The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-08
STATE NEWS

Lake Andes-Good progress is being
made in the work on the Carnegie
library building here. An addition is
being constructed on the public school
building.
Clear lake-The German Evangelical
society is raising a fund for the erec-
tion of a new church edifice. The work
of constr uction will in the
spiing. Ii will cost about SO. 900.
Yankton-Jas. j. aill today offered
Yankton college $50, 600 conditional on
college raising $500. 900 more. Presi.
dent Warren has accepted the PROPOSE
tion and started on a campaign to raise
the necessary funds at once.
Alpena-Samuel Burnison, a well
known farmer, had a narrow escape
from death when his horse became
frightened and dashed across the track
ahead of an approaching train. The
buggy was struck and demolished, the
horse was injured but Burnison was
fortunate enough to escape without a
scratch.
Lake Andes-''Jack the Peppers
have appeared at Lake Andes, causing
much alarm at a party of children,
who had assembled in the town hall.
BY means of a thirty-foot ladder
Jack and his associates gained access
to the windows. badly frightening the
little boys and girls. At this date no
d has been personally identified, al
though "A number of suspects are under
surveillance.
Newell Rev. ID. M. Brown, Congre-
gational pastor at Newell for the past
two yeare, has been transferred to
Spearish, 40 miles distant. Rev. MIR.
Brown shipped his household goods
from Newell to Spear6sh by express,
January 2. at a rate of 35 cents per
100 pounds. Had he shipped the same
goods by freight he would have had
to pay as cents per 100 weight.
Miller-About $500 has been pledged
here for a race meet next June. A
meeting of horsemen is to be held at
Huron the 14th of this month to re-
organize the Corn Belt circuit as il
formerly existed and fix dates for
the races at the different towns. 1t
is presumed that Miller will have
the first date, about the middle of
June, as the first move to put the
matter to the front was started here.
Aberdeen-On January A, 1919, an
area 100xi40 feet in size, containing
three wooden business houses was
swept by fire. The loss on the build
ings was but sic, 600, but the total
loss, including the stocks OF merchan-
disc, figured up $75, 600. On January
a, 1918, the burned area on Main
street. between the Radison hotel aud
the First National bank, had been re.
placed by four two-story modern brick
structures, all occupied by stocks of
merchandise, the building alone cost
ing in the neigbborhood of $50, 600.
Miller-A prominent young couple
who secured a license here and went
to Huron and got married found after
their Ieturn that technically they
were not legally married and they
had the ceremony performed a second
time. They did not know that q
license was good only in the county
where it was procured. The parson
at Huron who tied the first knot was
evidently ignorant of this require
ment.
Dr.. VIM. Sadler. author of 'sThe
Cause and Cure OF Colds" says that
common colds should be taken seri.
ously, especially when they chang
on Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound is a reliable household medicine
tor coughs and colds. equally effective
for children and for grown persons
Take it when you feel q cold coming
on. 1t will avert danger of serious
results and cure quickly. No harm
ful drugs. For sale by all druggists.-
Bring your good fresh butter and
eggs to James 8, Slack