Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-04-06
in TOWN AND OUT.
The meadow-larks have come.

r Mrs. Brock returned Tuesday from lcl
visit to New England.
"All things come to the one whc
waits,' or words to that effect.
Y Robert Dixon has been troubled with /;
severe attack of snow blindness of late
b/Our farmers arc quite busy cleaning
seed and getting farm implements put il.
order.
v Several settlers from the Holland Set,
tlement were in town Saturday on final
proof business.
" Tom Kelly killed three wild geese yes
| terday that were found trcspassing on
his wheat farm.
In the Motfat-Griffin case, on trial al
Bismarck last week. the jury returned d
verdict of not guilty.
f. Mr.. Powers, of Wlnona. was one of the
Emmons County unfortunates on jury
duty at Bismarck recently.
Little Guy Bolton says Il was nine
years old on April FOOLS Day, and wan,
you to put my name in the paper"
/ Commissioner Child reports his shce r
IN fine condition this spring. The win
ter's losses will not amount to one pei
cent.
| R. L. Durant & Co., Wholesale and re.
tail booksellers and stationers. wall pape,
and music dealers, Bismarck, Dak., solici,
mail orders.
Y The musical ring of Mr.. Farrell's an
vii is heard again, as he snarpens the
busy husbandman's plow-lay and cult,
vator teeth.
y Billy Margach is engaged in fitting up
his late mansion in Williamsport and
it is soon to he occupied by MIR. and Mrs
| Waldroff US hotel
Mr.. j. L. Kennedy was in town yester
day proving up on his homestead (the s.
W. or. of ls-135-74). before Deputy Clerk
of Court Dougherty.
The RECORD is sorry to learn that Mr.
S. E. Wood has been quite ill IN Bis,
marck for some time, though he is now
recovering.
Sheriff Wade was among the Emmons
County people who looked over the polit
ical buttle. field IN Bismarck Monday
evening and assisted in burylng the dead
and wounded.
Matt Leckton left Williamsport yestcr-
day for jamestown, where he goes to
take position as fireman on the N. P.
railroad. Matt is clever boy, and the
RECORD wishes him success in his new
field.
An exchange says that it IS figured by
conservative farmers that female go
pher will become the mother and grand
mother of seventy.two of her species in
the course of one season.
On his recent visit to Bismarck Romey
Brock took with him a small bale of drisG
pancakes cooked by himself during his
recent period of grass. widowerhood. He
Is having them cut in strips and made into
a team-harness.
Some gentleman on April sent US 6
package of what we supposed was to
bacco; but, after smoking most of it Il.
genuine "Old Tom, friend showed US
that the present consisted of finely
chopped shavlngs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond. of the Arm
strong neighborhood, who have passed
the winter in Bismarck, will soon move
down to their claim. Though Armstrong
IS their postofics, they live just across
the line in Burleigh county.
S~Capt. Cotton received the money re-
| Gently III settlement of his claim agaius
the postofice department. 1t amounted
to several hundred dollars. and was TO
money overpaid while the captain wa
postmaster at Belvidere, ILL.,
1.-THE County Board was in session Tues
day. Commissioners Gayton and Chilt
must have found some pretty bad road
before they reached home, as the melting
snow Of Wednesday rapidly converted
the coulees into water-courses.
Lawrence Flelden started for Bismarck
Wednesday, by Buchanan Valley, with
wagon. Were Lawrence not Christian
we would predict for him ruf1ed splrl
before the journey is ended, as the road
are in poor condition for either wheels O
runners.
kMessrs. Savage and Foley, of Roop
came III yesterday from their quiet an
peaceful rural abode TO spend an hour o
two amid the confusion and turmoil o
Emmons County's capital city. The,
were witnesses for Mr.. Kennedy in hi
final-proof matter.
The doctor told the nurse that the bo
must have Tablespoonful of whisky
He took it, smiled sweetly at the bottle
and put out his tongue for more. Eithe
he must have thought it was water or h
takes after some maternal ancestor o
bygone generation.
Our farmers should not fail to read til
Thornhill Farm advertisement, IN anothe
column. Every intelligent stock-raise
understands the Importance of breedin
to biooded sires. In these days of stron
competition and close margins, every on
ought to have the best blood attalnablt
But our farmers all know this, and fc