The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-14

to be in attendance.-Wm. Rae. Re-
corder.
Wanted. Ten little girls under 10
years OF age, Saturday morning.
Chance to earn some spending mon
ey. Room L, over Rensch's hard
a store.
The confirmation class will not
meet Saturday, but 10 o'clock next
Saturday, September 22.-Rev. AL
fred Nelson.
Earle Kelley and Willis Soule re-
turned last night from the state fair
at Huron. They report a large crowd
and a fine exhibit. They estimate
that they met 40 Madison people on
the grounds Wednesday, indicating
that this city was well represented.
Howard Democrat: Seven families
from south of Madison came up by
auto Sunday to visit the soldier boys.
A big picnic dinner was served to
over 40 people at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Trotzig, to which all the
soldier boys who were there did am
pie justice.
Mrs. +. l.. Soper went this morning
TO Sioux Falls to see her son for the
last time previous to his departure
with the cavalry company of which
he is a member, to their training
camp at Deming, n. M. The com
pany goes tomorrow forenoon.
Work of e%xcavating in ditch No. 5
is TO begin tomorrow. Engineer Trim
mer advises, the contract for the
work being in the hands of w. F..
Larson, OF Sioux Falls, with many
others which this firm has succeeded
in getting in this county. This prof
ect is northeast of Madison.
Miss Edna Campbell. bride to be.
was delightfully."- surprised last Satur-
day afternoon by a company of 90
young lady friends. During the aft
ernoon a mock wedding ceremony
was performed and games were play
ed after which a dainty lunch was
served. The coming bride was pre-
sented with a beautiful cut glass
bowl.
Howard Democrat: Richard Lyons.
an attorney of Madison, and a cousin
of Attorney James Lyons, of this city.
is a member of Company +, now sta
toned in Howard. While probably
not just to his liking, Mr.. Lyons has
no particular kick on a soldiers life.
but with the rest is anxious to get to
the front and have it over with.
VIM. Rowland was in Sioux Falls
on business yesterday, and while
there visited the opening Of the new
stock yards. He describes the event
as being something elaborate, and
marking an era of better marketing
facilities for this state. celebrated
with considerable form. There was
some fine stock present and hat fea-
ture was something of a stock show.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: The
announcement that George T. Black
man had filed his final report as add
ministrator of the John Mcclellan es-
tate and asked for an order TO turn
the estate over to w. l.. Baker, as re
%ceiver, has wen more significance
than at first appears. 1t means that
the battle of Is years for the pos
session of the estate of the late John
Ab11l1AAaIs hbN aiitOhlA1nS " nbbhN
$50 1000, is practically ove and the
money will soon be turned into the
state treasury.
Henry Huntimer. of Chester, ap.
peared today in an endeavor to fur
nish bonds for Eliza Conn, who is in
the county Jail awaiting trial for car
rying liquor into the state. Conn has
worked in the state every fall for sew
eral years, il is said. and lives in Min
nesota. He claims to have been en-
tirely ignorant of the law of this
state providing that one might not
bring liquor in for his own exclusive
use. He was found with the goods
and in an intoxicated condition by
Patrolman Green, and on his own ad-
mission bound over to the court. AT
a late hour this afternoon the ar
rangement for bonds had not been
completed.
Sheriff Keller returned last night
from Mankato, Mimi, bringing back
a Lake county boy who left home to
follow the gay life of the carnival
company. 1t appears that a young
man of IT came, saw and was con
quered by the lure of the lights,
music and graces of the girls of 40,
and when the show went from here.
followed them. The entertainment
had just got under way for a street
carnival at Mankato, and the young
man had succeeded in getting some
kind of employment with the outfit.
When Sheriff Keller announced that
he had come to see him, the young
man seemed willing enough to ac-
company him home.