The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-22

| ago when his right hand was caught
aud crushed in a corn shredder which
be was operating on his fathers
farm. He was feeding the corn into
the machine and showed some in
when his hand was caught in the
machinery and drawn into the machine
and crushed go that il had to be ampu.
tated.
Executive Accountant Truran who
has been in the city the past several
days, has completed the work of ex'
aiming the books of the State Normal
school. Mr.. Truran will report direct
to the governor and his finding will
be formally made public through the
reports of the state auditor. However,
he found the business affairs of the
State Normal school in very excellent
condition which will be shown In
proper time by publication.
Manager McAllister has commenced
the work of improving the interior ol
the opera house and when complete il
will be frst-class and up to date.
Among the improvements is new
] scenery throughout. from the Jessie
Cox Scenic Co., comprising five drops.
embracing street scenes, woods scenes,
interior parlor, etc In addition Mr..
McAllister plans to improve the seat.
ing facilities of the auditorium by
installing new opera chairs, and gen.
orally making the play house modern
and frst-class.
Gen. Beadle was a passenger by the
north train this afternoon, returning
to the soldiers home at Hot Springs.
The Daily Leader was pleased to re-
| ceive a call from the General an hour
or two before his departure, he ap-
| pearing in usual health and the dig
nifed military bearing which charac-
~terizes his appearance throughout the
state where he is known in every town
and hamlet. Gen. Beadle will remain
at the soldiers home during the win
ter months, contemplating a visit to
| Pacific coast cities at the opening OF
spring. How ever, he remarked that
he would probably return to Madison,
his home town, TO vote at the March
primary. thus performing one of the
duties of citizenship which he never
neglects.
Watertown dispatch: An order has
peen received by the postmaster here
which will greatly reduce the liability
of contracting disease IN the part OF
the patrons of Uncle Sans mail de
livery system. from taking germs into
the system by licking postage stamps,
a practice that has recently been sc
vigorously fought by scientists and
doctors. The order states that the
postoffice employees must upon the re-
quest of any of the patrons lick their
postage stamps. What is to become
of the p~ostoffice employees by the eff.
fects of this law was seemingly moi
considered, unless Uncle Sam will
provide against the exposure of the
mai clerks by installing automatic
stamp lickers. The order has lot
been taken advantage of by manv Of
the Watertown citizens as yet. but
will undoubtedly prove very convent
ent to many about Christmas time.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader gives
the following interesting item of al
anniversary event of an old soldier il
that city: Remembering the time
when, as a prisoner of the Confeder
ates at Bell Island, Va, he was takeI
to An%deIsonville to almost stsrve
Thos. M. Seals of this city, a veteran
of the civil war and we'll known here
last evening celebrated the anniversar,
of the day of his liberation. after NOR
than a year in filthy southern prisoI
pens. His son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
jeff Seals and daughter, were tn