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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26
New Mail Route.

The people along the road running
from Blunt to Fairbank are waking up
to the fact that tri-weekly mail and
stage route between the above named
towns has become a necessity and
should be established, for the benefit of
all concerned, at the earliest possible
time, and are now working in that di-
rection. Petitions have been drawn up
and are being numerously signed at all
points along the line, which are Blunt,
Marstin's, Clifton, Lewiston and Fair
bank--five post-offces, on an air line,
within n distance of 36 miles. Should
the petitioners succeed in securing this
mail service it will enable those at
either end of the route to transmit mail
to the County Seat in from two to four
days less time than with the present
facilities, besides giving the said points
direct connection with the G. 4 NV.
railroad at Blunt. All should sign the
petition, copies of which are at the
County Clerks Office and WATcHMAN
office in Clifton, and ut all the above
named post-otfices.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26
FINAL PROOFS.
An Important Announcement to Set
tiers, from the u. s. Land Office.

HURON. Jan. .. 1884.
To THE PUBLIc:-In accordance with
special instructions issued to the Register
and Receiver OF the Huron land Office. by
the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, we hereby announce:
That settlers upon the public lands In
this district can have their final proof pa
pers prepared a; this IT, 8. Land Office.
under the direction Of the government Of
ficers. upon application.
That the charge for making such papers
will be the fee allowed by the act Of March
8. 1889. 10 wit: Fifteen cents per hundred
words actually written.
The cost to each settler for preparing
the final proof papers will be small under
this new arrangement
q. B. ARMSTRONG. Reg'r.
KoBERr LowERy. Recv'r.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26

Don't delay, look! 1t is said that
the comet now visible in the south
western sky is the comet of 1912, and
that you will not again be permitted
to gaze upon it until the year 1855
before which time your eyesight might
grow dim.
The Literary on Thursday eve
ming was, as usual, well attended and
much interest taken in the exercises.
Numerous readings-both original and
select, recitations and songs were rem
dered IN pleasing manner, and the
question for debate: "Resolved, That
the works of Art are more attractive
than the works Of Nature" was ably
discussed by Messrs. J. A. Meloon and
A. McFall on the affirmative, and Ros-
coe Stinson and s. ii. Neal on the neg
ative, the judges rendering a decision
in favor of the affirmative. The follow
ing is the programme for next Thurs
day night, Jan. 81:
/. Song-Mrs. Kenny and others.
2. Reading-Miss Flora Rounds.
3. Declamation-M. Ii. Pritchard.
4. Reading-Mrs. 8. ii. Neal
5. Decllmation-A. s. Tobias.
8. Song-Neal. Pritchard and Cole Bros.
z. Remarks-How best to conduct a
Society to promote sociability-
B. p. Hoover.
8. Charade-Two minutes for guessing
0. Recess.
10. Lecture-l5 minutes-A. McFall.
IL. Reading-Mrs. Cole.
12. Declamation-O. w. Lee.
l3. Presentation Of Program for next
meeting
II. Election of officers
Is. Adjournment.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26

VIZ have received q communication
from Clifton in regard to muddle u
among certain county officials, which
the writer asks us to publish as an edit,
oral This we must decline to do, as
we are not well enough acquainted with
the circumstances to warrant US in SO
doing, and besides, we are only editor
pro tenn. We would not like to do any
act that might be unjust to anyone, and
especially to Mr.. Meloon, our County
Clerk, whom we have found in all our
transactions with him to be u gentleman
competent and qualified for the position
he occupies, As we'll as affable and &C,
commodating. We will rather use oul
influence to retain him in the position
he is occupying for many successive
terms.-Onida Journal.
Judging from the above some part,
has been endeavoring to give Mr. Me
loon, who is one the most efficient anC
accommodation Clerks i'm the Territory
and other officials, a little undeservec
free advertising and has been "se1
down" on by the Journal
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26

Buying all goods strictly for Cash and in larger quantities than other
bargains unappoachb All
marked plain One price for all Money refunded
goods satisfactory Orders promptly filed from al
country. W#$
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26
SULLY COUNTY.

Commissioners. J. Millett. ST.. B. p.
Hoover. N. II. Young.
Sheriff.. ]. Millett. Jr.
Treasurer-Charlcs Agar.
Coroner-Dr. j. A. Stevens.
Surveyor-William Ashley Jones.
Assessor-Orr w. Lee.
Clerk OF Court-H. W. Edgerton.
Judge Of Probate-Merit Sweeney.
Superintendent Of Schools-David Sta
ples.
Register OF Deeds and Ex Officio County
Clerk. J. A. Meloon.
Justices of the Peace-Wm. p. Ross. q.
w. Everts. p. T. Kelly. ID. ID. Bryant.
Constables-Henry w. Sprague. George
Bowers, Geo. II. Pease.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-01-26
Published Every Saturday,
AT
CLIFTON, OAK,
WALTER & GROPENGIESER,
50 Per Year in Advance.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

TERRITORIAL.
Delegate In Congress-. B. Raymond
Goveruor-N. G. Ordway.
Secretary. II. Teller.
Treasurer-W. H. McVay.
Auditor-Gcorge l.. Ordway.
Surveyor General-Cortez y. Fessenden.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
w. III. H. Beadle.
Chief Justice Of Supreme Court-Alonzo
!. Edgerton.
Associate Justices OF the Supreme Cour,
WIN. Il. j. Church, j. p. kidder. 3. B.
Hudson.
United States District Attorney-Hugh
]. Campbell.
United States Marshal-Harrison Allen.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-03-04

We call cur readers attention to the value
usefulness, and direct profit of supplying them
selves this year with the American Agrsculturlst.
The cheapest as we'll AS the most valuable journal
IN the country. Every number contains one
hundred. columns of original reading matter, bv
the leading writer's OF the country. upon oil top
les connected with the Farm, Garden, and Heuse
hold, and nearly one hundred engrav Wing. made
specify for the american Asricxhurist. The pa
per, now in its 43d year. is uuquestionahly more
valuable than ever before. Ea ch number brings
fresh evidence that no time or money s consid
ere;i where the interest Of the paper is at stake
l~@Houss Plans and Improvements, profusely il
Illustrated, are worth more than any costly archi-
teefural work lis persistent and fearless ex-
p'snre OF linmbugs and swindliug schemes, is of
great value to the whole country, particularly
the farming community. In short it is hand
some II, good and valuable for everybody.
Owing to special arrangement with the Pub
hlters, we are enabled to offer the FIoRrprAx
and the Anss,Ican Aoricsltwrist for one year, and
the Engrasings Foes or Friends :" and " In The
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Put a Brand on Him.

" Women are necessary evil, he said bringing
down his fist hard on the counter to emphasize the
heartless remark 1t was in the village store Mt
West Milton, Saratoga county, and the speaker was
the central figure of a group OF bucolic phioso-
"Theres where l differ from you altogether"
said Mr.. George T. Graham, of The stme place.
WON en- are mostly what men make eIn. When
husbands are Drutes wives will fall into submission
or make home hot for the men; and they're unnat-
ural In either character. Love them, and especially
be good to th IN when they're sick, and you'll have
no trouble. There's my own wife, now. She's
suffered good deal with dyspepsia, nervous pros
tralion and other ailments that took the bloom of
her cheeks and the spring out of her steps Well,
she advertisement of PARKER TONIC, and
thought 1t would be just the thing for her case.
Gentlemen. sent five miles after bottle. She
took 1t. sent again after more 80 several times:
Trouble? Why, If you could see how much good
IL has done her you would say that women are the
greatest of Gods blessings, and PARKER's Tonic is
the next"
This preparation, which has been known as PAR
KRRs CiINoER Tonic will hereafter be called simply
PARxER's Tonic. This change has been rendered
necessary by substitutes imposed upon their Gus
TONERS BY unprincipled dealers under the name OF
ginger; and ginger is really an unimportant ia
vorfng ingredient, we drop the misleading word
There e no change. howeper In the preparation
ITSELF and all bottles remaining in the hands Of deal
ers, wrapped under the name of "PARKER's GIN
GER ToNIc" contain the genuine medicine If the
facsimile signature Of HIsCOx & Co. is at the bot
tom Of the outside wrapper. Feb ~. I'm
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Oftentimes 1 have seen tall ship glide
by against the tide as if drawn by some
invisible bowline with a hundred strong
arms pulling it. Her sails were untitled,
her streamers were dropping, she had
neither slde-wheel nor stern-wheel; still
she moved on stately, in serene triumph,
as with her own life. But knew that on
the other side of the ship, hidden beneath
the great bulk that swan so majestlcally,
there was a little toilsomc steam tug, with
a heart of fire and arms of iron, that was
tugging it bravely on; and | KIN W that
if the little steam-tug untwined her arm
and left the ship, it would wallow and
roll about, and drift hither and thither,
and go off with the refluent tide, no man
knows whittier. And so have known
more than one genius, high decked, full
freighted, wide-sailed, gay-penoned, but
that for the bare, toiling arms, and brave
beating heart of the faithful little
wife that nestles close to him, so that no
wind or wave could part them, would
have gone down with the stream and
have been heard of no more.-O W.
Holiness
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Prejudice, vanity, calculation tn,

Prejudice, vanity, calculation these
are what govern the world Chdn,tort.
Cynical Spanish proverb GA wo-
mans tears cost little, but bring ber
much"
We cannot all be cabin passengers in
the voyage of life. Some must be before
the mast.
Friend. beware of fair maidens When
their tenderness begins, our servitude is
near Victor Hugo.
Women never will be paid as mach
for lecturing as men, simply because they
have done 40 much of it for nothing.
"A mountain is made up of atoms,
and friendship Of little matters; and if
the atoms hold not together, the mour,-
tain is crumbled into dust.
The newspapers often print the "iasa
words " of men, but never that of women.
The latter would take up too much room
and crowd out all the advertisements.
"A great deal depends upon a mans
courage when he is slandered and tra-
duced Weak men are crushed bv de.
traction, but the brave hold on and spe.
ceed.
"A mans brain weighs three and &
half pounds. A woman's is somewhat
lighter, but of finer quality. This is what
enables her to taste lard in her neighhor's
pastry.
The size Of the Presidency has beea
cut'down so much lately, to fit those who
have accidental 1y dropped into it, tha. it
may not now be an easy thing to crowd:
big man into the place.-Philaoelphi.a
Times.
When the papers speak of the prize.
ring they mean the circle in which a prize
fight is held, but the girls will have it.
that the real prize ring is the little gold
en- band to signify their engagement. -
Chicago Stn.
"A Boston man recently fell heir to
large fortune. His wife has all at once
lost her f ndness for dirty little poodle.
and is making pet of her husband in
stead. There seems to be sort of meth
Cd in her madness.- Chicago Sun.
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of summer resorts ar! pre-

Landlords of summer resorts ar; pre-
pairing for next season. One is having
built an old fashioned set of furniture,
that Washington once used; another is
blasting out cave that will be occupied
by a hermit as soon as warm weather
comes and third is having medicinal
well dug Summer resorts are to be both
romantic and healthy next summer.
The following very excellent advice
of President Porter, Of Yale, to his stu
dents and young men in general, we clip
from an exchange: Young men, you are
the architects Of your own fortunes Rely
on your strength of body and soul. Take
for your star self-reliance. Inscribe on
your banner: Luck is fool Pluck is
a here.' Don't take too much advice,
keep at the helm and steer your own ship,
and remember that the art of command
ing is to take fair share of the work.
Think we'll of yourself. Strike out AS
sumo your own position. Put potatoes
in q cart, 90 over a road, and the small
ones 90 the bottom. Fire above the mark
YOU intend to hit. Energy, invincible de-
termination with right motive, are the
levers that move the world. Don't de-
ceive. Don't read novels. Don't marry
until you can support wife. BE earnest
Be generous. Be civil. Read the papers
Advertise your business.
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The mattock will make deeper hole
in the ground than !ightning.-Horocc
Manu.
An Irish lawyer having addressed
the court as gentlemen" instead of Eyer
honors," after he had concluded brother
of the bar reminded him of his error. He
Immediately rose and apologized thus
"May it please the coort, in the hate Of
debate | called yer honors gintlemen. |
made mistake, yer honors." The speaker
then sat down.
The Philadelphia Times says: " 1t
is common for great men to speak with
contempt of the local newspaper. In
that they initiate greater men in speaking
of greater journals, when offended by
manly criticism; but the local newspaper
makes more great men out of less mate
rial-more bricks without straw-than
any other factor in politics, and is the
one ladder on which men climb to local
distinction as the beginning of wider
fame.
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HOME.

Oh! what is home? the sweet companionship
or life the better part
The happy smile Of welcome on the lip,
upspringing from the heart
1t is the eager clasp of kindly hands,
The long remembered tone
The ready sympathy which understands
All feelings byts own.
The rosy check of little children pressed
To ours in loving glee
The presence Of our dearest and our best
No matter where we be-
And, failing this, prince may homeless live.
Tho gh palace walls are high;
And having it, desert here may give
The JOY wealth cannot buy.
Far reaching as the earth's remotest span,
Widespread ocean foam,
One thought is sacred in the breast OF man
1t is the thought Of home.
The little word his human fate shall bind
With destinies above,
For there the home of his immortal soul
Ie in Gods wider love
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- sk emoirs of Captain Charlie. w~t~.
Fleming.''

Mtssrs Ashmead Brothers, publishers have in
press, ready for Issue IN few days little work
entitled, Memoirs of Captain Charles Seton
Fleming, of the Second Florida Infantry. G. S
A., illustrative of the History of the Florida
TronFs in Virginia, with Appendix a. TO lhs
C.snalties." by Francis P. Fleming.
1hs work promises to be one o: unusual in
tereSt 10 the people of Florida who have associ
atoms with, or memories Of the late war: n. il il
the hfnt attempt since that eventful period to put
IN o|'oK form any account of the heroic deeds OF
the sons OF Florida on CORY fields, far distant
from Eer sunny cline
In persung the Memoir of Captain Fleming
the reader follows the fortunes of the famona
Second Florida Regiment through the campaigns
and great battles of Virginia, and of the Fifth
and Eighth Florida Regiments after joining their
comrades of the Second on the BLOODY fields.
The work is embellished with good likenesses
OF Captain Fleming, Colonel George T. Ward
Majof George w. Call and General E. A. Perry
very interesting feature is an appendix OF the
casualties in many of the battles.
we have been permitted 10 examine the I'D.
vance proof sheets OF this neat and tasteful little
volume of 102 pages, and have found ourselves
mucG pleased with the easy, graceful, and yet
spirited style in which this narrative. at once
tender and stirring, 10 told. Its accurate aud
graphlc accounts OF the incidents and battles in
WDich the Florida troops were engaged will
make up valued record for those who either
in themselves or through their friends, are inter
e,ted in these bloody scenes The Second
tiorica was, We believe, the representative
FLORIDA regiment, and was composed of the
flower and the chvalry OF the Sta;e The faith.
iu story Of its gallant deeds will make valus-
Die acIIflon to the history of the great civil war
Mr.. Francis P. Fleming; of Jacksonville, the
author, is one of the NEST esteemed and capable
lawyers of the Florida bar, and was himself an
active member of the Second Florida during its
service The Florida soldiers may well look
for this volume with interest, and those who
were not engaged in the struggle may read i,
with pleasure and profit When the volume II
formally before the public we will review il
more al length.-JasksonpMe Herald
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conversation, and the despiser of manual
labor remarked:
"Iou are right 1t is better to be a
carpenter with a noble heart and fine
mind, with he energy to work for some
thing higher, than to be a so-caled gen
tleman, willing to rest on the laurels Of
his ancestors"
I" Yes, in this county All that pride of
family and caste is out of place. The
carpenter Of to-day may be tie Judge of
tomorrow, and the humblest mechanic
may have the instincts OF gentleman. :"
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=. Some day, we say, aad turn our eyes
Toward the fair hills Of Paradise
SStae day. some time, q sweet new rest
Shall blossom, hower-like In each breast
SSrae time, some day, our eyes shall see,
Thu hces kept in memory,
Sofde day their hands shall clasp our hapds
Jues over In the morning lands.
Some day our shall hear the song
" triumph over sin and wrong
Sor4c day, some time but oh not vet
Bat we will wait, and not forget
That some time all these things shall be
Anti rest be given you and me-
so visit, my friend, though years move slow.
Inc happy time will come we know-N O. Nem
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BALL & LONG,
REAL ESTATE DEALERS AND AGENTS
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA

~ Large and small tracts Of improved and unim-
proved lands in Leon and Wakua counties,-sHitAble
for staple farm crops fruits, truck farming daryng
and general stock raising, especially sheep, FOR SALE
at low prices and on easy terms.
F" Some specially desirable locations on Lakes Jack
son lafayette and Bradford in Leon county and on the
high hammock shores OF the Wakulla and St Marks riv
ers, in Wakua county within few miles of the Gulf
with abundance OF heh, oysters and game.
EH- Both State and Government lands seected and
entered for parties upon application.
EH Maps, plats and descriptions furnished.
We have complete Abstract Of Titles to every OF
Leon county carefully compiled from County Re-
cords and Probate Office.
information OF Middle Florida its lands, climate, soil
productions and cheerfuy furnished and
respondence solicited. March IA, l5S2-ly
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Adding this increased vote to that cast in 1880
gives The strength of The Democrats in The elec.
t"ral college at 172, which, with the thrty-six
votes OF New York State would make eos,
cEeSr maioriiy OF seven
In this enumeration the only State no, Ger,
tS!nly Democratic is New York, while moi in
c!uded in it are Indiana and Connecticut. which
are quite as likely to be Democratic a. Repuhli.
G. ". Beyond this il would be idle for the Demo-
eats to look They might carry all the States
fl:st named, and Indiana and Connecticut ~
we'll hut, losing New York, they would be de-
icated. On the other hand, if they should make
New York the battlefield, and stake their hope
of success on their ability to carry il, they would
with unobiectionable CT luddates have but TO re-
tain State already their own, and ,he votes Of
lnAian" and Connecticut could be held in reserve
10 make up Tor any break which might occnr in
some less important quarter. The necessity IF
the Democrats making their campaign in New
prk is So plain as to require no laborcd ary1,-
ment 10 snbstantiate il. Without that Stale they
caanot win. as the figures show. With it, defeat
would be practically out of the question
The prctense that Ohio can be made a Demo-
cratic State this year is idle. Hopes based on
that idea will he shattered The State has never
a'I"'l to vote for Republican candidates in Presi.
dertial elections. II has occasionally been car
ri~d by The Democrats in off years but as regu-
lATiy as the qnalrcnuisl contests have taken
rl"e il has returned TO its allegiance New
fork on the contrary, when not Overwhelmingly
Drmncraiic, has always been close, and since The
war it has been carried twice by Democrats in
Presidential years. Nothing but the unpopu
larly OF Mr.. Greeley with he party whose can
didate he was prevented the State from declar-
ing against Grantsm in 1872 as vehemently as il
dad in 1876 In no previous contest has the Dos
session of New York been of such vital imDor
taice tn the Democrats as now, for at NO other
elt'li"n in twenty-five years have they had
cel anty o! enough votes elsewhere to elect their
cand'dalrs even il they did carry that State
This year they have that certainty
New York is the one State which the Demo
Gratis must make sure of carrying No party
ever found Itself confronted on the eve of ma
tionSl election with more simple problem. Bv
concentrating their efforts in that direction they
can settle the question on ground of their own
choosing, and of which they will he iu posses
sion at the opening we'll as the closing IF the
campaign.
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FOR RENT.

A COMFORTABLE TWO.STORY BUILDING,
"A furnished or unfurnshed, with five rooms.
In healthy locality with garden, kitchen and fine
cistsrn. Apply
November g. 1891
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FOR SALE.
Florida Real Estate.

MO. lib ACRES, FIRST-CLASS VEGETABLE
~ and fruit farm Ten acres LeContc Pear Trees
200 to 300 Orange Trees, mostly buddcd, some fruit
the past year, growing Nursery business. viii be
divided into 6% acre lots Ten minutes from the
post Office and railroad station, Tallahassee, Fla
No. 2.-Five or ten acre lots, near Orlando, Or
ange County, Florida Euqnire of
w. II. HASKELL,
33-tf Tallahassee, Fla.
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Under the new Congressional appertionment
the various States will. at the next election have
four hundred and one electoral votes, Of which
Two hundred and one will be necessary TO a
choice Four years ago the following named
States gave their votes for Hancock and English
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