The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-26

pirate to the occasion were made by
Sir Knights Hest3n, Beadle and Be
witt.
Mrs. Frank Harry of Turkey River,
Iowa, arrived in the city Christmas eve
and will spend a couple of weeks visit
ing relatives and friends. Mrs. Harry
will be Iemem bered as a resident of
Lake county some years ago, occupying
the former /. d. Smith farm zeal Lake
Herman. She is a sister of Mrs. W.
McHenry of this city.
r. Fl. Mayfield was at work today
installing the heating plant of the
South Dakota bank building to pro
vide heat to enable work to be con
The mason work is practically com
pleted and The roofing will be laid
within a few days. Contractor Rob
ertson has been fortunate in the mat.
ter of fine weather for work and has
pushed the building rapidly. 1t is
planned to have the building ready for
occupancy within the next sixty days
Leola dispatch: Jacob j. Lammie.
a Mcpherson county young man, is
under arrest at Leola, charged with
pIacticing as a veterinarian without
the proper qualification or authority
1t is claimed Lamlnie administered a
serum to a number of horses as a pre-
tentative of black leg, and after seven
horses had died from the effects Of
the treatment it was discovered the
remedy administered was intended for
a cattle disease. The. horses treated
were all owned by farmers in the
vicinity of Eureka. A number of other
animals were treated with tho serum,
and their owners are watching them
anxiously.
Tess of The Storm County which
comes to the Madison opera house on
Saturday, Dec. 20, is "a big story. 1t
has all the charm and force of atmos-
phere created by a select company of
premier opponents of Thespis. The
heme of the play is mighty, its action
is swiftly rushing, its stirring incidents
closely with dramatic situations in
tricate in its bewilderiugly beautiful
stage setting, its character cation mas
terly--it is more than an. interesting.
fascinating romance, it lisa play with
a purpose, and that purpose is made
plain without any undue deliberation,
and is decisive in its developments, it
is in a word the best play yet pro
duced by Jones and Crane, that any
young FRI of theatrical producers of
Chicago.
Elk Point dispatch: Charles Webb,
who wac welded a month ago to Miss
BerniCe Webb, OF Ramona, S. d.,
stood Il good chance OF being held
amenable to the laws Of this state on
the ground that he swore falsely as to
the age of the girl, who is his cousin
Webb lived at Chatsworth, la and Sc.
cured a license at Elk Point to wed his
cousin, alleging that she was 18 years
old. The couple was married am left
for CbatswoIth. The father of the
bride appeared at Elk Point and learned
of the situation aud then got cut a
warrant for the arrest of Webb. The
latter slipped away with his bride to
Dead wood, where he was located. and
the couple was brought back. 1t is
stated that the father will now relent
and permit the young people to be
married outside of this state.
Clerk of the Courts Burnett enjoyed
a happy Christmas by making others
happy. During the present month he
Issued fourteen marriage licenses, and
four of the permits resulted in Christ
mas weddings. Mr.. James T. Cole
and Miss Margaret Midgsard were
married yesterday afternoon at the
United Lutheran church by the Rev.
M. Anderson and departed by the mid
night train for Minneapolis on a wed
ding trip. AT the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Squires,
six miles southwest of the city, MI.
Byron G. Taylor of Omaha, and Miss
Vesta Squires were united in marriage
by the Rev. d. j. Mitterling, depart
ing in the afternoon for Omaha where
Mr.. Taylor is engaged in business.
Other Christmas weddings were Mr..
James leighty and Miss Mary z.
Chaplin of Winfred and Mr.. Henry A.
Reidel and Miss Mabel M. Keene of