The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-12-01
HOME HAPPENINGS.
December lst.

Did you sample roast turkey and
cranberrles last Thursday?
Capt. Geo. w. Fisher of Farming
ton, was caller Wednesday.
The weather of last Tuesday and
Wednesday, being cloudy with little
snow.
B. 2. Hoover of Fairbank paid
his respects to Clittonites Wednesday
evening.
A. J. Darr was home from his
work at Fort Sully last Saturday and
Sunday.
lie eWheeler returned to Clifton
from his Iowa visit last Saturday
evening.
Stewart Mateer viewed the sights
of the county capital last Monday
evening.
L. NJ Burkholder the Fort Sully
photographer was in Clifton last Mon
day delivering work.
e. A. Hubbard of Fairbank is en-
joying a visit from his brother, from
Wisconsin, who arrived Thursday.
-A.J.Wasgatt will be in Clifton on
Saturday, Dec, Sth. All parties in
debted to him are requested to call
and settle on that date.
The social party in Clifton last week
Friday night, was success. Parties
from Blunt, Onida, Okobojo and Fair
bank were in attendance.
JEFF Sage and Joe Binder, from
the Little Bend were in Clifton last
Monday morning on their way to the
county seat on final proof business.
Clifton came near being the scene
of a wedding last Tuesday evening
So near in fact that the boys secured
the cigars. Rut the result was nil.
Capt. VanEtten mas already be-
gun his pilgrimage to Bismarck, driv-
ing through. The Capt will lecture
In the different towns along the route.
The young people north of town
met at the residence of Geo. Ripley.
ESQ.,, Wednesday evening and spent
few hours pleasantly tripping the
light fantastic.
A social party was given at the
residence of Z. +. Brooking of Hart
ford, Thanksgiving evening. Super
intendent Porter's family and Miss
Belle Beedle of Clifton attended.
Miss Cora Botsford, who has
been engaged during the fail teaching
in the Palm district, Iowa township.
closed her school Tuesday, and has
returned 10 her home near Clifton.
The commissioners of HYDE
county appointed a county auditor and
fixed his salary at $500 per year. 1t
would take a strained construction of
the auditor law to sanction such fix
ing of salary.
-J. w. Carpenter returned last
Saturday from his work on the reser-
vation, the work having closed earlier
than he expected for lack of material,
the parties he is working for waiting
for the river to freeze to freight lum-
Der across.
AT the meeting for the organlza-
ton of literary society last Tuesday
night quite crowd was present. j.
Ill. Gropengieser was chosen chairman
and Steve A. Travis secretary. A
program committee was appointed to
draw up a program, and u committee
was appointed to draft a constitution
and bylaws to be presented at the
first meeting of the society on Tuesday
evening next, Dec 4.
November was pleasant month
throughout the west. The eastern
States were, however, visited with nu-
merous very numerous very destruct-
i've wind, rain and snow storms caus.
ing much damage to property and loss
Of life. The storm on Sunday last
along the New England coast is said
to have been the worst in the annals
of the shipping trade. Many vessels,
together with their crews were lost.
and snow drifted to the dpn.h of tbraa