The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-20

sale on mats ana COdLs UnlS week, at
Morse's.
Only three more shopping days until
Xmas. Let Hanson help you in the
eleventh hour. you are sure to find
what you want. -Guy E. Hanson,
Jeweler.
Received this morning at the Nit
terling Piano Store a LOT of fine vio-
Inns and other small goods.
Christmas gift hunters will fiud many
valuable suggestions in the advertising
columns of The Daily Leader.
Rev. r. M. Hardman, general mis-
s%ionary has been assigned by the bishop
to conduct service in Grace Episcopal
church next Sunday. Holy Communion
at the morning service Sermon and
even song in the evening.
Miss Ella Pond, formerly of this
city, now of Bowman, N. D., was in
town today calling on friends. Miss
Pond is spending the holiday season
with relatives at Winfred.
The use of slot machines in Lake
county have come &c be worked over.
time to the extent that States Attorney
Urdahl has made a causade against
them and ordered their use discontin.
ued in every town in the county.
Electric light service was resumed
throughout the city last evening, much
to the comfort and happiness of people
of the residence section who had
been without facilities for about ten
days.
Harold McKinnon and Eugene Vidal,
students in the state university at Yer
million, are home for the holiday
season. Harold was accompanied by
b. 8. Grist and p. "A. Carroll of Miller,
fellow students, who remained in the
city a day.
Merchants report a fine holiday trade
yesterday, and business among the
dealers appeared likely today. Madi-
son merchants in all lines carry up to
date stocks and purchasers of Christmas
gifts, OF goods all along the line, can
find anything they want, hence the
activity in the business houses of the
city.
DeSmet In the state ~circnit court
here George Strenge entered a plea Of
guilty to the charge of selling intoxi.
eating liquors without a license and
was fined 500. William L. Brow (,
charged with the same ofiens, stoC d
trial, was convicted by a jury al d
fined 5000.
Miss Ellen McEeon of the faculty of
the State Normal school was a m0rning
passenger for Sioux Falls TO spend the
| Christians holiday season with home
folg Her father, Thos. McKeop,
we'll known in this city, plans to de-
part for the Pacific coast soon after
the holidays.
Mrs. Tolles, librarian of the State
Normal school. was a morning passen
ger for Austin, Mimi, to spend the
holidays with her son, Prot. w. W.
| Tolles, and wife. Prof. Tulles will
present a cantata of his W compo-
| sition at Austin Sunday evening, and
he is very anxious that his mother be
present.
A high northwest wind prevailed in
ttis section last night, but temperature
was not low, falling to 10 degrees
above zero. The small amount of snow
on the ground was swept from the
streets. Trainmen from the north
where the body of enow is greater re-
port a blizzard Of considerable proper
lions.
Pierre dispatch: Arguments are be-
ing presented in the supreme court on
tb" mandamus hearing to compel the
II retary of state to file the endorse
ments for appointments made by the
state committees last week. The con
tention of the attorney general is that
the case Is similar to that of Gray VS..
Olsen, in which the parties at interest
alone and no general right is affected.
Salem dispatch; Eighteen horse.
have been killed in McCook county,
near Salem, by eason of CHAMBERS a
visitation which has covered a period OF
three or four weeks The horses be-
longed to Mrs. Henry Fendrich, III.
Lohr and Henry Fendrich. AS fast
rs the disease appeared the horses
were taken out and killed, and by this