quality. 1t would indicate
crop of from six to ten bushels per acre
New York dispatch, %: Among thos
prominently mentioned as successor
to Rev. DR.. VIM. S. Langford, genera
secretary of the Domestic and Foreig1
Missionary Society of the Protestan
Episcopal church who died recently, i
Ri. Rev. w. H. Hare, missionary bisho
of South Dakota.
Many samples Of grain from countie
north Of this on the Bristol branc
brought down here by the grain men j
their tour of inspection, when compare
with our Lake county grain show
head nearly as large but a stem niue
weaker and apparently less vigorous
than our Lake county product.
VIM. Metcalf received q card toda
from F. L. Means of Howard announcin
the death Of Levi Shepard, an old SO
der who has many intimate acquain
ances in this city. Mr.. Shepard was I
years Of age and last winter buried b
wife who had been u bedridden invali
for % years. The funeral will take plse
at Howard tomorrow at 4 D.. m.
Prof. G. L. Pinkham lectures befo,
the teachers institute this evening
the M. E. church. His subject is n,
announced but is expected to be upc
his travels. Prof. Dempster gave tt
teachers a talk this morning {
Reading Circle and school work. E
county Superintena lent Wright is visi
ing the institute.
In response to a letter of inquiry fro
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