The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-01-22

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+. Il. VsnSlyke departed by team this
morning to visit friends neat Erwin and
WILL thence proceed to the northern part
OF TIE state TO engage in Woodman work.
The social club dance previously an.
nounced to come of next Thursday eve-
n'nR, will take place tomorrow night. ut
$3.50. sharp, Halstead's orchestra furnish
ing the music.
The Catholic ladies have raised money
sufficient to sei.d Mrs. Rose McLauph.
lin, the invalid lady, who has long been a
charge on the church, to the st. Paul
Catholic home Tor the aged and intirm.
This will provide the dependent lady
with care and q comfortable home. and
10 a most benevolent act on the part q,
the Catholic ladies.
An instance OF the avid,ty with which
Lake county lands are sought even nj
this time OF the year, is shown by the
TACT that during the past week alone. 4.
q. Schmidt sold a hall n dozen farms 10
outside parties, aggregat,ng in all a valne
OF $4,000. Ia most OF these the deeds
have already passed while in the rest tn.
papers are on the way or practically
closed.
Several different parties went out from
Madison yesterday on the rabbit hunt.
a portion IT them fell in with Went.
worth parties IN "a fight with a big wolf
near that place which used up some OF
the dogs very badly. HIS wolfship e.
capped and was followed by two men on
horseback. but our ineormants left be.
fore the chase was ended and did not
learn the final result.
Speaking OF the big profits in stock
raising = Bon Homme county paper says:
Alex. Brown returned from Chicago
Saturday where he had been with a
shipment Of too and hogs from his
farm. He had III hogs and 80 head OF
cattle. ~stecrs. cows and heiiers, The
shipment Melted him s2,9si. He figures
that the corn he fed in fitting them Tor
market netted him over 40 cents per
bushel. which is more thar double what
Il would bring on the market.
One OF tho e~arlies. pioneers OF Lake
county. Geo. Richardson OF Ches,e.
township. died yesterday at the resi-.
dence OF his son, Ashby, in that town
ship. lie was pas, 3 years OF age. and
had been a resident OF this county for
- years. He was a native OF Ohio. liy-
ing afterwards in Indiana and Iowa he.
tore coming here. lie leaves u wife aud
nine children 20 mourn his loss. All the
family except M live in Lake county.
The funeral will take place a, Prospec,
church at ! p. m. tomorrow, Rev. J. C.
Hubbell officiating. Rev. Shur,lefY
pastor in charge. OF Prospect. and Rev
Stevens. q former pastor. will also assis'
Mt IN. services.
Dell Rapids Tribune. 10: a. Hunte
me- reports the sale this week Of thre,
quarters Of LAND. two improved farms sut
IN uuimproved quarter, IN Chester
township. 10 Peter lv.rson. Of Eas'
Sioux Falls, who WAS here recently anc
looked over the land. The price pal,
Tor the three quarters was 5000.
j. ". January. $. l.. Todd and c. De
Witt have been appointed by Dah!gre,
Poet, g. a. L.. ~ u committee 10 lool
|, after the arranpements for the annua
, encampment Of the Lake Madison Veter
ans association. which will be held II
, Dell Rapids this year. The dates To-
, the encanpment have not yet been de
. c,ded upon. but it will probably be bel.
some time in June, as usual.
The Rovernmet weather observer a
Aberdeen says Of the temperature 70
January: There have been only fou
nights on which the thermometer regis
; tered below zero. these being the fire
four Of tho new year, when :. j, and !
degrees respectively were reached. q,
the night OF the 9th the zero mark wa
Just reached and the other nights Of tn
month ranging from three to 81 above
tho average being 10 above zero. Tn
mean temperature OF the days OF Janu
ary. have averaged 81 ABOVE zero 10
tho month up to this time. Decembe
was a tine month, the average temper
atuse Of the days being ga above ger
only a fraction below tho record 70
. January. November, which is seldom
bad month, had an average nooLda
j.. temperature OF s6.l7 above zero. an
on only one night did the registration
reach a low ~ 20 above zero.
To the Public.
Sanford Dodge is 70 be here on Wed
. uesdsy and Thursday, January "A an
land Ok had him booked for the cit