The Sully County watchman., August 18, 1883, Image 1

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TEE SBLLT MITT ULimi
Published Every Saturday,
—AT—
cuiiForoisr, DAK.,
—BY
WALTER 4 GROPKNGlE&fiRt
—AT—
$2 Per Year,
in
Advance
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY7
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate in ('undress—J. Raymond.
Governor—'N. ». Onlwtty.
Secretary—J. H. Teller
Treasurer—W. H.
McYhV.
Auditor—Ueorjfe L. Ordwav.
Surveyor »iiicral —Corlez M. Feawnden.
Superintendent of Public Instruction—
W. 11. II. Beadle.
liief Justice of Supreme Court—AJonzo
J. Kdtferton.
A ^ociate Justices of the Suprrme Court
—M m. B. J. Church. J. P. Kidder, 8. B.
Hudson.
V
idled State* District Attorney—Hugh
J. 'ampb'.'U.
1'nittd Stutes Marshal—Harrison Allen.
SULLY COUNTY"
Commissioners.—G. J. Millett, sir., B. P.
Hoover.
Sheriff—G. J. Millett, Jr.
Treasurer—Charles Agar.
Coroner—Dr. .1. A. Stevens.
Surveyor—William Ashley Jones.
Assessor—Orr W. Lee.
Clerk of Court—H. W. Elj*erton.
Judge of Probate—Merit Sweeney.
Superintendent of Schools—David 8ta
pits
lie^ister of Deeds and Ex-OfBcioCounty
Clerk. J. A. Maloon.
Justices of the Peace—Win. P. Rosa, Q.
W. Kverts, P. T. Keily.
Constables—Henry W. Sprague, George
Bowers.
CLIFTON HOUSE,
WM. P. ROSS, Proprieor,
CLIFTON. DAKOTA.
Firat-cla»s
tiri
TKANSACT
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oimnodations. Rates rea­
sonable. Liverv in Connection. 18
JKSSE M. SPOON ER,
Contractor and Builder,
PIEB35, DAKOTA.
Parties who contemplate the erection of
buildings, either in town or country, would
do well to get my litfurea. Ktfiiuiates furn
ished on short notice. 1H Hut
Wm. P. ROSS,
A 1) A WEST,
CLIFTON, D. T.
Transacts a
Locating a Specialty.
(Mllce at Clifton House.
general Land J^uainesa.
xvi
S. H. NEAIfp
Attorney at
l.<p></p>Insimss
t» ami
L:cd, Loan a&d Agsat,
CLIFTON. DAKOTA.
QBAUT k ROBERTS, Enron, D. T.
Contests carefully prosecuted. Final
Proofs made. 1iSiO.OOO to Loan on Fi
aal i'rowfb. Soiue exeeileut claims on
band. j7-im
U, I* |(.,k*A. V- K- Randolph, J. A. While.
BOSRI, RANDOLPH I WHITE.
Attorneys and Counselors ut Law and
Land & Loan Agents,
BU NT, DAKOTA.
With offices at Blunt «nd HitPfMI, ft!*
«ju»e i:illv prepared lo do prompt and cart
ful work in Laud matters before the
U, S Land Ollice. $SOfOOOto Loan
$ on Sully county Final Proofs. See them.
DICKOVKR M'SE~
E. DICKOVER, Proprietor,
BLUNT, D.vK.
Headquarters for all Stage Lines for the
north and northwest. Oood bath rooms
in connection with bouse.
TlIK KIRST-Cl.AHH HOTEL OF THE TOW*.
E. I\ WESTOVEK,
hi and lou Agent
BLUNT, DAKOTA.
Final Proofs attended to. Locate par
ti on lauds in Hughes, Sully, and ad
ning rouniies. xvi
W whm. Prw't. ".N. I,i k*.*, :uiliifr.
SANK ofBLUNT
lil I NT HAKOTA
A UKNKUAI. BANKINO BCHINKSS.
Refer bv permission to Vnlon Nations!
Bank. Hnriue. Wiv, lion Wm. IV Lyon,
Atisociute Justice Supreme Court, Madison,
Wis., Hon. H. A. Maxwell, State Treas
tlffcr of New York. Albany, N. Y. xvi
~G. N. HAWLEY & Cd~~
Wtolet&le
and Retail Dealers
ill
flrocsries, Pronsions, Crockery, Glut-
ware, Cigars and Tobaccos, &c.f
BM'NT, DAKOTA.
«y. selling good goods at small profits
and bv fuir dealing, we hope lo merit the
confidence und esteem of our patrons and
friends. Call and see us. augtt y
HOME HAPPENINGS.
—N II. Minar of Fort Sully, was in
Clifton Saturday evening last.
—Henry Potter brought up a load
of merchandise from Blunt, the first of
the week.
—W. E. Cook and ft. W. Norton
returned. Monday, from a visit to the
city of Blunt.
—Several ladies and gentlemen from
the southeast end of the county were
in town Sunday.
—Clerk of Court H. W. Edgerton
and Postmaster O. W. Lee made Pierre
a business visit Monday.
—R. H. Proud foot and Will H. Cook,
of Spring Creek, made our office a
pleasant business call Monday.
—Jesse M. Spooner. a master me
chanic of Pierre, was in Clifton. Sun
day. He has kind of an ituhing for
some real estate here.
—IT. W." Rowell, of Blunt, was in
Clifton the first of the week, looking
the field over with a view of starting a
saloon and billiard hall.
A. and W. N. Meloon placed
braces under the court house Tuesday,
in order to strengthen it sutticientlv to
hold Sully county's 6,000 pound safe.
—R. T. Whitman, aliout miles
south-east of Clifton, furnished the
Clifton House with soine fine green
corn and onions, the first of the week.
—Messrs. Geo. D. and C. O. Bower,
living just north-west of Clifton, have
put up aliout 150 ('ins of hay. They
returning from near Blunt, Wednesday.
—W. G. Nixon, Cashier of the First
National Bank. Pierre, accompanied by
T. B. Moore, of Boone. Iowa, and W.
N. Baird. of Bloomington. III., were up
looking Clifton over. Wednesday.
—Henry Sehwaegler. residing in the
northwestern part of the county, was in
Clifton Tuesday, and, like all others
who visit the capital, ordered the
WATCHMAN sent to his address.
—L. J. Baldwin, who has lieen
digging a well adjoining the Clifton
town site on the north-west, struck a
ten-inch vein of ice-cold water at a
depth of only 12 feet Oh, no! there
ia no water in Dakota.
—Frank Koch, the gardner and nur
seryman who recently located northeast
of Clil\on, has returned to Winona,
Minn., to purchase and bring out sup
plies for his place. He has already
begun to make improvements.
—The Onida Journal of last week
gets way up on its ear and gnashes its
teeth, so to speak, in impotent rage,
ami just because the WATCHMAN had
it cornered on some of its false accusa
tions and |ositions, and devotes aliout
half its paper to the re-iteration of its
abuae and assertions it cannot prove.
—A shot-gun was prematurely
discharged in the hands of as. Cahili,
Monday, at Henry Potter's general
store, blowing a hole through the front
of the building above the door. A
gun is a dangerous thing, even without
lock, stock or barrel—particularly
when the maternal head of the family
gets after the unruly small-boy with
the ramrod.
—We have recently lieen eating
bread made from Dakota flour, and
must suy it knocks the dough from
anything we have tasted in the bread
line. Ye seniors better half has
given him a rest on the jnxir flour
down in the middle of the sack or at
the liottom, as it may happen, for she
no longer has to get up an excuse for
poor bread.
—C. J. Cavanaugh, a business man
of Chicago, came to Dakota on a visit
in the spring, and was greatly preju
diced against the country, but after
getting here was so well pleased that
he went back to Chicago and closed up
his business and is now here to stay,
located in the lower end of the county.
He also induced eight or ten others o
come buck with him. Accompanied
by his brother, R. A., and a sister, he
visited Clifton, Thursday.
—Whoopee! big Injun! M. M.
Kenny found a genuine Indian scalp
ing knife while coming to Clifton from
his place one and one half miles south
east, last Monday, which may lie seen
at this otHce. The blade is aliout six
indie* long and aliout an inch and a
sixteenth wide next to the handle,
which is of wood and perfectly sound,
though the rivets are rusted out. The
blade is worn down nearly to a point
and there is no telling how much hair
it has -raised." It is ground down to
an edge from one side, only, as we sup
pose the noble red man had found by
long exjK*rience that it removed the
"dandruff" more readily. Henceforth
every man coming into this office must
subscrilie Cor
FCBE W
bald headed.
ATCHMAN or go out
WW" uJl|»WUlJiI!aMlW i
VOLUME I. CLIFTON, SULLY COl'NTY, DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, Im. NUMBER 18.
—.John B. Smith, of Blunt* visited
Clifton, Sunday.
—Geo. H. Pease, of Carson, ma^
us a pleasant call, Saturday.
—Carry the news to Hannal/ that
Clifton is going to have a railroaU.
—Breakers tell us that the ploWig
is now lietter than at any time sin
early in the spring.
—The pump has srrived fbr the
town well, but some of the fixings are
minus, thus causing some delay.
—L. J. Baldwin killed an old rattle
snake and nine young rtttlers just
east of Clifton, Wednesday night.
—Dakota has got on her liest bib
and tucker, so to speak, and invites he
friends East to come and see her.
—Jay Hoover brought in some
green com. Saturday, from the farm of
Chas. McLane, down on the river.
—Frank F. Malcolm took out natur
alization pajiers liefore Clerk of Court
Fdgertan this morning—the first of the
kind Sully county.
—The Cole Bros., of Blunt, have
bought a lot on Madison street, and
have part of the luinlicr oa the ground
for a restaurant 1HX24.
—Beware the rattle snake during
dog-days. He is supposed to be blind,
but can "feel" to bite, and his venom
is unusually poison.
—Judge Ross, of the Clifton House,
has found his missing bird dog, lost
on election day. He is said to lie one
of the beat dogs for chicken* ia the
Territory.
—The Okobojo hns been on "quite a
"high" the past week, swollen by the
heavy rains, but we have heart 1 of no
steainlioats being engulfed in its seeth
ing waters.
—Since March new post-offices have
be^n made in Dakota at the rate of one
a day. and more mail is distributed in
the territory jer capita than in any
state in the Union.
—Richard C. Bunlick, of Fort Sully,
who has been in Clifton for a couple
of days, will soon build on his claim
three miles south-east of town and
move his family thereon.
—Frank Peterson, two miles south
of town, on one of the highest points in
the county, struck a large vein of fine
water, clcar and cold, at a depth, of DO
feet, Monday afternoon.
—A couple were married 111 onr
neighlioring county of Hyde, a few
days ago, the groom going East on a
honey moon trip while the bride re
mained and held down her claftn.
—The first quit claim deed to lie
recorded in Sully county was placed
on the liook by Register Meloon. yes
terday—Mary Minar to Ralph W.
Cavanaugh. piece of property in the
west end of the county.
—Rev. H. A. Barden and wife, re
siding three miles southeast of town,
made us a pleasant call Tuesday after
noon. Mr. B. informed us that, as
soon as suitable rooms can be obtained,
he will hold religious services in this
place.
—The Journal wants us to inform
Commissioner Hoover that Onida -got
there Kli," the 1st inst. Onida didn't
do any such thing. She got badly left.
Potter county did all the ••gettin,T
there that was done, and the Jour' al
is trying to steal the credit for Oniua.
—The first of the week. Postmaster
Lee received a letter from F. Clark, a
shoemaker of Miller, Hand county, ask
ing aliout Clifton and Sully county,
with a view of establishing a shop at
Clifton. The right man will strike a
good thing in.that line right here. It
may lie a little slow at first, but who
ever gets a foot-hold will lie solid.
—Hon. A. W. Ballard, whom we
mentioned as locating on the Okoliojo.
recently, writes back from Montezuma,
Iowa, that aliout Aug. 20th himself,
sons and son-in-law will start for their
new home in Sully with three cars of
horses, wagons, household goods, &c.,
to take up a permanent residence with
us. Welcome, say we all.
—We cannot say that there ia any
railroad scheme in connection with
the visit, but C. C. Pudor, of Winona,
assistant engineer of the C. A N. W.
R. R., was in town, Sunday, and went
on up north from here. Mr. Pudor
is interested in Clifton property. He
was accompanied by Frank Hull, of
Winona, and 1). F. Curler, post-master
of LeBeau.
—A letter front Hon. Newton Ed
monds to B. P. Hoover, acknowledging
the receipt of draft for $22.50 toward
defraying the exjiense of the Huron
convention, says that Sully was the 3rd
county in the Territory to respond.
(•xd for Sully. The opinion that the
Territory will tie divided ami the south
ern half admitted by a year from next
winter, is also expressed.
TT
A Railroad for Clifton!
Sixteen Hen Surveying Down
Okobojo!
The WATCHMAN feels like throwing
up its hat ami hurrahing over the cheer
ing prosjiects for a railroad through
Clifton and Sully county. Wednesday
evening a surveying party under charge
of engineer Jas. M. Raymond and as
sistant A. G. Wither—sixteen men
with seven teams—reached Clifton.
Though the party tried to be as mum
as oysters, during the evening and the
next morning our reporter puttied
from them the fact that the proposed
line is an extension of the Red field
branch of the Chicago & Northwestern.
The surveyors left Redfield and ran the
line nearly north around the head of
bald hills in Faulk county, thence south
west, striking the Okobojo near the
north-east comer of Sully county, and
down the valley via. Clifton to the
Missouri river. The road by this route
would be aliout 110 miles long from
Redfield to Pierre. The surveyor pro
nounces it a very practical and easy
line to build thus far. and though not
prepared to say that it would at once
be constructed on the present survey,
said it was only a question of a very
short time when we would get a road
down through here. What is more en
couraging is the fact that this is the
second survey and that the party is
making a record of both the curves and
grade. The Chicago & Northwestern
has just affected a lease for 00 years of
a piece of ground one mile square on
the west bank of the Missouri, on the
opjio.site si^le from Pierre, of the Sioux
Indians, which looks very much like a
bridge at that point and an extension
of their lines to the Bhck Hills coun
try. Putting "this and that" togetlier,
we feel almost like assuring the iieople
of Sully county that the time is not
long distant ere they may hear the
sereaeh of the locomotive engine rever
lierating among the hills along down
the Okoliojo from Redfield to Pierre to
make a connection at that point Inith
east ami west, and it will lie a happy
day for them.
A Postal Bouts for Clifton.
Arrangements have lieen perfected
which will give Clifton a regular semi
weekly mail from Blunt until Septem
ber. commencing this morning, and a
tri weekly thereafter. Frank A. Lee
has the contract, and will put on a good
covered double spring wagon for the
accommodation of passengers and car
rying light articles. He will leave
Clifton each Wedm
*sday and Saturday
morning, until Septetnlier, returning in
the evening, ami each Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday after that date.
GOOD FOB THE 0IBLS.
Miss Alice and Imogene Russell,
four miles south of Cliftvn, favored us
with some of the finest potatoes of
the season. Tuesday. They are of the
Early Hose variety, large and smoothe,
one of them measuring over a foot
around. They were planted on sod,
the middle of May, and cultivated by
the young ladies in iierson. If there
are any lady or gentlemen agricultur
ists in Dakota, or anywhere else, who
can do better, let us hear fVom them
or the Misses Russell stand recorded
aa "taking the cake."
Turns Up All Bight
Alvin Bla
kmaii,
prool
pi
the man wto ao
suddenly and mysteriously disappeared
aliout two weeks ago, has turned up all
right at his old home in Del Rapids,
Minar county. His father arrived in
Clifton last
Saturday to take charge of
his son's team ami effects, and informs
us that Alvin tieeame homesick and
got up in the night and skipped out
for Blunt to take the train, without irf
fonning any one of his designs.
FINAL PROOF NOTICES.
i.and Office at Huron, August 3, IRtt.
JC.rtlw It hereby gi*en that the following named
Mltl 11an tiled l.i notice .if intention to make
in nupitoit
of
wl'l lie made
utotcljiim
Miller
oof In
Otfli-e at Huron, July 14, 1HH3.
NOTICK ti h«*n*hy
«tv«?n thai the following
h*a
(led
lit*
proof In
Y O. FR08T,
Attorney at Law.
dual
hut claim, ami that »ald
pruot
befoie judge or clerk of court of
lie niyiiea
ivconl
in and for ullv county,«u Tuesday, September &J,
(KKKi, it
Klbert Fort ner, D. S. l-sOi, fur
qurrtcr of section 9, II-I-7U.
the uorlh
the following witneaiM* to
continuous residence
prove hia
u|hiu, and
laud, via:
cultivation of,
aaid
Austin lluiuuu-ll,Okobojo,
ue, Tlioiuaa J.
Kiihraim
iKian,
Kin-
Jaiue* M. tiro.-.*, all taraon.
ti.
B, Akmstkoso,of
Itcgistur.
I.and Office at Huron, August 4 IhtM.
Notice ir hereby given that the following named
settler has tiled notice of hi* intention to utake Anal
proof iu support of hi* claim, and that said proof
will U- made before judge or clerk of
ioui
of record
in and lor Sully cnuuiy, on Tuesday, Septcmlier 2ft,
via: Austin Huuimell, D, S, tilii, fur the soulli
wt»l quarter of suction 4, li -TW.
He Iiaim-s the following wl newMM to prove bia
eotitiuuou* residence upon, and cultivatiod of, Mild
land, via Frauit A.Ui, Wberi C. Fortuer, Kuiiouiu
Kin lie, oi Caraun. Thomas J- Uean, of Okooojo.
axlti ti. ii. AitiiaatiuMU, ltegistwt,
"WpSfi
namcil
notice of Intention to mskt*
iiit)|Kirt
Antl
of hln claim, and that
«*i(l
proof
mailt* UTocv Ihr .IikIw or Clerk of Court of
K'-'''V'I in .ml forStilly oimtv, on Te.i-«lav, S«*p
I«ml4r It, via: Cliailes K. Mi l-aii.', S, &W9.
for N K iMl'»-79. Me
iiamt-n
Mip[Mrt
the following
i iirttve In* continuous resilience upon,
uliivntioii #f, naiil lan l, vl*. K. H. Vimf-ut,
W. Aixlernuii, N. H. Miliar. John Stiikv.
all
of
I'orlSalljr. ti O. B. ARMSTRONG, Pefl»t«r.
Land (HBra at Huron, July 1(1, lilt.
N- TICK it lieiel y given that the followiik liainel
iwitler ha- fi'ixl notii-e of III* Intention to make final
of hi* claim, ami thai *aid proof
will be ncwie Ix-f'ire the Judge or Clerk of Cwirt of
Kevord in ami for Sully i-ounty, on Tuesday, Sep
teintf'
11, vlx
Charle*
A.B
inch, lid.
fur
the W N W HI. S S W .1(1-111-79. He
name* the following wilneHtes to pro*e hit
i-unclnu-
oii* residence upon,and cultivation of, said Intnl. rl*:
,la Vi"ti C. Holme*,
I'atriek
Murphy, Merit Sweny,
.\ll»crt C. Parson*, all of ikoliojo, Sully county.
l^-t C. B. AUJ4.Si UOiNji, Kegiainr.
Land Oficc at Huron, July 14. IMS.
NOTICF I* hereby given that the following named
settler ha* tiled notice of hia Intention to make tlnal
proof support i.f hi» claim, and that «aid prool
will
Iin
«m made before the Judge or Cleric of
Court of Kecord inaud for Sully county,
mi Tuesday, September It, 1MH3, *i«
i'avid Karmr, l. ., tor the K 'X S K
'-i '?*, and N '•. S \V 27-U 1-79. He names the fol
low ng witnesses to p,-ovc his rontinuou* resi
dents- upon, and cultivation of, said laud, ru: N. 11.
Young, A. rownseiul, Kdwanl Sturgin, all of Kort
Sully, and J. (i. Holme*, ol ikobtrfo.
154 i.
B. ARMSTRONG, Register.
Land Office at Huron, August 4, 18.H3.
Notice U hereby given that the following named
aettler ha* filed notice of his intention to make Anal
pr«»of in Mitiport of hi» claim, and that -aid prool
will l»» tna'le lie fore the judge or clerk of court of
record in and for -Villy rouiitv. on Tuesday, S-ptem
l»er i', I vu, via: Thomas J. !ean, S„ i^Vj, the
southeast quarter of sts tioll 4, tl.H-7l.
'J.
He names the following w'tueve* lo prove hia
continuous residence u|«m and cultivation of, aaid
laid, iz Austin lliitiiuiel:, of
Kortner, Jame* M.
Okbojit
Klbert (.
Od«w,
Kphraim Kinne, all of
canon. xxiil O. B. Ammhtkoku, Register.
I-and office at Huron, August 4, I88S.
Notice I* hereby given (hat the following named
aettler has tiled notice of her intention lo make Anal
pr xif in Dtinpnit of li claim, and that said proof
will tie made lefore the Judge Clerk of Court of
R»*-rd in and f.ir Sully
couiior
It, on Tuesdav, Sep­
tember J.\ 1XX3, via Viona F. I.ee, I.S. 1
SAO, for the
north cast quarter of -eeti.iii :t, town 11". range 79.
She iiumes the following wltne-we* prove licr
continuous residence up«jn, und cultivation oi, said
land, vi/: Kltx-rt C. Fortner, .lame* M. tiro**, Kph
raim Kin lie, Frank A. l^-c, ai! of Canon.
xxiil i. H. Aa*JiTKisi, Register.
B. P. Hoorn, H. W. EDOERTOV,
Hoover & Edgerton,
Money Loaned on Final Proofs.
ORR W. LEE,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
CLIFTON, DAKOTA.
OmcB IK PoflTorncs BUTT-DHIO.
T. P. KAHS. W. H.
Kane & Kyne,
Ttaalers in
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
HATS and CAPS,
-AND--
Cents' Furnishing Goods,
Main St, North of Dlckover OUM,
BLUNT, D. T.
The people of ully county are cordially
invited to give us a call when in town.
SCBSCRIBK FOR THE
"W at oh man*
INSURANCE ON FARM PROPERTY.
Improvements made on Tree Claims and Taxes Paid
for Non-Residents.
Collections Made.
PUTS CORRECTED TO LATEST MAILS,
MH. HOOVER, having been a resident of Sully oonntjr fbr seven years, is
familiar with all lands in Sully and Potter counties, ia well prepared to do
locating.
REFERENCE s—FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
AND CiilZEiNS' BANK, OF PIERRE EDMUNDS,HUD
SON & CO., BANKERS, YANKTON, D.T.
FROST & FHOST,
0. C.
CLIFTON, DAKOTA.
Landp Law, Loan and
A
IWTRACT OFFICE.
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Claims Locate#. Abstracts Madq, Loans Negotiate!.
fiaal Fioofs
FROST,
Notary Public.
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