The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-04
STATE NEWS.

Carthage-The board OF education
has secured plans for a large new adj
dition to the local public school
building. and at a special election to
be held Tuesday. January rs. the
voters will have submitted to them
the proposition of issuing bonds in
the sum OF 1900 for the purpose of
building the addition.
Lake Norden-At a mass meeting
of citizens 1t was decided that a spe-
cial election should be held here in
the spring for the purpose of author
izing the issuance of bonds for in
stalling an electric light system and a
system of waterworks. Lake Norden
now Is the only town in Hamlin coun-
ty which has no lighting system.
Armour--At their annual business
meeting the members of the Armour
volunteer fire department elected tie
following officers for the coming
year: Chief, Chris I.uymes; first as
sistant chief, Ed Berry, second assist
ant chief, H. +. Sleister. secretary,
Frank Hanskutt, treasurer, IA. !.
Crutchett.
Wessington-Death came suddenly
10 Charles Reid. one of the best
known of the early pioneer settlers OF
this territory. He was about so
years of age and was n of the first
homesteaders to locate in the Mes-
sington territory in the early days.
Death resulted from an attack of
heart failure.
Yankton-The firm of Fantle
Brothers, operating the biggest store
in the city. will be dissolved January
10, Mr.. Nose Fantle retiring. Mr..
Fantle leaves soon for Detroit, Mich,
where he has extensive interests.
The business will be continued by W.
j. Fantle, who has acquired his broth
er's interests.
Aberdeen-As Miss Irma Cham
berlain, office girl for the Drs. Miller,
was returning home about s O'Clock
at night, she was overtaken in a lone
ly place in the street by a strange
man. AS she stepped aside 10 let the
man pass her. the stranger suddenly
threw an arm about her waist and
pressed a cloth. saturated with
ch%loroform, to her nostrils, in an APP
parent attempt to rob her. The
young m fought vigorously, but
was about to give the man her peck
etbook, which contained only So,
when Miss Hilda Ness, stenographer
for the Olwin-Angell store, appeared
on the scene and frightened the rob-
Der away. and hen assisted Miss
Chamberlain, who was nearly over
come by fright and the fumes of
ch%loroform, to her home.
Scotland-While playing about his
home. the little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dry Eggleston, who live on a farm
about ten miles north of town, had
the misfortune to swallow a nail,
which he is some unknown manner
managed to get hold of. An X-ray
disclosed that the nail had lodged in
the ~windpipe near the lower end. He
was rushed to a Sioux City hospital,
but the physicians there were unable
to remove the nail, and now the par
ents have taken him to Chicago,
where 1t is hoped an operation can be
performed to save the child's life.
Sioux Falls-With a total of $50
children received at the home during
the last year, of which number at this
time only eighteen are still at the
home and an expense for maintaining
the state children's home In this city
of about $4,000 the last year, both
from the number of children received
and the financial drain has been one
Of the heaviest in the history of the
institution. During 1914 only nine
~ children were received at the