The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-07-05

Blunt, Thursday.
A. s. Tobias and Dan Howe tool
in Ft. Sully, Thursday.
Adjourned meeting of the Count,
Commissioners to-day.
The weather has been quite COO
and livable this week.
The sod is now well soaked M
and the breaking is fine.
B. p. Hoover and Roscoe Stinsor
paid visit to Pierre, Thursday.
Supervisor Ross repaired the bridge
over the Okobojo north of town the
first of the week.
Now turnip and lettuce have beans
on the string peas, radishes, beets and
every good thing
A meeting of the people of Oko-
bojo and vicinity in the interest of a
Touring mill is called for to-day.
i NJ. Murray, three miles east of
Clifton, has corn both tasseled and
cared out some days ago. This isn't
so slow.
-Chas. Lorenzen, of Onida, sprink-
led his potatoes so freely with Paris
green to kill the bugs that the vines
were also killed.
S. II. Neal and A. J. Wasgat' re-
turned from Blunt, Thursday, where
they had been for day or two looking
after land contest.
For fine quality of Gents Furn-
ishing Goods at a low down price, it is
generally conceded that j. ID. Hilger &
Co, of Pierre, take the cake.
Judge Swcny, A. c. Parsons J.
W. Glessncr, W. W. Andrus, Peter
Brennan, and others, of Okobojo, were
in town last Saturday on business.
The wife of Chac. Bunch, late of
the Okobojo Hotel, now of Pierre, pre-
sented him with twins last week a little
girl and boy. Great country this Da-
kota.
The Pierre Reds and FIT. Sullv
Soldier boys engaged in game of base
ball at Pierre last Saturday, the game
resulting in a victory for the Ft. Sully
boys by score of IA to 8.
j. p. Mcdonald, County Assessor,
c. II. Agar, County Treasurer, DIR. L.
j. Loughlen, Coroner, Frank Brigham
and Frank Lillibridge, all of Onida.
were in Clifton on business last Satur-
day.
The County Commissioners meet
in regular session next Monday. One
bic item of their work is to review and |
squalize the county assessment, and it |
will probably take them greater por-
ion of the week
The newspapers of Pierre are
making a good fight toward purifying
he morals of that city by ousting the
painted harlots of Missouri Avenue and
losing up the gambling dens of the
'ity. They should receive the encour-
nent of all good citizens. May the
move be successful for the good name
If Pierre and the welfare of the people.
Some of the county papers have
'pened up on the county seat question.
This is subject upon which our locker
$ pretty well shotted, and i'm due time
he WATCuMAN will be heard from, but
ust at present we can see no necessity
# clamor from any quarter There
S plenty of time for the people to dis
uss and think over the matter. We
lope it will be argued in gentleman
y and courteous manner, and if there
5 any mud-slnging it will first come
rom elsewhere.
1t has been necessary to change
he names of several of the townships
n Sully county, as will be seen by the
proceedings. We be-
ieve this is done in requirement of the
tatute, there being other townships in
hc Territory of the same name, but we
an hardly see the necessity while there
5 no post-ollice of the same name i'm
he township, In some of the States
here are many townships in different
ounties of the same name and no