Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-12-07
IN TOWN AND OUT,


/Mr. Lawrence Fielden and Mr. s. E.
Kurtz made final proof Saturday.
- It"is said that H. F. Douglas won up
ward of $4,000 on the recent election.
+ Prof. Keim arrived from Ohio last,
Tuesday. He will prove up tomorrow.
: Little Elfredla Bumstead gave party
which was well attended, on Thanksgiv-
ing evening--her fifth birthday.
There will be dance and oyster sup
per at John Shermer's next Tuesday
evening, Dec. II. Everybody invited,
Married-In La Grace, on Nov. 81, by
Justice Bassstt, Mr.. John Ronhaar to
Miss Mantle Dyk, all of Emmons county.
Mr.. John Wild, of Burr Oak township,
was a visitor to Williamsport Monday
evening, returning home Tuesday morn
ing.
~'Those county offlcials>elcct recently
chosen should not forget to soon appear
before the county clerk, file their bonds,
and swear.
The winter term of school at Williams
port began Monday, with Miss Mary Far
rell as teacher and fifteen scholars IN at
tendance.
The mail due here from Llvona Mon
| day evening did not arrive until Tuesday
noon. A sick horse, we understand, was
the, cause of the delay.
" Commissioner Clayton, who has been in
this part of the country for thirty three
years, says that he has seen as fine
weather as the present up to New Year.
We understand that Miss Bessie Nc
Mel will visit Mrs. Cordner, and also
friends at Bismarck, and at Wllllamsport
if the weather is good, during the holiday
vacation.
Mr.. Moss writes to Mr. Armstrong that
he will be in Emmons county about the
10th of May with herd of 500 horses,
even better than those he brought IN last
summer.
Y The general land-officc having added
another paragraph, the price for publish
Ing flnal-proof notices hereafter will be
$3.50, Where republication is necessary
1926 will be charged.
From death apd the tax, gatherer there
is no escape. Therefore, when the dep
! uty treasurer visits your neighborhood
next week do not seek the innermost re-
cesses of the straw stack.
! Matt Lockton is again with u.s. having
come out from Fargo, whore he is in the
employ of the N. P. Matt made the Rec
ORD office welcome call on his way out
to Cherry Grove, Wednesday.
Dakota has an area of $4,000, 900 acres,
one-slxth of which, with an annual avcr-
age crop, says the Fargo Argus, is suffi-
cient to produce bread for all the people
IN Great Britain and Ireland.
E. O. Packer has finished his barn. It
is good ono. The we'll, which was dug
by Wash Hawks, is in the barn, and suf-
ficient water was struck at the remark
ably shallow depth of twenty feet.
|/The antelope is an animal not often
seen nowadays in this part of the terri
tory. Ezra Thurber, however, came in
sight of seven Of the fleet-footed beau
ties, the other day. near J. L. Kennedy S
place.
Mr. j. J. Luck, of Morton county, who
was IN Emmons county last week, met
with an accident over on the river road
The vehicle in which he was riding was
turned bottom upward in gully, but,
we understand, he was not injured.
[I<DIr, and Mrs. John Waldron, of Wi.
mona, are the proud parents of brand
new-boy, of course. The first thing the
young man said was "'Rah for Cleve.
land r The Williamsport friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Waldron extend their congratu.
lations.
| Why not put in five acres of trees on
ysur homestead next spring, and thus
be exempt from taxation on the improve
merits you have upon that forty? Be.
sides, the Territory will pay you bonus
of So per acre per year--after the third
year-for ten years.
Pioneer Press: The Garland decision
on the right of the Northern Pacific te
select lands in the Indemnity limit briug.
relief to the purchasers of land in Nc
Lean and Emmons counties. Those
lands were under cloud that defeated
both sales and mortgaging
A number of our subscribers owe US
sums Of from So to Sc. We are in noee
of money, and, as this has been gooc
year for the farmer those who owe us
ought to pay, if not in full, at least &
part. Money may be sent by mail to the
RECORD or paid to Mr.. Herriek.
Us. E. Kurtz the present year raised
some black barley that weighs "a pounds
to the bushel. s. E. says it makes first
class feed and is very fattening. Down
Ill the southern part of the county 1t is
said the settlers raised this year kind OF
beardless barley with grains as large as
peas
| <While Mrs. N. E. Waldrof and hel
nephew, little Guy Bolton, were out driv.
ing, Sunday evening, the mare indulged
in an exhibition IN the hlgh.kieking line,
breaking the shafts, demolishing the
dashboard, and otherwise wrecking the
buggy. Mrs. w. and the boy escaped
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