The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-07-18
HOME HAPPENINGS.

Gus lOr some DAYS.
-104 degrees in the shade Wednes-
day. Perhaps it wasn't hot.
Norris Willitts, q miles north
west has bought span of horses.
The Clifton blacksmith has been
busy as mailer during the week.
A barn and stable belonging to
Herbert Tagg, of ll5-77, was burned
last week.
j. f. Martin, Esq, passed through
town, Tuesday, with another large load
of fence material.
The census Of the city Of Pierre
gives her the population of 1851 ac-
tual permanent residents
-" Long" Jim Wenger, the ceie-
brated real estate dealer of Fairbank,
was in town the first of the week.
-Supt. Carr attended the South
Dakota Teachers Institute at Huron,
last week, and reports fine meeting.
The Teachers Normal Institute
opens it's two weeks session at the
Christian College, Clifton, next Mon
day.
We believe that all will agree with
us that grain Of all kinds IS better in
Sully county this season than for %
years past.
Miss Ida Warncke, of 1873, has
been stopping with her sister, Mrs. FL
In Warm, about mile north of town,
a portion of the week.
b. p. Hoover has the contract of
supplying some so or IS tons of hay
for TT. Bennett and is now cutting over
on the river. Tom Phillips Is assisting.
If in need of Binding Twine don t
forget that Warner Bros. of Pierre and
Blunt are prepared to furnish you n
first-class article. We are selling bind
ers and cannot afford to sell you any
thing but standard twine. l3
WIN. Dennis, mile south of Cliff
ton, has II acres of corn which he has
just finished hoeing and which stands
shoulder high. 1t is an elegant piece,
and demonstrates Dakota rs good a
corn country as the best
MIR. and Mrs Roscoe Stinson left
for Pierre, yesterday. Mrs. Stinson
will remain in the city several weeks,
and, IN the meantime, we expect that
Roscoe will literally wear the ground
out between attending to his business
here and desire to be at Pierre,
The Pierre water works will be
turned loose in about four weeks when
everybody will take drink-of water
we mean. 1t will doubtless be big
surprise to the stomachs Of many oi
our neighbors, but in honor of the oc.
caslon they will indulge-just once.
MIR. and Mrs. +. I. Thompson, oil
Valley City, Oak, are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dennis
Mrs Thompson's parents, one mile
south of Clifton. Mr.. Thompson will
go back to harvest hls crops, when he
will return to take up permanent res
idence with us, Mrs. Thompson remain.
ing with us in the meantime.
A ructlon occurred between Clinton
Hawes and Leonard Dickinson, of | l3
rs, Monday, over cutting small patel
of grass, which resulted in Dickinson
getting bruised up and Hawes arrested
for assault. An examination was com
menced before Justice Everts, of Oni
da, Tuesday, but a change of venue wa:
taken to Justice Haynes court in TIL,
east end Of the county, where Mr.
Hawes was fined So and costs, Wednes
day. Pros. Atty. Neal for the people
and Roscoe Stinson for defendant
FoR SALE.-Two cows, 200 spring
chickens and = dozen Plymouth Rocl
Hens. HERMAN BERGSER,
13 section 33, ISIS.
Don't fail to see the Strobridg'
Broad-cas Seeder at Gleckler
McClures, Pierre and Blunt. 40
The Traders Bank of East Pierre
will pay the highest market price il
Cash for School Bonds. We will pre-
pare Bonds and all necessary papers Il