The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-11-22
HOME HAPPENINGS.

day"
Andrew McFall will build an ad-
dition to his residence.
Prepare to plant a lot of forest and
fruit trees in the spring.
The bark of the sneaking coyote
"pce!s on the night air.
A mild and open winter Is predic-
ted by many Couldn't please us bet
ter.
-Wasgatt, of Clifton. will furnish
money on final proofs ut straight 10
per cent. 10
You can now pay your taxes-if
you have got the money and want to
do it.
Now is good time to lay in a
supply of coal-if your pocket book is
a large fat one.
Geo. Schlosser. of the Blunt Ad-
vocate, visited in our little burg, Mon
day and Tuesday.
Mrs. Sarah Hutton, "a years Of
age, proved up on claim in 1876,
before the Probate Judge ut Clifton,
Tuesday.
Blunt is to have new skating
rink, 36xl00, where the young people
will learn to glide on their ear, and
otherwise.
A little son of VIM. Toomey, treas
urer-elect of Sully county, is suffering
from iniamatory rheumatism, but
bears the pain like little hero.
On Sunday quarter blood Indian
named White Dog, relative of Chiefs
Fine Weather and White Swan, acci-
dentally shot himself on the Reserva-
ton across from Pierre.
A fine 10 pound boy filed home
stead claim to the affection and pro-
lection of Mr. and Mrs. John III. Reed,
of 1877, on Saturday last, and has
been named Clifford Clifton.
The Times says there are only IA
aspirants for the Blunt post-office.
What Only II Democrats in that
city, and Cleveland understood to be
elected !? Must be some mistake in
the returns.
Cattle are rnstling their own liv-
ing and doing finely. The grass is
abundant and unusually nutritious,
there having been but few late rains to
either leach out the substance or rot it.
1t is a grand stock country and no
mistake.
Cal. III. Whitman and Walter X.
Burton left for the Black Hills on Mon
day morning with two large and fine
span of horses which they propose to
sell or trade for cattle. They expected
to take a couple loads of freight from
Pierre, either for themselves or some
one else
A gentleman stopped over night
in town about week ago who is ready
to swear that on election day he took
six men from Blunt, who had voted in
Hughes county, into Sully and the
same men, whose names were given,
voted our county ticket and for Onida
for the county seat. And we are told
on good authority of several other just
such instances.
--Sully, Potter, Walworth and Camp
bell counties have established their
county seats i'm the centre of their
counties. That is, from Fifteen to
twenty-five miles east of the river,
which avoids the bluffs and brakes, and
gives fine road bed through country
unsurpassed for richness on the globe.
There is an easy grade out through dry
run, back Of Pierre, and it is for Pierre
men to come to the>front now and say
whether this road shall be built;
whether this magnificent agricultural
country with all its promising capabil-
tiles shall be made part of Pierre's
natural resources, or will we rest inac-
tive and let the land department of the
Northwestern railway extend a road
north from Harold, Highmore or Blunt.
The topography OF the county demands
a road from Yankton north to Bismarck.
Let us have this road come to us down
Chappellc creek and out via dry run,