Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1884-09-24
IN I'OJYN IND OUT.

Judge Dougherty Is in Bismarck.
And still we have rain-rain-rain.
Frank Frisby, Druggist. Bismarck.
Treasurer Roop was in town yesterday.
Try Frisby's Liver Pills for all bilious
troubles.
Miss BeSsie Tape visited the Capital
during the week.
Frisby sells cottage paints at $1.15 per
gallon. Warranted.
Thomas Kelly visited Bismarck last
Monday, and is still there.
Don't suffer with Corns when FrIsby
will cure you for Is cents.
Send all orders for sewing machines,
needles, oils and repairs to j. Brady, Bis
marck, D. T.
Constable Ed Campbell has been suffer-
ing severely from toothache during the
past few davs.
Mr.. H. D. Connor has purchased the
team of horses formerly owned by Mr..
Truman Redington.
Mr.. Duncan McGillis was in Williams
port Monday. He paid the RECORD office
u visit and subscribed for the paper.
Thrashers are now at work on the 800
acres of grain raised by Yeater g. Kurtz
on the farm of Shelley g. Briggs, south of
town.
Treasurer Roop's teams have finished
hauling sheaf wheat from the Long claim
to the Roop farm, where the grain will
be thrashcd.
Messrs w. A. Beegle, of West Virginia,
and X. Ullum, of Bismarck, were in town
yesterday. The former gentleman will
locate in this vicinity in the spring.
Mr.. W. B. Halsted went to Bismarck
Monday for the purpose of proving up
on his claim west of town. Mrs Halsted
accompanied him on the visit to the me-
tropolis.
County Treasurer Roop is now u Fed
eral oftice-holder and a legitimate object
OF attack for territorial politicians. His
commission as postmaster of the town of
Roop has arrived.
Mr.. J. A. Robinson came down from
Bismarck few days ago, and is busily at
work putting up comfortable and sub
stantial house for Miss Jennie Smalley on
her claim, near town.
Dan Williams has returned from the
Menoken neighborhood, where he re-
mained several days on business connected
with the estate of the late George Gibbs
OF which he is executor.
Miss K. Brady, Bismarck, has con-
stantly on hand the largest assortment of
Millinery Goods west of Chicago. All
orders promptly attended to. Main street.
between First and Second.
D. W. Blake, dealer in dry goods and
notions, Banner block, Bismarck, has
just received full stock of fall and win
ter goods. Citizens of Emmons County
when visiting the Capital would do we'll
to give Mr.. Blake CALL
commissioners Yeater and Whitney
State that the corn of Mr.. Wesley Baker,
of the Livona ncig ghborhood, is the finest
they have seen in Emmons county. 1t is
OF the Rec (or ''squaw'') variety, and will
yield about 40 bushels per acre.
1.-THE Willlamsport Sabbath school last
Sunday elected the following officers for
the ensuing six months: Superintendent,
j. H. Worst assistant superintendent, H.
A. Armstrong; secretary, Miss Ella
Yeater; treasurer, r. E. Brock librarian,
r. s. Whitney; Chorister, ID. r. Rupert.
Commissioners Yeater and Whitney
speak enthusiastically of the hospitable
treatment shown them during their visit
to the river region last week. Especially
was this the case at the residence of Cap
tain William Badger, and at Mr.. Wesley
Bakers, where the commissioners spent
the night. .
Mrs. George Walker and Commissioner
Yeater supplied the RECORD with some
first-class vegetables this week, and Mr..
Savage brought us couple of mammoth
watermelons from the Roop plantation.
For late Bismarck papers we are indebted
to Mrs. J. A. Robinson and Messss. Thos.
Kelly, II. A. Armstrong, and Geo. Walker.
panu Williams informs the RECORD
that Commissioner James B. Gayton was
the first Register of Deeds in North Da-
kota. He was appointed Register of the
| region then embraced in Todd county by
Governor William Jayne, and his COM
mission bears date July IA, 1862 twenty.
two years ago. The document is signed
by James Hutchinson as secretary.
Last week Mr.. Charles Parker, of Win.
chester, with five wagons loaded with
household goods, passed through Will.
transport on their way to the Beaver
Creek region. Mr.. Parker's father went
down to Winchester by different route,
having with him some. valuable live
stock. The Parkers are going into farm.
ing and stock-raising on a large scale.
During his trip to attend the recent
letting of bridge-building contracts,
Judge Dougherty killed large prairie
wolf. The animal was shot from the
Judges buggy while both the horse and
wolf were on run. The hide, which
now graces in spread-eagle fashion the
door of Mr.. Dougherty's stable, is COM
pletely peppered with No. 8 shot holes.
The thrashing machine belonging to
Messrs. Gregory & Smith came down
from Bur1eigh county Saturday, and
Monday went to work on George Walk
cr's oats. The grain is very clean and
the yield good. The straw is also in first.
class condition for feed. If we are not
mistaken, Mr.. Walkers grain is the first
which has been thrashed in Emmons
county-unless, perhaps, in the older.
settled neighborhood around Glencoe.
Saturday last Constable Campbell re.
turned from Steele, whittier he went to
secure Fred johnson, who had been ar
rested for the alleged theft of a horse be.
longing to A. P. ROrick, Of the Goose
Lake neighborhood. The hearing took
place Monday before Squire Kurtz, H.
A. Armstrong appearing for the defense
and f. d. Walker for the prosecution.
The case was continued until Saturday
to enable the defendant to procure wit.