The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-10-04
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Melvin Dennis visited Blunt, Fri
day, and invested i'm a kit of carpen,
ters tools.
Mrs. ]. II. Echelberger, on sec. 81
1850, presented her liege lord with
a fine new baby, on Saturday last.
There has been some awfully busy
men in Sully county, for days past,
but many of them are very weary now
The best laid plans of candidates
and mice gang aft aglee. This was
amply illustrated at the convention,
Thursday.
We believe that some of the results
of Thursdays convention were either
brought around by misunderstanding
the situation or by misrepresentation.
A great many school houses are
about being completed throughout the
county, and school will be taught in
many of them during the late fall and
winter.
There will be dozen cellars In
town this winter where there was one
last. In this country of fine vegetables
it is about the most useful part of a
house.
The strength of Odd Fellows Hall
was put to good test by the conven-
ton of Thursday, but proved staunch.
The weight of the crowd could not
have been less than 10000 pounds.
The people of the county are un-
der obligations to the Odd Fellows for
their Hall, rendered for the use of the
convention after finding that they could
not have the Clark building as ex-
pccted.
The fall term of the Clifton public
school will begin Oct Goth, two weeks
from next Monday. Mrs. NJ. V. McFall
has again been engaged, which is an
assurance that we shall have a splendid
school.
"Wednesday was a stormy day, but
Thursday was stormier. The one of
Wednesday was caused by the elements
of Nature, and the one of Thursday by
politics. Resolved, That politics dis
counts Nature by large majority.
Filings and Final Proofs given
special attention by
II HANKS & LAYBoURN, Fairbank.
A post-office has been established
on section 10, in Goodwater township,
south of us, and A. c. Goddard COM
missioned postmaster 1t is n fine
neighborhood and we are pleased to
learn of their good fortune. Bond has
been returned and the office will soon
be in running order.
The Republican County Conven-
ton at Clifton, Thursday, was much
more harmonious and orderly gather
ing than we expected to see; in fact,
was unusually well behaved for an oc-
casion of the kind. From intimations
we had previously heard we expected
number to be on hand full of kick
and ugliness.
Upon the whole the nominees OF
Thursdays convention are good men,
and some of them superior. Where
there are numerous candidates some
of them must naturally get left, and il
is very seldom the case that some feel
ing is not engendered. Such seems to
be the result in Sully, but with what
reason or grounds we are not prepared
to say just at present,
That the result of Thursdays con
vcntion was not exactly TO our liking
we must confess, but, upon the whole
we believe it could have been much
worse We do not think that the fa-
vors of the convention were distributed
exactly in accordance with equity
however, inasmuch as the western ex
treme Of the county, ranges 80, 81 and
the Little Bend, were not recognized
by the nomination of single man.
When you are IN Clifton go to DIR
Veseys office and have your teeth ex
amined. 1t will pay you. 23
Go to Wasgatt, at Clifton, to prov,
up and get 10 per cent money. 10