The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-10-06
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Money TO Loan by o. w. Lee, eli

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where is the bivalve?
! p. A. Duffield, Of Onida, called on
US while in town Thursday.
The weather yesterday would have
been lovely for even the middle OF
June.
II. s. Graham, Of Gallon, o., was
in town yesterday. He thinks of To-
eating near town.
The wild goose agonks" south
ward. This is generally supposed to
be an indication of cold weather.
Glad to know that many of our
people are awakening to the necessity y
of making fire-breaks and attending to
it.
Notwithstanding Huron and Pierre
parties have shut down, County Clerk
j. A. Meloon is still lending money
on Final Proofs.
j. c. Bullock, formerly Of Mar
shaltown, Iowa, now of sec. IL, 1l3
IS, was in town, Thursday, sending An
his intention to prove up.
ID. T. Kimmel, Of Prescott, Iowa,
was in Clifton yesterday, in company
with III. Il. Kimmel, who resides in
l13-77, southeast of town.
Some of the parties who have been
to the Black Hills country with freight
seem to have enough of it. The roads
are reported very bad q portion Of the
way.
Go to o. W. Lee to get money on
Final Proofs.
The Odd Follows building oppo-
site this office is rapidly nearing com
pletion, and shows off better and bet
ter as the finishing touches are put
on.
An able communication on school
matters will be found elsewhere from
pen of Prof David Staples, Superin-
tendent. The Professor drops some
what into poetry, in which he claims
for himself Dakota license" instead
of poetical license
%. W. Lee will write up your pa
pers and loan you money on final proof
Yesterday VIM. NJ. Courtney left
us three beautiful white potatoes,
grown from seed raised by his father
in Ohio, from potato balls. They are
now nameless, but if they do well We
shall try to find some appropriate
name.
Without an exception so far as
we are aware, everyone within many
miles Of Clifton who is proving up
and going back east to winter, have
come in and ordered the WATcHMAN
sent to them. This is good idea, as
it will let the people of the states know
what a fine country we have.
The Stewart brothers. Frank c.,
w. b. and John W., of 1873, per-
tected title to their farms, yesterday,
and to-day leave for their old homes
in Wabash county, Ind. They are very
successful school teachers and we un-
derstand that the two first named at
least, have schools back in "Hoosier-
dom" They are clever gentlemen
and we wish them success.
Notwithstanding that it ''never
rains" in Dakata, j. b. Cotton Of ia
n had portion Of his potato crop
drowned out. He also informs us
that his corn on the highest ground
kept green the latest and cared the
best Mr. Cotton is man Of keen
observation and good judgment, and
is of the opinion that the higher land
will prove the best for wheat.
The people of Clifton and com
munity are to be congratulated upon
the conspicuous absence Of the pres
cncc of Frost & Frost, of the great
''illuminator," the Clifton Sun, which
has again "busted," for the second
and last time within about ten weeks.
But if it is true, as stated, that one OF
them is to be saddled upon the good
people of Carson and vicinity, then,
indeed, are they to he commiserated,
for unless there has been great ref
ormation of heart, while smiling in
their faces and pretending to be such
a wonderful champion of their inter,
ests, he will stab them in the back, as