Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1884-07-30
IN TOWN IND OUT.

IN TOWN IND OUT.
Dan Williams left for Bismarck last
Friday. and has not yet returned.
Mr.. J. 81. Worst is now the happy pos.
SCISSOR Of fine we'll Of soft water.
The Misses Taipe and Edick went to
Bismarck Sunday and returned Monday.
Next Saturday Miss Bessie McN,el will
go to Bismarck. to be absent three or four
days.
Mrs. C. Madison. Of Bismarck, has been
visiting Miss Bessie +McNiel during the
past fortnight.
On every meadow the mowers are at
work. and the sleek and growing herds
look on approvingly.
Mr.. Boutillieris absent at Bismarck, en-
gagged in harvesting his grain in the vi
cinity of the metropolis.
Mr.. Mittlestedter returned last week
from Steele. Messra. w. A. Hicks and
Harry Jefferson are still employed in that
neighborhood.
If you want to see what Dakota can do
in the way Of millet, call at the RECORD
office and see some samples taken from
Mr.. Boutillier's field.
Mr.. F. d. Walker informs US that Miss
Fannie Crawford, of Walker City, has
shout thirty acres of ground broken.
The young lady has done well.
Messrs. Yeater & Kurtz intend running
their harvester day and night until their
large grain fields are bare. They will
have the friendly aid OF the moon.
Messrs. Campbell and Rupert have
been engaged the past few days in putting
up hay. They have adopted the old
adage, make hay while the sun shines"
A man living ON Long Lake creek,
about nine miles from Williamsport, had
his shack broken open and robbed during
his absence last week. A pair of blankets
and some provisions were taken. -.
And still the work goes on! Coroner
Hodgkinson has been making improve
ments by putting additions to his house.
With = comfortable house and good
well of water, Mr.. H will live like king.
Our thanks are hereby rendered to Mrs.
il. L. .Boutillier for basketful Of fine
vegetables, and also to M. Ed Csmpbell
for . lot Of those large white .radishes.
Some Of the latter were three inches In
diameter: 1.SS,.ay
Albert Robinson, located on the south
half Of section 4, township 1876, range rs,
Is erecting q fine dwelling house. Mr..
Robinson believes in taking some COM
fort along with the discomforts necessa-
,rily attending pioneer Afe.
II is really too bad that we cannot hav e
enough rainfall in Dakota. All there
has been SO far this month is as follows.
according to Postmaster AEmJtrong's
record: It rained on Jnlyl1j j2J8J4, 8, II,
IL, Is, H. 18. 10, a, %, 81. 2s, and %. =.
The Williamsport young folks are talk
ing of having another. party, and are
threatening to. take possession of the
Campbell mansion for that purpose. Ed.
says it will be all right, but he wants
time enough to sweep out before their
arrival
To enable subscribers to get their pa
pers when they call for their Thursday q
mail, and to send each issue promptly to
outside patrons, the RECORD will here.
after be published every Wednesday
morning before the departure. Of the stage
for Bismarck.
Mr.. Andrew Hansen, located on the
northeast quarter of section 80, in the
township east of Williamsport was in
town Sunday morning. Mr.. Hansen is
one Of the fortunate men who settle il
the west, being blest with the compan
ionshlp Of wife and child.
A man named George H. Root who
had been driving on the Bismarck and
Fort Yates stage line for some, two
months, was killed last Friday by being
thrown from his vehicle while racing with
farmers outfit which tried to pass hin
ON the road. He was about so years Of
age.
A sure thing: Any energetic man will
$500 who will leave his home in the states
and come to Dakota can, II he eyinces the
sanae enterprising spirit here, in five year,
have, in land and personal property
more than as many thousand. This, too
with little discomfort and the blessings Of
good health and independence.
Mr.. Henry Bergey, located on section
8, in the township southwest Of Williams
port, has new house in process Of con
struction. From reports it will be both
substantial and commodious. Mr.. Bergey
is one of the few settlers who have expe
rienced difficulty in securing water by
digging for it, one well having to be
abandoned on account of hre-damp.
Mr.. Ira Young, located on the northeast
quarter Of section %, in the township
south of Williamsport, is at present EN-
ployed by Mr.. Walker Robinson, who ii
putting up hay for Mr.. A. P. Smith. Mr