The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-09-12
Charles Howell and family have
removed to Fairbank.

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termelon over two feet long.
w. c. Walter, our senior, is in
Michigan on business, this week.
Building granaries seems to be
the order of the day with the farmers.
"A. McFall and j. f. Cole returned
from business trip to Blunt, Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Charlie Haines, of Pierre, WIS.,
tied MISS Mollie Rickert, of Clifton,
yesterday.
All the farmers and threshers of
Sully county ars especially requested
to send us crop reports.
The ferry privilege at Pierre was
let to John d. Hilger, of that city, last
week, for term of ten years.
Farmers! Deal direct with the
Dakota Loan & Trust Co., Pierre, d. r.
1t will be money in your pocket.
&C. w. Mclaughlin, Of Fairview
township, has gone into the sheep busi-
ness. He thinks it will pay better
than wheat raising.
Don't buy anything in the line of
either heating or cook stoves until you
have seen the stock of NJ. f. Robinson,
Blunt, and get his prices.
Miss frankie Winter, of Clifton.
has been engaged to teach the school
IN the Carpenter district, Pymosa town
ship. The fall term was commenced
Monday last.
Maurice Fl. Prichard has accepted
a position with G. ID. Williams, agent
for G. W. VanDusen & Co., at Blunt,
and will assist IN the reception of grain
at the elevator this fall.
Lieut.. B. L. Handforth, of Fort
Sully, succeeded in getting the sixth
position upon the department team at
Fort Smelling, MIMI, and will become
member of the DIVISION Team.
Miss Mate l.. Moore and Z. G. Al
word, two of Blunt's most popular
young people, were married at the resi-
dence of Il. J. Moore, brother of the
bride, in Blunt, Wednesday of last
week, Sept. End
-Laben Pierce, of sec. 20, Clifton
township, is having his residence well
sodded up, and a sod stable built. Mr..
Pierce has come to stay with us and
proposes to have everything around
him comfortable.
A. j. Wasgatt, Esq, has been ap-
pointed member of the exhibit com
mittee for the Dakota Central Fair, to
be held at Blunt next week, to repre-
sent this locality. All expecting to
make exhibitions of stock, produce,
ETC., should confer with him. Mr..
Wasgatt has also been appointed
judge in the fine stock department.
A goodly number of our people
attended the Sunday School Conven-
tion held at Onida on Sunday last, and
report a good attendance, notwith-
standing the threatening condition OF
the weather The programme as car
ried out was good. The next annual
District Convention will be held ut the
Christian College, Clifton, some time
next spring.
While Fred s. Coddington was
boring for water on his claim in the
south eastern part of the county, he
tapped vein of gas at q depth Of 1876
feet with pressure sufficient to throw
pebbles 10 or II feet high. The tube
when partially closed left a small jet,
which when lighted burned with
beautiful blaze Mr.. Coddington will
investigate the matter.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press says
the Northwestern is making survey
from Yankton, and it is thought to be
It's intention to build line through
Douglass county, and on to conne,-
ton with the main line near Pierre. A
committee has been appointed at
Grand Forkt to confer with the officials,
and to induce the company to extend
this line to that point. $4,000 will
be raised at Grand Forks, besides Civ
ing the right of way. Should this ex-
tension be decided upon it will neces-
sarily pass through Sully county.
Large stock and low prices on