The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-06-07

The Schreiber brothers, Henry
Rausch and Milton Mccullough were
down from the north part of Milford
township, on business, Thursday.
H. O'Connor, David Hall, Geo. w.
Mclaughlin and Jas. M. Moore, from
this vicinity, attended the State ALI
ance meeting at Huron this week.
The County Alliance will meet in
Onida to-day to elect officers and trans
act other business. Representatives
will be present from all parts Of the
county.
Geo. A. S,lsby, of Mitchell, ex-
Commander of the G.. A. r. Dept. of
Dakota, was IN attendance at Court
this week, as attorney for the Oak. T.
g. Nj. Ins. Co.
B. p. Hoover passed through town
Tuesday en- route to the Farmers AL
lance convention held at Huron We'd
nesday, rs a representative from the
Pearl township local alliance.
John NJ. Connett, of Troy town
ship, who recently returned from Al
bia, Iowa, was IN town on business,
Wednesday and Thursday. He reports
crops looking splendid in northwestern
Sully.
The converting Of the Circuit
Court in Sully County Tuesday was
followed by the heaviest rain for years.
Let's have another term about the
middle Of July The farmers can af.
ford it,
Walter Price will be ut the Tur-
ley School House (No. y, in Rich Val
ley township, on Saturday evening,
June IA, for the purpose of organizing
a Local Farmers Alliance all parties
in this vicinity are requested to be
present at the meeting.
We have heard many compliments
for Judge Fuller from the attorneys
and people in attendance at court this
week for the fair and impartial manner
in which he conducted the business.
1t is evident that the Republican party
made no mistake in selecting him for
the high position.
A party of seven surveyors camp
ed Wednesday night in the Sprague
building south of town. They were en-
route to Forest City to begin the pre-
liminary survey of the Omaha & South
Dakota road between that place and
Blunt, the preliminary survey having
been completed south of Blunt
Go. Treasurer VIM. Toomey this
week received through Sacramento,
Cal paper the sad intelligence of the
death of his brother, Maurice, who had
resided there number of years and
was engaged in farming His funeral
occurred May 18th, and procession
of over 100 teams followed the remains
to their last resting place.
John S. Walker of Summit town
ship, was drawn as q juror, but as a
fine 81 pound boy, that arrived on Fri
day last, required his attention at home,
Judge Fuller excused him and he re.
turned Tuesday without doing duty.
Johnny is the biggest little man in the
county just about now-and we know
no one who has a better right to be.
p. A. Terwilliger of Clifton town
ship has sold his farm, stock and i'm
plements to VIM Blackhaus, a German
from Kenawa, Wis, who has arrived
with his family and taken possession.
Mr.. Terwilliger does not expect to leave
Dakota for the present, but later in the
season may take trip to his former
home IN Illinois. He has resided with
us since the organization of the county,
is an exemplary gentleman and will
be missed from the county should he
conclude to remove permanently.
Nobody grumbles about the dry
weather now. Sunday night fine
rain fell in this part of the state, which
was followed by light rain Monday
night and regular old soaker Tues
day night, which Is the heaviest rain
that has fallen in this county since that
of June II, 1886, when the Okobojo