The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-27

While enjoying life with a skating
party at Lake Madison last night,
Leonard Stearns suffered a fall which
resul in breaking his collar bone.
Being a star football player, Leonard
is not very easily hurt, but he is keep
ing quiet today.
Yesterday a committee of the best
musical talent from the German Bap-
tist church bought a $500 Lester piano
for the church at the Mitterliug piano
store. A number of the members have
Lester pianos and know their high
qualities. They bad examined other
makes but the final test easily landed
the Lester.
The large doll at the Porter 6
Pharmacy was won by Mrs. Geo. B.
Phifer. Her guess OF the dolls age
was 2 years, 8 months, 8 days, 9 hours.
5 minutes and 3 seconds. The correct
age under the seal was 9 years, 3
months, IL days, 81 hours, 80 minutes
ard 3 seconds.
Winfred Dispatch: Mr.. and Mrs.
1T. G. Pond entertained at a family
dinner Christmas day at which all their
children were present. The following
are spending the holidays under the
parental roof. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Cussick and son, Mrs. Daisy Eigle,
Misses Ella and Anna Pond, Mr.. and
Mrs. John McGillivray. Geo. Pond and
Will Pond.
A strong PLAY, depicting the various
human emotions, hanging from the
self sacrificing love of a good woman
to the wild and evil passions of an
INSCRIPTIONS man, is the description
given the Jones and Crane play, Tess
OF The Storm Country, which will
make its bid for the favor of local low
ers of the drama on tomorrow night.
The W. NJ. B~eardsley family are
happy in the receipt of news of a
Christmas baby girl at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Campbell of Miles
City, Mont, Mrs. Campbell being a
daughter. The little one is greeted by
a big brother, 6 years of age. Mr.. and
Mrs. Beardsley, grandparents, plan to
call on the little cheIub in about two
weeks.
A. A. Schultz was arrested today by
Sheriff Martin on a warrant sworn out
Ct Judge Sponho'z's court, charged
with stealing a sum of money from the
pocket of a man asleep on a cot at the
Model restaurant. Hearing will be
had upon the return of States Attorney
Urdahl from Canton. Schultz is a
railway fireman and is said to have
had trouble with the police before.
Cant n dispatch: Ansgar Skartvedt,
elder son of Mr.. and Mrs. q. Skart-
vedt, old settlers and prominent citi-
zens of this city. was instantly killed
last Saturday night while engaged in
saving property from the fire which
destroyed the Skartvedt farm residence
four miles northwest Of town that
evening. With the help of other men
Young Skartvedt had succeeded in re
moving a piano from the burning
building, ard in his effort to find a
safe place for the instrument he lost
his balance in some manner and the
heavy piano fell upon him and crushed
his skull, killing him instantly. The
young man was aged "a years.
Brookings dispatch: The city of
Brooki1gs is to be at last rewarded
with a government building, after the
project has been held in the air fer
over two years. The announcement
has been received at the agricultural
college city that the plans for the
structure have reached that stage whele
it is believed that the bids can be
opened during the first week in March,
which will man the starting of the
work within a month or six weeks
thereafter. The first bill passed did
not provide for an appropriation. but
a later measure gave $50, 600 and this
was later increased t$J rs. 900, so that
Bookings will have a very fine struc.
ture by so long waiting.