The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-05-10
Now give US a good warm rain.

A. c. Parsons, of Okobojo, was in
town Tuesday.
Strawberry and ice cream festival
at Pierre, on the Goth.
Mrs. VIM. Eshbaugh joined hel
husband, Thursday, and he is now
happy.
An extensive bed of fine building
sand has been found half a mile from
Blunt.
DIR. Vesey is spending few days
on his claim in 114-S0, and we trust
will find the party or parties who stole
his buildings.
A. c. Parsons, of Okobojo, has a
40 acre tract Of last spring breaking
which he will rent cheap. The land
is in l14-79.
-R. c. Fosdick leaves for Mitchell.
Tuesday as a representative of Re- Echo
Lodge No. IL, /. o. o. F., of Clifton to
the Territorial Grand Lodge.
The largest and best line of Hats
and Caps to be found in this part of
the Territory are kept by J. d. Hilger
&c Co, Pierre, with prices the lowest.
Should the conventions of Sully
county be taken as criterion of
strength, then the Republicans out
number the Democrats more than two
to one.
A little daughter of Mr.. Dawson,
of Dawson, 117-77, died of diphtheria
on Friday Of last week. Four other
children of the same family have
passed through it safely.
1t is said that good quality of
syrup is made from the sap of the box
elder tree, and we shall therefore be
able to make our own sweetness in
few years, and some has already been
made down on the river.
Parties who contemplate purchas-
ing anything in the Clothing line will
save money and get superior goods by
buying of J. ID. Hilger & Co, Pierre.
Some party or parties down in
the western part of the county seem
to be making business of stealing
shacks end lumber Two shacks have
been taken from the claim of DR.. Vesey,
on the southwest quarter of section
1S-ll4S0, within three weeks. The
doctor will put torpedo under the
next one, and the party who fools
around it will be blown to "kingdom
come" They certainly should be
made an example of
VIM. Eshbaugh and Roscoe Stin-
son went up TO the formers claim in
1913, the other day, to dig a cellar
The air was so full of the black soil
that for couple of hours the people
Tor miles around were nearly frightened
10 death, supposing that a genuine
cyclone was upon them. The
report that the gentlemen have been
arrested for damages is mistake, how
ever, as is also the one in regard toI
he several premature births caused
rom the fright. About SIX inchesI
we're melted from off both points of the
pick we loaned them, from being so |
heat up digging. They have given
bond to be more moderate hereafter.
VIM. j. Johnson, .esiding on sec
ion "a, town ll5, range 80, on Mon
lay last contracted for the digging of
500 barrel cistern on his land. Mr..
Johnston has recently purchased $40
lcres of decided land, and is now the
'ossessor of l,120 acres of Dakota
lirt, all in a body, which he is improv-
ng as rapidly as possible. He now
has over fifty acres Of wheat sown on
ast years breaking and will break
md cultivate upwards of one hundred
cres of sod crops this season, it being
lis intention to make his large farm,
which is the largest tract of land
'wned by any one man IN Sully coun-
y, the finest and best improved farm
n the county.
--All parties desiring anything in
he horse-shoeing or plow repairing
nd sharpeninp line can uat oood |