The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files

Mrs. T.. Sheridan last evening en-
t~ertained a party of friends in honor
of her guest. Miss Pierounet of Chi
cago.
Miss Ethel Frizzell and Miss Dora
VanDoren, whose schools close to-
day, are having a joint picnic of the
two schools at Lake Herman.
Miss Fannie Dumphy of Eau Claire
Wis, arrived on the train from the
east TO spend the assembly season
with her friend, Mrs. Tolles.
An i~ncipient cyclone struck julius
Schmidt's premises yesterday after
noon lifting his barn six or eight feet,
broke off the fence posts around the
pig pen and carried his boy about
two rods and dropped him without
injury.
Clerk of Courts Preston has issued
a marriage license to Joseph Echter-
ling, 80. of Brunswick, Ind, and Miss
| Tillie Batterman, %, of Endor, Ill.
| Mr.. Echterling is the new manager
| of the Pleasant Valley creamery of
Leroy township.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Sherman, who
were married last evening at the res
| idence of the brides parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. T. III. VanDoren, by Rev. j. Y.
Ewart, are spending the day in the
city before going to their home in
Sioux Falls.
st. Paul dispatch: The day crews
on the Milwaukee and Panhandle
roads are out at Chicago. Not a
wheel is moving on either road there.
a" a stsanadsGfilf.e The oWif Wisconsin iC ere
trail train from st. Paul, due to leave
at lis, is still in the union depot.
the firemen having struck. The
Northern Pacific train will probably
not go out tonight.
The South Dakota weather service
makes the following summary for
May: The monthly mean tempera-
ture was 1913 degrees, or A degrees
above the normal. The monthly
mean precipitation .S5 of an inch, OF
2.52 inches below the normal. Pre-
vailing wind from the northwest
From the 18th to the 31st, the rain
fall was insufficient generally. except
in the Black Hills region, and affect
ed crops adversely, but not very Sc.
riously. The month was usually dry
as a whole.
Willie Wood, the ~13-year-old sor
of Train Dispatcher Wood, was Sc.
verely bitten this morning by a span.
lei dog belonging to VIM. Casey west
of town. The little fellow was lead.
ing his wi dog away fran a GROVE
of dogs among which was the spanie.
of Casey's, when the latter animal
rushed out and jumped on the boy
severely biting him about the shout
ders, arms and back. A physician
was called and the wounds carefully
dressed with a strong solution and
the boy made as comfortable as the
weather will permit. Mr.. Wood went
at once to Mr.. Casey and asked per-
mission to kill the dog which was
granted and the vicious animal was
dispatched forthwith.
OF the terrific rain storm which
flooded the country to the depth of
five inches of water from Aberdeen
north to Frederick, the Aberdeen
News says: "At 4:30 Jewett Broth
ers reported a loss of between $1,000
and $4,000. The real doors and
windows of their block were beaten
in and large quantities of goods sat
urated with water. The basement OF
the Excelsior block contains a foot
and a half of water at the present
time, and goods to the value of sew
eral thousand dollars belonging to
David Strauss, the clothier, and the
Olwin-Hall company are heavily dam
aged. The office of the State Demo
crat was badly demoralized and some
loss sustained. Windows are broken
all over the city and the aggregate
loss will no doubt be heavy. The
whole south front of the Dayton is
reported to be broken in. Frank
Harris plumbing establishing was
also partially wrecked.