The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-05-09

Mrs. B. Lassater commenced n
term of school in the Lane district,
Pearl township, last Monday. Like
wise Miss Lillian Maxwell In the Nc
Camly district, Buffalo, and Miss Ethel
Edgar in northeast Pennington.
Thomas Graham, Esq, father of
Mrs. Fl. Il. Kimmel, arrived Wednes-
day evening from Kansas. He tailed
to reach here last Friday evening be-
cause of some business matters. Mr..
Graham will spend the summer here.
Our friend, G. X. Mallock, and
daughter, Miss Belle, departed, Mon
day last, for Pueblo, Col, where they
will join Mrs. M. and reside in the fu-
ture-if the country suits them. The
WATcHMAN wishes Mr. NJ. and family
success.
A report has been received here
from Abba, Iowa, his home, that VIM
II. Miller, who was Il resident of Troy
township number ofyears, was recent
ly murdered near Chlllocothe, Central
Missouri. None of the particulars have
been learned.
The ladies of the w. r.. c. met
with Mrs. n. w. Porter, Thursday, to
manufacture articles to be transported
to the Soldiers Home, at Hot Springs,
for the comfort of the veterans domi-
ciled there, more especially the old vet
eran from Onlda.
AT the town election held in Blunt
last Monday the following officers were
elected; Trustees, S. c. holland, J. |.
Houtz and w. w. Waite; Clerk, j. c..
Smith; Assessor, j. l.. Eichholtz;
Treasurer, NJ. Il. Schouwei!er; Justices,
Fl. Pigney; Marshal, John Stone, all
Republicans.
w. N. Meloon has bought car
load Of lumber and is now having it
hauled to his sheep ranch in Harrison
township, where he will build resi-
dence, and sheep shed 4Sx60 feet in
size to have everything in readiness
for large flock OF sheep that he ex-
poets to have shipped in from the east
about August.
Gen. Order No. ., by Department
Commander c. S. Palmer, divides the
the q. A. II. department of South Da-
kota into fifteen divisions, to each of
which the department commander has
appointed a Colonel who is authorized
to appoint for his division major and
an adiutant. Division No. l3 com
prises the posts at Onida, Gettysburg.
Forest City, Faulkton, Rockham and
Bangor, and Capt. JAS. Bryson of
Gettysburg, has been appointed to the
Colonelcy of the Division.
The Fargo Argus says: 1t will
seem strange to eastern readers that
the loss of cattle by weather exposure
in the Dakotas the past winter was
eight.tenths of one per cent, while in
Florida, from the same cause the loss
was three per cent.-four times as
great-but that is what Statistican
Dodge of the agricultural department,
at Washington reports. In Montana
the loss was three per cent; Idaho and
Texas, each 81 per cent, and Wyo-
ming 4 per cent. from the inclement
weather.
Mrs. II. Il. Kmmel had quite an
unpleasant experience last Friday
night On returning from Blunt where
she had been TO meet her father who
failed TO reach there that evening, she
became lost on the prairie, and after
wandering around for some time in the
darkness and light rain in vain to find
a road she stopped unhitched her horse
from the buggy, picketed 1t out and
herself took refuge from the storm in
the buggy and remained therein until
morning, when she found herself near
the Dixon farm, some 5 miles south
of Onida. Then TO make n bad matter
worse when Harvesting her horse it be-
came unmanageable, got away, and
left her on the prairie afoot. She then
walked to the residence of G. j. John
son, over n mile, and that gentleman
assisted her home.
Tuesday evening the regular pub
lie meeting of the Equal Suffrage AS
sociation was held at the Court House,
presided over by N. W Porter, Esq,
The exercis ises consisted of speaking,
select reading, recitations and vocal
and instrumental music. Judge God
dard's band, comprising the lst and
2nd violin, cornet, organ and triangle.
gave some choice selections and de-
serve especial mention in this connec-
ton. The Club adjourned to meet one
week from next Tuesday evening at
the residence of Mrs. B. B. Cole for in
structions in Civil Government. The
ladies have taken up this study with
the intention of informing themselves
upon question that all electors
should, though they are not, be con-
versant with. The next public meet
inc of the club will be held on Tuesday