The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-05-30
HOME HAPPENINGS.


Quarterly meeting today.
The Missouri river is rising.
The price of cattle is decreasing.
If you want picket rope 60 to the
Bargain store.
Pat Lavery, of Norfolk, spent
Thursday in town.
Miss Edith Otis is suffering with
felon on her hand.
Sheriff Faust made a trip to
Gettysburg this week.
The Hughes county bond election
will occur next Tuesday.
Hon. David Hall and II. O'Con-
nor visited Clifton Wednesday.
-Nels DUNN, of Okobojo, was a
caller at this office, Wednesday.
The Blair Pearson trial will take
place at Fairbank next Monday.
There will be an eclipse of the sun
June 6, visible in North America.
You can get your Wool Twine at
the Bargain Store, at bottom prices.
A full line of Flower and Garden
Seeds at the Bargain Store, Onida.
Ed. Pierce lost a fine brood mare
Wednesday morning from spa smodic
collie
Mrs. Dan NJ. Smith of Okobojo
township, was calling on Onida friends
Monday.
John Howardson, one of the pros
porous farmers Of Falrbank township,
was IN town, Thursday.
We understand that A. NJ. Starks
contemplates opening up his cheese
factory in the near future.
j. B. Cotton had fine spring
colt choked to death by being caught
in hitch rope one night this week.
Last Monday Chas. II. Warncke
placed a neat fence around the grave
Of his father, in the Onida cemetery.
Frank NJ Anderson of Little Bend,
has secured the mail contract between
Okobojo and Little Bend postoiiice,
"A colt valued at SIS, the property
of Sheriff Faust. was recently killed by
lightning on his farm in the east end.
The rams last Saturday afternoon
were local only. In the northern part
of the county some pieces of grain need
ram.
In the storm last Saturday evening
lightning killed a cow belonging to
Dick Rowland, of Rich Valley town
ship.
Bert Elliott and James T. Law
renee, two genial young men from Cora
township, spent Tuesday night in town,
the guests of \. w. Porter.
e. c. Clement, of San Francisco,
L. s. Postal Inspector, paid the Onida
office visit, Monday, and found every
thing o. X. From here he went to
Fairbank.
Rev. f. Shultz will preach In the
School Building in Onlda tomorrow
Sunday morning and evening, at the
usual hours. All are cordially invited
to attend.
Mrs II. c. Spencer, who has been
at Hadley, Mich, since last summer,
attending her sick mother, expects to
soon make her Sully county home, IN
Fairview, visit
The w. c. T. L. ladies held very
successful meeting at the school house
last Sunday evening. 1t was largely
attended and the program was enter
tanning and instructive.
Phil Bighim has taken the con-
tract to haul over 10000 feet of lum-
ber from Blunt to w. \. Meloon's sheep
ranch, in Harrison township, and is
now engaged at the work.
Milton Smith of Elk township,
was caller Wednesday. Mr.. S. in
formed us that he had some 5000 stolen
from his residence recently, which he
had secured to invest in cattle. He is
a poor man aud the loss will be a
heavy one to HIM.
&C. w. Everts returned from Sioux
Falls Monday night. He was excused
by the Court, and A. NJ Starks accept
ed as a petit juror in the Plenty Horse
case, indicted for the murder of Lieut..
Casey at Pine Ridge during the In
dian disturbance last fall.
Last Monday morning Rev. f..
Shultz, pastor of the Presbyterian
churches at Onida and Blunt, received
the sad intelligence of the sudden
death of his sister, Mrs. Abram Heinlen,
at Delaware, Ohio, which occurred on
the Sunday previous.
A fine two-year horse colt belong
ing to Will McGlnnis, of Iowa town
ship, had one of his hind legs broken
in some mysterious way on Tuesday
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