Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-06-01
WILLIAMSPORT, d. t.. FRIDAY,
IN TOWN AND OUT.
Election of school officers on Tuesday

June 10.
Some of the boys are talking of getting
Up another dance.
7 Farmer Lilly has returned home from
the wilds of Montana.
+ The Board of County Commissioners
will meet next Monday.
Wednesday being Decoration Day, the
school children were given holiday.
| What are you going to do and where
are you going to do it on the Fourths
The Rev. Mr.. Gary will preach at Will
iamspert school-house next Sunday even.
Ling
Mr.. L. B. Losee, of Dawson, was Wis.
itor to the WilliamsPort country this
week.
Mrs. H. II. Thurtle is still in poor
health. Mrs. Dudley Walker is alse
quite ill.
The teachers institute convones IN
| Wllllamsport schoolhouse next Tuesday
at 10 a. m.
/ The surveyors Of the A., B. & N. w.
are laying out a townsite near the Chase
farm, ia Burleigh county.
4 Bismarck IS excited over the work of
one or more dog-poisoners. At least a
hundred dogs have been killed.
The Judge has been hard at work put
ting in garden during the past week, and
has corns on his hands as a result.
All teachers in the county arc welcome
to space In the columns Of the RECORD
for publication Of their monthly reports.
R. L. Durant s. Co.. wholesale and re-
tail booksellers and stationers, wall paper
and music dealers, Bismarck, Oak, solicit
mail orders.
In letter received from Charley Kill
born, now at Wheatland. he writes that 1t is
very dry down that way. Cass county is
prohibition. But Charley meant, mo
rain"
Tribune. Extensive preparations are
being made for the holding of an old
fashioned camp.mcetlng at Winchester.
beginning June 10. A good time is ex-
pected.
+ Two acqualntances Of Mr.. Jasper Den
! ham, from Brown county, stopped at Mr..
DIS last Friday night They report
plenty of rain down there and crops look
fpg finely.
The mosquito crep Is coming on finely.
They are quite plentiful in the evening
Of late. and the sloughs are full of "wig-
glers' that will have wings and be On
deck shortly.
If you want to buy the best sewing
machine manufactured--and at low
price, toe--call at Brady's, IN Bismarck,
and see the Latest Improved Singer It
can't be beaten.
r Mrs. Herrick and Master Carl will leave
on June IL for a three. months visit at
Mrs. H.'s old home In Michigan. Ed
will keep BACH and count the days
fQuring their absence.
Mrs. Hugh Stevenson and little ones
have been visiting Grandpa and Grandma
Robinson at Glencoe for some time. The
youngest, baby girl, is said to be the
image of Grandpa Don.
Go to the New York Art Store &C. II.
Phelps, proprietor), Third street, Bis.
marck, for watches, jeweIry, silverware,
wall paper, etc. Watch repairing spe.
cialty. Goods at bottom prices.
Miss X. Brady, the well-known Bis.
marck milliner, has on hand fall line
Of Millinery in all the latest styles and
at the lowest rates. Emmons County la
dies who may be visiting the Capital
City are kindly invited to call.
Y There is considerable talk in the Will
Transport nelghborhood Of forming a
Methodist organization and eventually
building a church. Investigation shows
that we Methodists in this and adjacent
neighborhoods are quite numerous.
r There have been two or three showers
this week, but not enough rain has fallen
to wet the soil to any great depth. A
portion of the grain on spring plowing is
quite uneven. A good. soaking rain is
needed. In Mcpherson and Mcintosh
counties there have been heavy rains.
Y A very lively runaway occurred Mon
\ day morning. Farmer Bettomley's plow-
team Of four horses. hitched abreast to a
wagon, and with the New Deal trailing
behind, ran away. They dashed along
the road and into town, where they were
stopped. Luckily no damage Was done.
Blank petitions will seen be presented
for signatures, asking the department to
extend the Williamsport- Danbury mail
route TO Winchester. AS this would give
quick communication between the county
seat and the central and southern Offices
the petition should be signed by every
citizen.
r Tribune: On Friday last O. H. Beal
sold 1900 bushels of wheat to u. G..
Beers, who recently purchased the Chase
farm and who is interested IN a roller
mill at Herrod, Ohio. On the same day
1900 bushels from the Sinclair farm were
sold to Mr.. Beers, the price in both cases
beng % cents.
A gentleman informs lis that he saw
couple of animals answering the descrip-
tion of the Speriy estrays in Buchapan
Valley last week. T. Kelly, Esq, Will
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