The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-05
STATE NEWS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. twenty-nine
years as pastor of the Presbyterian
church a. Bridgewater is the record
of Rev. A. G. McCauley. This bears
the distinction OF being the longest
continuous pastorate within the state.
Sunday. September g., appropriate
services will be held to commemorate
the event.
Miller-A poisonous adder, a
snake foreign 10 this part OF the state
was discovered by J.. ID. Fitzgerald
under the porch of his house and he
promptly killed IL. About two weeks
ago A. s. Ober saw a snake of the
same species on the sidewalk in town
as he was going home and he killed
that one. How these reptiles came
to this section Is quite a mystery. IL
is feared that there may be more of
them somewhere in town.
McIntosh-Mrs. Moulton, residing
near Mcintosh, was the victim of a
strenuous experience when she start
ed TO drive some cattle from the corn
field. The cattle. instead Of leaving
~peaceably. turned on Mrs. Moulton
n she was forced TO take refuge in
q small tree hat CHANGED to be in the
corn field. The cattle surrounded the
tree and she was unable to escape
until a neighbor. a man. observed her
predicament and went to the rescue.
Pierre-A peculiar accident is re-
ported to a member of a threshing
crew In Lyman county. The outfit
was being moved from one farm to
another requiring the crossing OF a
railway track. For some reason a
railway torpedo had been placed at
the crossing. and when the wheel of
the traction engine struck this tor
pedo ii was exploded and one of the
members of the crew who was riding
on the engine received a severe
wound In one foot from a piece of the
flying torpedo.
Gettysburg remarkable aver
& OF oats was found On the Rousch
Brothers farm west of Gettysburg.
The oats averaged fifty bushels to the
acre and was in fine condition. Two
elevators which were closed last year
are making arrangements TO open at
once because the crops have been
found better than expected. This
weekend will find five elevators buy
ing grain and five local ream sta
tons buying cream. Banks report a
steady growth in cream checks and
much ream is shipped direct to con-
sumers.
Pierre-The cattle supply of the
country may be decreasing, but not in
South Dakota, IL assessment returns
are any indication. The number of
cattle In the state in 1913, accord
ing to figures for that yea were
956,096, while the figures for this
year show returned for assessment
1.089,4 An increase Is also shown
for sheep and horses, with a reduc-
ton in the number of hogs In the
state. Sheep have increased in the
year from 391,049 up to 419,331,
bers from 621,422 in 1913, 634,656
In 1914. The returns on hogs make
q different showing, most likely on ac-
count Of the ravages of hog cholera
with the year. the returns for 1913
being 534.616. while those for this
year make q showing Of 497,074.
Sioux Falls-George NJ. Evans of
Seattle. Wash, has written to the au-
th0rities in this city for information
concerning Mrs Mae Evans, who is
serving q 25-year term In the Sioux
Falls penitentiary for the murder Of
DR.. r.. l.. Moore, the Seattle mar ex-
pressing the belief that the woman is
his wife. At the time OF her trial it
was stated that Mrs. Evans had a.
husband somewhere in the United
States. but she refused to give any
information Is the local authorities
had previously secured indicates that
the woman has another husband IL
0klahoma. whom she may have mar