The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

ship, 8 female, total wage paid, 1924.
Salaries paid school officers s5S. Total
number of pupils enrolled. boys 81,
girls "a; value of school houses and APP
paratus, $4,000. Six out of the eight
schools have six months or more teach
ing during the year. Amount of bonds
outstanding at this date $1,000. Total
amount of money received from all
sources during the year s4,23l.63 {. Total
amount paid out for all purposes So, 1s5.-
80, leaving a balance on hand of S2,045.-
q. Decrease of net indebtedness dur
ing the past year, $500. This is a very
good showing for that township.
Sioux City Journal, 80: w. w. James,
proprietor Of the Exchange hotel, has
returned from Madison, S. D., where he
has been looking after his business inter-
ests. Mr.. James says there is q good
prospect for a large crop of corn, oats
and barley II Luke county, but that the
wheat will not be V an average crop,
as some fields have been damaged by
bugs and other causes Farmers, he
says, are all feeling good, and merchants
with whom be talked reported collect.
ions better than for some time past.
There is quite a little building being
done in Madison, and farmers are build
ing barns and improving their homes.
One lumber concern there told Mr.. James
that it had sold over a quarter of q mil
lion feet Of lumber for building purposes
this summer, and that the bulk Of it
went to farmers. Banks reported
ey plenty. Deposits have increased I'm.
til bankers were compelled to reduce
the interest from 6 to 5 per cent on de.
posits as there was no outlet for the &C.
emulation. Bankers were anxious to
loan money at 10 per cent on good realty
collateral, but farmers this year were
not borrowers. Even the sheriff was
complaining Of dull business, and in one
township Of Lake county every dollar
OF personal tax has been paid.
Last evenings storm was quite severe
in this county though not more so than
north of here at Bryant where it is re-
ported the hail made a clean sweep in a
| path six miles wide and not known how
long or at Woonsocket and west where it
has also swept the crops to considerable
extent. The hail here does not seem to
have been very heavy or Of wide extent
| but the violence with which it was
driven by the wind storm in places
where it did strike caused it to destroy
about half the crop. Had it come with.
out wind it would have done little or no
damage. The hail took about half the
crop of Andrew Smith and a narrow
strip adjoining about three miles north
Of here, but the heaviest lof the storm
has been in the southeast part of the
courty-partly in Chester aud partly in
Franklin townships. In the latter, b. b.
Bowel reports a barn unroofed, John
S. Anderson his crop destroyed by hail
and similar damage to others of that
neighborhood. Geo. Staley of Chester
says the nail took half the crop where il
struck in his ne,ghborhood. Henry
Fishers barn was knocked down and
three horses killed and two others
injured. Grain has been badly swayed
and beaton down in the path of the
storm and much of it will not rise again
| This is tho cOndit,op IN Tho n y Smith
farms southeast of the city, aud on John
G. Cotfey's place the windmill aud towe,
was blown down. The path of the storm
therefore was probably four or five
miles wide and eight or ten miles long liz
the southeast part of this county.
Fresh celery and berries at Shaw s
Cranney's.