The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-02-07
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jack-rabbit on Saturday.
---B. w, vesey, of Indiana, arrived
in Clifton, Thursday, and is visiting his
son, DR.. G. +. Vesey, and wife.
| Considerable sickness usually fol-
lows after severe winter like the
present. Keep your system i'll good
shape
The Norfolk Spy comes to the
front in good shape on the bonding
question, and presents some sound rea-
sons in favor of the project.
District Attorney s. ii. Neal has
opened up an office in the store of l.
X. Clark for the transaction of law,
land loan and insurance business, and
seems to be dong well.
A bran new boy baby was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ii. McCune, on Mon
day, at the residence of Nj. NJ. Kenny,
two miles from town. Mr.. McCune
must bo ''rustler' for they have only
been in the Territory about three weeks.
We are pleased to know that our
former fellow-townsman, o. w. Lee,
together with his family, is again about
to become a citizen of Clifton, part of
his goods already having arrived, him
self and family being looked for the
first of the week
AS seen by notice in our last issue
NJ ,ssrs. Roscoe Stinson and o. W.Lec
have entered into partnership in tue
law, loan, real estate and insurance
business. They arc both reliable, en-.
crgetic and clever gentlemen, well
known to our people and We predict
they will do a tlourishing business.
We were pleased to sec number
of visitors present at the Literary So
ciety Thursday evening, and among
them Il. j. Marston and wife, Ed and
John Hamill, Messrs. Gideon and G.. A.
Thompson, Misses Helen and Maggie
Thompson, Miss Callie Case and Henry
Case, of 1877. Come again and bring
your friends with you.
Last Monday was candlemas or
grounding day, and one of the most
bright and beautiful of the whole win
ter. The g-hog could have seenNts
shadow any time from the rising to the
setting of the sun, and, had we not Ia
ken the precaution TO 90 around and
stop all their holes up in this section,
OF course we should have had i" six
weeks more of winter" but it won't
work, now, and our people are indebt-
ed to us for heading the blamed var
mints of. We have had about all the
winter we want.
Some of those opposed to bonding
the county seem to take pleasure in al
luding to the matter rs WATcHMAN
scheme. We plead not guilty, gentle
men. 1t was no project of our con-
ceiving, but we believe it to the benefit
of the people for reasons heretofore adj
vanced, and while we believe that
large majority of the people of the
county do or would be in favor of bond
ing, it is very probable that it may not
he done fer the reason that there is no
one to push the matter What is ev-
business is nobodys bust
ness" We shall lose no sleep if the
county does not bond--only make cal
culations to pay IN increased county
tax
Within the past Is months over
225 warrants have been issued in Sully
county, bearing the names of consider
ably over 200 of our own people, scat
tered all over the county. OF course
many of them were small, bearing de-
of from 81 TO $40, and is
sued for election services, justice court
expenses, duty as school officers, &c.
Many of those who received these war
rants were compelled to sell them at
IS per cent of their face, or whatever
they could get, in order TO buy the
necessares of life 1t will thus be seen
that our own people are the sufferers
from our deprecated credit, while the
spectators who are buying up the war
rants reap the benefit. 1t is noticeable
fact that the leading spirits in opposi-
tion to bonding are these same war
rant SPECTATORS.