The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-12-05
-Onida is raising subscription to
nd in securing q Touring mill.

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Farmers Deal direct with the
Dakota Loan & Trust Co., Pierre, D. 7.
1t will be money in your pocket.
The Fort Sully Signal Station now
ranks in the End class, and takes SCI
entilic observation daily.
Harry Earnest, District Attorney
of Hughes county, was married to an
Ohio lady few days ago.
Many Of our farmers are putting
down their ewn pork this year, and a
part of them have some to spare.
John Bradley, the new post-mas-
ter at Okobojo, has taken charge of the
office and moved it to his store.
Elsewhere will be found list OF
the lately elected Senators and Repre-
sentatives for the new State of Dakota.
The Press feels certain that Forest
City is underlain with coal, and is try
ing to stir the people up to going for
it.
-Dokata is experiencing another
of her oldtime late falls, with people
blowing and planting tree claims in
December.
Geo. II. Gasperitch, of ISIS,
was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Miller of Pierre, on Wednesday of
last week.
Miss Mary Rickert left for Rapid
City, in the Black Hills country,
Wednesday, where she will probably
spend the winter.
Mrs. w. w. Woollever, of Farm
ington township, closed very success
tul term of school in Johnston district,
Fairbank, last week
Co Com'r Landy, of Hughes, has
added another to the constituency OF
his district by marrying Miss Nellie
of Astor, Iowa.
Rev. Benedict StuhmilIer, who
proved up on claim IN 1878 some
ago, was married, at Pierre,
last week, to Miss Annie Slough,
daughter ofGen. Slough, OF Hughes co.
The Fort Sully Dramatic Club is
languishlng from lack Of female talent
What is the matter with some of the
boys getting inside OF a petticoat and
and, thus disguised, play
their parts
Irwin S. Rickert returned from
Yankton Thursday, where he has been
doing jury duty for "Uncle Sam" for
some weeks. He found time from his
abors to scoop all the best players
down there at chess.
The Forts Sully and Yates tele-
graph WAS sold by the government last
Tuesday, TO syndicate which propo-
ses to organize and run line under
the title Of the Missouri River Tele-
graph and Telephone Company.
A barn belonging to Smith & Dun
BAR was destroyed by fire at Blunt, on
Friday night oil last week, entailing a
oss ofseveral hundred dollars, insured. |
Two or three slight accidents resulted
while fighting the flames. The origin
,f the fire is thought to be the work of
IN lncendiary.
This section was visited by the
wind for long time, Thurs
lay night, closely approaching a young
cane" We hear of no very
serious damage, though it blew down
he frame to the new school house
.bout four miles southeast of town,
which was partly up, and has badly
scattered good many hay and straw
stacks. Some light claim shacks are
inverted.
Fred Bonsey, Dick Tallman and
Norris Willitts had lively time,
Thursday night. They were bunklng
n light shack which had been drawn
Up and lett on skids to shelter them
while at work on the new school house
bout four miles southeast of town.
When the wind came up the shack
tarted of, and the boys hustled around
o get their clothes on. One of them
ound one boot in the stove oven and
he other in the frying-pan. Fred,
'eing an old sailor, took the helm, and,
~ porting" her, hard, managed to
lnffr mn tn the wind and keen the |