The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-31
THE CITY.


Wheat dropped one cent today on
the local market.
Weather report: Local showers to-
night and Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Stump of Wentworth,
spent the day in the city.
There is no end to the Normal school
students arriving these days.
John Cross returned from a three
weeks vacation in the wild western
counties.
Alex. Ross proved up on his home.
stead today. the OK neA of section
4-1O5-54.
Lewis the Runsmith, has returned
from his months vacation in the west.
ern counties.
Miss Bertha Mitchell departed for
Cherokee, Iowa, where she is engaged to
teach in the city schools the coming year.
Conductor Bert Gates now runs the
west end train, Conductor Buckholtz
having a two weeks lay off to shoot
chickens.
Arrivals on the evening train: Miss
Dora Corneylsen. Mrs. A. E. Fuller, F.
L. Soper, Geo. Willard and many Nor
NAL school students.
Mrs. G. T. Marx a public
sale of household goods at her residence
next Saturday, VIM. Lee acting ia the
capacity of a%uctioneer.
Miss Nellie O,Connor left for st. Paul
to take a few weeks course in trimming
and then expects to take the position of
trimmer in a store farther west.
Arrivals by the train from the north
we're Mrs. J.. G. Callinan, Miss
Nellie Collins, instructor IN the
Normal school, and a large bevy OF
Normal school students.
The regular W. c. T. U. meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Ball tomor-
row afternoon at three O'Clock. Election
of delegates to the state convention that
meets at Vermillion Sept. 80.
Attorneys Williamson and Farmer re-
turned from Wentworth, this afternoon,
whether they went to try several cases
of assault and disorder that had grown
out of the saloon tight there last Satur.
day. With considerable wrangling and
more salutary advice, all the cases we're
settled and peace hovers over our neigh
boring village once more.
The F. J. Lewis Roofing and Manu-.
featuring company's men Of Omaha, com
menced putting on the tar and gravel
roofing OF the new Smith, Fitzgerald
block this morning. The cornice work
for finishing the front of the block
has also arrived and will soon be put in
place. The central piece contains the
legend, "Masonio Temple, 1897"
Mitchell Republican, So: Mrs. F. G.
Chaphe Of Madison arrived today to
see her mother, Mrs. Lester. . The Nit.
chell school board, out OF thirty appli.
cants, selected Geo. H. Grace. a gradu.
ate OF the Washington Springs Seminary
and now country superintendent OF
schools In Buffalo county, to succeed the
late John Pye. as principal of schools.
"Chewing the rag" is a phrase that
has orept into our language OF late years
and whether expressive ornot it is often
heard. A little Madison lad vas >en.
gagedin a heated discussion with his
playmates the other day and when he
came into the house his mamma in
quired, "Dean why we're you talking 90
loud out there?" "Oh, I was just suck.
ing the rag with those boys!"
There will be a meeting at the Pres.
byterian church tomorrow afternoon at
s O'Clock to complete the organization of
q Mothers club for child study, begun
by Miss Whited during Chautauqua.
All mothers, teachers and those in any
way responsible for the training OF
Children, : cordially invited. Those
having books belonging to the Mothers
library are requested by the librarian to
bring or send them to this meeting.
Pipestone Star, o.: Mrs. Emma Rob.
erts and Mrs. and Miss Stewart Of Mad.
ieon, s. D., arrived in the city over the
Milwaukee yesterday noon and v,sited
until TINS morning at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Nash. They departed
over the Omaha this morning for Wood.
stock where they will visit relatives 81
the former. Miss Kittie Casey, who
has been visiting at the home OF har
brother, D. G. Casey. OF this city. LETT
over the Milwaukee this afternoon Tor
her home at Madison.
Rehearsal Of the juvenile band this
evening. Business meeting SATURDAY.