The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-10-18
HOME HAPPENINGS.


this office.
Judge Conklin this afternoon.
Everybody should hear him.
Fresh cranberrics just received at
Doners. II! cts. per quart.
Bert Elliott was down from Cora
township, Wednesday, on business.
Judge Fuller will begin Il term of
Circuit Court III Potter couety next
Tuesday.
Barney Schultz of Milford town
ship, took wagon load of potatoes
to Pierre, Wednesday.
The dance at Clifton last Friday
evening, was quite well attended and
Il good time is reported.
Every body should attend the New
England Supper to he gwen by the
ladies of the W. r. c. next Wednesday
evening.
George +. Jameson, soldier at
Fort SuIIy, and Miss bessie Groseclose,
of Okobojo, were married in Pierre,
Oct. Sd.
Will Green and brother of Okobo-
jo, passed through town. Monday, cn
route To Yankton to look after some
business matters.
The Equal Suffrage ladies of this
vicinity were busy Thursday making
banners to he displayed at the different
polling places in the county.
S W. Gates, our blacksmith, re-
moved his family from Summit town
ship to Onlda, Thursday. They occu.
py the DR., Merrick residence.
The Band went to Okobojo and
Lewiston Yesterday to play at political
meetings addressed hv Judge Conklin.
The boys will go to Norfolk tonight.
Owing to the publication of the
Commissioner proceedings and poit-
ical matter our local column Is short
this week The election will soon be
over.
Miss GusSie Chandler will return
to Onida today and organize two class
es IN elocution on Tuesday next-at 1
o o'clock class of new beginners and
re-organize the old class ut ! in the
evening.
A suit brought by Fred Hellberg
of Blunt 10 recover wages due his son
tor hcrding stock for :. VI Shelter. was
tried before Esquire Evcrts ut the
Court House, Monday, resulting IN Il
verdict for the plaintiff for amount
claimed, less 50.
4. II. Allen was arrested on Mon
day last on complaint of Roman j.
Spade, charged with stealing 4 To s
bushels Of wheat. The case was con
tinued till Tuesday morning, when for
want of sufficient evidence by the State
the case was dismissed
The Equal Suffrage Contest held
AT the school house last Tuesday eve
ming is reported rs having been sue
cess in every particular Mrs. l.. Liv-
ingston was awarded the prize of 81 30
in gold for delivering the best rccta-
ton. There was good attendance
and the program was well carried out.
The Pierre rnstlers are doing gal
liant field work and the nearer elec.
ton approaches the more strength she
Is developing. Pierre is winner and
no mistake, and it is right that she
should he rs against Huron. whose
Capital boomers are doing all they can
10 damage this part of the State.
Pierres motto is to build up instead of
tear down.
Geo III. Peasc, son of DIR. II. G..
Peasc, Of this place, employed as pas
ssngcr brakeman on road running out
of Portland, Oregon, recently received
a gold watch valued ut 500 rs a prize
voted 10 the most popular railroader
running out of that city, receiving | :
I22 votes out of a possible ,.97S. Mr..
Pease is well known IN western Sully.
and his friends will he pleased to learn
of his success and popularity.
Hon. H. &. Avres, of Planknton.
delivered IN able Republican speech mt
the school house, Thursday evening.
and set the luke-warm to thinking
about how they were heing beguilcd by
Loncks and Loucksism by producing
and presenting some cold facts on the
tax levy question, showing the people
that here in their own township were
II persons who have always paid tax
es heretofore but now, by the grace OF
Republican legislature, are not taxed
cent on their personal property. He
spoke IN the Kecland school house
last night.