The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-08-23
Many mighty Nimrod is now on
the war-path for game.

A special examination of teachers
was held at Okobojo, Saturday.
A number of our people got caught
with hay out in Tuesdays rain.
R. c. Fosdick and wife, of 1877,
paid Clifton visit Saturday last.
"A new stock of staple hardware at
the old Pioneer Store of Henry Potter.
800 will buy span of work
horses of II. G. Pease, on the Okobojo
near Carson.
B. =. Hoover and W. p. Ross left
Thursday for few days hunt on the
Missouri.
Henry Potter and III. II. Butts
visited Fairbank, yesterday, to attend
the liquor suit and see the city.
Miss Mary Rickert left for a visit
to friends in Pierre and elsewhere, by
Tuesday mornings stage,
This is the time of year when the
little fly sticketh closer than ones sick
relatives.
j. Henry Westover, of Potter
county, was in town yesterday. He is
said to be candidate for the leglsla-
ture.
Hunters who are shooting around
promiscuously at prairie chickens, &c,
should be very careful or they may
wing candidate.
Henry Bossler will build three
school houses for our neighbors of
Pymosa township, ii 4-79, ut a total
cost of 81 GAG.
WANrED.-To loan $40, 900 on lands
in Sully county.
HANKS & LAYBoURN, Fairbank.
Some of the corn in this section is
already out of the way of the frost, and
the outlook for the entire crop ripening
is favorable.
The first watermelons of the sea-
son were brought into town yesterday
by Mr.. Bohan, residing about four
miles east of town.
-Chas II. Agar and Frank Brig
ham, of Onida, and j. \. White and
c. n. Lukes, of Blunt, passed through
town en- route home from Fairbank.
w. |. Wellman, of the firm of
Fishback, Pratt & Wellman, East Pierre
bankers, accompanied by his lady,
was in town on business, Wednesday.
Mrs Wiggins, residing about five
miles southeast of town has an eight
acre field of watermelons, which she is
raising for the wholesale seedsmen, d.
Nj. Ferry d Co, of Detroit, Mich.
Norris J. Willitts, who has two
fine claims IN sec. II, ll4-79, has ac-
cepted a position with a government
surveying corps, now working near
jamestown, and departed for that place
Monday.
Hanks & Laybourn, of Fairbank,
ID. r., will buy and sell cheap decided
land in Sully county. l7f
-Wasgatt has $4,000 to loan on
Chattel Security. 1S-3t
The Fairbank saloons dispense
chain lightning over their bars. At
least that is the kind of beverage some
of the witnesses in the trial swore to
drinking No doubt it is a strong
drink, few links of which would
"chain fellow up SO tight he could
not move.
The big wholesale and retail firm
of Hayden Bros, Pierre, are doing a
rushing business every day, notwth.
standing the dull season of the year.
Their daily sales of goods are enough
to start an ordinary store. Low prices,
good goods and liberal advertising is
building them up an immense trade.
The goods must rustic where the Hay
den Bros. have anything to do with
them.
Elmer =. Ncel, four or five miles
northwest of Clifton, has the best
piece of corn we have seen this season
The stand is from six to eight feet and
quite uniform, with large lusty ears
hanging down. 1t was planted on last
years breaking and has received some
cultivation. We are confident that