The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-06

Jill "oAIVu " w ChdLlDeE WOFh.
Jacks Restaurant.
Lyric theater Wednesday and
Thursday. Red headed girls free.
Mrs. Percy Scudder was a passen-
ger by a morning train for Sioux
Falls.
Mrs. j. M. Duff went by a morning
train to Sioux Falls to call on rela-
tives.
Thos. Van Cunningham returned
today from Camp Funston for a short
furlough.
Lost. On Egan avenue, a gold
faced wrist watch with black ribbon.
Return to this office. Reward.
The Degree of Honor meeting call
ed to be held this evening, has been
postponed and will meet with Mrs.
Shipton May 20.
Mrs. Mary Berry, who has been a
guest at the home of her relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Fuller, returned
to her home at Lake City, la.
Miss Ina Waskey, who has been
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. H. Waskey, returned to
Des Moines, Ia, to rejoin her sister,
Mrs. N. L. Waelchli.
Mrs. Rozelle, after attending her
sister, Mrs. John 1.-THE, who is in the
hospital recovering from an opera
ion, returned this morning to her
home at Akron, Ia.
Mai. Jas. Robertson and Sergt. C.
l.. Breedlove and two automobile
loads of home guards drove to Win
fred yesterday, where they gave the
detachment e that place some all.
The absence of local talent able to
train the men makes this desirable,
if not necessary, for the present.
The street lights are being extend
ed oil Center street E today to in
clude the postoffice block, under the
direction of Supt. f. G. Quarnstrom,
Two new posts and lights will be in
stalled. The light heretofore pro-
vided has proven inadequate for a
street so much travelled since the oc-
cupancy of the new building by the
postoffice.
A meeting to determine the estab-
Iishment of ditch No. Is was held at
the courthouse this afternoon. The
county commissioners, the county en-,
gineer and many owners of land af,
fected were present. 1t was deter
mined to establish the ditch provid.
ing they can get the right of way fol-
the lower courses. If they cannot
get this, they have another meeting
for next Monday.
Father T. A. Flynn goes this aft
ernoon to Elkton to attend the obse
quies of Mgr. George Sheehan. of tina
place. Father Sheehan was SO year
old, had been in continuous service Ii
this diocese for 3S years, and il
y charge of his church at Elkton TO
about 20 years. For the past tw,
years he has been in a hospital il
Council Bluffs, where he died. H
will be buried at Elkton.
Sheriff Z. A. Keller said today tina
the board had located the missin
Alex Anadiotus, who was drawn TO
the quota of Is men who vent
Camp Funston on April 26, but VIII
failed to join his comrades eithe
here or at Sioux Falls, was found b
the police of Sioux Falls and sent
Camp Funston Saturday. The ma
is a Greek, ignorant of the languag
and not getting mail often, did nc
get the notices.
The first Sunday of the open sea
son for fishing witnessed crowds
the fishing places of Lakes Madiso
and Herman yesterday. The vantag
points we're literally crowded wit
anglers and boats dotted the whol
expanse of the waters. The fish RI
sponded freely to the bats, and est
mates place the quantities of edibl
, fish taken in tons. Perch, the prir
cipal fish sought, are generally c
larger size than they were last yea
at all the fishing grounds.
Rev. c. McKibbin received a me-
sage Saturday evening from the az
jutant generals office notifying hill
that his son, Eugene McKibbin, ha
Jeen wounded in action in Franc
on April %. The gravity of his col
dition is not told. The young ma
was a member of the 18th U. s. In
fantry, and went over with Gen. PEI
ahing's first expeditionary force. H
| as been many times in the trenche
and up to this time has escaped will
out injury.
Every Methodist preacher in th
state spoke at some other place tina
from his own pulpit yesterday, star
ing a campaign for the publicity an
support of the Dakota Wesleyan SCI
tartan university at Mitchell. Rev
Minish spoke at Howard in the morr
ing and evening. and at Villas In tn
afternoon. His pulpit was filled b
Rev. Deller, of Flandreau, who CAV