The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-08-04
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All who visit Clifton admire oul
beautiful town site.
MIR. and Mrs. j. w. Carson, and
Mrs. d. ID. Bryant, of Carson, were in
Clifton Thursday.
Mrs. Mary +. Graves is assisting
Mrs. Ross in the culinary department
of the Clifton House.
The Herald and Soldiers Advocate
is the name of new paper at Apo
matox, Potter county. 1t is little but
lively.
We hear of but little complaint
about lost stock of late. Animals have
become content and settled down to
getting fat
Ed. Sterling, of Huron, has blue
joint grass eight feet in height This
is pretty long drawn out-either the
grass or story.
w. NJ. McFarlane, editor of the
Brooklyn, Iowa, Chronicle, visited
Clifton, Tuesday. He is doing Dakota
in the interests of his readers.
If next season is rs favorable rs
this one has been-and there is no rea-
son to suppose it will not be-Sully
county will just smile with growing
crops.
Mrs. J. l.. Mohler and c. VI. Lee,
of the Waverly settlement, southwest
of Clifton, were in town Wednesday,
and made us a pleasant call, each sub
scribing for the WATcHMAN.
Though defeated by Potter county,
Judge Sweny can have the conscious
ness of knowing that he made fair
and honorable race and received the
support of his county people.
We hear it talked that the military
telegraph line from Fort Sully to Dead
wood has been bought by the Western
Union and was to be opened for COM
mercial business on Wednesday of this
week.
A mail route from Blunt to Wa
meta, via Clifton, is being talked up.
We must have regular and frequent
communication with the outside world.
and the agitation should be kept up
until something is accomplished.
Blamed if we don't believe they
have the same moon in Dakota that
they do way back in Michigan and
Ohio. Anyhow they look as near alike
rs two peas, only the Dakota moon
seems to be little the largest and
shines the brightest
A. Hummell, the first settler of
Waverly township, 1879, Sully coun-
ty, has 30 acres plowed and Is acres in
corn, oats, barley, potatoes, sc. He
visited Clifton, Monday, to see Clerk
of Court Edgerton in regard to proving
up, and called and placed his name on
our subscription list.
We have at last found out why all
our gentlemen readers who lose stock
Strike right off southwest in search of
thSm the first thing. A few miles in
thai direction is a place called "Girl
TOWN there being a settlement of
seve ehteen young ladies owning claims.
4 The smart Alec of the Onida Blow
Harf takes it to heart because we ac-
cusdl him of being responsible for the
territory included in the Onida voting
ppHcinct for Wednesdays election. We
repeat that it was at his own suggestion,
and he cannot deny it; but it is most
too hard for his own convention to
come out and pass resolution censur-
ing him, and calling down the ICON
of every honest voter in the
county," as it did, for the resolution
says " the person or persons response
ble." Too bad, old man, but you "got
your foot in it that time.
MIR. Frank Koch, from Winona,
Mimi, is in Clifton negotiating for
claim near town, and will start an ex-
tensive nursery and fruit and vegetable
garden. He will have some thirty
acres broke for this purpose at once,
and will plant several acres, each, i'm
strawberries, grapes, raspberres and
blackberries, and will go into the cul-
ture of vegetables on an extensive
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