The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-09-26
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fair until next year.
Have you read what tue Oak.
Loan & Trust Co. says?
Flax is said to be selling at 90
cents per bushel IN Blunt.
Buy your farm machinery Of $. E.
Dempsey, Clifton. 24-tf
The wheat crop Of John NJ. Con
nett, residing in ll6.7?, yielded -
bushels per acre.
j. W. Carpenter started. Thursday
morning, for Redfeld, with 4 load of
Roscoe Stinson's household goods.
II. i.ounsbury. of Little Bend,
was in town on Saturday. He had
the misfortune to lose fine mare from
poisoning, few days ago.
The Blunt Rifles have been mash
inc" the Fargo girls and displaying
their military prowess during the
week. at the Territorial cncampment.
Several Blunt business houses are
on wheels moving down to Main str.
and cross street running north from
the Dickover house. The Metropoli-
tan hotel is to he moved down to Main
street near the depot.
Farmers We prove up parties,
furnish money for final proof. and lend
money on improved farms. Our mot
to: Low RATES and plenty Of security
Address. John Sutherland, President !;
or, Dakota Loan & Trust Co, Pierre.
i. X. Clark brought in n wagon
load of fine melons of his own raising
the first of the week, and placed them
on sale at his store. Some sneak thief
visited Mr. Clark patch one night last
week and hauled off about half of his
crop. selecting the best melons.
. Lieut.. Handforth, of Ft. Sully, is
coming to the front rs one of the fin
. est marksmen in the United States.
In the contest of the Dokota, Platte,
, Missouri and Texas departments, in
. the skirmish work he fired Il shots in
y minutes with single shot rifle
against previous record of 40 shots
: and made score Of 22S against the
| best score of 204 heretofore.
} The question whether or not Da,
: kota is a corn country has been solved
without further dispute. This week
: L. IIaskin and VIM Dennis left some
? fine samples of their raising at our of
flee of the yellow dent, smut-nose
squaw, yankee and other varieties
5 which rather get away with anything
we have seen in the Territory, be
9 ing over . inches in length and wei
t matutd. Mr. Dennis has about l:
!. acres of yellow dent which he thinks
> will Weld not less than IS bushels pc
p acre, and all out al danger of the i'rosts
a His corn is on high land and was no
touched by the late irosts.
# The Sully county seat case ha:
$ ! been re- instated in the Supreme Court
; from which it was taken by the collu
! sion of Commissioners Eakln and Kim
$ mel with Onida, to deprive the peopl
D of the constitutional right to he hear,
:, after they had removed the count
4 records from Clifton i'm direct oppos
a ton to the request Of the District judge
n How much more honorable 1t woul
e have been If Onida. the plaintiff in tn
original case and the above Commls
sioners, who by their election last ia
were made nominal defendants Of tn
II rights of the people, but who were i
"a sympathy violent partisans OF Onid;
- even in their official capacity, virtual
:. having control of both sides of the cas-
., had not connved To throw it out. eve
:, if they had no confidence in their caus
O. 1t will go to trial this time, and Cltto
IS will win on any one or all of two {
~ three different counts.
rs oNIDA LOCALS.
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