The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-10-13
HOME HAPPENINGS.


Blunt has lady physician.
Money to Loan by o. w. Lee, Cliff
ton.
Carl Werner, of Blunt, was in
town, Monday.
j. A. White, the stirring land
agent of Blunt, was in town proving
EN- up, Monday.
Now is good time to buy your
coal-provided, always, that you have
the money to do it with.
B. Z. Hoover has been building a
new barn at his ranch adjoinging town,
this week, Fred Boyer bossing the
job.
John Deveny returned, Monday
evening, from Brookings, and is look
ing after his claim and cussing be-
cause he cannot prove up.
Most of the weather prognostica-
tors fore-tell mild and comfortable
winter Much obliged. That is the
kind we are longing for.
With letter postage only two cents
the boys can afford to remember 1.-The
girl left behind me, often, until they
bring her out in the -stprsss.ss-
-Ga-.1D. W. Lee to get money on
EjHh Proofs.
ID. G. Nicol, of Chicago, was i'm
Clifton, Monday, to record the deed of
the plat of Fair Bank, a new town on
the river in the western part of Sully
county-sec. s, 1850.
Many homesteadcrs are now build
ing on their land entered in the spring,
and every time one goes ont into the
country new improvements greet the
eye.
first tax paid in Sully county
was handed in, Tuesday, by Charles
Huptoon, Of section TO- 1873, s4.91.
frhe next lucky man was W. Harvey
ICornell- paid wednesday,.
The people who live back in the
frigid zones of the Eastern States are
to be commiserated. Come out and
bask in the genial rays of the Dakota
sun and breathe our balmy and health
giving atmosphere.
The soldier boys at Fort sully
are now cutting their winter supply Cf
wood, each company cutting l25 cords
Guess the boys won't hurt themselves
as each man is only required to cut
half cord, each.
A custom Touring mill is some
thing greatly demanded in this section
some place where feed can be ground
To order, and the man or company put
ting such an enterprise into operation
will unquestionably reap bonanza
The Textbook for Sully county is
now in the hands of Deputy Treasures
j. A. Meloon Though not strictly
due until Nov. 1st, all parties who de
sire to pay can do SO at any time and
get their receipt therefor. There are
doubtless some who are intending to
leave who will be glad to avail them,
selves of the opportunity, as it will
avoid the possibility of their being re-
turned AS delinquents while away.
If there were a few tenement
houses i'm Clifton To rent at reasonable
figure, there is no question but what q
number of families would move i'm to
town for the purpose of schooling their
children this winter; but many who
would like to do so are unable to buy
lots and 90 to the expense of putting
up building suitable to protect them
from the cold. Is there any one who
will look after the matter?
Somebody fan us. The diction
with which the Pierre Signal allegori-
cally ascends the most altisonous rhe
torical amplitication Of Il subject takes
our breath Hear it: at is not every
man that has the sand " to talk sand
But sand, its component parts, quick
sand, and its relative bearings are
themes of geological deduction that
are creating argumentative discussions
upon the relative merits of IN under
current, or suhtratum flow in the pots
dam sandstone of a late deposit, over
lyinu tha nri,pitiyn ar Fundamental