The Sully County watchman., September 01, 1883, Image 1

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VOLUME I.
OLIFTOlSr
Delegate in Conjrre*H—J. B.
Governor—N. (3. Ordway.
8err«'tary—J. II. Trllnr.
Tmisun-r—W. McVay.
Alilitor—
i loover.
Sheriff—(1. J. Mfllett. Jr.
Treasurer—Charles A^ar.
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TBI STILT COURT! TAW.
Published Kverj Sitortafc
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—BY—
WALTER & (JROPEMilESER,
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$2 Per Year, in Advame.
^OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL,.
Raymond.
Georjct' li. Ordvvav.
Surveyor (tcm-rtd—Cortez a. Fessenden.
Superintrndt-nt of Public Instruction—
W. 11. H. Hi-adlu.
CbW'f JuBtico of Supreme Court—Alonzo
Edgerton.
Associate Justice* of the Suprenu- Court
—Wm. E. J. Church, J. P. Kidder, 8. B.
Iudson.
United States District Attorney—Hugh
J. Campbell.
United States Marshal—Harrison
Allen.
SULLY COUNTY^
Comm i wioners.—G. J. Millctt,
Sr., B. P.
CofoKer—I)r. J. A. Stevens.
Surveyor—William Axldey Jones.
AsseHMor—Orr \V. Lee.
Clerk of Court—II. W. Lrigcrton.
Jui| e of ftobate—Merit Sweeney.
Superintendent of Schoob—David 8ta
»ies.
°f Deeds and Ex-Offlcio County
Clerk. J. A. Meloon.
Justices of the IVsice—Win. P. ROM, G.
X. Everts. P. T. Keilv. D. I). Bryant.
Constables—Henry \V. Spratfue, George
ilowers. t«-o. H. Pease.
CLIFTON HOUSE,
WM. P. ROSS, Proprieor,
CLIFTON, DAKOTA.
First clans acronimcxljitions. Rates rea
sonable. Livery in Connection. 13
JKSSK M. SPOONEI^
Contractor and Builder,
PIEE22, DAKOTA.
Parties who contemplate the erection of
buildings, either in town or country, would
do well to get my figures. Estimates furn
ilhrf' short notice.
Wm. P. ROSS,
A N A E N
CLIFTON, D. T.
Transacts a jjcnrrul Land Business.
Locating a Specialty.
Office at Clifton House. XVi
S. H. NEAL,
Attorneytit-Law, and
Lui, Loan ui kuniN Ageal,
CLIFTON. DAKOTA.
GBAJTT & ROBEBTS, Enron, L. T.
Contests carefully prosecuted. Final
Proofs made. $Si0,000 to Loan on Fi
nal Proofs. Some excellent claims on
aand. i7im
U. P. Itoakyn.
V-
K. h«iHloljh. J. A. White.
EOSSTS, UIB0U1 I Ml
Attorneys and Counselors at Law and
Land &> Loan Agents,
BLUNT. DAKOTA,
'•Vtth offices at Blunt and Huron, are
••npeHallv prepared to do prompt and care
*ul work in Lund mutters before the
J. 8
Lund Office.
800,000
to Loan
iio Sully county Final Proofs. See Uu.'lll
"l)ICK0VER HOUSE*
s. E. DICKOVER, Proprietor,
BLUNT. DAK.
Headquarters for all Stage Lines for the
north and northwest. Good bath rooms
tu connection with house.
THE KIR8T-CI.ASS HITTKI. OK THK TOWH.
ETPTW ESTO V E R~
hi SsUte ui Lou Agist,
BLUNT, DAKOTA.
Final Proofs atteuded to. Lt»cate par
ties on lands in Hughes, Sully, and ad
joining counties. xvi
w. I'rea't. t'. N. I.i kks, *thii-r.
BANK ofBLTJN
BLUNT, DAKOTA.
TAAJFSACT A GKMCKAI. BANKING Busnras.
Refer by permission to Union National
Bank, Uucine, Wis.: Hon. Wm. P. Lyon,
Associate Justice Supreme Court. Madison,
vVia. lion. it. A Mawwell, State Treas
urer of New York. Albany. N. Y. xvi
C. N. HAWLEY & CO..
WtoUaaie and Eatdil D«*i*rsin
facariu. Proiisiaas, Crockery, 61MS-
ware, Cigars and Tobacooi,&o.f
BLUNT, DAKOTA.
By selling good goods at small profits
and bv fair dealing, we hope to merit the
..jifiVfein-e and esteem of our patrons and
triends. Call and see us. augS-y
W&M
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Stalin
_HOME HAPPENINGS.
—Boys, keep out of the melon
patches.
—Final Proofs made by O. W. Lee,
Notary Public.
A couple of Appotnnttryr men killed
an antelope a few days ago, which
dressed a hundred pounds.
—May Belle, Boquet, Flor de West
and other fine brands of Cigars afc the
Clifton House.
—Edwin J. Marstin, midway be
tween Clifton and Blunt, is building a
snug residence—the "half-way house."
—It is reported that the diphtheric
has broken out at Blunt, but we trust
it is a mistake, -for it is a terrible dis
ease.
—We understand that the village
heretofore know as Garfield, up in
Potter county, has changed its name to
Union.
—Bert Wilson arrived here from
Iowa the first of the week, and is now
assisting Jay Hoover in painting B.
P. Hoover's new residence.
—Rev. A. C. Law preached to a
small congregation, Sunday, in lawyer
XeaTs office, and will be with us again
two weeks from to-morrow.
—The following list of letters remain
uncalled for at the ('arson post-office:
Miss Emma Holmes, Hugh Hill, 11.
Axtell and A. H. Klinch.
—Though not exactly dotnpr a "fatirt
office" business, the WATCHMAN is
•proving em up" quite numerously so
far as publication of the notices ex
tend.
—B. P. Hoover has commenced to
move up his household goods from the
western part of the county, and will
soon take possession of his new resi
dence in Clifton.
—A. N. Chandler and wife, Miss
Alice Hickock and Charles Tree, of
Canning, were in Clifton Sunday and
Monday. Mr. Chandler located the
s. w. qr. of 22. 115-79.
—Go to (V W. Lee to get money on
Final Proofs.
—Clifton is apparently on the verge
of a boom." People from both near
home and abroad are awakening to
the fact that our location is excellent
and a good town in the near future
assured.
—W. B. Cook is feeling particularly
good just now, and with reason. On
Tuesday he struck four feet of fine
water at a depth of 24 feet, on his
claim a couple of miles nurtli-west of
Clifton, sec. 32, 115-78.
—While digging the town well and
B. P. Hoover's, at Clifton. j)etrifled
fish, snakus, clams and snails have
been taken out, some of them at a
depth of 70 feet No Egyptian mum
mies have yet been found but are look
ed for momentarily.
—Read the adv. of the mammoth
clothing house of J. J. Stebbins & Co.,
Opera House Block, Blunt This is
one of the finest establishments of the
kind in the west, and for clothing,
furnishing goods, loots, shoes, &e., we
doubt if our readers can do tetter
anywhere.
—Commencing next week the Clif
ton stage will inuke tri-wedkly trips le
tween this place and Blunt-*-Tuesduys,
Thursdays and Saturdays, with good
accommodations for the traveling pub
lic. Both our home people and the
outside world will find this a great ac
commodation, outside of tike mail
trafic.
—The Clifton post-office will now
compare favorably with those of places
much larger. Orr W. Leo, our worthy
P. M., with marked genius and com
mendable taste has arranged a system
of 1h»xc8, 92 in numler, neatly made
of lath mortised together, with glass
front and a delivery window. The of
fice is also provided with all the ntfd
erti appliances, such as a stamp with
the words, ''Clifton, Dakota," with
date between, a balance for weighing
mail, Ac. A neat sign for the guid
ance of strangers also ornaments the
front of the building, the handicraft
of Frank A. Lee, who wields the brush
1 quite artistioaUy-
t&mmt&immip*
Connto
-Money to Loon by O. W. Lee, Clif
ton.
—A fine rain visited this section
again last night
—Smokers, yon ram gfct a ten rent
cigar for five cents at the Clifton House.
—Frank C. Stewart, living 9 miles
south of Clifton, was one of our callers,
Tuesday.
—Geo.
—J. W. Carson, of Carson, has the
thanks of ye senior editor and family
for a couple of large and fine water
melons. We doubt if Mr. Carson ever
had a finer garden back in the old
•Buckeye" state from whence he
came.
—B. F. Brier, a genial gentleman of
the Onida hardware firm, accompanied
by his sister. Miss Emma, paid the
"hub" a visit, Monday. We should l)e
pleased to have more of our neighbors
come over, get acquainted and see for
themselves the merits of Clifton.
-—Next week we shall devote anoth
er page of the WATCHMAN to home
news and ads., aud shall always try to
keep abreast or a little ahead, in a
literary point of view, with the won
derful development of Sully county
in other directions.
—The Onida Journal is getting
most too personal in its allusions.
Last week it said "Mr. Walter, ed
itor of the Sully County Watchman, is
about to o|eu a tailoring establish
ment at Ft. Pierre." While it is true
that our -old man" has contemplated
'opening" a tailo.ing establishment
and getting him a suit of new clothcs.
some dark night he is very sensitive
about any allusion to his wearing ap
parel, no matter how remote, for he
always would -dress up" if he didn't
make a cent. The altove intimation
touches hiin in a tender s|ot and calls
for "blud." It is possible that the
Journal did not mean to le understood
as herein construed, but it is the only
way our Mr. Walter ever expects to
open a tailoring establishment, as he
knows nothing aUxit the business,
but might, perhaps, cut a ^winding
sheet" for the Journal when it finishes
digging its 'newspuperial" grave,
which will be as soon as the final
proof season is over.
CLIFTON, SULLY COUNTY, DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1883
H. Pease and Miss Mabel
Bryant of Carson, were visitors at
Clifton Tuesday evening.
—.Judge M. Sweny was in town
Thursday, and also visited Onida, ac
companied by B. P. Hoover.
—The Board of County Commis
sioners meet at the Court House in
Clifton at 1 o'elock next Monday af
ternoon.
—K. B. Palmer will loan $100,000
on well improved farms in Sully coun
ty. Money on hand. Applications ap
proved at home.
—Just received at the Clifton House,
from Winona, the best five cent cigar
in the West—better than any ten cent
cigar to be found in this section.
—A new hell now invites the board
ers at the Clifton Hotlse and the pulv
lie In general, three times per day, to
partake of the good provender of that
caravansary.
—Those having money to invest
cannot do letter Chan to buy real es
tate and build right here in Clifton.
The way things are shaping we are
Ivound to have a boom at no distant
day.
—Norman Lyons, of section 31,
11^-79. passed through town. Sunday,
on the way to Pierre to market a load
of fine hogs. This is one of the in
dustries that is going to pay big in
southern Dakota.
—Some of the Indiana visiting
Pierre talk through the telephone, but
it makes the instrument fairly hump
itself to produce some of the big wonls.
The red man thinks the Great Spirit
controls the think.
—O. W. Lee will write up your pa
pers and loan you money on final proof.
—Dr. J. A. Sedgwick, of Beadle
county, arrived in Clifton, Tuesday eve
ning. to look after the breaking of tree
claims in this vicinity. The doctor
desires to contract with some one to
break on three or four claims.
—F. W. Howard, of Blunt, was in
town, Monday, to see about proving
up.
—We are pleased to see Harry Butts
around again, alter a severe fit of
sickness.
The Clifton House now boasts some
of the finest brands of cigars to be
had in the market.
—We trust no one will be backward
In coming forward and subscribing for
the WATCHMAN. We'll meet you half
way.
—Prof. L. Henry, principal of the
Brookinge school, has been looking
after his claim north-west of Clifton,
for a day or two.
—John A. Haas, of 115-77, one of
the judges in the coming school elec
tion, was in town, Monday, investigat
ing the matter.
—"An artesian well or China" is the
watchword of Ree Heights. No trouble
in getting a flowing well if your raon
ey holds out
-—R. L. Nichols, of Chicago, a con
tractor and builder now engaged in
erecting the Presbyterian College at
Pierre, visited Clifton on Sunday.
—It would make some of the "sand
hill farmers of the states green with
envy to see the crops of Dakota, and
those grown upon sod at that.
—All kinds of land and other legal
blanks in stock at this office, or neatly
—The Wickton brothers, James B.
and Charles E., who are putting down
the town well and that of B. P. Hoover,
have already dug beteen 300 and 401)
fett this summer. They are not only
excellent well diggers but clever young
men.
--Why smoke a poor cigar when you
can just as well get a good one by
dropping in at the Clifton House officii,
\r-The Cole Brothers have their resi
dence in Clifton so far completed as to
take possession, and on Thursday the
family of I. W. accompanied him up
from Blunt A cordial welcome is
extended to them alL
—The town well is beinff down
fiill size, and we shall soon have an
abundance of good water. The water
is there, as ascertained by boring down,
but the pump not working in the augur
hole, it is now leing dug down.
—Richard C. Fosdick, who is haul
ing the luinler for the Odd Fellows
building, probably takes out the largest
loads ever taken from Blunt. Thun^
day he had on nearly 1,700 feet, over a
thousand of which was Norway pine
weighing over 3,000, two kegs of nails,
dec., making & load of 5,000 pounds.
The "Boss" Hungarian.
C. H. Whitman, on the northeast of
22, a couple of miles southeast of Clif
ton. sent in specimens of Hungarian, on
Wednesday of last week, through the
courtesy of H. H. Butts. It gets up
over anything we have yet seen, stand
ing four feet with heads erect measur
ing 11 inches. It was grown on sod,
but isn't a bit ashamed of itself for that
Mr. Whitman also has some powerful
oats and corn.
Another Hail Soute for Clifton.
As will be seen from the following
official notice from the Department at
Washington, which explains itself.
Clifton is soon to have another mail
route:
SKALLRD PROPOSALS
for carrying the United States mails
from Pierre via Carson to Clifton, 25
miles, two times a week each way, by
a schedule of six hours ninning tinu^
each wa}% from Oct. 1, 1S83, until
June 30,1884. will lie received by the
Postmaster at Clifton until Sept 8,
1883, In all cases the rate per annum
to l»e state*
1 in proposul.
A contract with sureties is requiriM!
to *le executed and IMTSOUS bidding
must be honest ami capable, and nol
less than 21 years old.
No more will be allowed than a fair
and reasonable com[)cnaation for the
service, to be determined by the De
partment.
Postmasters and assistants CftB&ot
bid for such service.
W. Q. GRESIIAM,
14
Postmaster General.
HEW CLOTHINC HOUSE IH BLUNT!
I have been in the CLOTHING BUSINESS for several years and my ex
perience has taught me to BUY GOOD GOODS and sell at reasonable rates.
I intend keeping first-class goods and the CUT and MAKE cannot be
bettered. 1 intend to sell goods at the same prices they were sold at where I
came from—with
ONLY A REASONABLE PROFIT.
I came here to stay and, ask the people to call and examine my goods
and prices before purchasing elsewhere. I always keep a full stock of
Men% Youths' and Boys* Clothing, I ndf rwettr, Collars, Hats, Caps*
Boots Shoes Moves Mittens Ac* Ac.
First door north of Town Site Co Office. 25
IB
V. Q. FROT.
Attorney at Law.
MI Ins
Money Loaned on Final Proofs.
INSURANCE ON FARM PROPERTY.
Improvements made on Tree Claims and Taxes Paid
for Non-Residents.
Collections Made.
PUTS CORRECTED TO LATEST MAILS,
MR. HOOYTSH, having been a resident of Shillv county for seven yean, is
familiar with all lands in Sully and Potter counties, is well prepared to do
locating.
REFERENCE i—FIRST
AND CITIZENS' BANK. OF PIERRE EDMUNDS, HUD
SON & CO.J BANKERS, YANKTON, D. T.
FROST & FROST,
CLIFTON, DAKOTA..
Land, Iiaw» Loan and
ABSTRACT OFFICE.
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Claims Located. Abstracts Made. Loans Negotiated.
MBER 20.
S. T. MORGAN,
(Formerly of Huntiugton, Ind.)
One Price Clothing House!
•T. J. 8TEBBIW8 CO.,
IN OPKRA BLOCK, Lone Tree Avenue,
BLUNT, DAKOTA,
Are now opening the LARGEST STOCK of
Ready-Made Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Boot8 & Shoes* Hats & Caps,
Gents' Furnishing Goods in endless variety and at Bottom Prices,
SQUARE DEALING.
B. P. HOOVER, H. W. EDOBRTOM,
BLl'NT, DAKOTA.
to te found West of Winona.
LOOK AT OUR PRICES:—Full Suits for 3, 4 and 5 dollars each suit.
Better Suits for ti, 7, 8 and 9 dollars each. Best suits $10 and upwards.
Overcoats, from $1.50, $5.00, $10.00 and upwards.
Hoover & Edgerton,
NATIONAL BANK,
C. C. FRO«T.
Notary Public.
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