The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-30
THE CITY
LOCAL ~DREvlTlES.


John Cross returned from their Wiscon-
\sin visit.
Weather report: Partly cloudy to
night and Sunday, variable winds,
warmer east portion tonight.
A considerable number of farmers got
into town to-day but say the roads are 10
poor condition with the drift. The train
for the north had to turn back at Bry-
ant and will not reach here until 6 p. m.
Those who attended Mrs. Stoddard's
1O-cent lunch yesterday afternoon speak
very highly of the choice character OF
the entertainment. This, however. was
what was expected, and it proved q
financial success too.
E. V. Coon has closed up his residence
here and to day departed for Lincoln,
Neb.. where he will be stationed for the
next three months. returning here in the
spring. Mrs. Coon is at present at her
fathers home in Faulkton.
Dan Bowden, formerly Of this city,
writes to a friend that he is now located
\ in Kentucky with headquarters at Louis
Vile, as collector for the Deeriig Co.,
with twenty counties for his field Of
and expresses himself in love
with the country.
County Treasurer Fleming has re-
beived notice from State School Land
Commissioner Lockhart that consider
able interest on deferred payments for
school lands is still unpaid and that the
county treasurer should notify such
parties that they must pay this interest
and taxes before an extension OF time
will be granted on the payment OF inter
est this year. II not paid in a reasona-
BILE length OF time the commissions
will order contracts cancelled.
The oyster supper at the Presbyterian
church parlors last evening was an oc-
casion Of genuine cordially and good
eating. Tho program after the supper
was one Of much excellence, the
Misses Blancl.e Ball, La Pearl Wood and
Mrs Thos. Rae each furnishing recita-
tions or readings and Miss Edith
Fawkes, Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Rowland and
Mr.. Tuttle, d~elighting the audience with
solos, while Prof. Ireland's cornet solos
were charming. The receipts Of the
supper we're 1850.
The juvenile band gave "a very pleas
ant surprise party last evening and in
turn were themselves very much sur
prised. One OF their number, Tommy
McGillivray, was absent from the city
hall when they met for practice and Mr.
J.. E. BelN suggested that the band &c
over to his house and "play him out
The lads fell in with the suggestion and
were inside the house and started &c
play before Tommy caught on to the idea
that he had been p~urposely detained al
home on the occasion OF; his fourteenth
birthday. and the thirty odd memberl
OF the band did not discover that the,
had been imposed upon-until they wert
handsomely treated to refreshments arc
good time.
The telephone system in the city ha'
been purchased by Coffey & Larkin wht
assumed possession yesterday and vii
attend to the business themselves. Thu
Central is already in their Office ant
everything is quite convenient for thei
taking control OF the system Without ad
ditional help OF arrangements. The new
proprietorship will no doubt be NOR,
satisfactory to our citizens than tn
management by an outside company. Il
this connection it is also worthy of not
that the agent OF the Bell long distanc
telephone company has been il
the city looking ove til
ground for connection witt
Sioux City. Two gaps-one from Mad
son to Doll Rapids and another from
Canton to Akron is all that is necessar
to complete the line. The agent on
poets to return in the spring and resum
negotiations with q view to completin
the Sioux City connection.
Agents wanted. Several high rate
factories, Zines selling to same buyers
offer free samples, protected groune
and cash commissions, to pushing mer
Rare opportunity. Syndicate, P. o. 1871
New York.
Chicora, Pt., "Herald:,.- Richard Yer
sci reports One Minute Cough Cure tn
greatest success OF medical science. II
told US that it cured his whole family &
terrible coughs and colds, after ell othe
SO sailed cures had failed entirely. NJ,
Vensel said it assisted his chiidre
through Q very bad siege Of messels. On
Minute Cough Cure makes expectorl
tlon very easy and rapid.
FRANK SIXTH.