The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-15
HOME HAPPENINGS.
This has been fine harvest week.
-Onida is to have circulating Ii

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brary.
No more Sunday nips at Pierre
via the front door.
The days are beginning to shorten
up perceptibly on both ends.
Wesley Karr of Fairvicw, had a
cow killed by lightning last week.
A lodge of the Ancient Order OF
United Workmen was organized at
Blunt last week.
Rev. Father Burning, of Pierre,
will hold Catholic services at Onida,
Thursday, Aug. 9th.
The Blunt Rifles give a Harvest
Ball at the Opera House in Blunt next
Wednesday night, Aug. 10Th.
The Teachers Institute in ses-
sion at Huron is not near as we'll at
tended as was our County Institute at
Clifton.
Miss Clara Smith. of indianapolis,
Ind, has been visiting at the Christian
College, Clifton, during the week. She
is fine musician.
Potter county holds its next
Sunday School Convention at Forest
City Sept. 5th and 6th-the same dates
on which Sully holds hers.
The booming of the canons during
the military salute at TT. Sully in com
memoration of the burial of Gen Grant,
were plainly heard at Clifton, Saturday
evening.
DIR. Allured, whose arrest we no.
ticed some time since, was again APP
pretended at Pierre last week, upon the
charge of larceny and held to await the
action of the grand jury.
j Warren Johnston, 10 miles west
of Clifton, threshed 10 acres of wheat
this week, from which he got $50 bush
els, besides several bushels of screen
ings. The grain is good and plump.
A moonlight picnic was held in
Potter county one night last week to
commemorate the building of new
bridge over the Little Cheyenne.
Dancing on the bridge was one feature
of the amusement. This is something
new under the moon"
The Northwestern will transport
free, both ways, from all its stations in
Dakota, shipments, machinery and ar
ticles for exhibition at the Territorial
Fair to be held at Huron, from Sept
10Th to Oct. 2nd, if returned within five
days after the closing Of the fair. and
no change has been made in tn, own
ship. This is a grand opportunity for
exhibitors aud ought to make the fair
Il grand success.
The flax harvest has been in prog
rcss this week, and there are some
dandy good pieces in Sully county.
Considering the manner in which it was
put in the yield will be fully up to an
average, and the crop will prove quite
n source of revenue, as there will be
none of it To save out for bread as in
the wheat crop. This year nearly all
had to buy their seed and pay from
Sl.75 to $500 per hushel, so that next
season there will be several thousand
dollars saved to the county in this di.
rectlon.
The second Semi Annual Sunday
School Convention of Sully county will
be held ut Onida on Saturday and Sun
day, Sept 5th and 9th, commencing on
the evening Of the 5th. One interest
ing feature of the occasion will be Il
large map prepared to show the location
of each Sunday School in the county
now numbering about %. The pro-
gramme in preparation will include
short speeches, singing, reports of Sun
day School Superintendents, &c The
singers Of the county are requested to
bring their Gospel Hymns Combined.
A cordial invitation is extended TO
everybody.
Remember that John Hebinck,
the Clifton blacksmith, can do your
work up in good shape.
If in need of Binding Twine don t
forget that Warner Bros. of Pierre and
Blunt are prepared to furnish you II
first-class article. We are selling bind