The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-02-17

A series of revival meetings are be-
ing held at Hartford.
There will be meeting of the |
sheriffs of South Dakota at Mitchell
on March 28.
J. A. Moore of Redf1eld was elected
president of the association of sheriffs
of South Dakota. -
An electric mining plant costing
100000 will be put in operation next
summer in the Congress placers near
Spearfish.
The register of Charles Mix county
says that two chattel mortgages are
being cancelled for every one filed
these days in that county.
The Sioux City Journal notes that
South Dakota ranks third among the
gold producing states. California is
first and Colorado second.
Two Indians, Charley Paul and
James Hayes, obtained liquor at Sisse-
ton City on the reservation and froze
to death on their way home. ks">
HYDE. Hand, Hughes and Sully
counties have perfected an organiza-
tion for the purpose of advertising
their resources and advantages.
The crop of wolves in Sully county
is immense this winter. The county
treasurer has paid out 81, ITO tor wolf
sealps during the last three months
There is story going the rounds
at Watertown to the effect that Jul
ius Venner, shoemaker of that city,
has fallen heir to Russian estate
valued at s5,00O,OoO.
Valley Springs has a fully devel-
oped haunted house. 1t is occupied
by the family of barber and is the
scene of sounds unearthly and OF the
blood curdling variety.
Among the South Dakotans who
were injured in the wreck at Kent
were O. w. Olsen of Wilmot, S. w.
Swift of Yankton, G. F. Chase and
Geo. Perkins Of Willow Lake.
The Flandreau Enterprise has is
sued it's boom edition. The years
record shows investment of S107, ,25O
in public and private improvements.
The real estate transfers for the year
numbered 1000. & @ sskslasss..
John Nuie of Scotland was held up
in Sioux City and relieved Of S55. He
SAYS he was covered with revOlyers
and overpowered by two men. w. ID.
Beverly is under arrest charged with
being one of the robbers.
The Miller city waterworks, which
have been the pride and convenience
OF the town since the artesian well
was put down some eight years ago,
have played out and a new system
will have to be substituted.
The jury in the Stevens case at
Mitchell could not agree and was dis
missed. Stevens plead guilty to one
Indictment and the others were dis
missed. Judge Haney sentenced him
to one year in the penitentiary.
South Dakota has realized 81 .3S7 1881
from the sale of her school lands, and
has left 2,74l ,484 acres. These can
not be sold until they will bring $40
per acre, which, when disposed of,
will makea snug little school fund.
The business portion of Highmore
was badly damaged by fire last week.
McLaughlin's store building was de-
StrOyed, and the stock damaged to
the extent of $1,000. The Herald
printing office was also badly damaged.
The Aberdeen city council has pro-
vided for sinking another artesian
well. The Northwestern addition
people offer to furnish block of
land if the council will locate the
well thereon and spend $500 within
the next two years in park improve
ments.
The marriage Of an aged and highly
esteemed couple occurred at Mime
apolis recently. The groom was Rev.
j. S. Gowdy of Eldora, To-, aged 80
years. The bride is a resident Of
Webster, Mrs. S. G. Button, and one
of the first settlers of Day county,
aged y years.
Mayor Peck Of Sioux Falls has
called special election to take place
Feb. %, to vote on the issuance of
$40, 600 per cent. twenty-year bonds
for the erection of IA high school build
ing. Sioux Falls has seven school
buildings and 1900 pupils in her
schools.
The Sioux Falls Commercial Club
has appointed K. B. Meredith, d. G.
Jewett and H. Fl. Keith as a special
committee to meet committee from
Brookings, to take under considera-
ton the construction of a line of
railroad between Brookings and
Sioux Falls.
THE new official Catholic directory
for the present year gives the follow
ing figures for the diocese of Sioux
Falls, which comprises the entire
state of South Dakota: Clergy 60,
churches 81, stations 100, chapels 2,
academies &, parochial schools Is
with an attendance Of Is, 900 children,
charitable institutions !, and total
Catholic population OF 10000.
A sad case is reported at Parker
A deserted wife, the daughter of a
heartless father, who turned her
from his nome because she had fits,
committed suicide. The girl, sub
ject to epileptic fits, with no home,
her peculiar malady making it un-
pleasant for strangers to harbor her
around, deserted by her natural pro-
tectOr, took this means of relief and
died in agony.