Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-09-04
IN TOWN AND OUT.

The County Commissioners meet Mon
day
The Fort Rice reservation is being sur
veyed at last.
Mr.. Worst will preach next Sunday, di-
rectly after Sabbath-school.
Go to II. H. Days, Bismarck, for jew
elry. watches, repairing, etc.
Mr.. s. E. Brindlc's wheat thrashed
fourteen bushels to the acre.
The government surveyors are at work
on 234-77, and will finish this week
The RECORD family moved out on their
homestead, northeast Of town, Tuesday.
Winter wheat sowcd by farmers near
Blunt, Oak, maturcd before the drought.
Captain Cotton's teams have returned
to their railroad work in Central Dakota.
Frisby will give $100 for any case of
catarrh which his CEtarrh Cure will not
cure.
w. s. Casselman is ut Hawley, Mimi,
with his team, doing work on the rail
road.
Attorney Herrick returned = ,.sday
from Winona, where he had been s legal
business.
People should be careful to sec that
tircbreaks are made secure around hay
and straw stacks.
The Misses Anne NJ Scott and Sarah
Thornton returned to Bismarck Thurs
day with Mr.. J. B. Brock.
Mrs. w. l.. Ycatcr was confined to her
bed during part of this week by rheuma-
tism, but is able to be up again.
A frost Monday night killed the vines
in some places. while at other points not
far distant no damage was DONE
During SIX days recently Mrs. S. E.
Coover shot six hawks-all on the wing
at that Pretty good score for lady.
Mr. S. E. Wood has one of the finest
melon patches of the neighborhood
The RECORD knows whereof it speaks.
Miss Stella Edick has been visiting
during week past with Miss Annie NJ.
Scott at the latter's farm south of town.
Mr.. U. S. Shelly will be out within Il
week. 1t is said lie intends to put men
at work this fall digging for coal on his
land.
Journal "NIiss Bessie McNlcl, a favor
ite teacher in Bismarck, has gone to
Fargo to take position III the schools of
that city,"
party OF young men, among whom IS
II. S. Lockton, arc going to the DEVILS
Lake country with their teams to work
on the railroad.
The Republican convention for the Sc
lection of two delegates to the conven-
ton at Yankton will meet next Monday
at the county seat.
Mr.. Smith, the insurance agent, is in
town, having come up from the south to
adjust the losses to crops by hail out IN
Cherry Grove township.
Republican primary at Williamsport
this evening, from 5 to 7 o'clock to
choose five delegates to the convention
which meets here Monday.
One of Capt. Cotton's teams ran away
recently, smashing up his moving
machine as badly as though it had been
hired out for a couple of weeks.
We are informed that Will Campbell
and Will Packer failed to find the trails
they wanted, the night of the party, and
had to return aud wait for daylight.
The Republicans of Logan township
will meet this evening at Schoolhouse
No. 1 to choose five delegates TO Mondays 9
convention. Hours 5 to o'clock.
Mr.. w. Hawkes. went up to Bismarck
Tuesday to meet his uncle, who has just
come out from Virginia, and who will
make his future home in the Williamsport
neighbOrhood.
Commissioner Yeatcr has his new stouo
basement about completed. If perfect
spot exists IN all the reg ion round about
for "toasting ones shins' on q cold
winter day, that basement is the place,
II is both roomy and we'll lighted.
Many Of our young team-owners are
about to depart to the railroad-bulding
regions. Of course they want to hear
from home regularly. By calling at this
office or sending us notice, each one will
have the paper sent to his new address.
We want our Democratic fellow-citizens
to understand that, while the RECORD is
Republican In politics, it is all the same
q newspapers and that any item of in
terest concerning things political from a
Democratic source will be cheerful]y
published.
Mr.. Woodmansc, the Steele livery.
man, was in town yesterday He has
a sub contract to carry the Steele.
Williamsport mail, and came down to
lock over the route. He was accompa.
MED by Mr.. John Lloyd, of Steele, who
will have charge of the line.
Several young men of the neighbcr-
hood are, we learn, about to start down
into Central Dakota with their teams to
look for railroad work. Will the Ellen
dale Commercial and Leola Northwest bt
so kind us to give the preseut status OF
the railroad-labor market in their re-
spective localities?
It is hardly necessary to call the atter