The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-07-15


when the excursionists arrived at the
college campus. The faculty of the
college entertained the visitors hos
pitably and what they say and heard
at the college was sufficiently profit
able to pay them for the journey.
A little three years old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Ayers, residing
near J%unius, was drowned in a "a
tering trough at the farm last even
ing. The children We're at play and
the little one being missed a search
was made and the child found in the
trough with life extinct.
Misses Maude and BESSIE Soper
last evening entertained at a theater
party complimentary to their guest,
Miss Edith BOoehr Of Armour. In
addition to the hostesses and honored
guest, the party comprised Misses
IA enc Winter of Chicago. Bernice
Putnam Of ~Centeryille, Mabel Mat
tbews, Ora Fergstreser, Della Mo
Greedy, Janet Rae, Irma Rowland.
| Refreshments were served at Ho'e's
candy kitchen.
Mitchell dispatch: Rev. A. c..
Shepherd, a graduate of Dakota Wes-
leyan and formerly superintendent of
The Sioux Falls district of the Meth
odist church, has been named as
chaplain of the California state pen
itentiary at San Quentin, one of the
most famous penal institutions in the
United States. For the last three
years, Rev. Mr.. Shepherd has been
pastor of the Methodist church at
Oroville, Cal.
Trainmaster Esse of the Madison
and Sioux City branch and party re-
! turned to Sioux City this morning,
their private car being attached to
the south train. They have been en-
joying an outing at Lake Madison the
past four days, their car being side
tracked near the chautauqua grounds.
They had excellent luck fishing, and
Mr.. Esse says it was the most enjoy
able four days of his life.
A deal was closed yesterday where
by G.. Klay of Orange City, Iowa, be-
came owner of the Brown, Love g.
Wedgewood garage. Mr.. Klay does
not tADhtt " tame dH dAhlNt pa III
the business at present. The bust
ness will be conducted under the
management of Mr.. Brown the same
as before, and will be run under the
name of Klay Auto Co.
New York Commercial: 1t Is self
evident that an automobile is being
driven at dangerous speed when il
4,~.,~ t,,rtI1 ord Isl1r 9fu nratnnrfc
because a rear tire explodes. Such a
trivial accident as the bursting Of a
tire would not cause such an accident
If the speed was not excessive. 1t is
hard to get people to agree as to what
constitutes a safe rate of speed, but
experienced drivers who are not OBJ
scessed with the speed mania seem tC
agree pretty well that twenty miles
an hour is fast enough on good coun-
try roads and fifteen miles an hour
should be the limit in city streets.
Another bunch of over 100 harvest
hands arrived by the south freight
this morning and most OF them pro
ceeded west and north by the outgo
ing freight trains. An occasional &C
cident happens TO the tourists. This
morning i'm the railroad yards a mar
was jolted off a fiat car and received
cuts and bruises about the head ant
left arm. He was taken to the hos
I pital where his wounds were dressed
Another, a young appearing man, sus
tanned a straight fall on the railroad
} track, injuring his side quite badly
He was also taken to the hospital
l rrbn nn1tan ara having 1ift1a frnThI
with the tourists SO far. Occasional
ly n is picked up intoxicated anC
taken to the police station to sleel
off his jag, after which he is escorte,
to the city limits and ordered to keel
on going.
Howard Democrat: A couple o
young fellows blew in" from Siou.
Y Falls last week, and being of Scan
{ dinavian extraction made for tn
e Norwegian settlement in Hendel
< township. The first of the week on
of them, giving his name as Chri
Larson, broke into the Anton Dial
home and stole a suitcase, containin
! clothes and jewelry. They came t
! town and Sheriff Thorn was notified
: He found the fellows in a box ca
8 and arrested them and took them t
Jail. AS he was opening the door
Larson bolted and ran, with tn
sheriff in hot pursuit. Several shot
were fired in the air which brough
the fellow to a halt. He was take
e before Justice Alderman and on az
count of his age and having been i
this country only fifteen months, wa
r sentenced to seven days in Jail. III
partner, who had nothing to do wit
the stealing, was released.