Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-08-14
IN TOWN AND OUT.
Buy machine oil Of FrisbY.
Landlord Bottomley Is in Bismarck.

Landlord bottOmley Is IN Bismarck.
The fields of millet are looking well
since the late rains.
A great many strangers have been IN
town during the week.
Go to H. II. Days. Bismarck, for jew
clrY, watches, repairing, etc.
Miss Jennie smalley has been spending
the week with Mrs. j. A. Cotton.
Sheriff Wade came over from Horse.
head, Monday, returning In the evening.
Mr.. Farrell will move his family to
their new home out on his homestead,
to-day.
School No. /, Williamsport township,
reopened Monday, after two-weeks' va.
cation.
Mr.. E. A. Lilly, Livona's pleasant and
popular cattle man, was visitor to the
county seat, Tuesday.
Samples of new spring styles in Wall
Papers may be had by writing to r. L.
Durant g. CO.., Bismarck.
A contest has been filed by NJ. f. Wal
| drotf on tho southwest quarter of 1915
| 49, the homestead of Thomas Bottomlcy.
The Rev. Woods preached last Sunday
evening in Willlamsport. The Rev.
Griffith delivers the sermon tomorrow
evening.
Attorney Hcrrick is in Bismarck.
whittier lie went to attend the meeting
Of the Legislative committee of this dis
trict He is expected home to-day.
A social party for the maidens and
bachelors Of the Williamsport neighbor-
hood was given last evening by the
Misses Libbic and Ida Kurtz
Charlie Parker and G. j. Higbee, of
the Winchester country, were in town
last week, on their way to Eastern
Dakota to assist through the thrashing
| season.
The Gregory & Smith thrashing ma
chine came down from Burleigh county
Thursday evening, and went to work on
Commissioner Yeatcr's grain Friday
morning.
Merchant Belden, of Steele, was q visi-
tor to Williamsport yestetday, and made
the RECORD brief call The gentleman
feels confident that 1S87--perhaps 49,
will see at least two roads coming from
the south to seek the North Dakota coal.
fields.
Mr.. Willis Harmon. of Gayton, was in
town recently on his way east to look for
thrashing work, and campcd here over
night. He left at the RECORD office four
ears OF corn, two of them u foot in length,
The samples came from the field of Mr.
0. H. Hammond, of Gayton.
Winchester Aug. 9.--Cottage on the
Bcavcr-Untll further notice no more
lady boarders wanted, as the cook has
gone crazy, the proprietors are preparing
to clope shortly after sunset and the cot
tage will be closed for repairs. All on
account Of lady boarders. G. & H., pro-
prictors;
Attorney Armstrong has received let
ter from Mr.. A. II. Watson, of Colum.
biana county, Ohio, making inquiries re-
garding the Williamsport neighborhood.
Lie has made UP his mind to come to EN-
mons County, and asks Mr., A. for advice
as to whether he had better come in the
fall or next spring,
The various bids for Carrying the mail
on the two new routes (Steele to Williams.
port and Willamsport to Buchanan were
sent off to Washington byiast Saturdays
mail. A comparison>>of bids by several
of these competing for the Buchanan
service shows that of Mr.. Wiley Wilson
to be the lowest Of any known bid-$17O
pei year:
Eominissidnct Yeater lost a valuable
sow the other night from very strange
cattse: A lot Of chokecherry pits and
rcfd.e were thrown out to the hogs, and
in the ttlorning one was dead and two
quite sick. The ai1ing ANIMALS recovered.
lowevef. Last SEASON tht thokecherry
leatings were given to the hogs with NO
i'll results What caused the different
effects?
Mr.. John Roop is the possessor of
new buggy, brought down from Bis:
marck yesterday. 1t is tony~looking
vehicle; sure. Johnny has frequent use
for the buggy, and the RECORD congratu:
lates him on the purchase. When
young man buys buggy you may with
perfect safety reach down in the seam of
your trousers pocket, haul out your final
dime and wager ii on the chance of some
parscn getting a job soon thereafter:
As will be seen Iii another column; d
call is issued for County Republican
Convention to choose delegates to Yank-
ton. 1t is signed by only fotir members
OF tic county committee, for this reason
Mr.. Rolfe, formerly of Winchester, the
chairman, is not at present living in the
county; and, as no secretary was chosen;
the only way to call the convention was
by individual action ON the part Of ma
3ority of the members The four signers
of the call constitute that majority; and
their Signatures happened to be first OBJ
taihed. The other members Git they in
lbtsc the action taken, which, Of course,
is necessary and proper) should send au-
thority to the Win6na T'imcs and tie En-:
mons GoHnty Record bid have their,