The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-12
Rev. II. p. Carson OF Scotland are Chau-
tauqua visitors today.

Rev. II. p. Carson Of Scotland are Chau-
tauqus visitors to-day.
Confirmation and Communion services
will be conduoted by Rev. N. NJ. Mime
Mt the Lutheran church next Sunday
morning.
Weather report: Fair northwest,
showers aud thunderstorms southeast
portion this afternoon and tonight.
Cooler tonight. Thursday probably
fair With colder east portion.
j. A. johnson circulated . paper
among the business men OF the city for
an agreement to close up stores at $50
.. m. in order to allow all to hear Eugene
V. Debs. The paper was signed readily
by all aud the vacation taken.
It is reported that n strip Of crops
about q mile wide and four or five miles
long in the western part OF the county,
north OF LaBelle rancho, was quite bad
ly damaged by hail, q week ago tonight.
The h~ailstones are said to have been Of
enormous size.
Mrs. Will Torbett departed tor Britt,
Iowa, to visit her sick father, Mr.. Ell
lott. formerly q grain buyer OF this
this place. He has been in hospital ut
Chicago for several months without OBJ
taining relief and has returned home
not expecting to long survive.
Rev. Hugh Brown, OF Springville,
Iowa, who accepted q call for a year to
the Presbyterian church at, this place,
writes Elder VIM. Rowland, that his
resignation Of his present p~astorate has
been accepted aud that he will be out
here to visit his new charge the 18th
CT 18th inst. but will not be ready 70
begin work until about the middle Of
August.
A ne = device OF the railway companies
is a weed-burner. The keeping down OF
the weeds along the track especially in
a year like this 10 quite q serious prob.
lem. The Milwaukee company had one
in operation along its lines here the past
week aud though the machine 10 in the
experimental stage it did good work.
The furnace on wheels constructed for
the purpose 10 pushed ahead OF .
locomotive at Tho rate Of about IS miles
Q day and sends out y soorchins dame
from crude oil that burns weeds clear
down the smbankmsnt. A few days
later when the weeds have died the
burner retraces the hne ct . rate OF
about Is miles . day consuming all that
10 left Of the weeds.
The school corporation Of Franklin
had another OF its ebullient incidents in
school affairs yesterday. Sometime ago
. vote OF that school township, which
also comprises part VI Orlaud and
Herman, took . vote 70 remove . school
building 20 another site aud locate Q new
school house il place OF the old one.
The vote to remove the:.old building, the
Waskey school house, to the new loca-
ton was carried, but the proposition to
locate tho new building on tho old site
VA lost. Then another vote OF the peo-
pie to determine the new site was taken
up yesterday and . heated campaign
took place between the advocates OF the
southeast quarter Of section IL, 40 the
site. Men and women voted. and l09
votes we're cast. Section 10 won BY Z
vote OF 81 20 n Tor the other place. and
now peace rsigns though some heart
burnings remain. Franklin TOWNSHIPS
has iunds enough in hand not only t.
remove The old school house but 70 build
The new ore and have money LETT.