The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
STATE. NEWS

Memo What is known as the corn
stalk disease continues to kill cattle in
this neighborhood. Ed Bray lost IL
head in a few days. Smaller losses are
repotre, by Others.
Pierre-The little son of the Luther
an minister of this city, Gearhait
Kasberg was skating in the yard of
a neighbor and fell, striking his fore
mead. OPP TO the present be has not re-
covered consciousness and serious re-
suits are feared. No one saw him
fall. but he was found after lying in
the cold some time, when a child from
the house in whose yard the skating
pend was located came out doors to
play.
Pierre-A petition is in circulation
in the capital city seeking women sign
ers to a petition to the legislature to
lesuhmit the suffrage question during
the session. Dennis Henault, who
championed the women in the last
session Of the senate and was present
ed a beautiful boquet in token OF
their appreciation, 10 not coming back
this year from the Hills, so il will
fall TO the lot of some other senator to
champion the cause
Aberdeen-Dakota grown horses are
in great demand Ia the New England
states, and J. ii Chamberlain. a
local householder, is making many car
load shipments Of Dakota horses to
Vermont, Connecticut, and New York.
He has shipped several hundred horses
to these states during the year. and
after the first of the year he expects
to la regular shipments every fort.
night. Mr.. Chamberlain states there
appears to be something in the soil.
climate and grasses Of the Dakotas
that make an especially valuable grade
OF draft horses. and the New Eng
landers are glad to pay good prices
for the animals.
Pierre-The annual meeting OF the
state bar association at this city. has
been fixed for January Is and 10. and
one Of the features of this session will
be a dinner to be given in honor of
Judges Corson and Haney. who retire
from the supreme bench on the seventh
OF January, the n after a service of
twenty three years, and the other
eighteen years on the supreme bench.
Aberdeen-Ths Moreau country in
Perkins county Is all torn up over a
dispute between cattlemen aud sheep
men. II is claimed that Fred Dris-
coll and Oliver Rose, two prominent
sheepmen. were driving 1 700 sheep
along a trail which is regularly used
by travellers. but which passes across a
school section leased by G. /. Yates,
a cattleman. Yates objected TO the
sheep crossing the land, aud when they
appeared he, with a force of men, is
alleged to have ~impounded the herd
for ~trespass. Driscoll and Rose have
brought suit for 80. 900 damages against
Yates and Others implicated in the
affair and gave bonds to cover any
damage the sheep may have done.
Bison--After ~partaking of some
canned clam chowder, Mas Mabel
Delaney of Bison, assistant count
superintendent Of Perkins county, be-
violently i'll and lapsed iuto un-
consciousness. A physician succeeded
in restoring her. but she was sick
several days. An Inspection of the
interior of the can from which the
chowder was taken showed it to be
blackened, evidently from corrosion.
Pierre--It is asserted that a move.
ment Is under way on the part Of some
OF the democrats and progressives of
the senate to ask for a committee on.
committees at the opening of the SEES
sion, on the theory that Lieutenant
Governor Abel, as a we'll known stall
wart. may not make committee selcc-
tions to the liking of the progressive
function when 1t comes to the selection
Of the principal committee heads. The
only time In the history OF the state
this has ever been done was when