Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-10-19
IN TOWN AND OUT.

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party TO her young friends last Tuesday
evening.
One of the worst iibs that Charlie Bum
stead has told was when lie Informed Nc.
Intyre that he voted for him in the con.
vention
MIR. E. j. Worst. ii brother!of j. H. aud
Warren, and who owns land Il few miles
from town, is out from Ashland, Ohio,
on visit.
= George Reed, Of Bismarck, came down.
Wednesday to remain for u couple of
days George will soon locate at Great
Falls Mont.
Warren Worst has been on the sick list
this week. Commissioner Yeater's rheum-
atism is also worse, and he has been con-
fined to his bed.
= r. L. Durant.S g. Co., wholesale and re-
tail booksellers and stationers, wall paper
and music Dealers Bismarck, Dak.,- SO.
licit mail orders.
Dugald Campbell, of Cherry Grove
Township, the next county treasurer, was
in town Wednesday, accompanied by his
brothers Hugh and James.
The safe and records are being removed
to the jail building. where the county Of,
licers can be found in future until there is
q railroad town in the county.
Mrs. F. j. Brown and Mrs. W. E.
Clark, OF the upper Beaver country, came
up Thursday evening on a visit to friends
ia the WilliamsporL neighborhood
Bumstead & Cobb or Cobb s. Bumstead
offer the county block at Winchester
Probably most any settler in the county
would give couple OF acres for the same
purpose.
Tribune, Tuesday: II is reported from
Mandan that Mr.. Parkin carried ma.
jouty Of the primaries Saturday, and tha
he will be Morton coupty's choice for the
Legislature.
Y Everybody is hard at work in these
| parts, either thrashing or getting thing.
ready for cold weather. aud it is Difficult
\ to hire any one. Carpenters, especially
Mare in demand.
Joe Edgerly, of Bismarck, was visitor
to the Willlalnsport ncighborhood thi.
week. This was his first visit, and he ex.
pressed himself as never having seen 6
prettier section of country in Dakota.
Bismarck correspondence of the Pionec
Press: According to the thrasher Emmon
county is proving the banner county or
wheat In the Missouri Slope. The city
farmers, who are inclined to boom little
claim the county all over wifi average
eighteen bushels to the acre.
Have you the courage to do your dut,
in all cases?' asked railroad supcrin
tendcnt of an applicant for conductor
place, as he looked sharplysat him. "Yo,
bet l have,' was the brave reply. ="
never saw a fare yet so big that coudu
knock it down if get half a chance
II Messrs. Mahancy and Henderson, o
RBeaver Creek; Archambault, of Elnmons
burg Baker, Darland, Lce.and William
son, of Winona; Kelley, of Burr Oak
and W. S. Castlemnn, II. II. Thistleth
waite and F. D. Walker, uf Cherry Grove
\ were among those from distant point
| who visited the county seat Saturday.
There is no line of goods sold In whicl
the public is SO little posted rcgardin!
r On 1,1Ds that of
the buyer should always deal where b.
knows he will get the worth of his money
And we have never heard citizen o
! Emmons County complain of his treat
ment by Dunn s. Co.. Bismarck.
f Down on Beaver Creek, recently, tw
Egentlemcn captured young eagle an
Iput it in their buggy. Soon afterwar
hthey alighted from the buggy at farm
Ehouse. Hearing noise at the vehicle
they looked around and saw the paren
birds carrying off their young one. The
Ihad been following the buggy. Thi
I comes straight from Beaver Creek mar
We thought that Messrs. Parker, Wad
& Bumstead were the only property
owners to be benefited by the removi
scheme but it seems that an outsld
speculator named Cobb also has finge
in the pie. He bought dollars wort
of real estate from Charlie Bumstead, al
is now willing, for consideration, t
give three.eent interest in 1t 10 Il,
county. Generous Cobb!
George Jennings, the Bismarck grocer
whose store is on the corner of Main ali
Fifth streets, is building up a splendi
reputation for fair dealing among til
people of the Missouri Slope. And on
reason therefor is that he keeps fres
and pure stock at all times and his price
are reasonable. The well-known firm T.
McCrory & Co., butchers and gcner
meat dealers, are in the same building.
An egg sucking lady dorg--one of til
. worst kind--has been doing" the neigl
: borhood lately. Where she came frol
no one knows; but it is thought that Bi
or Charlie brought her over here an
dropped her so that she might "despo
the Egyptians" A traveller came alon
, Wednesday who. in Christian spiri
kindly consented to lead her off and tur
her loose at Hoskins. Size was sent !,
Bismarck once. but came back.
.Y Wednesday evening about dark II
RECORD devil was aroused from b,s rev
: re by an uprOar on the street, He wer
: out and saw little Mark Ycater in Inn