The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-07-14
HOME HAPPENINGS.

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Very unpleasant travelling now on
account of mosquitoes.
81 will buy II pounds of Granu-
lated Sugar of L. c. Weyand at Onida.
Prof. S. w. Gates, of Summit, was
in town, yesterday selling school
charts.
Mr.. Morrison, proprietor of the
Blunt Creamery, was Clifton caller,
Thursday.
John c. Blaisdell is spending the
week with G. T. Burtch, of Onida
Township.
Mrs. Potter entertained number
of her lady friends at supper, Thurs
day afternoon.
Misses Della Finch and Carrie
Everts, of Onida, returned from their
visit in Pierre, Monday.
Don't forget that N. j. Wilhts
keeps Gasoline for sale and pays the
highest market price in trade for Butter
Geo. Lacy is reported sick. His
illness is said to have been caused by
the extreme hot weather of Wednesday.
L. C. Weyand at Onida, sells
Arbuckle's Coffee for % cents per
package.
The spring and summer term of
school in District No. ., Clifton, taught
by A. T. Aunger, closed on Thursday
of this week.
-Mesdames Brooklng and Pratt, of
Hartford township, returned, yesterday,
from Pierre, where they visited friends
several days.
Miss Edith Brooking, who has
spent several months in Chicago, re-
turned to her home in Hartford town
ship, Saturday last.
John Sutherland of the Dakota
Loan & Trust Co., Pierre, spent Mon
day night i'll Clifton. While in town
he made this Office pleasant call.
j. Il. Martin, of Fairbank, depart
ed on Saturday last for Illinois and
New York, on an extended business
and pleasure trip. He expects to be
absent until September.
Owing to the extra pressure made
by legal notices and our absence from
home, THE WATCHMAN is rather short
on news items this week; yet we are
well pleased with the manner in which
our columns are filed.
Mrs. S. A. Norris returned to her
farm in Pennington township, Monday,
after spending n few days visiting
relatives in Pierre. Mrs. n. was accom-
panied home by Misses Kate Tomlin-
son and Tessa Evans, of Pierre.
John Shea, OF Owatonna, Mimi,
was IN town, Monday, accompanied by
G. j. Millett, Sr, of Oahe, Hughes
county, viewing his timber clam near
town. Mr.. Shea is one of the proprie-
tors of the town of Clifton. He made |
the WATCHMAN a pleasant call.
R. Fl. Dakin, of Fairbank, started
Monday, for Springfield, ILL.,, where he
will reside in the future. Dick has
many friends among the young people
in the west end who very much regret
his departure. His brother, George,
accompanied him as far rs Blunt.
The young men of Hartford town
ship will meet at the Brooking school
house ut 4 o'clock to-day to organize a
base ball club. They are hard knockers
and fast runners, and we would advise
the neighborlng clubs TO refrain from
issuing them challenge. Exhibition
games will be given in the Hartford
ball park every Saturday afternoon.
Some miscreant started a prairie
fire in the southwest corner of this
township, Wednesday, which burned
over quite tract of country and COM
pletely ruined for this season the hay
lands. Several of the farmers in that
vicinity will be required to go away
from home to put up hay. No build
lngs were burned. This is the first
lire of the season and if the parties
who set it are known they should be
made an example of so that il mich.