The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-08-25
HOME HAPPENINGS.

wednesday.
Prank A. Lee, Of the Clifton
and Blunt stage line, has put up a
barn in town this week.
B. p. Hoover has commenced a
well at his fine new residence in the
north part of town.
e. G. Winner, Of section 33, 49,
70, leaves with party to take in the
Black Hills country, the first of the
week.
This office has received two boxes
of new type from Chicago the past
week. 1t belongs to us and is paid
for, too.
Carlton o. C. Barker, on s. e. "a
about three miles southeast Of Clifton,
has 5! feet of pure cold water in n
26 foot we'll No water in Dakota !!
What are you talking about
R. III. Proudfoot, of sec 33, 49,
70, has received the appointment of
postal messenger between Pierre and
the Black Hills, with $50 per month
and feed 1t is conceded that he will
make good one.
Hon. Thomas George, a prominent
gentleman of Lake Benton, accompa-
MED by his wife and daughter, Miss
Helen, reached Clifton to-day, on their
way to Grand Crossing, on the Missou-
ri, but will tarry with us day or two
We this week publish supple
ment Our readers can rest assured
of getting all the local news that is
'.getatable.' We shall never let ad-
vertisements crowd out home news,
but meet the emergency in some man
ner, no matter how great the pressure.
Commissions G. j. Millett, Sr.,
resident of the Territory for many years,
who has considerable experience in ar
bor-culture, advises planting cotton
woods for an early timber, to be follow
ed by the more valuable kinds. The
cottonwood is rapid grower and Mr.
Millett afiirms will soon afford wind
break and consequent protection for
the maple, beach, walnut, &c, besides
making earlier fuel.
The constitutional convention at
Sioux Falls will be petitioned to incor-
porate in our statute clause forever
prohibiting the manufacture of intoxi-
eating liquors in Dakota, and prohibit
ing their sale except for mechanical
and medicinal purposes, and we trust
their payer will be granted. Liquor
has been the curse of our land, and we
trust our fair Dakota will be spared.
A NJ. Winner, down on Spring
Creek, Sec 33, 1879, who returned
from Iowa few days ago, brought
with him car load of seed rye stock,
&c. He has sold so or GO bushels of
rye already, and if any of our readers
desire some for seed, it would be well
to see him soon. Rye is said to do
well on either old ground or new
breaking. Sown this fall when you
have nothing else to do, it will ripen
the last of June and can be harvested
and out of the way before oats and
wheat come on. 1t makes fine feed for
either horses or cattle, and ground is
about the best substitute for milk for
hogs and bigs, known.
The Onida Journal has prepared
for itself a very convenient hole in
which to crawl to shield itself from the
consequences of its dirty and con
temptible filings. Our editor, it fire.
quently asserts, is only boy, not yet
of age, meaning by this, We suppose,
that he should neither be held re-
sponsible in the eyes of the law or
for the silly, slobbering articles that
have appeared in the Journal from
time TO time. We will therefore ex-
cuse the ''infant" so far rs may be, but
would advise the ''Old man." if he can
still do anything with his imbccile
offspring, to take him across the knee
and try and fan n little sense and de-
cency into him, tie a sugar-teat in his
mouth and relegate him to the protec-
ton of his mothers apron strings
until he knows enough to carry
dough to the chickens, A boy whose
intellect is SO sadly dwarfed is not safe
on the prairie. Some toothless old
buffalo roaming around in search of
a, g.,nI .ri.Ybt a.t him t,n