The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-06

county happenings Mrs. Lund left
her name fro a years subscription to
the Lake County Leader.
George b. Phifer, manager of the
Dakota Central Telephone exchange,
and family are now in Minneapolis,
the guests of Mrs. Phifer's parents.
They left by auto Wednesday after
noon and expect to be gone until the
middle of the month.
Mark Plowman, of Oldham, has
been making many trips to Madison
of late receiving medical treatment
for seriously afflicted eyes. He
states that the oculist's assistance has
been of such benefit to him that he
has almost fully recovered his full
eyesight.
Mrs. Charles G. Hurley, who has
been spending the summer with the
w. w. Girton and John w. Wadder
families, babe her friends goodbye
this morning as she boarded an east
bound train that took her ove the
first section of her homeward trip tt
Montclair, N. j.
+. A. Norton has gone to Cakes
IN. D., to engage in t~hreshing. Mr.
one of the scholars that attended the
first frame schoolhouse erected In
South Dakota, the site of which II
now marked by a monument at Yer
million.
Mrs. Lena Hunt and Mrs. Mary
Rinde and daughter purchased tick
cts this morning for Camp Funston
Kan, where they are going to wish
Mrs. Rinde's son, Nels Rinde. Tht
party will also go to Camp Dodge tt
spend some time with Mrs. Rinde'!
other son, Henry, who is located il
that great training cantonment.
r. C. Pettis, of Flandreau was il
the city this morning while on hi
! way home from the McCook count!
fair. Mr.. Pettis had a string o
horses entered in the races there ant
he won the fTee-for-all yesterday
He returned home by train, feeling
that the fair was quite a success.
Arthur Nelson vas on his wa.
home to Henry this morning, having
just returned from the McCook caun
ty fair. He stated that the fair wa
well attended and that the exhibit
were splendid. Mr.. Nelson pulle'
cut one prize, having entered on
horse that won a free-for-all race
The Ladies' Aid society of tn
Norwegian Lutheran church wer'
transported by auto yesterday to thu
farm home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Olson several miles south of Junius
where at 2 p. m, the regular worl
of Aid sessions was taken up. AL
enjoyed the entertainment accorded
them by Mrs. Olson.
The county commissioners hav.
received bids as follows for building
several bridges where needed: Yves
line of section 81, Oralnd township
d. Bidwell's bid. s608. South line o
section 10, Franklin township, w. C
Mays bid. slab; d. d. Bidwell'i
bid, s1,140. East line Of section 10
Franklin township, w. G. Mays bid
s1,431; d. ID. Bidwell's bid. SLIGO
Camp "Uneeda Rest" located or
Consolation beach, Lake Madison, hal
been permanently abandoned for thu
season. The r~ecuperated inhabitants
thereof participated in a final fare
you-well pyrotechnical celebration
last evening as they pulled stake.
and betook themselves to their re
spective domiciles in the city of Mad
ison.
A pre-nuptial reception and show
er planned by Misses Mabel Wines
burg and Florence Davis and giyer
at the Winesburg home was featured
last evening in honor of Miss Ma.
Carr, who will be united In marriag,
to Mr.. John Birrenkott. of Aberdeen
at st. Thomas Catholic rectory mex
Wednesday morning. Patriotic deco
~rations of red, white and blue wer,
in evidence. A delightful two cours'
dinner was served to the rs Friends
present.
A farewell picnic party In honol
Of former Supt. s. T. May and wit,
and Prof. Bell and wife was held a.
Lake Madison yesterday. The tim,
was pleasantly spent at boating ant