The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-12-08

Lewis A. Maxson of Clifton has
sold out and yesterday began moving
his personal property to Blunt for
shipment to Clay county.
Miss Louise Merrick departed the
FIRST OF the week for California, where
she will spend the winter. She &C.
companies friends from the east.
Postmaster Houck's gentle voice
was heard on our streets last Saturday.
He was accompanied by number of
his neighbors, who were here on con-
test business.
Nearly everybody in town have
invested IN storm windows, evidently
preparing for the severe winter pre-
dicted by Prophets Hicks, Foster, the
goose bone, corn husks, etc.
If the party who stole the two
sides and one end of the Jas. Arnold
house will return them to Chas. J.
johnson, the owner, they will confer
favor upon him as he needs the lumber.
Order storm windows now and
save one-half your coal bill. G. H.
Baker Of Blunt furnishes storm win
dows and patent rubber weather strips
for doors. Mail orders promptly fill
ed.
DIR. W. H.. H. Barker, Dentist, of
Huron, S. D., will be at the CLARK
House in Gettysburg, on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 18th, 18th
and 18th, prepared to do dental work
of any kind.
H. W. Esselbrugge, Commission
er-elect for District No. 4, was in town
last Saturday making final proof upon
his homestead. He was accompanied
by Nils Wikstrom and Perry Swenson
as witnesses.
Maud E. Osterkamp is asking for
divorce from her husband Henry T.
Osterkamp, IN the Beadle county cir
cult court. Both parties were at one
time residents of Lincoln township,
this county.
The much noted foreclosure sale
cases brought to set aside the sales
made by D. M. Smith as Sheriff to T.
M. Simmons will be argued before
Judge Fuller at Pierre next week. 1t
will not be long until decision will
be reached.
There are now nearly fifty pupils
enrolled in our village schools. Six
pupils entered the upper department
on Monday Of this week, and more are
expected. The schools are in pros
porous condition under the manage
ment of Prof. Porter and Miss Johns
ton.
The question of holding a Christ
mas entertainment for the children,
and some who are not children, was
discussed by the Onida Union Sunday
School last Sabbath, and committees
were appointed to consider the question
and decide the nature of the en- tertain-
ment.
For the purpose of providing
funds to meet pressing obligations, for
the next two weeks, l will sell all
goods regardless of cost.
HENRY HOFFMAN, Blunt.
We will club the WArcHMAN
with any newspaper published in the
United States at reduced rate. It
doesn't matter what newspaper or
magazine you wish to subscribe for, If
you will call at this Office we can give
you satisfactory rates. Cash must &C.
company all orders.
"A new time table on the North
western road brings the east bound
passenger train 10 minutes earlier and
the west train 80 minutes later at
Blunt. The Northwestern seems to
favor the late to bed and early to rise
plan. There is no change IN the run
ming time of the Onida day express.
II have few Carts left which I
will sell cheap. Come and get bar
gain. FAUST.
There is considerable talk since
winter has come, and the town well
is out of order great deal of the time,
of taking steps to procure al artesian
we'll in this township, under the pro-
visions Of the Artesian we'll law. The
WATCHMAN favors the scheme, and
would be pleased to see some one start
the ball to rolling. We believe the
proposition would carry in the town.
ship by good majority.