Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1884-07-25
IN TOWN AND OUT.
Judge Dougherty returned last evening
from trip to Bismarck. 5.5p Y

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The personal property assessment of
the "yearling' county of Emmons is
$4,000.
LThe RECORD now owns "a fiery. un.
tanned" ETC., and the publisher will her e.
after journey as a cavalryman.
Lost-About a week ago, on Broad
street-A white silk handkerchief. If
found, please leave at this office.
1t is now said that there is no chance
for the recovery of George Gibbs the
man shot by Ansley in Bismarck several
weeks since. The physicians say he
must soon die. l..
The plat of the town of Winchester
was filed at the office of the Register of
Deeds Tuesday. The gentlemen making
the. filing were Charles H. Bumstead and
Squire B. Rolfe. .
AIR. Peter Farrell, Ct ef1Bis Bismarck, formerly
'of DesMoines, Iowa, arrived in Williams
port last evening after three-days' trip
through this county. He thinks of set
tling in Emmons.
On tile 10Th of last August Mr.. Walker,
of Walker City, settled in his present.
place of residence. He informs us that
at that time there was no one within eight
miles of him, and now there are some 200.
Mr.. H. ]. Blaine, recently from Glen
dive, M. T., but formerly of Iowa, and
Mr-AlbtFt Rofick, from Wolsey, D.
T., called at the RECORD office Wednes-
day. They will settle in the Walker City
neighborhood.
1t is said that from Winchester clear
through to Ellendale there is quite good:
wagon trail. From here to Winchester
there is a plain road. AS the Beaver
Greek town is but little, if any, ont of the
way, it might be a good idea for the
stage to try that route. )
The people in the Winchester neigh.
borhood will not, hereafter, be compelled
to leave home when they want to swear.
Mr.. Bumstead has received his commits
sion as notary public, and will do up the
IS -help-me" business in his neighbor-
hood with neatness and dispatch.
Mrs. George E. Reed, wife of Bismarck s
City Treasurer, arrived in Williamsport
yesterday, and isstopplng at the Emmons
House. George has property interests in
this vicinity, but his friends here have
long and vainly awaited visit from him.
Now he'll be down in less than week.
A monster jaw, supposed to have been
once the property6f mastedon, has
been found on the Little Missouri, and is
now on exhibition at Deadwood- One of
the teeth is eight inches long and weighs
three pounds. Exchange. Perhaps some,
Bismarck lawyer has perished in the Bad
Lands. tG 4:
The RECORD desires correspondence
from every section of Emmons county.
We promise to keep the people thor
oughly posted as to miscellaneous county
matters, proceedings of the board OF
commissioners, etc., and we want every
section to be represented in the local news
columns of the paper. -
kMessrs A. P. Edick G. Fl. Edick, Trui--
man Redington, and Master Johnnie
Edick drove up to the RECORD Office this
morning on theirsway to the Goose Lake
neighborhood;w d;where they will most likely
destroy everything that flies, from snipe
to turkey buzzard, and everything that
runs from bnffalo to- gopher. They were
"foaded for bar"
Messrs. Rolfe, Bumstead, and Gillett,
the Beaver Creek boomers, were in Will
Transport Tuesday, and made the RECORD
a friendly call. These gentlemen are
working energetically for their section,
and we wish them prosperity. The Rec
ORD, as its name implies. is county pa,
per, and desires to see every portion Of
the county prosper. a
The harvest time has come. Soon the
song of the reaper amounted on self
binder) will be heard as he (or, rather, the
elf-binder) 'tcuts the bearded grain at a
breath, and the flowers that grow be.
tween. - Therel We finally succeeded in
producing the quotation which we have
been keeping for harvest. But may belt
is not correct. The introduction of farm
machinery has played the. deuce with .fag-
.ricultural poetry"
Mr.. II. D.; Connor, the popular young
grocer and dry goods merchant, was made
happy yesterday by the arrival of his sis
ter, Miss Edna F. Connor, from his old
home at Henniker. N. II. The REcoRD
extends a hearty welcome to the lady.
We can assure her that although she
may find this new country not yet SO well
provided with the comforts and conve-
tniences as the old Granite State, she can
feel assured Of meeting with kindly re.
.ception from all our people.
Commissioner Whitney is in Bismarck.
For a long time he had been threatening
to show "the boys" that. he could walk to
the capital. He started afoot but per-
haps he has been playing the game Of the
so-called Harriman--riding most Of the
way, and only walking into the principal
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