The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-09-15
HOME HAPPENINGS.
-Clifton's building interests are i'm

H. w. Edgcrton made Blunt a
business visit, Thursday.
Go to o. w. Lee to get money on
Final Proofs.
Large quantities of grapes are re-
ported along the river, but they will be
better after few frosts.
-Chas Spencer and +. d. Palmer,
of Pierre, paid Clifton visit on
Thursday.
School election to-day. Let ev-
cry man in the townships where cleo
tions are held turn out and vote.
%. w. Lee, our genial Postmaster,
is ceiling his residence and Office this
week.
The racket of the hammer and
saw has been heard on almost every
side of us this week. Would it were
always thus.
All kinds of land and other legal
blanks in stock mt this office, or neatly
Corn cutting has commenced in
this part of Dakota. The fodder will
be excellent, not having been touched
by frost.
d. j. A. Sedgwick left for Huron
yesterday morning to make tree claim
filings in Potter county for some of
his clients.
C. H. Gilmour, of the firm of
Gilmour & Brown, land agents of
Blunt, visited Clifton, Thursday, and
gave us g call.
Waiter X. Burton has two yoke of
large, fine oxen, which he desires to
trake for span of horses. Any one
having team to exchange can get a
good bargain of him-sec. 30, l15-7S.
The Government per cent Of the
cancellation of stamps from the Clifton
post office, Tuesday last, came within
10 cents of paying the expenses of the
stage trip to Blunt and return. Good
enough.
All kinds Of blanks printed at this
office. Leave your order.
-Estrayed from the premises of L.
II. Bruner about 1 miles northwest
of Clifton, last Tuesday night, spott-
ell milch cow, red and white, five years
old, and had ) or feet of rope around
horns Information regarding said
animal may be left with the owner or
at this Office.
j. w. Carson and wife, OF Carson,
took their departure for their old home
at Attica, Ohio, Wednesday. Theil
many friends in Sully and Hughes
counties will be sorry to learn of this,
for they are just the kind Of people we
desire to abide with us. Mr.. Carson
expresses determination to return in
the spring and still further open up
and improve his farm.
Money to Loan by o. W. Lee, Cliff
ton.
While many of the States have
been visited by damaging frosts, kill
ing all the late corn, this portion of
Dakota, at least, has been very FORUM
ate in this regard No sign Of frost
has been seen in this vicinity and the
indications are that it will hold off for
some time to come. Corn is maturing
finely and the bulk of it is out Of dan.
ger. Everybody is encouraged to be,
lieve that this will prove grand coun-
try for corn, as well as for almost ev-
erything else that can be grown any,
where
There seems to be a diversity of
opinion in regard to killing hawks.
Some are in favor of sparing them be-
cause they are good remedy" for
the gopher pest This is undoubtedly
a fact, but whether or not the good they
may do in this direction will verbal.
ance the damage i'm other directions is
a question. We are of the opinion tina,
it will not, and think that those who
are trying to raise domestic fowls will
agree with us. We believe the gophers
can be gotten rid of without encourag
ing so destructive an enemy to the egg
and fried chicken crop. Nor is this
all We doubt if even man slaughters
so many ducks, prairie chickens and
grouse, after they come to maturity, rs