The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-12-06
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Lots Of game reported over on the

Lots OF game reported over on the
river.
Only two weeks from next Thurs
day until Christmas.
The gentle zephyrs now pump the
water for Clifton, thank you.
S. A. Travis, of the Okobojo Times,
paid us visit the first of the week.
--Messrs. A. c. Parsons and W. w.
Stewart, of Okobojo, were in town, yes
tertlay.
Work on the new Christian Col
lege at Clifton has been pushed the
past few days.
H w. Edgerton, Clerk of Court,
and Judge A. j. Wasgatt spent two or
three days i'm Pierre this week.
--Ex- Com. G. j. Millett. Sr., came
up, Thursday, and brought along some
Of the fine vegetables grown on his
river ranch.
The coyote can probably make
more discordant sounds i'm given
length of time than any animal that
runs the prairies.
Guess the editor of the Pierre
Free Press must have won something
on the late election, for he says he is
thankful "that bctter's pay their bets. "
MIR and Mrs Chas. a. Bunch, of
Okobojo, had the misfortune to lose
their little girl baby, about five months
old, on Tuesday night. 1t had been
sick for some weeks.
The tower for the new wind mill
for the Clifton town well is up and the
wheel is expected to be placed in posi-
ton to-day. The tank, holding 25 or
30 barrels, is also completed.
j. A. and w. n. Meloon received
the sad news the first of the week that
their mother back in New Hampshire
was not expected to live, and on Thurs
day j. A. Meloon started for her bed
side.
VIM. Schlarb, of Fairbank, who
has just returned from an Eastern trip,
says that we are having much finer
weather than they are back in the
States. He and his brother, Jacob,
visited Clifton, yesterday.
AS will be seen by his adv, else
where, r. ID. Jones, of Pierre, Is having
genuine closing out sale. Mr.. Jones
Is too good business man to leave
Pierre, but he is going to change his
line of business, hence these big bar
gains.
DIR. G. Il. Vesey was called to see
Mr. Schriber, of ll6-77, Thursday, who
is sick, and who, also, has fine horse
which rolled on a potato hook and
forced the hooks into its side the whole
length While there the doctor dis
covered that Mr.. Schriber is carrying
a filed tooth the dental work of which
he done eight years ago, back in In
diana
The weather the past week has
been lovely beyond comparison, every
day being warm enough to go comfort
ably i'm ones shirt sleeves. 1t rather
beats last year it seems to us. A
number who are sojourning in this
section, having just come from the
states, where snow and cold weather Is
the rule, are astonished at such beauti-
full weather, and are free to admit that
they have been grossly misinformed
about Dakota IN many particulars.
1t beats their anticipations by much
larger majority than Cleveland did
Blaine.
The records and County seat will
come to Onida within the next 90 DAYS,
even if il becomes necessary TO send
every Ordway official up the "golden
stair OF this thing, be assured
Onida Journal
This is nice language 10 use in this
community, which has shown itself as
peaceful and law-abiaing as any in the
land, and goes to show the disposition
of our neighbor and demonstrate the
utter weakness OF his cause. Perhaps