The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-05-16

Frank and Charlie CALDWELL vio-
linlsts, came up from Blunt by yester-
days stage to play for the party last
night.
The Blunt Advocate announces
that "Fred Coddington, who has been
at Lincoln, Ill since last fall, will re-
turn to his Sully county farm next
month" They will return to the land
Of promise.
Cyrus B. Ingham, father of W. s.,
editor Of the Blunt Adyocate, and son,
Charlie Bill, came up from Blunt Mon
day to reside on Robt. J. Dixon's home
stead, in sec. 81, Rich Valley township,
and will remain during the summer.
Go to the Bargain Store for your
Yellow Dent and Squaw seed corn.
Ben: Perley Hoover and wife, of
Fairbank, are stopping at the Locke.
Ben states that Fairbank Is enjoying
real estate boom, an addition to the
place having recently been plated and
sold by Kansas City syndicate
Pierre Free Press.
The South Dakota Sons of Veter-
ans annual encampment will be held
at Pierre next week, beginning on Tues
day, and 10Th, and continuing four
days. A number of the boys of the
Onida Camp expect to attend. Farm
work will prevent others from GO
ing
Jas. f. Ingle, and family, who left
Norfolk, this county, for Denver, COL
orado, last October, to better his con-
dltion, returned last Monday, sounding
the praises of Sully county as home
for men of moderate means. He drove
through from Denver, being on the
road just one month.
The next regular meeting of the
w. G. T. U. will be held on Sunday
evening, May oath, which Is the day
of the Special Worlds w. G. T. U.
meeting. 1t is expected that there will
be an unusually interesting meeting.
Music in charge Of Prof. s. w. Gates.
Program next week.
R. B. Coddington, of Lincoln twp,
has sown about 200 scres of wheat this
spring, and is putting in other crops
IN proportion. Last year Mr.. Codding-
ton harvested 5000 bushels of wheat,
averaging Ia bushels per acre, and has
faith enough in South Dakota to try
again on large scale.
Mrs. }. f. Cole received part of
her stock of Millinery goods by Thurs
days stage and has opened the same
in rooms over the boot and shoe store.
The ladies Of Onida and vicinity are
cordially invited to call and inspect her
new stock before going out of town to
purchase their spring millinery.
"A horse that strayed from Dan
Adams a week ago committed suicide
by falling into an open we'll near A. M.
Starks. There should be law max.
ing it misdemeanor, punishable by a
heavy fine for anyone to abandon q
we'll on the prairie without first provid-
ing ample protection against damage
to stock.
| Norman Lyons started for Fort
Sully Wednesday with a load of butter,
eggs, ETC., for NJ. L. French. Near
Okobojo he camped for the night and
picketed out his team. During the
night his horses took french leave, and
have not been heard of since but Norm.
is on their trail and will no doubt bring
them in soon. They are geldings, one
q sorrel and the other bay.
R. H. Flemmlng, of Chicago, who
has considerable capital invested in
Sully county real estate was here last
week looking after his interests. He
placed his business in w. N. Meloon's
hands, who has this week been in Pierre
examining titles to lands owned by Mr..
F. in Hughes county, and giving them
the necessary touches to make their
"titles clear Mr. Meloon makes this
line of work study and is acknowledge
ed to be par excellence on land titles.
John G. Mccoy, ESQ, of Norfolk,
this county, made anal proof upon his
homestead before the Clerk of Courts
last Monday. Mr.. Mccoy Is one who
might be termed All "old resident he
being over 63 years of age and having
lived on his claim continuously for
more than 6 years, during which period
he has not been absent to exceed two
days at any one time. His aged wife
has resided with him and endured her
share of the privations that necessarily
accompany the erection ofa new home
on the frontier prairie. c. w. Houck
and Peter Glerup came along to testify
to the claimants "good faith"
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