The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-18
TIL T. CITY.
Local ~IsfeEyITlES

Howard.
Rev. w. J. Cleveland arrived from the
east On the evening train.
Weather report: Fair to night and
Friday. Warmer Friday, variable winds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cochrane took the
evening train for the west to be gone
over sunday.
The trains working south on the
branch had reached Elrod at 4 p. m.
and may get through here tonight.
A dime social at the Salvation Army
barracks Saturday evening. Coffee and
cake will be served. Come everybody. y
The senatorial contest at Pierre was
finished to-day 10y the election of Kyle.
The full republican vote and enough sill
YER men went TO Kyle to give him 60
votes. bowman received fl, the rest
scattering.
j. G.. Schntz received a letter last
evening from Frank Smith stating that
his mother died Sunday morning. He
had reached her bedside t~wenty-four
hours before, but she had not been con-
scious during the time.
The citizens Of Madison should not
miss the evangelistic meetings at the
Presbyterian church. The preaching is
l decidedly plain and practical, and the
: music led ty Prof. Ireland with his cor
net is excellent. Services every evening
at 1880 o'clock. y
<John Mcdonald of the south part of
Franklin township lost a valuable morse
last week In a very sudden way. HIS
boy drove the team over an old well COW
cred with snow and one Of the horses
broke through. 1t hung for a time
across the well by The neck and hind
legs but when they attempted to extri-
cate it the animal dropped to the bot
tom, thirty feet.
According to the Yankton Press, Asa
A. Grant, president of the State Fire.
mems association, has about perfected
arrangements for the next tournament
at Madison, anyway. An elaborate sys-
tenn Of "tiremen's special trains" will bc
provided by tire Milwaukee and the
Northwestern roads. The Press says:
1.-The prospects are bright for locating
the tournament at Madison and there
are 1000 firemen within a radius OF 100
miles OF that beautiful spot who ought
to attend. Madison with its lakes and
pleasure grounds is at its best in June.
There is to be a long list Of prizes Of
fered, and the bremen OF the state hope
to make the affair one of the most sue
cessful tournaments ever held in South
Dakota"
The jury in the case Of johnson Bros.
u. Co.. against Thomas Lamb, which
vent out at 5 p. m. yesterday, returned
this morning and announced that they
could not agree. The court discharged
them and gave them until 100 to-day TO
rest. This morning the court took up
ibec case OF Ellis b. Reeves VS.. j. Leslie
Thompson. receiver, Gulbjor Rogen
substituted as defendant in place of j.
Leslie Thompson, receiver. Defendant
had deposited money with the Citizens
National bank to pay a certain mort
gage OF nearly $500, and before she had
received her satisfaction Of mortgage
the bank failed, Reeves, the plaintiff,
had not received the money nor been
credited with it on the books Of the
bank and 81 interviewed to prevent de.
PENDANT from getting the satisfaction OF
mortgage until he is paid. The court
directed a verdict for plaintiff. After
dinner q jury was called in the case OF
the Northwestern Loan and Banking
company vs.. Elmer Sheridan, D.. Il.
. Scott, Tin Lannon, Jacob Kundert and
VIM. Whitmore.
The True Remedy