Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-10-05
IN TOWN AND OUT.

<Dr. Petit returned to Bismarck Mon
day.
y Jack Perrvs biggest and best colt died
last week
Miss Jennie Smalley IS visiting friends
in Bismarck.
Miss Connor IS expected home on visit
this afternoon.
Mr.. Winfield Vermlllion, of Glanavon,
was in town Wednesday.
Miss Lille Kelm came home from Win
chester, quite i'll, last Thursday.
Billy Bakers father, now of Brown
county, will soon settle iu this neighbor-
hood.
= A dance will be given at Winchester
this evening for the benefit Of young Ben
Corbin.
Mr.. --'etrle. Sr., Nrs. Wallace Petric
and Baby Harry were visitors to Wlnches-
ter during the week.
| "Graping" Is all the rage at Winches-
ter, and that neighborhood was well rep
resented ut the river last week
Miss Anna Cell came up from Winches-
ter to attend the teachers examination.
Miss Cell had been quite sick for several
days.
r. l.. Durant & Co.. wholesale and re.
tail booksellers and stationcrs, wall paper
and music dealers, Bismarck, Oak, SO.
licit mail orders.
This item Is for DR.. Roop--no one else
should read it. Doctor, some scattering
stalks of flax have obtained foothold
in your tree, claim and are "bothcrng"
The tumblewceds.
MI. John Roop, of Fairfield, Iowa,
brother of j. N, and who has been visit
ing at the lattcr's residence for month
past, IS about to return home. The gen
tleman Is pleased with this country.
The grain warehouse at Gayton's Land
ing is finished. Capt. Tablet, Capt Ba.
kcr's agent, was in Williamsport Monday.
lie was making a trip through the county
to talk over matters with our farmers.
and to the east of late, and it IS only q
question of time when they reach here.
Then, blessed is the man who hath plowed
his fircbrcaks.
K Messrs. LINN and Southwick left Will
iamsport for Bismarck Tuesday morning
the former to apply for admission to
the bar, and the latter to procure material
for the bridges.
There will probably he AIS votes cast at
the coming election, and of these we pre-
dict that the county seat on wheels party
will not have $50. Yet it takes two
thirds vote to carry 1t.
Va dancing party was given at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Thomas Parks, Gayton
township, last Friday evening. A number
of the teachers attending the institute at
Winchester were present.
DR.. and Mrs. Keiscr, of Bryan, Ohio
, cousins Of j. H. and w. II. Worst are
here on O visit The doctor is a very
pleasant gentleman, and why can't he
make up his mind that the population oil
Ohio would be large enough without him.
The teachers institute closed Friday
after very successful and interesting
week work. The teachers and visitors
were Hospitality entertained during the
week at the residences of Mr.. aud Mrs
Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bumstead.
The collections for young Ben Corbin
to enable him to 60 to St. Louis where
he hopes to have his sight restored, have
reached nearly forty dollars, to which tho
county board added $25. The young la
dy teachers at the institute were amoni
the first and most liberal contributors.
Il Among the gentlemen from distan
points in town Monday were Commits
sioners Gayton and Child, Sheriff Wade
8 Messrs. Johu Parker, Robert Maxwell G
w. Lynn, G. H. Bumstead, Michael Ma
hancy, VIM. Pagel, VIM. southwick
James Parker, Of Winchester and Wake
Robinson, of Gayton.
e There is no line of goods sold IN which
0 the public is so little posted regarding
n values as that of Drugs For this reason
j. the buyer should always deal where b'
y knows he will get the worth of his money
d And we have never heard citizen o
S Emmons County complain of his treat
!. ment by DUN & Co., Bismarck.
n George Jennings, the Bismarck grocer
q whose store is on the corner of Main an
g Fifth streets, is building up splendi
reputation for fair dealing among til
l. people of the Missouri Slope. And on
IS reason therefor is that he keeps fires
= and pure stock at all times and his price
are reasonable. The well.known firm o
# McCrory & Co., butchers and genera
'r meat dealers, are in the same building.
y Saturday the writer started out fo
% Winchester to attend the post meeting
v y He went by way of the eastern trail, too
4 the wrong fork of course. and came on
le at cup Beaver" There Comrade Cron
% took scat in the buggy and Wincheste
- was soon reached. Nor was the tri
Is without good results, for Mr.. Cronk mad
a us present of d fine lot of heavyweight
l potatoes of the Pride of the Valley va
. riety.
The wheels" syndicate prowl abou
le tho county and claim that the RECoRD
- misrepresenting them. And yet thre
/, | weeka arO we threw onr cnlunopo mud