The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-08-02
HOME HAPPENINGS.

considerable of the rainwater last
week was awful ''hard."
Both wild and domestic chickens
are now having fat time for grass
hoppering.
Geo. ID. Bower, of Pierre, spent a
dav or two with his old friends here
abouts this week
John f. Cole, of Clifton, has built
snug little residence on his home
stead five miles north of town.
Cyrus Ingham is about starting a
newspaper at Fielder, down near the
river, at the south line of the county.
j. c. Thompson visited his old
friends in Sully last week. He will cut
large quantity of hay on his farm in
this county-Potter Co Union
Irwin s. Rickert, of Clifton, is now
at Davidson, Potter county, with his
we'll outfit and will go down at least
six hundred feet if water is not struck
sooner.
A. o. Carpenter, whose trial upon
the charge of numbering Fora Burns
caused SO much excitement in Illinois
last fall, spent last week in Blunt. He
owns land in that vicinity.
A female mount, Tin wolf and six
little ones were sighted at Rosseau, be-
low Pierre, few days ago, and party
will be organized to hunt them down
Fifty calves and dozen colts have
been killed near there this summer.
From the present outlook it will
not be necessary to drag the county
for candidates to fill the various offices.
for they are steadily coming to the
surface, but large majority of them
will serenely bob under about the
lth OF November
Forest City is very sure in its
mind that coal not only exists at Fox
Ridge but right under portion of the
town site, and one man wants to open
up paying mine for 81 900 or no pay.
Somebody ought to take him up on
such proposition too quick.
Pierre is getting agitated in earn
est over the question of water works
The estimated cost is about $4,000,
and there is no doubt about its being
the best investment they could make,
as it would give them the best kind of
fire protection and n cheap water sup
ply.
The rise in the Okobojo last Sun
day night marked nearly four feet.
At no time last year was the creek as
high as at present by two or three feet.
This is proof positive of the increase of
the rainfall. We predict that in from
) to 10 years the Okobojo will be as
fine little river as there is in the
country.
1t is announced that party of
land seekers are quietly making pre-
parations to "jump" the Winnebago
Indian Reservation south Of Blunt and
Canning. The exact status Of this
reservation seems to be uncertain, but
Uncle Sam will doubtless forcibly eject
all who settle therein until some action
is taken in regard to it,
Roscoe Stinson Esq, left for Chi
cago and different points in Illinois and
OHIO, yesterday, to be absent two or
three weeks. There is something nm
usual on the tapis, and from the happy
expression on his countenance we pre-
diet that he is going to commit matri-
mony. Well, such Is life He is
genial and talented gentleman and the
lady who succeeds i'm ensnaring his af-
fections will secure peize. Success
whatever his mission and safe return.
H. H. Calhoun, Mitchell farmer,
wants to bet $500 against 81 that with
ten cents worth of capsicum and bar
rel of water he can destroy all the po-
tato bugs on any acre of ground in the
Territory. We will take that bet, MIS-
ter. Our patch contains less than an
acre, but kill the bugs and the 81 is
yours. This is very simple and in
expensive remedy, with the advantage
of being harmless. If it does the work
thus ehectually it is worth knowing and
trying 1t is also claimed to be just as