The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-06-09

Tonight at Normal auditorium,
Believe Me, Xantippe." This rip
roaring comedy will be repeated this
evening for the benefit of the Ath-
letic association. They will appre-
ciate your support. Reserved seats
at Normal auditorium. Admission 35
cents. $50 o'clock.
Mrs. Geo. Baxter, of Wilmot, who
has been attending the Eastern Star
grand chapter, arrived by the after
noon train from Sioux Falls and is a
guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Hat
tie b. Borland, 604 Egan n
Owing to a piece of bad track hav-
ing developed on the Milwaukee
railway cutoff, between this city and
Sioux Falls, the passenger train due
from the south at 8 o'clock this after
noon was delayed about three hours.
The train came from Sioux Falls by
the way of Egan.
Tonight at Normal auditorium,
Believe Me, Xantippe." This rip
roaring comedy will be repeated this
evening for the benefit of the Ath-
letic association. They will appre-
ciate your support. Reserved seats
at Normal auditorium. Admission
IS cents. $50 o'clock.
The first chautauqua to be held in
this section opened yesterday at
Chester. 1t will continue five days.
The Ramona c~hautauqua opened to-
day and will close next Wednesday.
Excellent programs have been ar
ranged at both meetings, it is re-
ported.
At the Masonic grand lodge, A. f.
& A. NJ, in session in Sioux Falls,
James Roane, of Yankton. was elect
ed grand master for the ensuing
year. Fred III. Rugg, of Rapid City,
deputy grand master; w. b. Burr, of
Selby. senior grand warden; j. III.
McCord, of Pierre, junior grand war
den. other grand officers are APP
pointive. Hot Springs was unani-
mously chosen as the next place OF
meeting.
Howard Democrat: In going to
Madison or Winfred at the present
time one has to take the road to the
/ Frank Woombacher corner in Hen
den township, then south across the
railroad track and the old road from
there on. 1t is a pretty good road
with the exception of some awful bad
ruts lust west of the Kusick school
house, which a few minutes, work
would fix. The reason for going this
way is that new cement bridges are
being built on the main road In
Clearwater township.
After having accepted bids for ten
concrete bridges in the county and
having looked over the sites OF pro
posed drainage bitches along the line
between Lake View and Herman
townships, the board of county com
missioners last evening adjourned a
two-day special session. Bids re
ceived by the county and city com
missioners for a proposed bridge
across the creek bed in northern
Egan venue, were rejected. 1t is
said that changes in the plans foi
the bridge will be made.
The largest social event to take
place this season was a two course
dinner rendered by Mr.. and Mrs. X
r.. Wickham at the Lake Madison
cafeteria al Z o'clock last evening to
ninety-eight guests. The tables anc
the cafeteria were decorated will
hydrangeas, fuscias and wild flow
ers. The ladies arrived at the lake
at about 3 O'Clock and spent a socia
afternoon in the lobby OF the Crane
View hotel. The men arrived a
about 6 o'clock. G~raphophone musi'
was provided. High tribute was pait
to the service at the cafeteria, ovel
which Mr.. Wickham presides as cher