The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-09-15
-Pluming parties to the Missouri

arc now the fashion.
Final Proofs made by o. w. Lee,
Notary Public.
Sheriff G.. ]. Millett visited Cliff
ton on official business, Wednesday
evening.
M. Sweny, Probate Judge, has
visited Clifton a number of times the
past few days.
d. L. Fry, an experienced news
paper man, is about starting the For
est City Press, at Forest City, Potter
county.
John w. Stewart, of the Wabash
colony in the southern part of the
county, made this Office call, We'd
nesday.
j. w. Carson, s. B. Carson and
Miss Emma Spencer, of Carson, visited
Clifton, Wednesday, on final proof
business.
R. II. Hoover, from the Pacific
Coast, is visiting his brothers, Ben p,
John and Jay, whom he has not seen
for some years.
-Messrs Hess & Oney, photograph
ers Of Blunt, spent Thursday night in
Clifton. Mr.. Hess has a tree claim
near town.
Il. f. Youngblood, prominent
and and loan agent Of Blunt, accom-
panied by his wife, visited Clifton on
business, Tuesday, and made us a
pleasant visit.
FoR SALE-An account of $145, for
value received, against Vivian G. Frost
and G.. c. Frost, formerly of Clifton,
Sully county, this Territory, may be
purchased at this Office for ten cents on
the dollar.--Pierre Recorder.
-'Rattlesnake William" the senior
editor of this paper, got away with his
nth rattler, yesterday morning, which
measured IS inches. Verify, "the seed
of woman shall bruise the serpents
head or words to that effect
Henry Potter went down to Pierre
the first of the week, and returned
with large invoice Of new goods.
Mr.. Potter is selling merchandise very
cheap, in consequence of which his
trade is steadily building up.
The Odd Fellows building at Cliff.
ton is being pushed rapidly along, and
we doubt if there is better put up OF
more substantial structure anywhere
in the country. Everything in con-
nection Herewith denotes w. n. Me-
loon, the "Loss" carpenter, to be a
skilled workman and unusually well
qualified for the erection of wooden
buildings in this breezy country. The
wind that gets away with the Odd
Fellows building will have to get up
early in the morning. Messrs. A. w
Ingalls,, j. w. Carpenter and Walter
r. Burton, who have been engaged on
the building, are all fine workmen.
-Messrs. l.. j. Chapman and J. w
LeGalley, visited the Missouri las,
week and rusticated beneath the um
brageous shade of the forest, picked
plums, grapes and buffalo berries anG
had good time. While there they
thought to inspect drove of fine cat
tie, but when the old patriarchal gen
tleman OK of the herd stepped out be,
tween them and his charge and bcgar
tc throw the dirt over his back ant
talk down his throat. Mr.. Chapman
said he wanted to see that ,'tall timber
over in the woods fright away quick,
and Mr. LeGalley wasn't more thar
two jumps behind.
A sample of honey-locust meas,
uring three feet may be seen at thi,
Office which was grown by Charles W
Hanchett, sec. 35, ll4-7S, about fou
miles southeast of Clifton, from seet
s,wn on the sod toward the. last o
June-ten weeks growth. Mr.. Han
chett has from $4,000 to 10000 o
them which will average u feet. III,
30 intends to put out large number
of butternut, walnut and chestnut, thil
fall, and will, ..-ow extensively 70
sale. We are of TIE opinion that th'
locust will prove very valuable TO
early timber, being of quick growth
and nrnlific Whan nnaa .,,nfn1 thar,