The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-05-02
HOME HAPPENINGS.

The farmers are now Doth busy
and happy set of mortals.
A water-witch tried his luck at
locating a well at Gettysburg
The Clarion, published at Penn
broke, Potter county, has passed in its
check.
p. NJ. Liddy, Esq, Of Fairbank,
dropped in and gave us Il pleasant
chat, Wednesday
-Chas. Howell and family visited
their claim near Fairbank the first of
the week, and spent day or two.
The Blunt Company of Terrific
rial Militia, Company H., Thomas L.
Merrill, Captain, has been assigned to
the 2nd regiment.
The air Is again becoming laden
with rumblings of new railroad schemes
and work on old ones. Give us less
rumble" and more work.
1t is now high time the county
records were given another airing.
They may get musty remaining so long
in one place ut this damp season of the
year.
Ferdinand Hubbard. of Potter
county, had one of his legs broken, re-
Gently, by his team running away
while passing through eastern Sully,
throwing scat out and striking him.
-" Robin red-breast is begi ming
to put in an appearance quite numer
ously in this section. Two years ago
none were seen IN this section, but they
follow closely upon the heels of settle
ment and cultivation.
1t is reported that the grave OF
j. II. Bell, the murderer, has been
opened and the head severed and car
ried away, for what purpose is n mat
ter of speculation. If science can dis
cover anything by which humanity
may profit, let it have the CHASTITY OBJ
ject.
Irwin 5. Rickert left for Highmore,
Hyde county, Monday, with his we'll
boring outfit, where he has the contract
of sinking six test wells from 100 to
200 feet deep. If II satisfactory supply
Of water Is not thus obtsined. he ex-
poets to sink an artesian well. The
town Is bonded in the sum of $4,000
for the purpose of securing water.
B p. Hoover and family are this
week moving to Fairbank Mr.. II.
will build on and improve the greater
portion of his tree claim adjoining that
city. Ben is genial, entertaining and
whole souled fellow. and we dislike to
see him tear himself away from us,
though it may be only temporarily;
but, if he will do it, we suppose we
shall have to let him rip
We this week give place to the
of the First Quarterly Sun
lay School Convention of the Ninth
District to be held at the Christian Col
ege ut Clifton on Saturday and Sunday,
May 9th and 10th From the well
known character and ability of those
it is safe to promise a pleasant
md instructive occasion. A cordial in
;itation is extended to all, whether
School members or not.
Instead of abating, the indig ma
ion over the action of Cleveland in
closing the Winnebago Reservation to |
settlement seems to be growing more
intense. In declaring this Reservation
,losed, the President gives the settlers
10 days 10 get off the land, and de-
'lares that "all the power of the Gov
will be employed" to force
hem from their homes. 1t is rather
queer state of affairs, to say the least.
Many of the settlers are old Union
and it would be pretty spec
acle for Democratic administration
o send Government troops to drive
hem from the homes which Repub-
lean power had given them.
Farmers that are i'm need of Seed
rs, Drills, Pulverizers, two horse and
land corn planters, Plows, Harrows,
II in fact anything needed on the farm
should not fail to call on Warner Bros,
1t Pierre or Blunt 81
Don't fail to see the Strobridgc
Broadcast Seeder Mt Gleckler &