The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-10-23

Pierre dispatch: The October ex-
animation for second and third grade
teachers certificates has brought about
twelve hundred sets of papers to the
state marking board, and with the
average number of successful appli-
cants the schools of the state should be
fairly well supplied along with those
who have secured certificates at former
examinations.
Sioux Falls Press: Former United
States Senator r. f. Pettigrew will go
to Iowa the last of the week and make
speeches in Water loo and Dubuque for
the Roosevelt ticket. Upon his return
to the state he will spend the balance
of the campaign speaking for the pro-
gressive ticket in South Dakota.
MIR Pettigrew IS opposed to Woodrow
w ilson and to the democratic candi
date for governor in this state and he
has some hot shot ready to be deliv-
cred into their camps.
A. Fl. Wright of Wentworth was a
business visitor in Madison today, the
first time for a year. Renewing ac-
guaintance with his friends, Mr..
Wright could not stray very far away
| from the subject of Nellie and the
| twins referring to his daughter,
Mis-. Marshall, Of Chicago, who re-
Gently spent some weeks at the family
home in Wentworth. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Wright, il their business affairs can
be properly arranged. plan on remov-
ing to Chicago. the twins being the
attraction to the city.
Madison public sewer is now in full
| operation, a number of connections
| having been made and WORK is in
| progress fol- other connections. The
State Normal school buildings have
| been connected, also the Lake Park
hotel and a number OF residences.
| Workmen are employed ~excavating
for connecting the depot, and thus
| the work progresses. The water sup
| ply will be ample for the needs of the
sewer. With the installing of an
| electric motor at the power plant the
expense of pumping will be much less
than when a steam engine was used.
Weather bulletin, Huron station:
The disturbance central over Oklaho-
ma has moved eastward, attended by
precipitation over considerable of the
east, and a rise in temperature over the
Atlantic coast states and the Ohio val
ley. Another distur bance, apparent in
the extreme northwest, has caused a
rise in temperature over that district
and rain in Washington and Oregon.
High pressure covering the Rocky
mountain slope, The Missouri valley
and part of the Mississippi valley has
caused a pronounced fall in tempers-
ture from the Dakotas and Minnesota
southwark to Missouri ard northern
Texas. Killing frost is reported from
Omaha and Dodge City. 1t is coolest
in Manitoba and parts of Minnesota
and South Dakota, % degrees, and
warmest at Galv ston, "a degrees.
Miss Emma Patterson. teacher in the
Washington school, is the author of a
new song. entitled ''Only n Stroll 10
the Twilight" music by M. c. Han
ford. Miss Patterson has written a
number of short poems which have
been accepted and used by magazine
publishers, and recently she received a
request from the I'll. Kirkus Dugdale
music publishing house of Washington,
ID. c., to use the above entitled poem
in sheet music the publishing company
arranging the music. Miss Patterson
is a resident of east Eighth street,
locally known as Lovers Lane,' and
the poem, now song, was suggested
by the number Of young couples who
frequent that locality on summer even
ings. Following are the words: Only
a brown-haired maiden waiting a low
er's call. Only a heart so tender and
true listening as twilight falls; Only