Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-07-24
IN TOWN AND OUT.
Buy machine oil of Frisby.

Buy machine oil of Frisby
The new Potatoes are sprouting badly
Ask Frisby for quotations on lead ant
DIR. Petit went up to the Capital City
Monday.
Northern Pacific preferred stock in New
York. Wednesday, 59g.
Go to II. II. Days, Bismarck, for Jew
elry, watches, repairing, etc.
Frisby will give $500 for any case o
catarrh which his Catarrh Cure will no
cure.
MIR. Cordncr, Of the Sterling neighbor
hood, was Il visitor to Williamsport las
week.
There will be IL two weeks vacation o
the schools in Williamsporl township
beginning Monday next.
Farmer Kelly and Landlord Bottomlc,
arc absent on IL visit to Steele, Sterling
and other points in Kiddcr and b !rlclgl
counties.
Messrs. Smith, Winnings and Adams
OF Clayton, passed through town last weel
on their way to the big harvest fields OF
Eastern Dakota.
| The publisher of the RECORD wants tt
raise some money for Immediate use, and
we would like to have those indebted tt
us make Il settlement
Stanley de Queitcville has moved his
house nearer Leonard du lIcaumc's. Til.
| boys have also fenced, jointly, a pasture
field around the two houses.
Captain Cotton Landlord Boltomley
Mcssrs. Rnop, Packer, Hicks. w. Hawkes.
and }. B. Brock were among the visitors
to Bismarck since last issue.
The three Baker brothers and William
| Albright departed this week for Brown
county, their former home, to harvest
crops on their land in that region.
[ = Mrs. E A. Kccbler, with her two sons
and nephew, from Philadelphia, ar;
rived ut her new home near Williamsport
this week, and +. A. is himself again"
We are informed that the contest case
of Dickson VS.. Dickcy, involving owner
ship Of II claim adjoining the tnwnsite,
has been decided in favor Of the former
Railroad rumors come so thick and
fast that they cannot be successfully
rounded up. Nothing but Il double track
rumor would attract attention nowadays
Eldcr Brown breaches ut Wlliamsport
Tomorrow Immediately after Sabbath
school, and Mr.. Worst at s o'clock p. m.
MIR. Brown will also preach at Winchcs-
ter in the afternoon.
The RECORD desires to state, now that
many OF our exchanges are publishing po.
litical announcements, that we will print
brief notices of this class from first pub
lication until the day of election (or until
the meeting of either county convention,
II prcferrcd) for the low price OF S..
1t is hardly necessary to call the ;ttcn.
tion of our citizens to the fact that the
drug house of Dunn e. Co., opposite the
Sheridan House, Bismarck, keeps on
hand at all times large stock of fresh
and pure drugs, which will be sold 1T the
lowest market prices. Give them 4 call
and be convinced of the fact.
Philip Alexander has received notice
that his pension will he increased from
81 to RG por month. We ure glad to
hear Of this increase The republic can
not do too much for the old pensioners
who stood by her when she needed help.
Mr. Armstrong was the attorney. or agent,
in the case. and. Us usual, did the work
in prompt and satisfactory manner.
Saturday night July II, the first baby
born within the limits of Williamsport
town appeared upon the scene. Of course,
N the surrounding country there are
Dakota =boru babies 'to throw at the
birds j. hut this is, the only little chap
that has first opened its eyes on 15-135-76.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Anderson are the happy
"proprictors,' 1t (or, ratnor, shc) is a
bright eyed. chubby little miss, and
"tipned the beam Of the scales at nine
pounds.
There is squabble between the Senate
and House over the bill repeating the pre-.
cmption, timbcrrcaim and dcscrt-land
lava. The House passed the bill and
sent it to the Senate. The Senate
amended it and returned it to the House.
The latter would not concurlp IN the amend
ments made by the "Housc of Lords"
and conference committees were ap-
pointed. EARLY this week the House
conferrees reported that they could come
to no agreement. \ further conference
was ordered. 1t is predicted by Washing
ton correspondents that the prc-emption
and timber culture laws will not be re-
pealcd this session,
The party of surveyors who have been
locating line for the Ord~ay, Bismarck
y Northwestern company (belicvcd to be
the Northwcstern) were at work Thurs
day evening about ten miles southwest of
Bismarck, when they received orders to
return to point ten miles this side of
Ordway, where the survey began, and
run the line to Ordway. Fred. Cotton,
j. G. Dwycr and Ed. Farmer are with the
party, and go down to ONlway. Two of
Capt. Cotton's teams have boen engaged
by Col, Richards, and viii depart with
the surveyors this morning, AS soon as
the lower ton miles Of the limo arc located
the outfit starts northwest again to "cross.
sccti0n,' or set grade stakes 1t is as.
serted by the surveyors that the graders
will Immediately follow.
A gentleman by the name Of Moulson,
who lives in LII Mourc county, was in
town this week, looking for team and
driver to work on his place during har-
vest and thrashing. He has some 500
acres Of wheat, which, he stated, will
yield good half crop, at least. Mr..
Moulson is a very intelligent man, and lie
made many inquiries as to the prospect
for an unlimited yield of coal.from the
mines Of the Missouri Slope. On being
asked if he did not believe the shortness
of the crops this year would postpone
railroad building, he said No, sir not
by any means. The chief object in build.
ing roads from Central Dakota to Bis
marck and beyond is to tap the coal
fields. The eastern and middle portions
of Central Dakota are looking toward
those fields with longing eyes. You peo.
pie here, within few miles of the Mis-
souri, river, can hardly understand the
trouble and expenses that the people of
sections south and southeast of here are
PEELED to haul coal fifty to seventy five
miles, from some railroad station, and
then pay high prices for it, at that. We
need railroads tO the Oorth hWnct ronol,