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

has been to secure connection with both
the up and down stages of the river line,
so that mails between Williamsport and
points on the river below Livona may
pass IN one day. This is the first step in
a possible complete system of mail SER
vice throughout the county. By the cs-
tablishment of an office on Horschcad
Prairie, and connection made there by
the Winchester line, the latter place
would also be put in close communica-
ton with the rest of the county. 1t is a
mistaken idea, we are informed, that the
Bismarck Office will not recommend the
establishment of an office at Horsehcad
because there is no Democrat there to
take charge of it, On the contrary, we
have been told by citizen of Williams
port who convcrscd with Mr.. Slattery
regarding it that the Bismarck postmaster
would indorse al application for an office
at Horsehead.
If the people of Horsehead Valley and
Winchester would take action, the former
COuIN olNuIO OllllC, dllu CLC ldUJCl,
by changing their mail line to that Office,
more rapid communication with the out
side world. But under our new mail ia
cilitics, the situation is much improved.
A letter mailed at Winchester, say on
Tuesday morning, directed TO the county
seat, will reach Williamsport Wednesday,
evening; and Il reply would leave here
Friday morning, reaching Winchester
Saturday. -.
AS to the Transport line, we
believe little work is all that Is ncccs-
sary TO have il run down through the
thicklv settled country south or south
west of town, and on to Winchester
Petitions to this effect should be signed
and forwarded by Winchester and Will
iamsport people and those living between
the two places.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-09-04
EIlvOna Items.
Correspondence of the RECORD.

Correspondence of the RECORD. Sept 9,
Mrs. Livingston paid IL visit to Mrs.
Bcaudry yesterday.
Harvest is over here but there is not a
big crop by any means.
School will commence on Monday for
two months with Mrs. w. j. Kelley as
teacher.
One of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Bakers
twins was taken quite sick last Friday,
but is better now.
Messrs. Stouder and Potter, of Win
chester, called ats Livona, Monday, on
their way to Bismarck.
A school meeting at G. C. Livlngston's
was the occasion of choosing Wesley
Baker as moderator of Buroak school.
Devils Gulch bridge is ready for travel.
Mr.. Archambault has done good work in
repairing it. He is now going to repair
the other two.
E. A. Lilly has gone on business trip
to Hoskins, Mcintosh county, in conncc-
ton with the railroad crossing his land
there. We hope it will make boom for
Mr.. Lilly. .. ANov1L.
FOR SALE.
A good yoke of oxen, eight years old,
weighing 3, 750 pounds, with harness and
wagon. Terms cash. Delivered here or
at Steele Apply at this Office.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-09-04
A Bad Speculation.

A number Of the wcalthier farmers of
Deuel. county, this territory, would not
sell their wheat for rs cents last fall, but
stored it to wait for 81 in the spring.
Wheat there is now worth 6s cents, and
they are unhappy One farmer who sold
his wheat for 10 cents bought some of the
same lot from tile elevator for seed at 60
cents.-[Ex.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-09-04
Knilr0ad News.

Glendale Commercial 1T is now ap-
parent that the large Chicago railway
corporations which have obtained foot
hold in North Dakota are dead set for
Bismarck, the national capital. The de-
vclopments Of the past few days place
this fact beyond question, especially as
regards the Chicago, Milwaukee g. St.
Paul and the Rock Island lines. The
Milwaukee has already graded the Ips-
wich branch northward through McPher-
son county to the boundary of Mcintosh
county, and will penetrate the Beaver
Creek valley fifteen miles west of Hos
kins. The Rock Island is grading both
ways from Hoskins, and will build to
that town by Jan. 1. Neither company
is likely to build its road to Bismarck
until next year
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-09-04
Married wemen and Homes,cads.

Married Women and Homestcads.
Another wonderful recent ruling of
Commissioner Sparks holds that single
woman who makes u Homestead entry
and subsequently marries before conplet.
ing the same forfets her right to aequlre
title to the land. Copp says, "iIis ruling
lie opposed to tho spirit Of the age, and
denies the eommon-law doctrine of aom-.
ems property rights, and we believe it
will not bs sustained by Secretary Lamar"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-09-04

Samples Of new spring styles in Wall
Papers may be had by writing to r. L..
Durant s. Co., Bismarck.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13

Mrs. James Brown R0r'sl' ) sds,o.
York. and her friends, have eai"' ,,.nt h
900 in private theatricals, anu ,o e pp-
for charitable purposes. It : ng' esps
posed to build a handsome ll'' nd at-
cially for private theatfl'a \. ,t O. CON-
Giles Of incorporation OF a Jql' IN be fled
pany with $4,000 caplia q,s "r wealthy
IN Albany ii a few days. 49,. 'l's . ussaI
society leaders have asl i've architect
most the entire stock, f y, cony, \
ofthis city, and the Nes 9 !, dcsignIn
London, are now engaged Interested
the plans. Among those per1 4. Hirf
tn, 4 project 2ss,. ar' ~ si Joseph n' 1''
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13
AS the World Goes.

OF some Washington matters, before
theclose Of last year, we have the follow
ing from correspondent
The fercest struggle was over the
Foreign Affairs Committee, and Repre-
sentative Belmont, who is generally
spoken Of as the ''son Of his father,
came out ahead Of the old Pennsylvania
"Wa Governor" Representative Cur
tin. Mr.. Belmont has chung to the com
mittee ever since his experience with
Mr. Blaine. He is a few years older
now, and probably triAe wiser He is
a good-looking young man, about thirty
four, but has a much yourger appear
ance, and a certain air OF style that will
make him an ornamental chairman. For
some reason he did not marry Miss
Langdon to whom he was said to be en-
gagged last year, and he still keeps his
bachelor establishment III his handsome
house on Rhode Island avenue. On
Wednesday evening. the day before the
committees were announced, the LOYAL
Legion gave banquet at the Arlington.
Governor Curtin made the speech of
the occasion, clever and sparkling with
wit. He knew that Mr.. Belmont had
superseded him in the Speakers atfec-
tons, and had gotten the Craftsmanship
away from him. There is no doubt that
he felt it keenly, but his spirits rose
above the bitterness of disappointment.
He was brilliant and never more enter
taing, beginning his speech by saying
he supposed he was called the war gov
ernor" because he remained safely at
home and didn't 80 to the war" He has
charming family-wite and daughter.
The magnificent dark eyes of the latter
are beauty enough for one woman.
Miss Curtin is superior girl, quite a
revelation, and, though much in society,
is distinctive from the average society
young woman. In a. social way, the
Foreign Affairs Comqittee will lose
much by the putting aside of Mr.. Cur
tin, and in fitness for the duties of
chairman will gain nothing in Mr.. Bel
mont.
Watches with cases composed of two
half-crowns are now given as presents to
children in London Behold a use for
the dollar of our ancestors
Tiny Japanese fans like those which
Nup \ nm NVnoru, -. MAJ.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13

nha.zt
sioner Of labor statistics. H. u; sonn''-
picture below in his report Of a tbs 1 ne
less creatures who have no otheron,I slP-
than to work unto death for n oau''R
How many helpless children st,r,. ,4S
die, we wonder, under the care ! "'u
famished mothers: " 'u'll
! inadvertently entered a room a. !.
attic floor Of wretched old rookeu ON
Hester street and found myself IN tbs
midst o. a number Of cloak-nak4r,
The room was possibly ten feet so,,rs
The ceiling was low and sIantnd ,sJ
It's only source Of light was through t54
DeSrimed panes of glass of small gab.
window opening out on to the roof Il
these cramped quarters were six vom,
and tour sewing machines. Piled upa
the floor were stacks OF eloaks ready 10
be put together. The air was stiaiDg IA
one not acellmated to a temperature well
up III the nineties, and odoriferous with
sewer gases. The women were scanHy
clad, their hair was unkempt and their
pale, abject countenances, as they bent
over their work, formed a picture Of
physical suffering and want that | Ger
tainly have never seen before, and trust
that may never be again compelled 70
look upon. They were Workings il
driven by some unseen power; but when
| learned that they unable to earn but |
fifty cents for sixteen (and perhaps
more) hours labor per day, it needed no
further investigation to convince me that
the unseen power was The necessity Of
bread for Their own and thel chlldrenS
mouths. The style and quality Of me
cloaks upon which these women we're"
work was the latest and best Inc,
were lined with quilted silk Or satin ana
trimmed with seal-skin or otheF VAP'4
sive material, and found ready sale
the largest retail stores Of the city ''nY .n
SIS to SIS each. Two Of these ", v1't te
could manage, by long hours 4'a n,
most diligent application, to turn o .,,s,.
cloak per day, and the price they ,, ,,or.
ed from the contractor, or mo''
erlv, sweater, was $3.50 apiece
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13

Tiny Japanese fans like those which
Yum Yum wears m herhair have become
tavolite ornaments in London. They
are pretty and easily adjusted by skillfuI
fingers, but, like everything else Japa-
nese' they look best on small persons
and are to be avoided by the tall and
slender. The ideal Yum Yum is Of 4
size to be carried off under the arm Of the
Archbishop Of Titpu; "all others are
counterfeit.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13
What Women Are Doing

MID Logan 10 ettlN w PO'SSo~ Wy ~
/ the finest collections of brie-a-brac and
valuable historical relies in Washington.
Maharanee Snrnomoyic, a generous
Hindu lady in Calcutta, has given $75,-
600 to found Hall of residence for ma
tive women students of medicine. The
government has contributed ground for
the building.
A bill is to be introduced in the House
ito pension the widow Of DR.. Pavy, the
surgeon of the Greedy expedition. lie
had a quarrel with Greedy and resigned
his place, but remained with the eXpedi-
ton and was one of those who died at
Cape Sabine, # the bill is reported it
may provoke discussion Of Lieutenant
Greely's claims TO recognition. Mrs.
Pavy is writing out her husband $ diary,
which is in shorthand, tor the 1@7h
Amo7cQu Rc1ezy 1t will probably re-
vive the unfortunate talk about the ex-
.pedition.
At Secretary Mannings pink dinner
on Tuesday, the centre of the solid ma.
hogony table was Il blooming bed of
pink tulips. Pretty pink tapers with
pink shades cleaned in the tall Candida
bra. Each lady received a small wicker
basket filed with Catharine Mermot
roses and tied with broad pink SATIN
ribbon. The dainty rooms and the
arched openings between were decorat-
ed with blooming carnations and gera-
NUNS. Mrs. Manning received her
guests in splendid toilet, with train and
bodice OF claret velvet and wrinkled
front OF pale blue brocade and cascades
of Mechlin lace. She was assisted by
Mrs. Fryer, her sister-in-aw, who wore
a becoming toilet of pink silk and tulle,
with crystal lace and irrdescent passe-
mcnteries.
Miss Love having been heralded
through the country so unplesantly as
the fanccc Of The President every one
has been most anxious to meet and see
her, Miss Love is to all appearances
well past forty, with wavy yellow hair,
drawn at either side of her forehead.
Her eyes are blue-gray, and her feat
ures rather good. She is tall, and at the
german wore white brocade and satin,
with much lace. She manages fan
gracefully, and IS clever and quick in
conversation. She is a woman Of indie
pendent means and has travelled and
UOnR 1t hnr ,,,il1 o.1 Al
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13

Watches with cases composed of two
half-crowns are now given as presents to
children in London, Behold use for
the dollar of our ancestors
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-25
Farm MnfAl.

IT is best to water plants IN the
evening. Make q few holes around the
plant so as to allow the water to run
down to its roots.
KEEP young chickens growing steadi-
"; do not feed them too much at q
time, but feed them often, and with
good nourishing food.
A THOROUGH and iudiciously cult
waited soil, even without the use OF
fertilizers, will outwear by many years
a poorly cultivated one.
DO not feed breeding sows very
largely on grain. They may be kept
in good condition, but it should be
done by more bulky or partially green
food.
The following are said to be the
symptoms of hog cholera: Dropping
ears, low-hanging head, diarrhpa,
vomiting, rapid breath and an aver
sion TO light.
THE digestive organs of swine are
easily disarranged under our artificial
system OF breeding. There is no farm
animal more clearly IN it's food natuT-
ally than the hog.
WHERE the fences ere to be ma or
where made and are to be repaired,
let grass be sown both along the
FEM s and the roadside, the ground
being first PREF 9red.
SWEET potatoes grow best on sandy
soil. II is useless TO attempt to grow
them on heavy soils, for while they
will sometimes give a fair yield they
will be lacking in quality.
THOSE using brooders should exer-
cise great care about getting them too
warm; the heated and relaxed chicken
rms out into the cold air and gets
inflammation of the lungs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-25
A Wise Girl.


From the providence journal.
They grow plucky girls out in
Pawtucket; very plucky girls. Three
% them have been passing their vaca-
ton on a farm in Adamsville They
took q walk the other day which led
them through q pasture, cross-cut;
and the pasture, as the young ladies
discovered after they hadgot well into
it, was occupied largely by q goaU--a
Billy-goat at that. One Of the party
wore a red Jersey, and when the goat
saw it he charged for 1t. The wall was
81 considerable distance off, and the
goat overlook his intended victim be-
fore she realized what was up. But
self-possession did not desert her.
She turned nimbly to onesideto avoid
the shock and then she grabbed Mr..
Goat by his horns and bending over
him and holding him at arms length
she slowly backed toward the nearest
wall. The goat followed her for a
moment with his eyes, when she let 90
of him and nimbly scaled the wall,
but he had not word to say.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-25
Wanted-5OO Caavassers.

We want 500 canvassers for the WEEK
LY WISCONSIN and premiums.
There are 1000 towns and villages in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota, where
from IS to 500 can be made canvassing
for the WISCONSIN with our premiums. To
any person who will send US 81 we will send
free sample OF our premiums:
THE UNEXPECTED QUESTION.
PORTRAIT OF GEN. GRANT.
PORTRAIT OF CLEVELAND AND BRIDE.
ONE Book.
Copy OF WEEKLY WISCONSIN.
Together with terms to canvassers by
which the above sums may be made with a
little time spent in canvassing. The premi
urns are worth S. after the work is fn-
ished.
Send 81 for the premiums and circular
of instructions. Canyassers will not be re-
stricted to one town, but should state the
territory which they wish to canvass in
their letter OF application. Youwill be very
much surprised when you receive the terms
that so much can be given for so little
money. Young men and young women can
make money at this. Address
NRAsfER, AIKENs & CRAMER,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-25
A Brave Southern Boy.

From the Athens {Ga.) Banner
We We're riding with Capt. Carlton
the other day, and asked him if JIM
my billiard, OF Oglethorpe. did not be-
long to the Troupe Artillery. Eyes,
and a Drawer or better soldier did
not enter the Confederate service. He
was mere stripping when he joined my
company, but he was as cool and col
iected IN battle as one OF Napoleon 8
Old Guard. You know, Jimmy Dlllard
was raised very pious boy, and he
led in the army as devout q life as II
he were at home, but he could face
death with the same calm demeanor
as he could enter church.
Gettysburg was the hottest place |
was ever in, and my battery bore a
conspicuous part in the great fight.
AT one time We werel left in a most try
ing position, exposed to a cross-hre,
and my men and horses were moved
like grain IN harvest field. 1t was at
this juncture that an English officer,
who had been sent here by his govern
ment to watch the American war, rode
by In a hasty retreat out OF danger.
AS he passed my battery there sat
astride one OF my guns, facing the enc
my and detiantly waving a tattered
flag, Jimmy billiard, and he was so
youthful q soldier and so cool and I'M
concerned that the English officer,
struck with admiration at such gal
lantry, halted and asked the little fell
low if he was not afraid of being killed.
"Oh, no. was the reply, Mars Bob
Lee ordered me here, and I'm not
afraid to 90 anywhere he says
''In his report to the war depart
ment at home he mentioned this Incl
dent and commented upon it. 1t was
taken up by the press and created con
siderable discussion. Gems. Long
street, Hampton, and other Confeder-
ate officers, after the war, were prepar-
ing q history of certain battles and To-
Gated this incident in Haskell's bat
terry. | at once wrote to them and
had it corrected, as the young hero
was authenticity traced to Jimmy
billiard +"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-25
(HAPIER VI



THE CATTLE KINGS FRIEND.
Jasper James had too long been among
the dangers of the mountains and plains Of
the far West to tremble over his capture by
the mountain bandits.
He ceolly looked around him, and en-
deavored to ascertain his surroundings.
pretty ending for al! my boosted caution
and va1or TO walk deliberately into the
lions den in this ridiculous style. No use
crying over past blunders. The question
now is, how am | to get out2'
The heavy, convict-like chain about his
ankle was securely locked and welded to a
large staple III the rock. The darkness that
| surrounded him was almost impenetrable,
but by feeling he discovered, near the rocky
wall, soft skin of some wild animal, evil
IDENTITY left there for a bed for prisoners.
He sat down upon it and examined the
steeple in the wall, which was of immense
proportions, and seemingly as firmly fixed
as the solid rock itself
"If 1 could get that loose, I never could
drag this heavy chain far, or hope to es-
cape with it attached to my leg"
The Lopelessness of his situation dawned
upon him.
I suppose I'M to be left to the tortures
of slow starvation, as the easiest method of
radiance. | wonder, now, how many other
captives anguish in this second catacombs?
All, what's that?"
His anxious hearing caught the sound of
slow footsteps, light and almost undistin-
guishable, yet he felt positive some person
| or animal was approaching.
1t drew nearer and nearer.
The cattle king awaited its approach,
anxiously, nameless terror taking possess
sion of him. This thing of meeting some
biJJa,, Foo ~. WI a,air,ol 1,ra,pnoI opI ~,
darkness, was enough to appal the bravest.
He felt for his pocket-Enife. For Won
der it still remained in his possession.
! But he catches another sound
\ soft rustic as of womans garments.
He held his breath.
Hist" said a voice so softly it seemed
but pulsation on the air.
"Do not speak. | am n friend. Obey
me and and | will endeavor to set You free y
you are an angel" breathed Jasper, i'm
| pulsiyely, in tone almost as low as her
own
Hush! Do not try to escape Obey
| Black Jacks every command. You cannot
hope to get out unaided. Do not fear; l
| Will come again"
| His mysterious visitor was gone.
Jasper was left with a buoyant hope in
| his heart. Whoever it was he felt she was
| his friend, and he resolved to comply with
her orders. Consequently, after hours
of patient waiting, he fell asleep upon his
! comfortable skin.
How long he slept he could not tell; he
awoke by the sudden flashing of a dark
| lanterns direct rays in his face
Wake up" said rough voice. "The
| captain desires you to come to him at once.
Jasper arose. His chain was unlocked,
and the person who addressed him pushed
him rudely along in advance.
They traversed the same dark passage,
seemingly, through which he had been
dragged to his prison nook, and again en-
tered the chamber of the bandits.
1t appeared entirely unchanged, save that
only a half dozen masked men lounged
about.
pE
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-25
Sheep Pasture In the Yves,

4
The grasses in the East, both wild
ana cultivated, generally form an I'M
broken turf; but those of the remote
west seem to protect themselves
against the aridity of the climate by
growing IN lunches or tufts, with the
spaces between either naked, or over
grown with weeds. Hence the popular
name, "Bunch-grass," which Is ex.
tremely indefinite, describing nothing
except the habit OF growth, and an
Piled to several different species, The
grasses OF the great arid region are
scanty, but are mostly sweet and nu-
tritlous, both for summer and winter
grazing. A considerable part of their
value arises from their greater richness
IN seed than the Eastern grasses. The
winter aridlty is SO great, generally,
ana the stems of the grasses so rich
| ana strong that, when touched by
| frost, they do not become broken
down by the rains and SHOWS to decay
on the moist soil, but stand firmly on
the ground all winter long and .'cure. "
| forming sort of uncut hay.
To a considerable degree, the greater
or less abundance of the grasses is de-
| higher the latitude, the better are the
grasses, and they improve as the alti-
tude increases. In the mid-continent.
al region, IN low attitudes and lati-
tudes, the grasses are so scanty az to
be OF little or no value; here the true
deserts occur. Also, on the Atlantic
| slope of the Rocky Mountains (espe-
call the eastern part OF it, and on the
Pacific coast, the grasses are coarser
than those Of the great central basin.
In the prairie section proper, the ma
tive grasses are coarse and rough;
they have to be kept closely pastured,
or they become unpalatable to sheep.
| Ihey form very fair article of hay,
often scarcely inferior to Eastern hay;
but the leaves are so harsh that they
frequently give sore mouths to the
sheep. These grasses are also rather
susceptible to frost; in the latitude of
Southern Kansas they are generally
cut off by November /, thereafter be-
coming ''dry feed"
On the Pacific Coast, several of the
more important grasses are noted for
their rankness in growth and their
prollticacy IN seeds, these constituting
large share of their value. Further
more, being animals, they depend on
seeds for propagation, and the con-
sumption OF these by sheep curtails
their volume from year to year.
The finer and sweeter perennial
grasses, which are more characteristic
OF the central continental region are
better suited for sheep, though the
available pasturage areas are much
lessened by low alkali and sandy
deserts, on the one hand, and by
rocky, broken mountain chains, on
| the other.-Thon1as Stephen Powers,
in american AgricuIturist.