The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-11-28
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ready for wheat, and is still at work.
Farm machinery of all kinds for
sale by s. f. Dempsey, Clifton. %
Chicken thieves are depletelng the
hen-roosts Of Appomattox, Potter
county.
Several turkeys changed hands
numerously in town day or two be-
fore Thanksgiving.
A large number of the cases now
on trial IN the U. S. Court at Yankton
are for perjury and fraud in connection
with the land business.
Rev. II. A. Barden, of this town
ship, south of town, is member Of
the Ordination Council which meets
at Blunt to-day and tomorrow.
Nearly year ago several head Of
cattle were taken up by W. +. Run
yam, of Buffalo township. They were
identified few days ago as belonging
to the Wyoming Cattle Co.
Mrs. Alice G, Walters, wife ofthe
senior of the WATcHMAS, started for
Michigan, Tuesday, whittier she was
called by the illness of her mother.
The boys William and Wayne accom-
panied her.
A regular Thanksgiving dinner
roast turkey, cranberry sauce, pump
kin pie, &c.-Was served ut the Clifton
House, Thursday. Our widowed SEN
ior is still almost too FULL for utter
ance but returns thanks.
On the prohibition questlo at the
late election in Potter County, whiskey
got there by majority of seven. MI
nority representation also carried, by
81. They seem to 90 hand-in- hand,
as it were Abont 357 votes were
polled.
The Journal records the antics of
couple of female kleptomaniacs. They
are members of Pierre church, but
a penchant for lifting things outwelghs
their religion. An almond eyed son
of heothen caught them IN the act
couple OF times, and search warrant
is talked Of
Harry J. Banker was attacked
with neuralgia the first of the week,
and went to Onida and had coDtum-
acious molar extracted. since which
time he has been improving. He did
some right honest manual labor, Mon
day, and it was too much for him. He
has now sworn off.
Some Of the people seem to be
laboring under the impression that the
law passed by the legislature, last WIN
ter, extending the time for the payment
of taxes to June lst without penalty,
applies to the present levy of 1885,
but such is not the case 1t was
special enactment governing the taxes
for 1884, only, though there is no
doubt but what our people stand just
as deeply in need of an extension this
year, if not more so. Taxes became
due Nov lst, the same as of yore.
A number of Dakota Physicians
have been reached for by the strong
arm of the law for practicing medicine
without the license which the law
passed last winter provides that they
must have. This is as 1t should be.
No man should he allowed to project"
with the life of his fellow man without
Mt least a pretense of knowledge, rela-
ting to the healing art. Have all the
NJ. D's. in this part of the country
with the law?
The Litchfield (Mich) Gazette
f. |. Frankhauser, formerly
sf the Okobojo Times, says that quite
n number in that vicinity intend com
ing to Dakota in the spring. Speak
the truth to them, Isaiah, as we know
you always do when talking about Da-
kota, and gently hint that Sully is the
banner county of the west. We pre-
sumo you have already told them how
the Indians and cowboys used to
"whoop" around and shoot people
down when you was out here, but we
have now '.nlantcd" the last mothers
son of them, and the white winged