The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-25

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days in the Lake county jail.
Saturday evening Miss Gladys Syl-
vester entertained a number of young
people in honor of Miss Hilda Barry
men of Clark. A very enjoyable
evening was spent, after which light
refreshments were served.
We own 5000 acres steam pillow
land in the famous Cannon Ball river
district of North Dakota, for sale,
wholesale or retail. on easy terms.
Agents wanted.-O'Neil & Jacobs,
Forest City, La.
All interested parties please take
notice that the Madison Building q
Loan association now has its otnces
with the banking home of Mackay
Bros, and that a new series (MJ
will be opened after February l.,
time before March l without fines
Jos. Opperud, Secretary.
Temperature marked IA degrees
below zero at Z o'clock this morning.
northerly wind, sunshine and rising
temperature during the day. Yes
terday was cloudy, n~ortheasterly
wind, and late in the afternoon sno
commenced falling, continuing until
an inch had fallen.
A Chicago dispatch a y full skirts,
reinforced and made nontransparent
by heavy lining, are to be next sum
mer's fashion, according to a fiat
published in the style bulletin Of tue
Fashion Art League of America. The
bulletin declares that gowns of the
old crinoline days were being APP
: preached step by step.
An alarm of fire was turned in
about noon yesterday, caused by a
fire in the residence of +. K. Wheeler
West Fifth street, a cottage owned by
II. H. Holdridge. The fire originated
in a bunch of cobs in the basement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler were at church
when the fire started and upon their
return found the basement and
/, rooms filled with smoke, but the fire
| lad not yet broken out of the base
lent. All of the furniture, which
l vas not insured, was removed from
| he house and somewhat damaged In
ne hasty removal. Window glass
Eas also broken in the hurry, and al
| -ogether the damage to the building
Till amount to perhaps 500. Mr..
| ioldridge has a force of men employ
ID today making repairs.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Il. {.
datthews of this city recently had
OCCASION TO go to Canada to look up
,ertain matters In connection with a
i q a which hfc lauy Arm &c intaraCtnA
n. He found a peculiar situation in
Connection with the examining of
| .ecords. If a man wants to examine
/ mortgage or any other paper he
must first go to a little booth and pay
1 we the sum of Is cents for a
search ticket" Then he returns TO
he proper party and or turning owe
lis search ticket" he is given the
IDENTICAL document mentioned. If
alter it becomes necessary to procure
one or more other papers to complete
lis errand he has to return to the
,ooth and put up an additional IS
.ents tor each document he wants to
examine.
Flandreau dispatch: The farmers
institute short course which closed
lere Saturday was the best ever held
n the county. The corn show held
in connection was also the best, about
$50 samples being entered in the
contest. The annual corn show was
started about ten years ago by DR..
A. +. Spafford, and since then he and
P. F. Levins have had charge of the
annual arrangements and built up
the better corn" spirit in the coun-
ty. The local merchants always back
ed up the movement by offering fine
prizes. The result has been that
Moody county now produces the best
general average of good corn in the
state. Judges who have covered the
state in corn contests say that our
corr is better and more uniform than
any they have judged.
States Attorney Holdridge, accom-
panied by Sheriff Butts in charge of
w. G.. Lackay, were morning passen-
gers for Sioux Falls. The latter will
appear before Judge Jones and plead
guilty to the charge of forgery and
receive sentence to the penitentiary.
About ten days ago Lackay passed a
forged check for $40, signed by H. c.
Mitchell, at Lander's shoe store, buy
ing a pair of shoes and receiving
money in exchange. The forgery was
soon discovered and Lackay was cap
tured at Winfred and has since been
confined in the county jail. He is a
young man of perhaps 20 years of
age, and has been employed In this
Vicinity a. a farm hand. It II Lack.