The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-06
THE CITY.
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to Spring Valley, MINI.
The Misses Sada and Ida Jones re-
turned from Fulda, Mimi.
A. Sylvester. of Artesian, and a for.
ner resident of this place. was in the
city between trains.
The auction sale of household goods
at Rev. w. j. Cleveland's residende will
be continued tomorrow ut 2 p. m.
MISS Grace Stewart returned from
Winfred, and the Salvationists from
Howard whittier the later went two days
ago.
Weather report: Generally fair to.
night and Saturday proceeded by show.
ers this afternoon in east portion. War
met tonight.
Mrs. VIM. Crittendon of Fair mont,
MIMI, who has been visiting her brother,
D. Petit of this city for two weeks re-
turned home to-day.
In a letter to w. W. Girton last even
ing, Gen. Beadle states that he has
finally decided to inter Mrs. Beadle's re.
mains at Albion, Mich. Gen. Beadle will
return home ia about ten days.
The repairing of plaster and paper il
the courtroom is o being carried down
into the hallway of the courthouse below.
The stairway and walls of the long hall
way are being neatly retouched with
paint.
Mrs. Matz, through her attorney, VIM.
McGrath, has begun action today against
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway company to cover $4,000 damag-
es for the loss of q leg to her little SOD,
Henry, by the cars a few years age.
The Norwegian Lutheran church and
Sunday school will hold an open air SER
vice in Lake Herman grove next Sunday
at IL a. M. Rev. N. NJ. Mime will preach
and conduct the service. A very pleas
ent time is anticipated. All Scandina-
VANS are cordially invited to be present.
The c~onyeyances will leave the city at
10 a. u. x.
C. A. Nichols is casting about for a
new t%ailorshop, d. McKinnon having
purchased the building in which Mr..
Nichols is now located. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Mckinnon will build an
extention to the rear of his present store
% feet square, one story, of stone,
uniting this and his recent purchase all
~ oco ,nop,oth establishment
Harry Bond. brother.ln.law Of John
Maloy and who lived in the latter's
house in the southeast part of the city
died very suddenly at II a. M. today of
heart trouble. He had been ailing o lit.
tie but ate his breakfast rs usual. He
was 81 years of age and leaves a wife
oaly. Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been announced.
Aberdeen News, 5: Capt. j. H
Hauser's model standard or spear OF
pike, whatever it may be called, which
was carried last year by the boys 10 blue
from this department in the grand par
'ade of the Grand Army at st. Paul, hae
been adopted, after q careful inyestiga'
ton of the merits Of other propositions
for the distinctive feature Of South Da
kota's share in the great line of march
which will be marshaled at Buffalo the
closing week Of the present month. The
spear was original IN character and con
struction with Capt. Hauser, and The
actual work of making them was per
formed q year ago by himself and mem
bers OF his family. 1t is simple in al
respects, but attracts instantaneously
and was one of the features and by all
odds the best advertisement of the parade
IN st. Paul. Old soldiers and visitors
l. from the east we're rendered fairly crazy
: to got them as trophies and souvenirs o.
the occasion, and in consequence prob
ably not n South Dakota G. A. Il. mar
in ten brought his spear home with him
The SO called spears, all others have beer
buried by the Grand Army, are eimpl,
smoothly rounded sticks or poles, with
one end surmounted by a bouncing ca,
of corn and q miniature sheaf of wheat
One year ago the COM was generally
obtained in Lincoln county by Conrad,
N. G. Nash, while the heads of Rrall
came from this immediate vicinity
The spears were carried in an uprigh'
position, resting in the hollow Of th,
right hand and against the righ'
shoulder. The effect, because OF tn,
number largely, was brilliant and sigif
cant and made q decided hi
in the press and otherwise. Thi
year the standard will not differ i.
appearance and construction from on,
year ago, except that q small yellow
streamer, bearing tho words "South Da