Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1884-07-18
IN TouN AND OUT.

Breaking is still being vigorously
pushed all throgh the county.
There will be special meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners next
Monday.
The first barley harvested in this neigh
borhood was that Of Attorney Armstrong,
which was cut last Tuesday.
The Ellcndalc-B Bismarck stage line is
now running promptly. We should have
a tri-weekly service to Bismarck.
y Mr.. Tallmagc, recently from Cleveland,
Ohio, has put in fine band of cattle
on the river near William Badgers.
Mr.. Bumstead is now at home, and the
locating Of settlers in the Beaver Creek
valley is receiving his entire attention.
Miss Mary, the long suffering daughter
Of County Assessor Taipe, still remains
very low at her parents residence. near
town.
Mr.. A. Logan, the wcll-known Bismarck
grocer, came down yesterday. He in
tends to locate stock ranch in Emmons
county.
t/Among the fields of fine grain in this
vicinity there is none looking better than
that put in by Mr.. ]. H, Worst on Mr.. N.
Gauger's land
1T was reported in Bismarck Wcdncs-
day that John Hackett, son of former
mayor of that place, had been hanged for
horse-stealing. :
Attention is called to the advertisement
of the well-known wholesale grocery
house of Bragg, Smith & Co.. Bismarck,
on fourth page.
The Bismarck Journal says the Ellen
dale stage should run by t'Lakeview. :"
Where is "Lakeview, and why should
the line run by that point?
Quite a number of cattle have been
driven into Emmons county lately In
two years every acre of hilly land within
our borders will be occupied by herds.
Mr.. Albert G. Davis, of Lawrence,
Mass, was among the land-huntcrs who
came down into Emmons during the past
week. He will probably settle near town.
In the early part of this week Mr.. W.
S. Cassclman, near Bismarck, had his
splendid gray team stolen. At last ac-
counts large party of citizens were in
pursuit of the thieves.
The RECORD building has been finished,
in q "carpenterial' way, and the Office is
now quite comfortable and cozy !. The
work was done and we'll done : by
Messrs Campbell & Son.
The petition for increased mail facilities
is still in the hands of Postmaster Arm
strong. Those. who have not signed it
should do so at once, as it will soon be
forwarded to Washington.
!, At the election yesterday in the Will
iamsport school township the vote was
unanimously in favor of issuing bonds in
the sum of $4,000 for the purpose of
building two school-houscs.
The Western House, Bismarck, under
the management of Messrs. O'Donnell &
Huber, is now as pleasant andlcomfort-
able hotel as one need desire. See adj
vertisement on fourth page.
Mr.. E. ]. Clifford, of Bismarck, paid us
a visit recently. He came down the river
and through the Beaver Creek neighbor.
hood. He is enthusiastic in his praise of
Emmons county in general and the Will.
Transport neighborhood in particular
Now that Emmons is becoming quite a
cattle county, would it not be we'll for
herd-owners to publish their brands in
the RECORD? A "steer engraving can
be obtained at little expense, and the
brands reproduced on the wooden block.
Attorney Herrick, who has just returned
from trip to Bismarck, via the Menokcn
neighborhood, says that, while all the
grain is looking finely, Mr.. Thomas Kel-
ly's oat-feld, near Williamsport "shows
| up" in better shape than any other he
! saw on his route.
The RECORD recently received visit
from Judge A. d. Gray of Bismarck, DIR.
=. Taylor, of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. w.
E. Waite. of Northern Illinois. These
gentlemen were well pleased with the
crop outlook and with the country gen
orally around Williamsport.
County Treasurer Joseph N. Roop has
the honor of having brought down from
Bismarck the first harvester for use in
this neighborhood. The machine is a
Buckeye" (and SO, by the way, is Mr..
! Roop). It was purchased from Mcssrs.
Van Houten Bros. & Little, of the me-
tropolis.
| The RECORD man had the good fortune
last Wednesday to ride from the Glencoe
lsneighborhood to Bismarck behind team
belonging to Mr.. Robilou's livery stable
at the Capital; and if, as we hear, his
| stock ail show up as we'll as tile team re-
ferred to, his customers can have no
cause of complaint.
The settlers living between Williumsport
and the Missouri can best serve their own
interests by shipping the lumber and