The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-10-03
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Corn husking is now in order.

sale by >. e. Dempsey, Clifton. %
Il. X. Clark has moved his family
to town for time in order to send his
children to school.
The Clifton publ, school has an
attic tendance of 10 pupils, and IS in a
tlourishing condition.
The front and rear Of the post
Office building has been papered and
sided up the past week.
Farmers Deal direct with the
Dakota Loan & Trust Co.. Pierre. d. T.
1t will be money in your pocket.
j. +. Hahnen. Of 1l3-IS, thinks
be has flax that will yield 25 bushels
per acre 1t is late, but immense.
B. F. Barnes, of Miller. has been
visiting his farm west of town this
week. He has read the WArcHMAS for
two years.
Willie Potter had the misfortune
to lose a young COW which he had re.
Gently bought, by drowning in the
Okobojo, Monday.
Attention, soldiers, and everybody
Wait and get the " Personal Memoirs
Of Gen. Grant, written by himself
HENRY \. BARDES, Clifton.
Tom Phillips is moving his barn
to the north bank of the Okobojo. OPP
posite Clifton, and erecting sheds for
the winter accommodation of his
herd of cattle.
Mrs. Mary Rubin has been APP
pointed post-mistress at East Pierre,
vice II. D. Fishback, retired Mrs.
Rubin is a widow lady, her husband
having died last winter
Wild geese have been going south
in large numbers for some days. They
needn't be in such a hurry for there
will be many weeks of warm weather
in Dakota ere winter sets in.
-Barnis Otis has dug cellar and
has part of the lumber on the ground
for new residence on the south. east
quarter of see l3, this township. His
family has been here several months
and intend to stay.
Our old tewnsman, X. T. Whit
man, arrived from Belvidere, ILL.,, the
middle of the week. and IL accompanied
by NJ. b. Murphy, of the same place.
They will spend some weeks, and MIR.
Murphy will probably locate with us.
agent Gassman, of the Crow
Creek reservation, has been instructed
not to remove the settlers, only IN the
Big Bend OF the Missouri. and it is
again supposed that the others will be
let alone until Congress meets. Gass-
man has been removed and Mr. Le-
man, of Kentucky, appointed to the
agency.
Friend Travis. of the Okoboio
Times. don't believe that the "Anda-
lusian moonlights of Spain outshines
the orb of night in Dakota. We don't,
either, but probably Steve had little
darling in dimity along with him on
the occasion when he arrived ut the
above conclusion, and, basking in her
bright orbs, was u trifie Luna.
Don't forget the District Fair at
Blunt next Wednesday, Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday, Oct I, 8, . and 10.
1t is now obvious that the postpone
ment of the fair was wise movement
for various reasons 1t gives The man
agement an opportunity to get the
grounds and conveniences in much bet
ter shape than could have been done ut
the earlier date and affords the public
more time to prepare their exhibits,
besides the weather now promises to
be very fine. We trust that our read
ers will not only lend their presence,
but have something to exhibit in some
Of the various departments.
THAT prince Of merchants, Willis
Parker, of Pierre, carries the largest
and finest stock of Dry Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Notions, &c. Of any house in
Central Dakota, and the remarkably
low prices Mt which he is selling is at
tracing all immense run of patronage
1t will well repay those who have
few dollars To invest to make a pill
grimage TO Pierre from even long