The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-15

the M. E. church Friday evening at
s o'clock. There will be solos by
Mrs. Brown, Miss Tyrrell, Helen
Lowe an dvocal and instrumental
music by Prof. Schultz.
An audience above the average in
numbers Witnessed A Modern Eve at
the opera house last evening. The
entertainment was pleasing and many
of the features were exceptionally
good.
Prof. j. w. Gof was an evening
passenger for Minneapolis to call on
his son, Charles, student in Minnesota
university, and witness the football
game Saturday between South Dakota
and Minnesota university teams.
Rev. c. McKibbin goes to Sinai to-
morrow to conduct the funeral OF
Mrs. Adolph Larson, who died in a
hospital at Sioux Falls after ten
weeks illness. Mrs. Larson was a
sister-in-law to Mrs. Walter Marquart
and Mrs. A. C.. Knutson. The service
viii be held at l o'clock.
C. NJ. Klotzbach today received an
"nouncement of the death at Howard
yesterday of Sol DeBolt, a pioneer
resident of that place. The funeral
will be held tomorrow and Mr.. Klotz-
bach plans TO attend. Deceased was
well known by many people of Mad
ison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. V. Lombard of
Lake City, Mimi, are guests at the
home of their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
IL. w. Dawson. In addition to home
| entertainment, Mr.. Dawson is show
ing them a good time fishing at Lake
Madison.
Will Hewes, a former resident of
Madison, is in the city. guest at the
home of his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Haner. Mr.. Hewes has ]prospered
since leaving Madison and now occu-
pies the position of receiver of the
| United States land office at Haley,
idaho.
Farmers are greatly pleased with
the improved weather conditions. All
| kinds of farm work has been delayed
on account of continued rains. There
is much threshing to be done and the
bumper corn crop is yet to be har-
vested.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wandell and
Miss Julia Nading, who have been
guests at the home of their relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Abbott, departed
this morning for their homes at
Green and Dubuque, Ia, respectively.
In circuit court yesterday the trial
of criminal cases was suspended for
the term. The three cases tried re-
4 nnJtnI - oan,s,tsA-u TIus. $500
der petty larceny, Leon Rumrill and
A. II. Osborne, Illegal sale of liquor.
The case of Fred Abraham VS.. j. G.
schmidt was taken up this morning
This is a case involving a land deal.
Mrs. A. N. Smith was hostess Mon
day evening TO a large company oil
friends, complimentary to Miss Mar
garet Rensch. The rooms were beau.
tifully decorated, the color scheme
being pink and white. A delightful
ten course supper was served. The
bride to be was the recipient of o
lovely collection of canned fruit and
jell.
Transient hoaters are enroutt
south from the northern harvest
fields and many of them stopping in
Madison are guests at the police sta.
ton for one night when they are or
dered out of town. They are general
lily without money other than enough
to buy a sufficient amount of booze
to become nuisances when they are
locked up.
Building improvements are in prog,
ress in Madison and a number of new
residences are in process of construe.
ton. Among the number are Mrs
John Walden, brick bungalow, corner
VanEps avenue and Eighth street,
Geo. Northrop, VanEps avenue; L. l.
Meehan, West Ninth street; Walter
Winter and others. 1t has been Z
great building season for Madison.
Pierre dispatch: The state rail
way commission, which will represent
the people of the state at the inter
state commerce hearing at Siouy
Falls, October 80. has requested thu
towns interested to attempt to have
representatives of their Commercial
clubs present at the hearing. The is
sue is that of coal rates from the
Wyoming fields owe the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul; the Pierre
Rapid City and Northwestern, anC
the Chicago and Northwestern rail
ways. AS rates now stand dealers
claim they cannot get rates on such
shipments which will Justify the use
of western coal in this state east oil
the Black Hills.