The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-19

dry spell had become m%onotonous.
Madison has been an ideal winter re-
sort, and a snow storm il looked upon
as a luxury.
Conductor David Pollard of Sioux
City was an evening arrival as a pas
senger and will remain in the city sew
eral days, guest at the Lake Park.
Conductor Pollard has been i'll the past
six weeks and comes to Madison to
recuperate. Should the weather come
ont fine during his stay he can enjoy
some elegant sport fishing at the lakes
which would be a sure health builder.
The public buildings bill which
| passed the house Monday, according to
a Washington dispatch, ap~propristes
1885, 600 for South Dakota as follows:
Postoffice. land Office and site at Belle
Fourche, $50. 0G0; Red6eld, p%ostofice.
$50, 900. Madison seems not to be in
the list although the government owns
a site in this city for a public build
ing.
An alarm of FIRE about 10 O'Clock
last night called out the department
The FIRE was south of the railroad
track 10 the former Hiram Allen
house, occupied by John Norton. Jr.,
and family. The fire had gained such
Roadway before the arrival of the de-
partment that neither building nor con-
tents could be saved. The loss is es.
timated at about $500. The family was
absent when the are started.
Pierre dispatch: Apparently resliz-
ing that Byrne's administration will
offer but small room for attack in the
next campaign and determined to have
the best possible campaign thunder,
Chairman Cofey of the democratic
state committee, has started a move
ment for the initiation of a bank
guarantee law, but the legislature
will, in all probability, take the force
out of his effort by enscting a bank
guarantee law, on a basis which will
prove popular with the bankers as
we'll as with the depositors. The
Coffey measure would also regulate
national banks, and this, it is thought,
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Mitchell dispatch: Stuart Weirauch,
the eleven .year-old con of Rev. and
Mrs. Clarence Weiraucb of this city,
had a narrow escape from death Sun
day morning when his parents were at
church. He attempted TO start a fire
with kerosene in q big heating stove
and the oil exploded, badly burning bis
face and catching his clothes on fire.
With rare presence of mind the child
exiting uished the flames, which we've
consuming his clothing, with a towel
and then wrapping the towel around
his head al to a neighbor fol help. 1t
is thought today that the boy will he
cover all right. He was left at home
alone with his little sister while the
parents went to church. The little
girl was uniniured.
Peter Nerdahl, residing on the John
Walter farm northeast, was in the
city today and was considerably exer-
cised over a rumor that had come 10
him that a man named Nerdshl had
been shot and killed in Montana.
MI. Nerdahl's anxiety arises from the
fact that a brother, John Nerdahl,
has of late been employed in a rail
road grading camp near Lewiston,
Montana. John Nerdahl is a harness
maker by trade, formerly employed by
W. T Stearns of this city, but went to
Washington state a year or two ago,
and the last heard from him by his
brother he had changed his location to
Montana and was employed as above
stated. Mr.. Nerdahl today telegraphed
to the chief of police at Lewiston to
learn if there was any truth in the
iumor.