The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1883-09-22

| JhI hOONcI HAS pcCu AnuAihs
brick from Pierre, this week, for Odd
Fellows Hall.
Sneak thieves seem to be getting
in their work quite numerously a
Blunt of late.
/ S. II. Neal is building resident
quarters i'm the rear of his Office or
Madison street.
B. p. Hoover, Esq, has been il
Fort Sully and Pierre on business
since Wednesday.
The evening passenger train nov
arrives at Pierre at 700, half houl
earlier than heretofore.
Go to o. w. Lee to get money or
Final Proofs.
Quite number in this section ART
putting i'm their time back-setting and
getting ready for a spring crop.
--Chas. Butts, Esq, has been in
town for day or two. See his card
as attorney and loan agent, elsewhere
Pierre has Sully street. Couldn',
have been named after better county
in Dakota, and it ought to be good
street to be worthy the name.
Rev. c. A. Law preached to a
fair audience, in Odd Fellows Hall,
Sunday. He will hold services every
three weeks until further notice.
We are pleased to know that NJ
NJ. Kenny whose eye was severely in
juredsome time ago by silver from
an anvil while sharpening plow.
Fred Byer, a wagon maker from
Sheffield, ILL.,, arrived the first of the
week and has taken up his residence
on his homestead three miles north
east of Clifton.
Scenic painters have lately been
at work on Stebbins' new Opera House,
at Blunt. The Hall is to be seated
with armed opera chairs and all the
modern improvements.
IS. III. Neal is now on the topmost
degree of the ladder of happiness. His
wife and sweet little toddler Joined
him, Tuesday night, from their home
in Indiana. Welcome, say we all.
j. H. Harper, Receivers Clerk OF
the Land office at Yankton, who was
the guest of his friend J. A. Meloon.
of\ Clifton, the first Of the week, de-
pafted for home, Thursday, being ac-
cohpanied to Blunt by Mr.. Meloon.
THE Rev. Mr.. Sproule, Methodist
Missionary of the district to which
RSully county belongs, has travelled be-
tween eleven and twelve hundred miles
this summer and preached many SER
MONS He is much pleased with the
country.
Judge Jas. X. Magic and Major
Olmstead, of 1863, were in Glitch
the first of the week. The are pleas
ant and cultured gentlemen, and vie
enjoyed a social visit with them.
Judge Magic is an old and able news
paper man.
There will be Divine Services int
Odd Fellows Hall, Clifton, at 2:30 TO-
morrow Sunday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. II. A. Barden. Those having
Gospel Hymns will please bring them
Turn out and give the Reverend genA
tleman q good audience
DIR. ii. f. Bryant's family, of Car
son, have accompanied him to Iowa,
taking the train from Pierre, Monday.
Miss Iva visited Clifton and subscribed
for the WATcHMAN year, just before
starting We hope 10 welcome them
back ere the lapse of a great period.
A "birds-eye" view of Clifton was
taken by Hess & Oney, the Blunt pho
tographers, last week Friday. A halt
dozen of the finished pictures have
been sent up, which are very nicely
executed. These gentlemen have the
renntation of doing very fine work in
their line.
The Chicago & Northwestern is
carrying samples of Dakota grain to
the Chicago Exposition free of all
charge. This is certainly fair in the
railroad, and as the Exposition con-
tinucs until the last Of October there is
ample time for Sully county to be
represented if some one will take hold
af tho nattar Excursion fickats ara