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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-22
HOME HAPPENINGS.
The oat and flax harvest still goe'

The oat and flax harvest still goes
on.
considerable corn is getting too
hard for roasting ears.
There will be the finest fall pas
turage this county ever saw.
The pumping engine Of the Pierre
water works has been started up and
works finely.
Pierre has bonded in the sum of
$1,000 for the purpose of buying hose
carts and fire apparatus.
Wheat is beginning to "move,"
but about % cents more per bushel
would greatly accelerate its speed.
j. W. Carpenter, three miles west,
has an acre of sugar cane which stands
about 10 feet high and is still humping
itself sky-ward.
The Blunt and Harold boys in
dulged in a game of baseball at Blunt,
Wednesday, which resulted in score
of - to 5 in favor of the home club.
The Clifton and Sully county boys
speak in high praise of the hospitable
and courteous manner in which they
were treated at the dance in Blunt
Wednesday night.
The case of Territory (by p. W.
Pearson) VS.. c. A. Armantrout before
Judge j. +. Martin, of 1873, involv-
ing a quantity of wood, resulted in a
fine of 80 and IN appeal.
The plans and specifications of
Earnest Bailie, late resident near
Carson, have been adopted for one of
the $4,000 school houses to be built in
Pierre. Mr.. Bailie also furnished the
plans for the Potter county court house.
On account of the inability of Rev.
Father Bunning to be present, the
Catholic services announced to be held
at the school house in Hartford town
ship, 1l6-7S, were postponed to Aug.
9th.
i. l.. Klmeielter and wife of Paoria
Bottom, near the southwestern Sully
line, celebrated their silver wedding or
25th anniversary OF their marriage, last
week, and entertained some IS of their
friends in bounteous manner.
All those who desire to teach in
the schools of Sully county who are
not already prepared with Il certificate,
should bear in mind the general exam
nation of teachers at the Christian
College, Clifton, on Tuesday, Sept. lst
Willis VI. Rickert took the train
at Blunt, Thursday, for visit to " the
old folks at home, a short distance
south of Chicago. Will has been with
us two years and half and made q
host of friends. We trust that he will
soon get homesick and come back.
We are in receipt of a finely ex-
ccuted map of Dakota from the Poole
Bros, publishers, of III Lake street,
Chicago. 1t is corrected up to June |,
1885. and is the most reliable we have
seen for some time Send to them for
a copy.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-22
SILLY COUNTY.

Commissioners.-E.W w. Eakin, Char
man; III. +. Kimmel Ii F. Pendleton, w.
H. Little and VIM. J. Johnston.
Register of Deeds and Ex-Ofticio County
Clerk J. A. Meloon.
Clerk of Court-H. w. Edgerton.
Sheriff-Lucius III. Bruner.
Judge of Probate--M. J. McCann.
Treasurer-William Toomey.
Surveyor-Marcus l.. French.
Asscssor-Frank Lillibridge.
Coroner-E. J. Loughlen.
Superintendent of Schools-L. ID. Carr.
District Attorneys. III. Neal.
Justices of the Peace-A. J. Wasgatt.
w s. Haines, G. w. Everts. ID. +. Sweet
land.
Constables-A. J. Darr. Thomas Brown,
Geo Henderson. +. A. Roper.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-22
Il! svllY COUNTY vA!csAAy.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.


Delegate in Congress-Oscar S. Clifford.
Governor-G. A. Pierce.
Secretary. II. Teller.
Treasurer-James W. Raymond.
huditor-E. W. Caldwell.
L. s. Surveyor General-Maris Taylor.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. Sheridan Jones. Olivet.
Asst Supt. of Public Instruction-J.
W. Cowan, Valley City.
Commissioner of immigration, Lauren
Dunlap. Huron.
Chief Justice of Supreme Court-Alonzo
]. Edgerton.
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
&C. S. Palmer. VIM. Z. Church, W. b.
Mcconnell. Seward Smith. ". II. Francis.
United States District Attorney-John
K. Garland.
United States Marshal-Harrison Allen
Attorney Gcncral-Gcorge Rice.
Capital of Tefritory-BIsMARCk.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-22

-DlunL is I'd nave us SccOnu hour
ing mill, to be In operation this fall.
Chaplain Crocker of TT. Sully, is
visiting his old Wisconsin home on
leave of absence.
Il. s. Rickert, Harry Butts and H.
j. Banker attended the dance at Blunt
Wednesday night.
With securing their crops and
backsetting and stubble-plowing, farm
ers will be busy this fall.
The Fort Sully well is now down
some 900 feet. and ought to be nearing
supply Of flowing water.
--Haying is still In progress and we
suppose will be until about Christmas
as it was the past two years.
Several threshing machines are
now shelling out the golden grain in
various sections of Sully county.
The Norfolk Spy asserts that Chas.
Hench has completed an eleven foot
well which contains eight feet of good
water.
The residence of II. Greer, of
Blunt, was struck by lightning last
week, and things considerably shook
up, but, fortunately, no one was serious
ly injured.
w. +. Hermane passed Pierre last
week on his way down the Missouri to
the Gulf of Mexico in a skitf, having
already made some 1900 miles from
up the head waters.
Miss Carrie Helm, of eastern Sully.
has been engaged as instructor IN mu-
sic at the Christian College, Clifton.
Miss Helm is certainly an accomplish
ed musician and is said to be fine
teacher.
Attention is called to the card of
Mrs. DIR. 4. Burns, of sec. 5. 1873.
Though there is but little sickness in
this country, 1t is well to know where
medical assistance can be obtained in
time of need.
Mrs. Odella Hawthorn and Miss
Mary A. Burton of Elgin, ILL.,, arrived
in Clifton, yesterday, on Il visit to their
father, Richard Burton, and brother,
Walter Il. Burton, about three miles
north east of town.
We were agrceably surprised to
note the number of scheol-ma ans who
were i'm attendance ut ut the Institute
in Clifton last week. tits unne cessary
to make further remarks to the multi
tudes of bachelors and male denlzens
of shacks in Sully-co., who have not
Yet begun to live. \ bird IN the
hand" etc, is our advice.--Norfolk Spy.
S. +. Dempsey brought in sam
pie Of wheat from the crop of b. Suth-
erland, of Okobojo. Mr.. S. had about
40 acres and had threshed nearly 700
bushels, yesterday, and it was estimh-
ted that he would have 1000 bushels
an average of % per acre. Mr..
Dempsey also brought in n sample of
sugar cane from the Stull brothers, of
ll5-S0, which stands about 9 feet and
Is still growing.
1t has ut last developed why Ros-
coe Stinson, Esq, has been tarrying in
Pierre so long. Mrs S. presented him
with sweet little girl baby Wednes-
day morning, weighing 8 pounds.
Roscoe will probably now remain i'm
the city long enough to paint it a
bright carmine, when we shall look for
hlm back Mrs. Stinson and the baby
doing well, but Roscoe cant cross the
railroad track without tangling his feet
iii the telegraph wires. Steps high
You bet
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-22
FRdTERNITIES.

I. o. q. f.
DE-ECHO LODGE, No. II. |. y. o. r, meet on
II Saturday evening ai \ o'clock. Visiting msni-
oers cordially invited to attend.
ROSCOE STISSoN, \. g.
w X. BURToS Rec. Sec.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-22
MRS. DIR. A. URNS,
Sec. S, Town lis, Range 78.

Offers her Professional Services in all
cases where Physician in needed 10
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30

America but is at present, | believe,
second in point of size, Very few wor-
thy books have been written in any
language or translated during the last
century which cannot be obtained here,
Large numbers of students and litera-
~ men visit this library, but ! am Of
ten surprised to see the spacious rooms
filed with laboring men. In fact the
New York laboring mani land by labor
ing man l mean one who performs
manuel labor exclusively)is frequently
we'll informed and could surprise ma
ny a conceitcd student. Many young
men burdcned with leisure hours, daily
pass here and never once think OF turn
ing in to the library, while thousands,
wearied with overwork wearing their
lives away in the service of the rich,
circumscribed by low wages, ground
down by poverty, look longingly to-
wards its open doors and crave the ben-
Gifts which they can never derive from
il. The Observer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
A town in Mourning.

A singular fatality prevails in Ply
mouth, Pa. 1t is estimated that 1000
persons are sick with a malarial disease.
Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10
deaths occurred. A press dispatch says:
"In its early stages, the symptoms of
the epidemic are slight fevcrishncss,
thirst and chills. In the latter stages,
however, the marked symptoms of ty-
phoid fever show themselves, and peri
tonitis is a frequent concomitant, and
invariably results in death. The dis
ease is attributed chiefly to the unheal-
thy condition of the town and the ell
tire absence of all sanitary arrange
ments. There is not paved street or
properly constructed drain in the town,
and except along one portion of Main
street, not sewer in the whole borough.
The town is situated partly on the flats
by the river bank and partly OIL the hill
above, and, though the disease is more
violent and universal in the lower por-
ton, it also prevails ON the hill sides.
The drainage from the houses is collec-
ted in cesspools, which are never empt-
led, but, when one is full, another is
dug. The streets, lanes and alleys arc
the common receptacles of garbage ane
offal of all kinds, and in every vacant
lot ashes and garbage accumulate. Some
portions Of the town also derive their
water from wells which are more OF
less polluted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
Up with the Procession.

Speaking of your American girl a.
broad,' said a party from Canada
whom l met the otherevening, 81 don't
care where you find her-and I've trav-
elled bit myself-yom American girl
is usually up with the procession.
met her once at aball i'll Hamilton, Ont.
There were q lot of our English army
fellows there, and they have pretty
good notion of their personal impor-
lance, some of them, you know. The
particular girl in question who happen
ed to be there had just come over from
Chicago, and was quite the craze i'll
Hamilton society. One of the fellows
suggested to Capt, of the Guards,
that he'd like to introduce him. 'Awh,
an American girl, el,?' said the captain,
twirling his moustache. Wants to
know me, Ell? Well, don't mind inc
boy. Trot her up, if you like A
friend repeated this to the lady, ano
when the captain got around her way
and was introduced, she surveyed hin
calmly and said: 'Ah, it's an Officer
isn't it? / don't like it-trot it back
Chicago Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
AClcrrymon ON shav,nss.

Rev. DR.. Paxton. in a lecture before the
Mechanics and Tradesmen's Union, OF
New York city, a few evenin. IS ago. stated
in o few words many truisms. Shavings,
the lecturer said, were not Of American in
vention, like whiting but were as ancient
as the working OF metals by Tubal Cain.
They are the necessary waste Of every
work, There is certain loss from every
gain there 10 no building without its rub
Dish heap to remove. which requires al
most as many carts Us To bring the build
ing material, The feWest substances
in nature are found pure, Construction is
based upon destruction. Every JOY pre-
supposes a sorrow. The door posts of pro-
gress are sprinkled with tine blood OF its
martyrs, and along the way are scattered
like millstones the bodies OF those who
haye fallen in the path. We cannot get
something for nothing for every tit there
is tat The wrecks nf rich mems sons to
be seen everywhere show that It l. rs hard
to keep as it is to get. Without toll there
ia no substance hence the recklessness
with which estates are squandered, with
out any regard for the tolls and hardships
that had TO be Undergone TO procure them:
1t may be likenad to the sacrifice Of
human life at tie battle Of BliIkoS Hill,
through which the salvation Of our coun.
try was procured.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
.yHERE Is con TODAY

This question was asked by the five-yeaT-
old child of Gen, Thomas l.. Rosser, Of
Virginia,
A blue-eyed boy, white sporting ct his play,
Asked this question, :" Pa, where ia God to-
day2"
The man of years and thought could not reply,
And only answered by the saddcst sigh;
1.-THE greatest sages OF the olden time
Have asked this question Of the earth and
sky,
But never yet in any land or cline
Have we been satisfied with the reply.
We built great temples to the God we mako
And worship something till we're old and
gray,
But from the aching heart we can not take
The simple question, Where Is God todayT"
Where God, in ell his power. reigns on high,
Where wreaths immortal crown the boyish
brew
And worlds unnunbcred shine yond the sky.
yQUs A. JOYCE.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
Strong Language.

Montpelier Waterman: Here, in the
nefarious conduct of the railroads, is
the point of difficulty to the eastern
farmers. Rings within rings, backed
by enormous capital, are making of the
business of the common carrier lever
to break down poorer men into condi'
ton of servitude everywhere, and to
set up an American moneyed aristoca-
cy as much worse than the nobility of
England as public plunderer is worse
than proud but self-respected aristo-
erat. This is the point of danger and
it is high time that the people, East and
West, should rouse themselves to meet
a foe more dangerous to freedom than
the slave power in its palmiest days.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
Our New York Letter.
Especial Correspondence Of the sifter.l
James r. Scully, Asst Adj't Gen

I propose briefly to speak OF the
free educational institutions of this city.
She has free normal college for girls
and one corresponding to this for boys.
The students are taken into these from
the public schools. So numerous have
become the applications for admission
that, recently, competitive examinations
have been established. By means of
these the body of the students is made
commensurate with the capacity of the
cole &c. Even the students arefurnish-
cd books by the city. N. Y. has also
free University which gives most
complete and thorough college course,
classical or scientific. The University is
in the heart of the city, and the students
are proud of its history. Many OF our
leading professional men have gone
forth from its halls. Here professors
Morse and Henry perfected the electric
telegraph; here John W. Draper inven-
ted photography and here his famous
son took the first photograph of the
moon. Here also experiments were
made which led to the discovery of e..
lectric light.
Decending the scale. we find many
free missions which are doing an excel
lent work in educating the children of
poor foreigners, the most noteworthy
being the Five Points mission estab-
lished by the Methodist church. Here
many poor children of nearly every ma.
tionality receive all the education they
ever obtain. Many are the weary little
wan derers who are snatched by this
mission from the haunts of vice and
suffering and inspired with the impulse
of a better life. Many mothers whose
only homes are the vile gloomy dens of
the Bowery aud Baxter street can sec,
in this institution, a ray OF hope for
their boys and girls who are nightly
treading the darkest and foulest ways
of this great city. All honor to the
church which placed this mission at
the very gates of hell!
Den of the finest free institutions of
this city is
COOPER INSTITUTE.
This magnificent monument of Peter
Cooper's philanthropy commands the
deepest admiration of all who are
friends of art, science and general cul-
ture. Here technical edudation can
be obtained free of expense, which gives
a good knowledge of the practical scien-
ces, not those, of course, included in
the learned professions. Here is large
free library and one of the largest rea-
ding rooms in the city. Newspapers
may here be found printed in nearly
every living language. Near this is the
AsToR LIBRARY.
This is destined to be the largest in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT }
OF VERMONT, q. A. r.
Burlington, Apr. %. }
GENERAL ORDER I
NO 5. {

In compliance with regulations, and
pursuant to the custom of our order,
Saturday, May 30th, will be observed
by the Posts of this Department as a
MEMORIAL DAY, in commemoration of
the glorious deeds Of our fallen COM
rades. On that day, as we assemble i'll
the "silent camping gaounds" of our
dead, to garland their graves with flow
cas-. and again raise above them the flag
their valor saved from dishonor; let us
also remember that great army of he
roes who sleep in unnumbered but not
forgotten graves, in the tangled thicket,
on the rocky mountain side, or by the
stream where they fell. And as we re-
call their tolls, their sufferings and their
heroism, let us renew our pledges of
fraternity toward each other; of char
ity for the widows and orphans they
have left as sacred charge upon ma
TONS gratitude; and of loyalty to our
country, and our glorious flag, whose
broad stripes and bright stars are an
emblem of liberty to the oppressed, and
"beneath whose folds every union sol
dier's grave is an altar o f patriotism"
1t is recommended that arrangements
be made for a Memorial Service in
some one of the churches on the pre-
ceeding Sabbath, which the Post can
attend in a body; and that an invitation
be extended to all soldiers, Sons of
Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps and
citizens generally, to unite with the
Grand Army on that day in paying
tribute to the memory of those who
fell in defence of national unity.
Post Adjutants will forward to these
Headquarters, copies of their local pa
pers, reporting the observance of the
day, with such other information per-
tanning thereto as may be of assistance
to the Department Chaplain in prepar-
ing his report for the next Annual En-
campment. The name, company and
regiment of such comrades as may be
mustered out by death dnring the year,
with brief sketch of their lives, mil
tary and Grand. Army services, should
also be forwarded for preservation in
the archives of our order.
Comrades, do not neglect this impor-
tant duty; for soon the last veteran will
|
hear the sound of 'lights out" and the
Grand Army being completed, every
scrap and line of its history will be
priced by those who come after us, as
precious mementoes of the grandest or.
ganization the world has ever seen.
All Post flags will be displayed at
half-mast on Memorial Day.
By command of
W. l.. Greenleaf,
Department Com.
James r. Scully, Asst Adj't Gen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
THIS AND THAT.

There are about 10000 one-leggel
men in the United States.
DR.. Glenn, the California wheat
king, is said to be worth 100000.
One hundred and five of the one hun
bred and thirty-seven of the counties of
Georgia are experimenting with prohi-
bition. -... '.
Onward Isham, Chicago lawyer
and once partner of Secretary LIN
coin, will fit up the old homestead of
his grandfather at Manchester, VT, as
a summer residence.
A New York congregation found
fault with its pastor because he opened
the Bible with his left hand.
Henry James, the novelist, was AZ
years old last week.
The number of letters posted in the
world each year averages about $4,000,
100000.
Editor Pulitzer gave every lady pur-
chaser of Sundays World a free ride
to Coney Island and return.
Penideh is accurately written and
pronounced Punideh, and means "five
villages"
The ages of jury of II men impan-
ellie at Woodland, CAL, recently aggre-
gated 763 years.
Making envelopes out of straw paper
is new and fourishing industry in
Ireland.
Every penitentiary in Texas is provi.
ded with a kennel of three or more
bloodhounds.
The cost of each saloon to The city OF
indianapolis last year was Sl53, and
the license only so.
Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil has
resigned for fifty-three years, or longer
than any living sovereign. He was but
years old when he assembled the throne
and he could hardly get up.
The gossips are not yet through dis
cussing ex-President Arthur's matrimo'
NAL intentions. Mrs. Julian James IL
the lady whom they now favor Will
the distinction of being the chosen one
A splendid monument of Italian
marble, 25 feet high, will be erectce
over the grave of DR.. Norris, who vol
unteered his services in Vicksburgf
during the yellow fever epidemic of IL
IS and died at his post. 1t will be the
gift of member of his family, DIR
Alderman.
1t is an i'll wind that blows no ont
good. A Troy knit-goods manufactur
er is congratulating himself that the I'll
mors of war between Russia and Eng
land brought to him an order for 20 ,Oo'
undershirts to keep the Russian war
riors warm. 1t will keep his mill
hands busy eight months.
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Senator Morrin,s 18TH Birthday.

Senator Justin S. Morrill, passed his
18th birthday on the 14th inst. On the
following evening he gave reception
at his residence in Washington. The
gathering is represented as being one
Of the most distinguished of the year.
The Boston Journal correspondent says
''There were few persons who occupy
prominent position in social or polit-
ical life who were not there to show
their respect to the gentleman who has
80 long, SO ably and so honorably rep
resented the State of Vermont in the
United States Senate"
The president sent handsome bas-
ket of flowers, with best wishes and
congratulations. Hon. Horatio King
cortribut ed the following imprnmptu
verses:
One year ago came not few
Within your open door,
E1ulting at the thought that you
Were young at seventy-four.
Again We greet you with delight,
While we ourselves survive,
That you are well and bright tonight,
And young at seventy-hve.
Meantime your old Green Mountain State
BY resolution firm,
Hath wisely voted you of late.
Another SIX years term
Hence you are bound, as all must see.
To fill the term begun.
And ne'er forget, at least, to be
Still young at eighty one.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30

The aggressive workers of temper
ance in Denmark have petitioned the
government for aid from the kings
treasury, and the Danish parliment vo-
ted to recommend an appropriation.
And this in Il country where only six
years ago there was no temperance So
cicty in existence. Thus Denmark is
the first nation to cndow the temper
ance reform from its revenue of only
fourteen million dollars.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30
what She Would Have and What
She Would 10.

There was soand of revelry by night
In mansion down in shanty town. The
banqueting hall was filled with ladies fair
and gallants brave.
Bidelia, wot will yez hcv'" asked the
hostess of her beautiful first-born, who
gas occupying seat AZ the from. table
thoast and champagny sancsn
Yez will, will ye, Well. yez'll take
pork and beans Ike the rest av tn m,
or yen git out av that an give yer u & TO
Mary Ann. That's wot yen dhu--t Rin-
ffpeg StjtigySs,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-30

Some years ago, says an exchange,
we had in onr employ man who sew
eral times day ran out of the Office to
buy drink of whisky. Every time he
went out the cashier was instructed to
drop ten cents in the drawer to our
credit. At the end of seventeen months
the man who had gone out so often had
drank himself out of situation, and
the drawer when opened, was found to
contain four hundred and nine dollars,
which we loaned toa young mechanic
at per cent interest. He used it to
purchase set of timers tools. On the
10th of November 1876, he returned it
to us with interest, saying in his letter
that he now has wife, two children,
and property worth five thousand dol
lars. The other fellow is a wanderer,
searching for food.