The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-11-10
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Landlord Ross has recently built
an addition to his hotel barn.

Garner, of Garner township, were in
town Sunday last.
-Messrs H. H. Gray, l.. NJ. Sholes,
and A. III. Holt, of Waverly, Iowa, were
in Clifton last week.
M V. Baldwin looks better natur-
cd than of yore. His wife and little
daughter joined him last week.
Each school officer of the county
can now get copy of the school code
by calling on Prof Staples, Go. Supt.
of Schools.
Cur genial merchant, Henry Pot
ter, has his store nicely ceiled and pa
pered for cold weather, and will build
an addition on the rear for the use of
his family.
AS will be seen by reference to the
proceedings Of the school convention,
Swinton's popular text books were
adopted, and the Paragon school desks.
Good judgment was shown in these
selections.
The latch-string hangs out and
our friends are invited to drop in and
get warm when in town We now
have our Office ccilcd, the 2nd story
floor in, good stove and bushels of
coal. Come
Jay Hoover, who had the con-
tract of moving the Clifton school
house from the school section to FIRE.
mont street, successfully accomplish
ed the task on Wednesday, and it will
soon be ready for occupancy.
The 29th of this month has been
designated by the President rs day
of National Thanksgiving for the good
things falling to our lot the past year,
and the proper time for slaughtering
the iatted turkey. As that kind of
bird is very scarce in this part, we will
take prairie chicken, if you please.
In all our experience we have
never known SO little sickness among
II people rs in Sully county the past
six months. We have never seen
physician on professional visit, other
than one accident, in the county This
speaks volumes for the healthiulness
of the climate.
Many are becoming convinced
that there is more money in settling
down on claims they now have and
cultivating them, than going to the eX-
ira expense and privation of going
upon new claim. They are unques-
tionably correct The man who has
100 acres of good land can soon make
enough to purchase a good decided
claim if he SO desires
Will some one kindly direct us to
the passage in the Good Book where it
says: Blessed be he who hath moth
ing, for the cussed COWS shall not break
into his stable, tear the managers down
and raise the deuce in general" oi
words to that effect, for even SO hath il
been done unto us two or three timeS
and we are seeking consolation from
some source.
Dakota seems to he altogether
different from other sections in mahy
particulars. As soon Us the frost gets
out of the top of the ground in the
spring the wheat seeding may bdgin,
and as the frost gradually comes out
from below, it feeds the young hnd
tender grain with moisture and ins1res
a big crop by supplying the essential
clements not otherwise supplied bY
nature.
The election on the adoption of
Dakota's Constitution, last Tuesday,
seems to have been slimly attended in
this part of the Territory, but that it
has carried almost unanimously is GER
tain. At Clifton only 4G votes were
pollcd, 30 for and 7 against No re-
turns from the other three precincts in
the county have as yet come in. In
Hughes county about 700 votes were
polled, of which about 600 were for
and 100 against.
The following letters remain un-
called for at the post-otlice in Clifton.
In calling for the same, please say,
advertised" J. c. Brumback, #, A.
Fassctt, f. l.. Glover, VIM. Lowery, j.
W. Lowery, Laura Porter.
ORR w. LEE, Postmaster.