The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Dining room girl wanted at the
Lake Park hotel.
Routine business was transacted
last night at a regular meeting of the
city commission.
VIM. McBain returned this morn
ing from a months sojourn at Hot
Springs.
Wanted. To buy second hand BIZ
cycle in good repair. Inquire this
office.
Confirmation instruction Wednes-
day night at s p. m. in Episcopal
church. n. Gwynn, Rector.
The w. c. T. L. will meet at the
rest room Wednesday at 3 p. m.
Election of officers. Plans for the
new year.
st. Katherine's Guild will hold
their regular meeting tomorrow.
Wednesday afternoon, at the home
of Mrs. w. l. Thompson.
A hearing ON the three drainage
bitches which are to be dug i'm the
southern part of the county will be
held BY the county commissioners in
AiR AuNl llbuNts august IL
w. L. Reimer and family. former
ly OF Franklin township. now of Di-
nuba. Cal. arrived yesterday to call
on friends in their former neighbor-
hood.
Rev. O. T.. Westerlund, pastor of
the First Baptist church of North
wood, La. arrived yesterday after
noon to join his wife for a visit at
the home of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. II. Davis.
VIM. Dixon today received a tele-
gram from his mother. Mrs. Jos.
Dixon. of ~Bellingham, Wash. stating
that she was en- route TO Madison and
would arrive Thursday morning to
attend the funeral of her son. j. w.
Dixon. which will be held from the
Methodist church at ? o'clock in the
afternoon of the same day.
A unique sale is to be held by the
staff of the Paulis Dry Goods com
pany during Mr.. Paulis' absence in
the east on a buying trip. The head
of each department i'm the store is to
give a specially" sale during the
week commencing August 8 and end
ing August 10, The ladies have an
nounced a list of genuine bargains.
Owners of %threshing machines in
Lake county are arranging for their
indemnity bonds. which the law re-
quires will be filed with the clerk of
courts before machines are put in
operation. 1t is said that a few will
start threshing this week. About
fifty bonds were filed last fall with
Clerk of Courts f. l.. Burnett.
While driving between Madison
and Wentworth last Sunday after
noon the car in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Unzelman and friends were
riding turned over. The accident oc-
cured a short distance this side of
Wentworth. No one was seriously
hurt. although Mrs. Unzelman was
considerably bruised. The ear was
not being driven at a high rate of
speed.
Following a recent visit to Elk
Point, Joe Henkin has announced a
somewhat unusual plan for effective
summoning of police. In the heart
Of the city Of Elk Point has been
placed a large bell or gong, which is
rulg by the telephone central girl.
Immediately she is notified that an
officer is wanted, The gong can be
heard in almost any part of the city.
Mr.. Henkin said that no matter
where the officers in Elk Point may
be called they can always be reached
by the sound OF the bell.
The funeral took place at 2 o'clock
this afternoon of Huber Chaplin, the
young University Of Wisconsin stu
dent, who was drowned a little more
than two weeks ago in Lake Men
dota, at Madison, Wis. and whose
body was brought to his home in
Winfred yesterday. The service was
held in the Congregational church al
Winfred. Among the Madison citi-
zens who attended the funeral were
Mr.. and Mrs. M. ID. McGillivray, un.
Gle and aunt OF the young man. Mr.