The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1889-01-12
HOME HAPPENINGS.

DRY ash wood sells in the Pierre
market at $3.50 per cord
Capt Fisher and wife of Farm
ington were Clifton visitors yesterday
-Ex-S Sheriff Bruner started last
Tuesday on his return to Florence,
Neb., where he will remain.
The present is the longest session
which the board Of commissioners OF
Sully county has ever held.
January and March of this year
each have two new moons. An oc-
currcncc not likely to soon be seen
again.
The well on the creek north OF
town has been. sunk several feet deeper
and the water supply largely Increased
thereby.
Mrs. Ross has been rc-arranglng
the postollice this week, making it
more comfortable and convenient by
the change.
Commissioners Lawrence has been
chosen to preside over the dehbcra-
tons of the county board during the
present year.
A Hyde county stock-man is
sinking an arteslan well on his rancho.
A good scheme for those who have the
money to invest
To-day is the first anniversary OF
the great blizzard of Jan. II, SS IN
which so many lives were lost through
out the northwest.
Mrs Ross has again taken charge
Of the Clifton House, Mr.. and Mrs.
Darr returning to their farm about .
miles north of town
The Pierre Free Press annual record
of the freezing of the river ut that place
gives dates since 1870, all of which are
earlier than that of last year-Dec. 20.
The first demand for admission as
state for Dakota was made in 1857,
and the question has been kept in Il
state of agitation ever since that date.
&C. W. Brong, the Free Press pill
grim stopped in Clifton yesterday on
his return from an up river trip on
which he went rs for north rs Winona.
According to the report of the
Dakota railroad commission, there has
been % new railroad companies incor-
pOrated in Dakota within the past two
years. OF this number, four will enter
Sully county if constructed
MARRIED, at East Pierre, Wednes-
day evening Jan =; Harry Ernest and
Miss Cora Squirting. Miss Cora taught
several terms of school in Iowa town
ship and is well known to many resi-
dents of western Sully.
There was quite perceptible diff
ference in the amount of snow fall at
this place and Onida last Tuesday.
Here not enough fell to make any dlf-
ference in the appearance Of the pral-
RE, while at the county seat the ground
was well covered.
The bright flashes of blue light
which were noticed ut this place on
Monday night of last week are men
toned at several places throughout
this part of the territory. At High
more large and brilliant meteor was
observed in the southwest sky.
A call has been issued for state
hood convention to meet at Huron
next Wednesday to "discuss measures
for the furtherance of South Dakota's
interests 4 mass convention to
choose three delegates from Sully
county will be held at Onida today.
Coal finds are reported at differ
ent places throughout southeastern
Dakota, but nothing which can be
automatically sustained. The only un-
questioned coal deposits in Dakota are
III the northern and western parts of
the territory and yet lie in portions of
country which are without transporta-
tion facilities
The make up of the present Da-
kota legislature shows that II out of
the ~ members-a majority of both
branches-are farmers. Or their ma
tlonality, but 10 are foreign born-and
of these 10 are Canadians and one an
lcelander; the rest Europeans. Among
the states, New York leads with Is,
and no southern state is represented.
The climate doesn't seem to agree
with them.
ONE of the latest South Dakota
schemes is capital stock company"
articles of Incorporation for which
have been filed at Bismarck. The
plan is to issue stock at so per share
TO be floated in cities which are not
for capital honors, the
fund to be invested in the city which
the company considers the most likely
to secure the capltal-thc stockholders