The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-24

liar position at the present time with
the telephone company at Vermi!lion.
having previously resided at Mar
shall, Mimi, for a time.
Chester Journal: The local Com
mercial club is doing good work to-
ward the improvement of the high
ways centering in Chester. The road
committee of the club reports that if
o has ample funds TO commence
the work of road Improvement in this
vicinity. The townships along the
highways also will aid in bearing a
part of the cost of road improvement.
Trainmaster Holmes. of the Mil
waukee railway, with headquarters
in Lacrosse, Wis. spent a part of
today in the city. Mr.. Holmes was
accompanied by Roadmaster T. Nc
Gee. Of the Southern Minnesota di-
vision, and they made the trip from
Lacrosse in the private car of Supt.
f. G.. Atkins. of Lacrosse. over a
part of the line the roadmasters ac-
companied the Golmar Bros circus
train. The circus shows today at
Dell Rapids.
Des Moines. Ia. dispatch: Two
beer" hounds today trailed their
first bootlegger TO his lair in this
city. From deer" hounds to beer"
hounds has been the experience of
the dogs-the terror of blindpiggers
and moonshiners. Crossed between
deerhounds and bloodhounds, the an
imals We're easily taught to follow
beer and whisky scents. The hounds.
given a Whit Of beer. led the way to
a house suspected for some time.
The police found twenty gallons of
beer and six gallons of whisky. and
arrested the proprietor.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Among
the parties yesterday for the per
Torrance of Bessie Barriseale in
The Payment" was that given by
Miss Alice Kirby in honor of Miss
Patricia Cook, of White Bear Lake.
Mimi. who is the house guest this
week of Miss Ruth Pilney. Follow
ing the matinee the guests were
served luncheon in the Skoug tea
room. The table was appointed in
lavender and white with asters in
varying shades of purple and white
forming a decorative feature.
Madisonians are provided with a
good quality of milk is the assurance
given by NJ. o. Abrahamson, of Sioux
Falls. milk inspector. who is in the
city today. Mr.. Abrahamson, who is
engaged by the State Dairy Testing
association, said on previous trips
here this year he had found all milk
tested by him high in butter fat
The testing is done under the super
vision of the dairy department at
Washington, ID. c., and the dairy de-
partment of South Dakota State col
lege at Huron. This afternoon, Mr..
Abrahamson obtained samples at the
Fengreen dairy.
Without giving any reason, so far
as is known, the farmland, who was
suspected by the sheriff and the po-
lice of being the person who recently
frightened persons, late at night, in
the western part of the city, depart
ed yesterday for an unknown desti-
nation. The man was seen to board
d SO"ulllDOuHu Train ny 1nlcl " to
lice Grant Winesburg. Upon sew
eral occasions a partly clad man had
been seen hiding in yards or near
sidewalks. When pedestrians APP
preached he invariably took to his
heels. Last Sunday Sheriff f. w.
Butts was called to the fair grounds,
where a mans peculiar actions
aroused concern. The sheriff
brought the man UP town. Ii was
learned hat he worked on a farm
just west of the city, and he is
thought to have been the supposed
insane man seen on previous nights.