The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-24
THE CITY,.


Weather report: Fair tonight and
Sunday.
The Good Templars will meet Monday
evening, July 26.
Ensign Hill, the Salvation l~assie, re-
turned to Sioux Falls.
E. Kramer has rented the residence of
James Shaw on the east size and will
occupy it September l.
Congressman Kelley's wife and chill.
dren Of Flandrau, arrived on the even
ing tram and will be the guests OF Mrs.
Geo. Mead.
IL The ice-cream service at Mrs. j. w.
Davison's between 4 and 6 yesterday
afternoon was largely attended, the
receipts being over 50.
Rev. DR.. Wolff was a passenger for
Sioux Falls where he exchanges pulpits
tomorrow With Rev. Mr.. Thompson of
that city who comes here.
XJ. L. Jones went to st. Paul on the
morning train accompanied by his son
Merle and Irma Rowland who 60 to visit
friends in the sanity city.
K A game of ball between the band nine
and a town nine was hotly contested
this afternoon, resulting in a score of 7
to / in favor of the band boys.
Eliza johnson returned this morning
from a visit to her brother, Geo. j., at
Howard. She departs next week to join
her parents at Milwaukee, Wis.
Prof. B. F. Butler of Big Stone City
passed through town N his wheel on the
way home from Salem where he has
been teaching in a summer school.
Montrose Herald, %: Rev. l.. ID.
Worth and wife will go to Madison
Saturday afternoon where Mr.. Worth
will supply the pulpit of the First
Baptist church.
Arrivals on the evening train Mrs. I.
r. Nannestadt of Canton, Rev. Thomp-
son, Sioux Falls, f. A. Ripe and wife.
John Crow and wife, Mrs. Myron Nc
Cready, and A. 2. Harling.
Il. Stearns is nursing a very sore
finger, the result of an injury received
on some tin roofing whereby the flesh
was scraped from the bone on the fore
finger of the left hand for Il length of
nearly two inches.
Three splendid flowers blossomed out
on j. w. Bells night blooming cereus
Thursday evening. They fairly filled
the house with odor so that the doors
had to be opened. He expects another
tonight or verp soon.
Engineer Chas. McGill returned yes
terday from Trempeleau, Wis.,, where he
left his family, Mrs McGill's father be-
ing very low and not expected to live.
Mr.. McGill reports a magnificent crop in
that section of Wisconsin.
MI. G. o. Braham, the special sales.
man for the K!mball pianos and organs,
who has recently made headquarters in
Madison, has arranged with F. I. VIII.
y liams, the northwestern agent, to handle
this celebrated line of goods at Madison
and alnog the roads tributary to Mad.
ison. Mr.. Braham has resided in the
state for years and is highly spoken of
by those who know him.
Vermillion Republican, %: "a ship
ment of $4,000 pounds of wool up at
Scotland last week Melted IL cents per
pound. Another of 10000 at Alexandria
brought 10 As cents. Last year wool in
this state was worth only z cents. We
don't claim credit for this rise in the clip
is particularly due to Mckinley. and of
course no blame attaches to Bryan
guess the demand for fine tieeces is what
is back Of the increase in price," TO the
foregoing we may add that County Com
missioner Davis of this county sold his
crop Of 1000 pounds of wool fer - cents
per pound. But, then, it was quality
that told.
WaNted-TO Trade.
A Steiner violin for mandolin. Address
p. O. box 16.