The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-03-28
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our midst.
Judge Ross returned from trip
to Pierre, yesterday.
H. G. PAUL and wife. of Fairbank,
paid Clifton visit on Wednesday.
B. p. Hoover Is boring for oil, but
would probably be satisfied with good
we'll of water.
Judge NJ. Sweny, who has been
spending the winter in Chicago, has re-
turned to Okobojo.
R B. Fisk, of Pierre, is Supervisor
for South Dakota of the forthcoming
Census of the Territory.
H. w. Edgerton, b. p. Hoover,
Roscoe Stinson and 1. s. Rickert all
struck out for Pierre, yesterday.
Two or three inches of warm snow
fell last night, and will be a grand
thing for new sown grain and grass.
The Blunt Advocate office and
building has been moved bodily from
its old stand to Newbary avenue.
j. c. Thompson will now travel
the country on horseback, having
bought W. p. Ross buckskin pony.
Miss Ellie Toomey, daughter of
oar County Treasurer, has been making
friends IN Clifton during the past week.
Harry Phillips reached Clifton,
Tuesday, from Nebraska. and is visit
ing his brother Tom, Hope he will
conclude to stop with us.
1t is an acknowledged fact by all
farmers and dealers that the Casaday
Sulky Plow is far superior to any other
now made. The agents, Warner Bros,
of Pierre and Blunt have already sold
a car load of these plows this spring.
Sam W. Thorp, of 1863, who has
been spending few weeks with old
friends back in Iowa, returned some
days since. The WATCHNAN il so
well appreciated back in his old home
that he dropped in Wednesday, and
"diyvied " up for another year
Within the next four weeks large
numbers of cattle will be shipped into
Sully county-so many that the num-
Der will undoubtedly aggregate five
times those IN our midst in April of
last year. Our people who are turning
their attention in this direction are ON
the road to independence. There is no
finer grazing country out of doors.
At its meeting Thursday night the
Newtonian Literary Society of Clifton
elected the following officers for the
ensuing month:
President, A. J. Wasgatt
Vice Pres, Miss frankie Winter.
Secretary, j. III. Gropengicser.
Assistant Secretary, Mollie Rickert.
Sergeant, at Arms, III. W. Edgerton.
Asst Serg tat Arms, NJ j. McCann.
Treasurer, Mrs. Frank Haskin.
The Onida Journal and Norfolk
Spy have been intimating for some
time that the County Commissioners at
their April meeting would order no
tices posted declaring Onida the coun-
ty seat and direct the records moved.
If this is the only thing our ncighbors
have to cheer them, then, indeed, is
their hope very forlorn one. Our
Commissioners are both too sensible
and scrupulous to anticipate the deci-
sion of the Supreme Court in any such
manner, knowing that the question is
out of their hands and gone to the only
authority qualified to settle it legally,
The time is not far distant when de
cision will be rendered, and oil honest
and fair-minded people are disposed to
lawfully await the result. In the Dis
trict Court Judge Smith decided that
no order for removal should issue until
the Supreme Court had decided the
question. He has also announced that
in the event of any removal Of the
records i'm the interim, by force or 9th.
erwisc, a writ would be issued for their
immediate return.
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