Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1885-10-07
as the latter have more influence than
words on those looking for homes in .

words on those looking for homes in .
new country. -
~''1 was never exactly buried alive, said
an old clerk recounting his experience !;
"but once worked . week in q store tn at
did not advertise. When came out my
head was almost as white a. you now see
it. Solitary confinement did it."'-[Ex.
shlppers state that the Duluth market
shows Of lato from one to two cents bet,
ter figures for North Dakota wheat than
Minneapolis. and that larger proportion
Is graded No. hard there. More of the
crop will be sent there than ever before
lex. :.
The Governor staff at the encampment
at Fargo is largely made up of editors.
and some OF them ride al II they had
never been on horse before. alarming
their friends lest they tumble off and
Globe.
Mr.. s, F. Christy informs us. that re.
Gently he discovered a gopher "granary'
in his stAbble field. and took therefrom
. bushol and = half of potatoes and =
IS though It had Just come from the
thrasher,
Wheat touched rs cents in Bismarck
farmcs should not be in hurry to sell.
Wheat will be higher whether there is
war in Europe or not There is not nearly
as much good wheat in the country as
has been supposed. --[Tribuue. Sept. 20.
Charles Barr, wife and two children,
Henry Maxwell and Roy Howe recently
arrived at Winchsster from Cadillac,
Mich. All teamed it across the country
except Mrs. Barr and the children. who
finished the journey from St. Paul by rail.
They are much pleased with the country
Sheriff Wade was in town Monday and
Tuesday, talking over Jail matters. with
Gilbert the only prisoner in the Burleigh
County bastile, and his trial not to come
OIL until spring. no wonder our sheriff
thought the time had come when it was
absolutely necessary that Jail should be
built
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Fetter and little
Clyde, of R0op, visited Williamsport last
Saturday. Mr.. Fctter called at the Rec
ORD office and ayailed himself Of our new
scheme by which we furnish that sterling
agricultural paper, the American Farmer,
free. to those paying in advance for the
RECORD.
II Mr.. Wallace Petrie aud his sister ar.
rived at Winchester on the 22d ult, and the
lady took charge of the schooLan the
Wednesday following, withaeleyen schol-
ars: Mr.. Petric has ,returnedsf for, stock.
and will bring back large supply Of
fruits and honey. with which he proposes
to supply the people Of Winchester.
In letter from Mr.. Luclus Byington,
an Emmons County landowner, residing
at Ella, Pepin county, Wis, that gentle
man says; Crops are not very good here
this year. and great many are talking Of
goiRRg west in the sRriqE Send them
can get land, for nothing and raise good
crops here.
In letter just received from Mr.. E. J.
Superintendent Worst, and owner of land
| near this place. that gentleman says ''If
nothing happens. will leave Davenport
| on Oct for months vacation in EN-
mons county, and will probably arrive 1T
my destination by the Thursday follow,
ing"
A trip around Bismarck will soon con.
vince one that the city is not dead nor
even sleeping. New buildings are going
up on every hand and hundreds of trees
I have been planted that now show to the
best possible advantage. Real estate is
picking up and many transfers are being
quietly made, and the feeling is growing
that Bismarck is certain to be great
city, Journal.
Major Edwards in the Fargo Argus ::
As Itheard some one express 1t the other
day in conversation: "Td rather be q
tank tender on one Of the North Dakota
railroads than o station master on one of
those shunting lines down south, where
they have only train once week during
the winter, aud think they are doing big
things when they have one every other
day during the busy season."