The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1889-07-06
will Potter has taken sit uation
with A. McFall to drive on the mail route
between Blunt and + airbank.

depart. Monday morning. for three
weeks visit at his old home in Madison Co.
New York. He is called there 10y the ser
ious illness of his mother.
Prof. L. d. Carr departed. Tuesday
morning. for Fremont. Nebraska, where
lie intends to work for a school supply
company. He will again enter the Ann
Arbor University in September for an
other nine months term.
On nextdionday' train J. F. Martin
will start for Suckcrdom. After staying
there awhile he will go on to New York
for visit. He calculates to be able to
make the swing around the circle and
land back in Sully county in about six
weeks
In consideration of 81. 400 ID. Q. Jor
dan. a few days ago, negotiated a sale
with Dubuque parties for the Ne of %
and the NV of %. 1877. The 2arties
that bought haye already number of
claims in that neighborhood and the sup
position is that about next spring will see
a ranch started there.
That the good die young among the
Indians as well rs the white race is dem
onstrated by the tenacity with which Sit
ting Bull clings to this mortal coil. He
would much rather oppose the work of
the Sioux Commission than to he herald
ed into the happy hunting ground rs the
right bower Of the Great Spirit.
Deputy Sheriff Keyes, of Hughes
county, was in town. Sunday last, hunt
ing up a couple of sleek rascals of Pierre
who adopted the easy but unsafe method
of obtaining goods on other peoples cred
it instead Of their own. Mr.. Kcyes traced
them to within three miles of town. from
which point all clues were lost.
Sioux City is now advertising her
self as a summer resort. and about next
November she will be holding forth on
the beauty of her Italian skies and the
mildness of the Mediterranean breeze 5
blowing off of the Big Muddy. and she
will make the people believe it. for tina:
city is made up of class of rustlers tnut
don't know what it is to get left.
Grand Army boys. rs well as others.
will be interested in the following from
Alex. B. Pore. Stewart. Tenn, who is
A. ID. c., Commander Dept Tenn. and
Ga. He says: I'VE have had an epidem-
ic of whooping cough here, Chamberlain $
Cough Remedy has been the only thing
that has done any good. There is no
danger from whooping cough when this
remedy is freely used. 80 cent bottles for
sale by Cole Bros.
John A. Logan Camp. Sons of Vcter-
ans. got into good working order last
Saturday Two new members were taken
in, w. T. McGinnis, of Goddard, and
II. E. Gates. of Lewiston. making total
of twenty two in all. In addition to the
officers named last week the following
additional were appointed: First Ser,
geant, ID. NJ. Anderson; Q. NJ. s.. Ed
Shepherd; s. of g.. Harlan Porter; c. s..
Chas Mcclure; c. of G; Wilbur Dare
C. G., d. NJ. Pershing; Chaplain. Chas.
Everts. The first and third Saturdays of
each month were designated as meeting
days. at 3 o clock p. III. Everything is
tending toward complete success and
something fine may be expected of the
Camp in the not distant future.
| The Fourth was observed at the
Brooking school house In Hartford twp
by about Seventy five people. The order
of the day was general pic mic for every
one, and when such men as n. w. Por
ter and II. f. Tagg say they never had so
much fun before in their lives, you car
just bet your last iron dollar that there
was music in the air a barrel of lemon
ade and three dinners is what they tried
10 get themselves on the outside of. anC
on the morning of the 9th the aforsaiC
parties resembled the very common chro
mo with the title after using" A
ball game was played between north anC
south Hartford, resulting in score of -
to 33 for the latter. We they may
all celebrate many retnrns of the same
The Fourth was gloriouGly and appro
priately observed at Okobojo and every
body that attended seemed to be well re
warded for their trip. The program con
sisted of sack. tub and foot races. football
and baseball. speaking and music, and
other fun till person was actually tiret
of walking round. The band boys die
extremely well considering the fact tha
they had only practiced together a few
times. and the Okobojo quartette just hac
the singing busines down to nicely. Th
Declaration of Independence was rea,
by II. ]. Courtney and after that Prof. w
| w. Andrews delivered the Grafton of the
day-and it was good one and well wor
tay the attention accorded. The race
and gamesssa' finished the AFTERNOON
In anote a., aSopi Is furnishefpu' Gf ac
coun: o. j game. Aft W f.
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