The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-07-28
The popular Sunday amusement
It Pierre is base ball for money.


hay, and expects to have considera-
BILE quantity for sale.
We trust that every man in Sully
and Potter counties will attend the
polls and vote, next Wednesday.
j. II. Hanson, practical watch
maker from Lake Benton, Mimi, ex-
poets to soon open shop in Clifton,
and will certainly be welcomed.
F. A. Brown, a lawyer of Dakota
City, made us a pleasant call Tuesday,
because he left us some "wealth."
These kind of visits are always pleas
ant.
The safe bought of the Diebold
Safe & Leck Co., wherein to keep the
records of Sully county, is at Blunt.
1t weighs some $500 pounds, and is
both burglar and fire proof
DIR. J. NJ. Gross, of sec. 3, 1879,
in the Waverly settlement, made this
office sociablc call yesterday, and
subscribed for the WATCHMAN. He
leaves for his old home i'm Iowa to-day.
The special meeting of the Board
of Commissioners closed last evening.
We believe the Board can transact as
much business in a given time, and in
as intelligent a manner, rs any Board
in the Territory.
-Messrs. W. G. Nixon, Chas. Spen-
Ger, Chas. Butts, A. d. Marriott and
W. Tibbitts, Of Pierre, were in Clifton,
Thursday, and seemed very well pleased
with the manner in which things are
moving along
The first issue of the Sun, Clifton $
new paper, is to appear next week,
published by Messrs. Frost & Frost.
With two papers we hope to keep the
people posted upon Tie most important
news in our midst.
Don't let any petty jealousies or
sectional luminosity influence you next
Wednesday, but 60 to the polls and
vote for the men who were chosen by
the people to represent them-Judge
Sweny and j, c. Strickler.
Over four thousand dollars worth
of lots have been bought in Clifton the
past few weeks, and several new build
ings are contracted for and contcm-
plated. This will do very we'll con-
sidering the dull season of the year.
The publication day of the WATCH
MAN will probably be changed to the
middle of the week, ere long, as soon as
the mail routes are established, at the
solicitation Of some of our readers the
better to accommodate them.
The Onida Journal openly charges
that the Board of County Commission
ers of Sully county are but tools of
Gov. Ordway, and located the county
seat at his instigation. Weare inform
ed upon the honor of the gentlemen of
the Board thst there was never word
passed between them upon the subject,
the location at Clifton being made
from their best judgment as to its being
the most suitable place, and one that
would best accommodate the people of
the county. Regarding the Journal S
charge of coliusion with the Governor
in the matter Mr.. Young is outspoken,
and does not stop at intimating that
the editor of the Journal is mistaken.
but pronounces him liar, and that his
(Mr. Youngs) address is Fort Sully.
THE SULLY COUNTY WATcHMAN
makes its appearance after three
months existence in greatly improved
form. 1t is now six column quarto
and presents as fine an appearance as
the average weekly newspaper east or
west. Sully county is among the new
" organized counties of Dakota, pos
sessing in pre-eminent degree the
good qualities Of soil and climate which
are winning for Dakota annually tens
of thousands of the best farmers in the
United States. The WATcHMAN ap-
preciates the mission it has undertaken
in properly representing its highly ia
vored locality. We are glad to chron-
icle its prosperity.-Yankton Press and
Dakotaian.
-LosT. Between Clifton and Pierre
gold-bound onyx stone Masonic
watch charm. The finder will be suit