The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-10-21

| city on his way from the north to Sioux
Falls in connection with federal court
! business.
December wheat, No. l, northern in
Chicago, opened to-day at 91B closing at
911s. Corn 26 to 251. Local cash
wheat 70, flax a..
Arrivals this evening were Father
Hnire, Aberdeen, A. H. Wheaton and
wife, Brooklngs, F. 9. Smith, Mrs. T.
Lannon and John Randolph.
Kundert & Fitzgerald present an in
teresting new advertlsement.in this Issue,
pertaining to q special display of cook
ing stoves at their store next week.
YRalph the t~hirteen-year old son Of
Henry Kiner, SO seriously licked in-the
back of the head by a hefsesevera1 days
ago, still lives and strong hopes are now
entertained of his recovery.
Morse aud Munro are doing a big
business in buying and shipping
potatoes these days. The better price
and good crop in south Dakota are
helping out the Dakota Farmer.
Arrivals from the west this morning
were J.. a. Johnson, Sid w. Smith Of
Mitchell and Editor L. e. Taylor of Alex
andria. The latter is attending a meet
ing Of the board of directors of the Ag.
ricultural Insurance company of which
he is a member.
NjIhe storeroom just vacated by Cook
q Odee will be occupied as a clothing
store by Grinager Bros. until the ho]i-
days when II. Bjornstad, who owns the
building, will move into it with his har.
ness stock. Mr. Bjornstad is preparing
to build an addition "a feet square to the
rear for the accommodation Of his large
business.
President Beadle, in Washington at
tending the national meeting of Scottish
Rite Masons, telegraphed the faculty of
the State Normal to grant the students
a holiday, and accordingly to-day the
young students after knowledge have
been enjoying the bright sunshine, free
from the cares of school life and the
solving Of intricate problems.
Sioux Falls Press, %: Wilfred Mason
and William Pye are in the city awaiting
examination by the federal jury on q
charge of larceny. The former is unable
to furnish bonds and is in confinement
in the county Jail. The latter was re-
leased on q bond furnished by his father.
The young men are charged with having
stolen from the postoffice at Brandt.
In another column of this paper ap-
pears the financial statement OF the con.
dition Of the Madison State Bank, Chas.
B. Kennedy, president, which shows the
healthy growth aud substantial oondi.
ton characteristic of this instit ution.
It's conservative management and care.
full Investments make the Madison
State Bank a safe depository.
Sergeant Glonn's summary of Dakota
"00oAOA IVA 0OPV0LAO0A ~ az uAuO Auu
shows temperature for that month tc
have been an average Of $50. The
menthly mean precipitation was 1.Oe
inches, the greatest for the state being
1851, at Howard. This rainfall was d
fbelow normal. The average tempera.
ture was considerably above the normal
j. G. Scott of Oolman was in the city
to-day and gave the particulars Of the
death Of his brother, William, at tina,
place last Saturday. Deceased was ap.
pasently in bis usual health, attending
to his work during the forenoon. and
after dinner, while engaged hitching W
his team, suddenly expired, presumably
from heart disease. William was aged
45 years, unmarried, and provided
home for his widowed mother who il
almost broken down by her sudder
bereavement. The funeral was hell
Sunday.
The University Circle held one Of it
J interesting meetings at the Presbyterian