The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-03-29

new furniture, closing out the Erick-
son 81 Jensen stock, Saturday, March
30. We have nice clean stock to Sc
lect from and everything will be sold
without reserve to the higest bidders
for cash. Sale will begin at 2 O'Clock
p. M. and continue all afternoon. You
come and get the bargains Col. VIM.
Lee will furnish tho oratory for the
| sale.
Mrs. G.. w. Wood of this city is IN
receipt of letter from member of
the family of Mis-. Camreon at Lu-
verne, MINI. Friends of Mrs. Gamer
Oh in this city will regret to learn that
she is lying seriously i'll suffering from
dropsy, and that the family are much
discouraged with the persistency of
the disease.
Fourth ASSIST tant Postmaster General
| McGraw has rendered decision insist
ing on an adherence to the regulations
requiring that boxes on rural mail
routes shall be erected by the roadside
so that carriers can easily obtain access
to them without deviating from their
routes or dismounting from their .vehi
cles. Failure to comply, the decision
states, is likely to result in the oi ,con-
tinuance of delivery of mail.
Roy Kennedy today received from
his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ken
nedy, who are sojourning in southern
California, specimen Of grape fruit
which is curiosity to northern people.
The specimen weighs two pounds and
fourteen ounces and measures seven
teen inches In circumference. While
grape fruit resembles the orange it
grows in clusters similar to the grape,
hence the name. Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
nedy plan to reach home May /.
Brookings Register Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Holdridge of Madison, have been
here this week visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. II. Fl. Reeves. Tuesday
evening Mr.. and Mrs Reeves enter
tanned four tables of whist compliment
a1y to their guests, and in the after
noon Mrs, Reeves gave thimble bee
for Mrs Holdridge, to which about
thirty ladies were invited. MIR.
and Mrs. Holdridge left for home this
morning.
Acting in obedience to law enacted
by the last session of the South Dakota
legislature, making it incumbent upon
the part of railroads to bulletin the al
irving time of all passenger trains, L.
B. Beardsley, superintendent of the
Sioux City and Dakota division of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail
way company, yesterday wired all
agents on the South Dakota portion of
his division instructions in accordance
with the new law.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Harry
H. Dick, for many years connected
with the United States Express COM
pany as agent at Sioux Falls and Madi
son, and as messenger on the road ship
ped mis- household goods Tuesday to a
point in Montana just across the line
from North Dakota. short distance
from where the Jacksons and the Stra-
hons are located Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
will lemain in Sioux Falls until Tues
day Of next week, when they will leave
for their new home.
Sioux City Journal: Michael 0 Neill,
Of Yankton, who has large railroad
contracts in Montana, on the Great
Northern line, near Great Fails and on
the coast extension of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul, passed through
Sioux City last evening on the way to
Bi llings. Mr.. O'Neill was accompan-
led by members Of his family, includ-
ing his two young sons, William Hays
O'Neill and PATSY" O'Neill, who will
assist him through their summer vaca
tion. MIR. O'Neill's contracts call for
a lot of tunnel work and rock excava-
tion and he cannot finish in Montana
until the fall of 1909.
SMOKE Samuel Woodworth, 10c.
Made in Madison.
The state board of regents of educa-
tion were arrivals by the north train
this morning and spent the day in the
city. The board as constituted with
new membership recently az pointed by
Gov. Crawford consists of E. G. Erick-
son of Elk Point, A. Norby of Sisseton,
s. E. Forrest of Britton, A. w. Burt of
Huron, F. A. Spafford of Flandreau.
The three former are new members and
e. c.. Erickson has been chosen presi
dent of the board. /. A. Aldrich of
Big Stone, secretary, also accompanies
the board. s. E. Forrest has been ap-
pointed committee on the affairs of the
Madison State Normal school, DR..
Spaffold formerly occupying that posi-
tion having been assigned to the Agri
cultural college at Brookings for the
same duties The board is making q
tour Of the state, visiting the several
institutions that the new members may
become acquainted with affairs. They
spent yesterday at Brookings and de-
parted from Madison west this evening.
enroute to Springfield.
For Catarrh, let me send you free
just to prove merit, trial size box of