The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-09-01

set fire to the grass which touched off
the fence. 4 TOW lengths OF fencing
were pulled out and the fire quickly ex.
tinguished.
The Robert Morris anniversary festi.
val at Masonic Temple last evening was
the occasion OF a jolly good time. Dain-
~ refreshments were served. Thanks
are due the various committees which
we're 80 efficient in the face OF such d,f.
ticulties, adverse rather, etc.
Fred Smith who has been out on a
visit OF Il few days to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Il. =. Smith, departed for
Chicago and will thence go direct TO
Liverpool, England where his head
quarters will be for the future. MIR.
Smith has been in England the past
season representing "a patent medicine
house returns 20 the same work.
Fires destruction s,ill plays havoc
anon the threshing machines. Yes,er.
day the new steam outfit belonging TO j.
J. Williams Of Wlnfred while ihreshIpg
On the farm OF Nels Johnson north or
Wlnfred set "a fire which burned up the
separator aud u setting OF grain. The
machine WAS new. having been used for
the first I me about ten days sgo. and is
u severe loss to the proprietor.
ln addition 20 other improvements 60.
..rg on IN Lake county which we have
air. ATTY noted. are the following: II. ..
Skattum M addition 10 bis house. j. c.
Hall Of Madison a new house. 5. Egan
an addition 10 house, Carmi j.. hitch, a
barn. 9. .. Exae. Prairie Queen An al.
di,ion 70 house, Rudolph Schmidt q new
house. A.. j. Ramsey OF the north east
par, OF county y Dew house. Iver Tuifti
OF Nunda, q large granary. Peter Bakus
a barn. A Stevenson of the north part OF
the county n barn, Oliver Bailey, Leroy
an addition 10 house, Carl .Aigle OF
Madison q new houee, |. y. smith q new
barn and house. l.. l.. 1illo,son u barn.
JOHN Patterson Eranar!, John
Geo,Troy an addition to house, knute
Peterson, Prairie Queen an addition to
house. +. d. Palmer, Nunda. new house,
Dan Rounds. new grahary.
There vas q good turn out TO the mass
meeting at the opera house last evening
10 bear the report OF the committee OK
tive appointed BY the Normal school I'm.
proveuent meeting held u few weeks
ago. The committee recommended that
the Citizens improvement League OK
Lake county be formed with officers 600
sistinp OF u president, a vice president OF
tho chairman OF the board OF superv's-
ora Of each township in the county. +"
secretary, treasurer and board OF d'rec-
tors 81 twenty eight members. and tina
. committee OF five be appointed 70
name the twenty eight directors. Inc
r.,or, Was adopted by the meeting.
m. committee Of tive nominated the
following directors which were elected
by the meeting: Messrs. \. y. Sch"'u''
II y. Smith, McKnnon, Fits. Clon9h'
K.,cham. G. II. Wood, Daniels Mease'
III. Jones, Cuisine. '. X. Walden
Farmer. DIR. jerks. d. ID. Holdrlage
Frank Palmer, Morse. Ripe, u. mac
k,y.L.T Hubbell, J. a. johnson, rrua
.,is,a. Kramer, Lowe, Kennedy. Dausn
harty. n, ID. McGillivray, S'"hl' lh'
original committee also recommends
!, that the board OF directors appoint SUI
committees as follows: Finance 0 men,
hers; legislative, .; educational o. e'
~;,o,ial. 4. The directors are calico '
meat in tho city hall tomorrow e'en'p'
TO complete the work OF ORGANIZATION
|. The meeting elected the following o.
6cers for the board OF directors Jon
Walden, president; G. }. Porter VIC
,ras;dent Tor Madison; q. NJ rare!
y ,retsry; J. J. Fitzgerald treasure
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