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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
OUR BISMARCK DIRECTORY,


I>HE FOLLOWING BISMARCK BUSINESS
i firms and individuals by their advertisements
are assisting in the maintenance of a paper de.
they should be remembered bV her ct;zensy y wa hnr
visiting the Capital i'll quest of professional SER
Ices ss or for the p:,rchase Y Of goods:
back d Wright. Harvey Harris, Garland G. Hull
c. N. Hunt, NJ: J; Edeerly, John A. stoyeii
BanksnCaptal National, Bismarck National
Mellon Bros
Boots and Shoes-J. II. Marshall.
Boot and Shoe Maker-Wm. H. Trumbull.
Cigars, Tobacco and Confectionery -Edick Bros
Alfred Cressy. james Holland.
coal"Wm. NJ. Ipye,ss. Pye, sr.
Drugs-Dunn & Co., Parker & Parkes, Frank
Frisby.
Dry Goods--Wm. NJ. Pye, Jr.
Dry Goods and Millinery---H. R. Mead & Co.
Flour Mill-Russell, Miller & Co.
General Observation-Disclosures g. Son.
Grocers-Hunt d Foster, A. r. Macnider. John
Yegeli, Bushman & Co., Balm Bros.
Guns, Ammunition, Etc-D. A. Tyler.
MMoorhouse, Joseph Hare u Co., Van Houten
Bros. u Little.
Harness, Saddles, Etc;-M. Wick.
Hotels-George w. Elders International, Ban.
ner House, Pacific Hotel.
Laundry--Third and Rosser Street Laundry,
Livery-Malloy y Stoyell.
Lumber-JoLn +. Hoagand, Weaver Lumber
Co, Gull River Lumber Co.
Meat Market, Groceries and Provisions-Geo.
Guasner.
Money to Loan-H. w. Bringhurst, Missouri
Valley Land Mortgage Company. J. II. Gage.
News Dealers, Stationers Confectioners and Te.
baeconists--Frank j Mason.
Photographer-L. D. Judkins.
Physicans-Louis G. Petit. F. d. Kendrick.
Sewing Machines--J. Brady.
stationery, Etc--R. L. Durant q Co.
Tailors and Gents Furnishing Goods-Dahl
Bros.
Watches, Jewelry, silverware, Wall Paper,
Mirrors, Etc.-C. H: Phelps.
Watchmakers and Jewelers-E. L. Strauss u
Bro II. II. Day.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
The Birthday Party.

Owing to the blizzard of Tuesday night
the attendance at Landlord Bottomley' s
party was not so large as it would other
wise have been but those who attended
seemed to enjoy themselves thoroughly.
Excellent music WAS furnished by Messrs.
Whittier and .Kilbern, and some of the
older "boys" entertained the company
with some dancing steps of eye olden
time"
After the party bountiful supper was
served at the Emmons House, to which
all did ample justice.
Those who attended the entertainment
united in wishing their host many happy
returns of the day so pleasantly cele
brated.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27

Treasurer Stevenson's residence, near
Glencoe. Mr.. Herrlck accompanied Mr..
Stevenson on his tax-collecting trip down
the river.
Mcssrs. r. d., Avon and Joe Walker.
j. M. Trlmcl, L. Buckley, II. II. This
tlethwaite, John Dwyer, and Charles
Kilbern, of Walker City and Cherry
Grove. were IN town last week, to attend
the party given by Landlord Bottomley.
When the committee of the taxpayers
alliance appeared before the County
Board at the January meeting it was
stated by Mr.. John Parker that, under
recent decision of the Supreme Court,
counties where no court is held are not
entitled to the services of county attor-
ney. Correspondence with Bismarck law
yers develops the fact that no such de-
cislon has been rendered; iu fact, no
question OF the kind has been brought be-
fore the Supreme Court.
The Dwight Farm and Land company
is the heaviest ax-payer in Steele county.
The companys taxes for this year amount
to $2,212, on railroad lands situated in
towns 147 and 148, range 81; and, not
wilhstanding the decision of the Supreme
Court in the Traill County case, the com
pauy has signitied its Intention Of paying
its taxes.-I Hope Pioneer. This is being
! generally done by Emmons County hold
ers of real estate, both from public spirit
and knowledge that it will do much TO
settle titles
Editor Dcvan, of the Campbell County
Courier, recently went East on visit,
and il was charged with matrimonial IN
tent. But he returned alone, giving as
an excuse that glance at his pocket
book, containing II railroad pass and Il
pool check. dishcarened him. 1t would
seem that the reason given is not suf1l-
ccnt !; that his unfortunate financial
condition made it still more necessary
that hc should bring out a wife. And IL
young Dakota editor, under the p rcssure
of an adverse financial fate, might be sat
| lstied with II 500, 900, or even u $4,000,
girl Your excuse is not valid, young
man.
When the stage came in, Monday u
large bundle was carefully lifted out by
Billy Murphy, the driver, who carried 1t
in and Icndcrly leaned it against chair
near the postofficc stove: As it stood,
rigid and erect. with nothing but its
beautiful and digniiied countenance Wis
ibe, every one U'6ugiA it was a statue of
Apollo. or orJupitcr, and wondered by
what @sthYtic citizen il had been ordered
So life-likc was it that some mischievous
urcbins waiting for the mail to be dis
tributcd went so far even rs to poke their
fingers in its eyes, to see if it could
wink After the object had thawed
out however, its wraps were taken off,
when it was discovered to be Judge
Dougherty, just returned from trip to
the Capital.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
Glencoe.
Correspondence of the RECORD.

GLENCOE JAM 25.
Sleighing immense in this locality.
Mr.. E. G. Taylor has just returned
from visit to his parents in Missouri.
E. O. says he wouldn't live in Missouri if
he was paid for 1t, when he can live SO
much more comfortably in Dakota.
l am Informed that a grand hop took
place at the County Line Hotel on
Wednesday evening of last week. Quite
an interesting time is reported. AIcssrs.
Smith and Brown furnished the music.
ANON,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
The Best and Cheapest.

The Northwestern Farmer and Breeder,
Fargo Dakota (now in it's fourth Year,. tho best
agricultural and stock paper in the Northwest,
has temporarily reduced its price to fifty cents a
year, to more thoroughly introduce it throughout
the country. 1t also offers free TO every sub
scrber, until May 81 1885, ffy cents worth Of
fresh garden, flower and field seeds. from the
catalogue of the northern seed-grower, +. N.
Lang Baraboo, Wis. This isa most liberal offer,
for The Northwestern Farmer is now enlarged in
size and improved III many respects. 1t is print
ed on fine book paper, beautifully illustrated,
and gives twenty pages of interesting andinstruc-
tive reading especially adapted to farmers in this
section. Sample copies free. Address Edward
A. Webb, publisher, Fargo, Dakota.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
Walker City.

WALKER C1TY, Jan. rs.
Mr.. Asa Casselman is now on his claim
Mrs. F. D. Walker was quite sick a
part of last week.
There will be dance in the school.
house next Wednesday evening. JAN e.
A pleasant time is anticipated.
Messrs H. A. Armstrong and w. A.
Hicks came over from Williamsport last
Saturday and took back two loads of hay.
Mr. John A. Casselman lost one of his
horses last week. He had driven it to
Steele few days before, and it took sick
soon after his return. This leaves John
without a team. HANLAN
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
No Rehearsal Necessary.

Brother Douglas says there is talk in
Winona of forming dramatic club, and
he kindly offers himself as a doer of the
heavy-tragedy business. Better take up
"Ten Nights in Barroom" first, George
then the company would be saved the
trouble of attending rehearsals.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
Proposals for Ferry.

NOTICE is hereby given that proposals will be
INreceived.a at the office of the County Clerk Of
Emmons County, Territory of Dakota, up to 6
O'Clock p. M, Monday, March /, 1886, for the
ferry privilege between Winopa, Emmons
County, d: T., and Fort Yates, Boreman County,
y. T., for the term of three years, commencing
Saturday, May /, 1885. Payments to be made
annually in advance on the first Monday in April
in each year. Right reserved to reject any and
all bids. THOMAS PARKS,
County Clerk, Emmons County, D. 4.
Williamsport, January 8, 1886.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
EMM0NS HOUSE
Williamsport, D. T.
THOMAS BoTToMlEY.

The proprietor desires to inform land
seekers, hunting parties and the public
generally that at this hotel they can find
conf Portable accommodations at reason
able rates. Those desiring to locate
claims or those visiting the county seat
on business will find every attention paid
to their comfort at the Emmons House.
There are good stable accommodation ms
IN connection with the hotel
At the bar may be found good wines,
liquors and cigars, and the attention of
the travelling and visiting public is di-
rected to this department.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27

The RE CORD is the only paper de-
voted exclusively to the interests of
f mmOns County, and has a county
circulation five times as large rs
any other paper published in e m.
mons. As the ltECOR ID circulates i'm
all sections of this County, and as
every dollar expended for goods by
our citizens must of necessity go to
bismarck. the columns of this paper
are an excellent medium through
which the M ere hants of that city can
reach the residents of this portion
of the Missouri Slope.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
.POSTPONEMENT.
Of the Dramatic Entertain men,

Owing to the abnormal amount of anti
caloric floating around loosely in the
atmosphere, last Thursday evening, the
celebrated drama entitled "Dick Turpin,"
which was to have been given by the
Williamsport Dramatic Club, was post
poned. Thursday evening, Feb. II, is the
date upon which the entertainment will
take place, and it is unnecessary to state
that there will be full house. The Rec
ORD but voices the sentiments of every
one when it says that those public
spirited and progressive young people
who have formed and conducted the Read
ing Circle. the Wllliamsport Choir, and
now the Dramatic Club, deserve the
thanks of the whole neighborhood, for
there is nothing which so conduces to at
tract desirable class of immigrants as
a knowledge that in their new home they
will find no cause to mourn a lack of
those mental and social enjeyments which
make life worth the living.
But, while perusing the above digres-
sion, dear reader, don't lose sight of the
main fact, which is that on the evening
of Thursday, in the month of February,
in the primal year of the reign of Sparks
the First, 1t will be shown at the Williams
port school-house how that noted Anglo
Saxon road-agent, R. Turpin, Esq, was
wont to 'do up" the blue blooded people
of old Albion with neatness and dis
patch" Followingis
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
COUNTY NEWS.
LivOna.
of the RECORD.

ltECUKD.
LIvoNA, Jan. 2s.
Items at present are hard to find in this
quiet community.
G. G. Livingston and Henry Baker
were principals in horse-trade the other
day.
Mr.. Beaudry and wife and Mr.. G. G..
Livingston and family visited at Mr.. John
Wlld last Sabbath. ANOvIL.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27

Billy Margach made the RECORD a call
Yesterday on his way to Camp Shields.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27

Mrs. w. V. Wade and Miss Nina Smith
returned Monday from their visit to the
river region.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
SOCLAL,

On Saturday evening, January 80, 1886,
at the Williamsport School-House, given
by the Temperance Society. 49, EVERY
BODY INVITED !!
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
l'ROGRAM

Music.
Readiuy.
Charades and Tableaux.
Recitation.
Music.
Supper.
And then
Social.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-27

5MONEY nt once Than anything else III Amerlca.
Both sexes of all ages can live at home and work
In spare time, or all the timo Capital not re-
iquired we will start you. Immense pay for
those who start at once. STINsoN & Co., Pub
lishers, Portland, Maine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-04
PERSONAL AID LITERARY.


Mrs. Gowanda Mohawk, OF
Auburn, claims the distinction of being
the only redskin on the American
stage.-M y Mail.
james Redpath says that John 3.
Cough has lectured oftener, longer.
and refused more offers of engagements
than any other man who ever lived.
Ex-senator David r. Atchison.
who was elected Presiden: pro tenn. of
the Senate on the death Of Vice-Presi-
dent King in 1855 is still living in Mis-
souri.-Sf. Louis Pest.
Miss Nellie Hobson, of WalliBg-
ford, Conn.,, has been offered four
thousand dollars a year as an art
teacher in Christian College in North
ern India, but declined the offer
Hartford Post.
"A remark able feature of the golden
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
Vansickle was the presence of six
brothers and sisters of the aged groom
who were at the original wedding fifty
years ago. Such an unbroken family
record is rarely met with.-Ns0toS IN.
~ Register.
Mr.. w. II. Vanderbilt, only a shors
time before his death. spoke about his
health, saying that he thought that IT
he passed the age Of sixty-iive he would
live twsnty years longer. He seemed
to have an idea that that was critical
period, turning point, in his Family
1ongeyity.-BostOn Budget.
Mr.. Philip d. Armour. of Chicago,
is fifty years old, and was originally
from Watertown, n. Y, whence ne
went to California in 1S49. During the
war ne made moderate fortune in
grain at Milwaukee. He now employs
5000 men. and in 1884 exported $780,
0OG. 600 worth of food products.-CAi-
cago Journal.
When Mr. Julian Hawthorne, tho
novelist, was student in Harvard Col
lege, John c. Heenar was his instructor
in athletics. and Hawthorne took SO
kindly to this sort of training that
Heenan used to say to him: ''1f you'll
put yourself under my care I'll guar
antee that in less than two years You
cam lick any man in America. "-HGrt-
ford COurdnt.
Joseph Jefferson Grip Van
Winklc") b, with his family, has gone to
his new home on Orange Island, in
New Iberia Parish, Louisiana. where he
has purchased lands. built houses and
has hundreds Of orange trees bearing
fruit 1t is said that after this season
he will retire permanently from the
stage and spend the remainder of his
life in the enjoyment of his new home.
N Y Sun.
We close with the trust that when
the corroding tooth of time shall har-
row us no more and the tangiing per-
plexitics of life shall no longer harass
the soul. when We all shall gather our
selves together and surrender to the
black banner of death. may the COM
fort of life well spent and the con-
seriousness of duty performed usher us
into grander realities, where the re-
frain of angels is hushcd in the song of
eterniiy.-EHyay (Ga.) Curriers' Ne,o
Editors Salatatory.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-04
CHASTITY PLEAsANTRY.
A Theme of Conversation Which Il Not
Joking Subject.

A Theme of Conversation Which Il Not &
Joking Subject.
There is one very careless habit of q
great many excellent married people.
How often we hear man joke his wife
about getting married second time,
or wife perpetrate the same sort Of
CHASTITY pleasantly at the expense OF
her husband. They would not do il
if they were to stop and think but q
moment. Did you ever hear wife
Joke about the death of her child, OF
her mother, or her brother, sister OF
father? No, no. But society is run
ming over with those who joke about
the death of their husbands. 1t is the
most thoughtless sort Of humor ever
invented. 1t is trifling with the most
serious subject on earth. We decry
irreverent passages in q play or q
public address. 1t makes the blood
Chill to see rude hands laid on that
which is sacred. Love is sacred, mar
rage is sacred, death is awful. The
one ever-painful thought to those who
are happily we'd is that death comes at
last to take one away and leave the
other lonely survivor. Conceive,
then. the hideous tlippancy of that
wife's conversation who speculates in
Jest as to her successor. What violence
does husband do precious thing
when he in mis- Imagination
jumps over the grave of his
wife and dances like clown
into the arena of widowerhood, readp
for another matrimonial enterprisey
The world takes the proper view Of
this subject when it demands that the
widows CT its heroes shall remain con-
slant until they themselves shall be
taken away, and that there shall be no
invader ON consecrated field. This
natural sentiment Of the human heart
found expression among the Hindoos
in the custom of burning the wife after
the death of the husband. This fixes
the relationship between the two ire
vocably, and that is the exact intention
of the custom. 1t would hardly do to
burn the widows of this country, for
they are generally well behaved and
duly respectful to the memory of their
deceased husbands. If there ought to
be any burning up in this line it ought
70 be OF the widowers, especially the
older ones who are so suddenly reju-
venated when loosed from the matri-
monial tether. No human creature is
the butt of so much ridicule, the object
of so much raillery behind the scenes
in those very circles he seeks to pene-
trate and bear off victim, as that
giddy person known as the marrying
widower of ripe age. 1t is only when
he is fortified with gold, and silver,
and precious stones that fair youthful
womankind smiles and surrenders. He
is then accepted as speculation
Chicago Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-04
Burmese History.

The history of the first Burmese war
is curiously rendered in the chronicles
of the Burmese Kings. These author-
tiles DECLARE that some sixty years ago
white strangers from the West ventured
to dispute with the Lord Of the Golden
Palace. They came in ships, capturing
Rangoon and Prone, and because the
Lord of the Golden Palace, in his pious
adherence Of taking life. made no
preparations to oppose them, they
reached Yandaboo. By then, however.
they had spent vast sums Of treasure.
and their resources were exhausted.
leaving them in great distress. But the
Burmese sovereign in answer to their
prayers mercifully helped them, giving
them money for their return, and only
ordering them to leave the country.
Why they did not comply with the gra-
cious request, the veracious chronicles
saith not.-N 7. Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-04
EDUCATlON.
Its Success Dependent upon Strict Atten-
ton to Details.

It's success dependent upon Strict Atten-
ton to Details.
If we are to make any proper esti-
mate of the effect OF education-the
best educatiOn-upon success we must
carefully make distinction which is
constantly overlooked. Some years
ago, the son OF a college professor
came out of college at the age of
twenty. The father found the boy q
place in wholesale and retail coal
business. The boy began life as a yard
clerk. He stood at the gate and
checked off the wagon loads rs they
passed out II, had risen at the end of
five years to the best salary and most
trusted Office in 4 large business. Why
did he succeed? A great deal must be
set down to the credit OF the boys
character. He was not ashamed
TO fill the lowest place; he filled it
well. He was industrious, persistent,
courageous. Something else entered
into the account. His father set him
up in business with some good advice.
He said to his boy: Remember that
you are to learn the coal business from
the beginning to the end of it. Not
simply how this or that detail is man.
aged, but how every detail is managed.
Not simply details but general facts. l
have given you general education;
60 to work and get special educa-
ton. l believe l have qualified you
to learn the coal business. Learn it
all of it. When you have gotten the
business by heart you will have .
fortune in your head. Money will
seek your alliance. You will be in DO
mand."
The point of this incident is plain
enough. The general education needs
in every case to be supplemented by
special education. After the mental
and moral drill of the college comes
the special drill of a calling. 1t mat
tiers little what the calling is. Much
unwise writing is eXtant to confuse
young men about the Importance of a
choice of pursuits. The average man
need spend no long time in this choos-
ing. No matter what he chooses, he
will succeed if he thoroughly masters
it. and he will not succeed unless he
masters it. There are all sorts of ex-
ceptions; but this is the rule. If man
is to do anything well he must learn to
do it, thoroughly master its principles
and method. Christian at Work.