The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-08-16
HOME HAPPENINGS.

We listen for the music of the
thresner.
-Wasgatt has $4,000 to loan on
Chattel Security. 1S-3t
The first new oats marketed in
Pierre yielded 65 bushels per acre.
The little birds are having a ''fat
time eating roasted grasshoppers on
the burned prairie.
An effort is being made to oincrease
service on the Blunt and LeBeau mail
route to a trl-weekly.
The burned and blackcned prairie
is an eye-sore to the vision, particular
ly ut this season of the year.
Hanks & Laybourn, of Fairbank,
d. T., will buy and sell cheap decided
land in Sully county. 17tf
A teachers institute for Hughes
county convenes at Blunt on Monday,
Aug. 18th, and continues in session
one week.
B. +. Barnes, of sec. II, l14-79, is
to be congratulated. Last week he
finished "A well 10 feet deep and has
three feet of good water.
The game of ball between the
Forest City and Fairbank boys atFor-
est City, August Sth, resulted IN vic
tory for the Fairbank club by score
of 26 to IS.
Pierre has no cemetery, which
looks queer to say the least. A city
with the manifest enterprise it has
shown in other directions should have
place to bury its dead.
Two editors have perfected title to
farms in Sully county, this week.
Chas i. Alsop, of the Pierre Journal,
Monday, and Geo. Schlosser, of the
Blunt Advocate, Thursday.
i. +. Frankhauser, of the Okoboio
Times, went to Blunt, Monday, to
meet his father from Michigan, and will
spend few days in showing his worthy
sire over Sully and Potter counties.
Sergeant Settright, of Fit. Sully, is
particular friend of Stewart Beider
bick, one of the survivors of the Greeley
Arctic Expedition, with whom he has
corresponded and expects . letter from
in few days.
The Clifton base ball club will 90
to Blunt next Saturday to play a game
with the Browns of that city. The
boys have not seen a bat or ball since
the last game with the Blunt Reserves.
and are in poor trim for playing.
Even the dumb brutes are striking
for Dakota. A dog came in from the
east the other day with its personal ef:
fects, consisting of string of canned
goods, tied to It's tail. A Clifton land
agent was equal to the emergency
took all it had and located the old chan
on two claims-its behind quarters.
Roscoe Stinson, Esq, returned
from his Eastern trip, yesterday, happy
as big sunflower, and was warmly
welcomed by his many friends. The
cause of his happiness will be found in
an item elsewhere. but he left the cause
temporarily behind, consequently when
his mind reverts backward an occa-
sional streak of sadness comes over his
gladness.
Some of our people express de-
termination TO attend the picnic ut
Fairbank next week, but we fear that
little stanza at the bottom of the invi
tation will cut us off. We can leave
our steer and deer" all right, but we
awfully dislike to don our fine broad
cloth to go over there and slide down
the bluffs and paddle around in the
river. We haven't got but few suits
of broadcloth and we want to make
them hold out another season.
-One of the most urbane and gen
tlemanly officials in Sully county is
Mr. ii. W. Edgerton, clerk of court for
that county, and son of Judge Edger
ton of the Second Judicial District.
1t is no exertion at all for Mr.. Edger
ton to be pleasant and polite to all,
and this coupled with his ability to fill
the office is making him favorite with
all who have business relations with