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

evening.
Temperature marked 90 this morn.
ing with bright Sunshine during the
day. If there is anything South Dako
tans are proud of this year it is the fine
winter resort weather that has pre-
vailed only twice has the tempera-
ture fallen below zero-once / degree
below and another time 2 degrees be-
low, for a short time in the early
morning.
The county commissioners will meet
one week from today to transact
quarterly business. At that time new
ly elected county officials will assume
their duties. There are few changes.
f. w. Butts will succeed l.. s Mar
tin as sheii Fl. Fl. Holdridge sue
ceeds Hans Urdahl as states attorney;
W +. Sponholz succeeds J.. T. Blewitt
as county Judge; G.. M. Simmons sue
ceeds JAS. Olson as county commission
or. The board of commissioners will
probably appoint a corone-. M. G..
McGillivray. elected county auditor
to succeed M. q. Drake, will assume
MS ONCE Marcn L.
Rev. W. Streipe who recently re-
signed the pastorate of the German
Lutheran church of this city with his
family departed this morning for Mer-
rill, Iowa, where he will take charge
of a parish. Rev. MI. Streipe has
had charge of the local church the past
five years. has been successful and
leaves behind many friends, 3 large
number of church people being at the
train this mclning to say goodbye and
wish the reversnd gentleman and his
family good luck and happiness 10
their new home. Last evening a fare
well party in their honor was given at
the home of Henry Zuelke, three miles
north of the city
Weather bulletin, Huron station:
A disturbance of pronounced energy
that is central over Saskatchewan ex
tends from the Rocky mountains to the
| Atlantic coast. Rain OF snow has &C.
Cured within the last "a hours in the
Atlantic and gulf states, the Ohio val
ley. the Lake region. and in the extreme
northwest. Moderate temperature for
he season prevails over the northwest
| and cool weather over the lower Mis-
| sissippi valley. 1t is coldest at Duran
| go. a degrees, and warmest at Jack
| sonville, Sc degrees. The pressure is
moderately high over the middle Pacific
coast.
On account of necessity on the part
of the Rev. nr. Doherty of Flandreau
| to take a leave of absence from his
work as rector to reouperate his health,
Bishop Biller has appointed the Rev.
DIR. Hartman of this city, general
missionary, Locum Tenens of Elan.
dreau. DIR. Hardman will conduct two
| services a month Mt FlandTeau, respond
| 10 sick calls, and attend to any other
ministerial offices of the Flandreau
| parish that may become necessary.
His first appointment at flandIeau will
be next Sunday when he will conduct
services morning and evening and ad-
minister Holy Communion. Bishop
Biller will depart from Sioux Falls to-
day for New York.
ID. w. Newton was hailed into Judge
S~ponholz's court this morning. New
ton has been a resident of Madison al
intervals the past two years. He is
inclined to be a bad actor and has
quarreled with his wife who has by
her wi work been supporting herself
and four little children. Recently
Newton threatened violence to his wife
and was arrested and placed under
bonds of $500 to keep the peace. He
was released on his own recognizance,
but failed to be peaceful with his
wife, and after a quarrel took a dose
of cnloroform and whisky with sui
cidal intent, and has been in the hos
This morning he was able to appear
in court and his bond to keep the
peace was made effective. and in de
fault he was sent to the county Jail
for safekeeping. Too much booze is
the cause of Newton's misfortunes.
Local rains east of the Mississippi
river. with snow in the extreme
northern districts, are to be expected
during the early days of the present
week. according to the weekly bulletin
of the Washington weather bureau. A
disturbance in central Texas and vver
the Missouri valley is moving toward
the Atlantic. Fair weather will fol
low" the bulletin says, land will
prevail during she remainder OF the
week, except over the central and
northern portion of the country, where
fair weather during the middle of the
week will be followed later by I'M
settled weather, with rains or snow
that will result from the more general
depression that Is now over southern
Alaska and the Pacific and Canadian
northwest. This disturbance will also
cause some snow early in the week over
the northwest. and it will be followed
by rising pressure, fair weather and
somewhat lower temperatures during
the second half of the week. In the
central west and southwest generally
fair weather with ~seasonable tempera-