The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1889-11-09

Centerville, S. d., and removed there
with his family.
-Emmet Porter was up from
Pierre, Thursday, on land business
He reports plenty of work there yet
but more workmen than material.
DIR. II. n. Merrick and c. Il
Pierce will have public sale OF horses
cattle, hogs, farming implements, etc.
at this place on Thursday, Nov. 18th.
The members of Corporal Tan
ner Camp, S. Of v, are urgently re
quested to meet next Saturday, Nov.
10th, to transact important business
Robert Porter Of Hartford twp.
has secured q contract for erecting q
church building in Pierre. Bob seems
20 understand how TO work the good
people.
Thomas NJ. Goddard took posses,
sion of the Office of County Judge last
Tuesday. He will answer hereafter
only to the appellation of Judge
with big j.
Mrs. c. II. King of Lincoln twp,
started for Illinois last week. Mr..
King is making preparations to move
| there and will bid farewell to Dakota
IN few days.
&C. Il. Pierce and son, Charles,
returned this week from their eastern
trip. They found the cattle market
low but realized about as much as ex.
pected out of their lot
-French's Bargain Store has just
received an immense stock of miscel-
laneous articles which are needed in
every household. Call in and get
goods Mt your own prices
jeff Sage of Little Bend, is taking
everything in sight lii the way of cat
tie these nice days. He is confident
of the spring boom being a good one
and Is therefore making preparations.
p. +. Blakemore, A. j. Ashcraft
and j. II. Stull, of Okobojo, were in
town, Wednesday, on final proof busi-
ness, but the boys run up against the
Presidents proclamation and let the
matter go over.
Only seven territories are now
left out on the door step for Uucle
Sam to care for Five of them will be
in within the next few years. Alaska
will probably he left out altogether
and Utah until the Mormon question
is satisfactorily solved.
Thursday the 2Sth day of this
month has been designated by the
President as the day Of National
thanksgiving. South Dakota has
many things to be thankful for and il
is not necessary to say that the day
will be generally observed.
L. W. Trumbull is at present
taking in the sights and visiting rela
tives in Ottumwa, Iowa lie writes
that he is going to visit the Chicago
Fat Stock Show, He says Dakota is
good enough for him and will be back
in time for the spring boom.
Work still progresses on tn,
Gettysburg and Forest City railroad
grade and it is now an assured fact
/ that the scheme Is Il sure 90. As 4
consequence Forest City has begun to
awaken a little and make prepara
| tions for the boom to come.
Herman Spalding of Hartford
was in town Wednesday on his way
home from Blunt with big load of
well good many things that would
be out of place in a bachelors doml-
cile Herman is evidently getting
tired Of jogging over this rocky road
alone
There is not much hope of the
government putting any money INTO
/ Dakota artesian wells. The pcople
here will have to depend solely upon
themselves and the state government
Sully county has got to have them and
the sooner steps are taken IN that di-
rcction the better.
In the general rush of other mat
ter we failed To mention few weeks
ago the departure of Zephania Allen
for his former home in Suckerdom.
He is gone. The music of his gentle
laughter is heard no more. He is
now basking in the smiles of his
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