The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1889-11-02
r. NJ. Chamberlain was in town

w. w. Botsford of Clifton, was
doing business in town, yesterday.
--Chas. Warncke of Goodwater and
l. S. Rickert of Clifton, were doing
business in town yesterday.
JEFF Sage Of Little Bend and d. +.
Sweetiand of Okobojo, were among
the large crowd doing businss IN
town yesterday.
John Livingstone was in Pierre
this week viewing the sights. He
will enter the University at the begin
ming of the January term.
ID. +. Rand, formerly of this coun-
ty but more recently of Hughes,
passed through town Thursday on his
way to Minnesota. He has traded
his tree claim near Pierre for a forty
acre farm thirty miles from Minneapo.
lis and also got a nice little wad be-
sides.
The government has issued an or
der forbidding the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors at military posts in any
other form than original packages
In other words the soldiers and en-
ployees will hereafter be allowed to
get on big buns only. An order for
bidding the sale altogether would be
about the proper caper.
Miss Louise Merrick, daugh ter of
Dr. and Mrs. II. n. Merrck of this
place, is teaching in a colored lnstitu-
ton of learning in Alabama. In one
of her letters home she writes that
when she tlrst went there the Young
men of the place took especial pains
to tip their hats when meeting her
but after learning her occupation they
took more pains not to notice her at
all. And yet the southern people
will boast of their chivalry.
"A bachelors party is one of the
entertainments promised to an already
overburdened and indulgent public
in the near future. Ofcourse we pre-
dict for it a grand success and trust it
will not disappoint expectations. The
ladies have kindly offered their assis-
tance and charms to the occasion.
The program will consist of songs,
recitations, tLaSts. etc. Oysters viii
be served IN the latest style of the
bachelor art. Since writing the above
information has been received that
Friday evening, November 18th, has
been chosen rs the time for the above
event.
Last Sunday evening the Presby
terians of this vicinity organized so
ciety here and chrstened 1t the First
Presbyterian church of Onida. Rev
II. =. Carson, of Scotland. s. d. Syn
odical Missionary, assisted by Rev
T. j. Gray and Elders w. c. Grier
and i. NJ. Jones, of Blunt, had charge
of the organization. ID members took
upon themselves the duties of tn c
church and chose l.. Livingstone,
h. Barber, and Nathan Porter Elders
thereof The church begins its exist
ence under auspicious circumstances
and Il bright future seems to be theirs.
Prior to the organization, an inter
csting and instructive sermon was
preached by Rev. Carson.
Some weeks ago We promised our
readers an interesting serial, in three
parts, written especially for this paper
by home talent, and the Okobojo
Times, failing to cath on, comes at us
in this way:
BY the way, what has become OF the
WATCHMASs 5 promised home talent
serial?
Bless your sweet little romantic
soul, Bro. Glessner, the serial was
published rs promised. The plot was
not lam i'm some old ancestral estate
of Virginia but in the stern reality OF
Sully county buncA grass; the heroes
and heroines were neither Randolphs
nor Lees nor the defendants of such,
no, and not even the quick or the dead
but plain, every day Dakota rustlers
who found that of all the Ills that flesh
is heir To payment of taxes was the
worst; the author was none other than
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