Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-12-21
IN TOWN And OUT.
Merry Christmas +!


you buy of DeGraff.
/ Sheriff Wade returned Friday from his
visit to Massachusetts.
E/Frank Horan, Of Winchester, visited
the county seat Tuesday.
DcGraff buys cheaper and sells cheaper
than any man in Dakota.
There will be plenty of hay for sale,
at low figures, next spring.
On Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves anil
Mlttens 33 per cent saved at DeGraff's.
|L~Joseph Bollinger and George Whalcn,
of Southern Emmous, were in town Tues.
day.
Charlie Allen will pass the remainder
'of the winter at his old home ia Mich
igan. Il
NMlss Bertha Packer leaves Sunday for
| Vermillion to attend the university of Da-
kota.
\ DeGraff's "Santa Claus is as old as
Father Time, and sells his thousand and
one beautiful presents at old-time cheap
prices
Buy your Christmas presents and save
40 per cent, Of Santa Claus" at De
CRAFTS. I
" We understand that the Danbury peo-
pie will have a Christmas tree and gen
eral good time.
IIEvery night prairie fires may be seen in
the distance, and some of them not so
very distant, either. =
1Billy Graham and wife, Henry shldc
and John Graham will pass the winter
down at Camp Shields. !
Miles Ogle is working for Tom Fortune
at Bismarck. Billy Ogle is working for
Alderman Mcdonald, of Bismarck.
Santa Claus" with his "Thomas con-
cert'' and Swiss orchestra, will give free
concerts for ten days at DeGraf's.
r. L. Durant & Co.. wholesale aud re-
tail booksellers and stationers, wall paper
and music dealers, Bismarck, Oak, so.
licit mail orders.
Immense stock of goods, bought lately
at eastern bankrupt auction sales for 60
cents on the dollar, and selling accord
ingly, at DeGraf's.
" Billy Beard departed for Winona Tues
day with two loads of oats for S. E.
Kurtz. And the children of Israel sent
into Egypt for'grain.
lk/The river is frozen over at Winona,
and freight is being taken across. Loads
are llghtened, and a mule hitched to a
long rope is the motive power.
Mr.. N. J. Shields is building frame
residence for Messrs. Cummings s. Horan,
of Winchester, the bachelor proprictors
of the Cottage on the Beaver"
" The editor acknowledges an invitation
to attend dancing party down at Mer-
chant Archambault's last Saturday
night. But we were notable to get away.
I2>The bridge over Beaver Creek near Ar
chambaults is said to be in an unsafe
condition, especially for wagons heavily
laden. Steps have been taken to have it
l
Il Messrs. G. NJ, Robinson, at Glencoe,
Eli Robinson, at Horsehead, and H. A.
Archambault, at Emmonsburg, will soon
have stores running. Mr.. Robinson al
ready has in stock of goods.
~ successful literary entertainment
consisting of music, tableaux, etc., took
place at Winchester last Saturday even
ing. Among those present were Mrs. W.
A. Patterson and Miss Eva Campbell, of
Winona.
While E. G. Packers twenty-foot well
was being dug, recently, one-foot vein
of coal was passed through. Mr.. Packer
Is now prospecting for coal about twenty
rods south Of the we'll Wash Hawks is
doing the work.
=. Distemper is quite prevalent IN this
and other neighborhoods of northern EN-.
mons. The same is SAID to be true .ot
other parts of the county. Up this way
1t has only attacked colts. Some speak
of it as ''colt distemper."
hin the hemale superintendency of the
household economy there is but one
problem that will not yield to studious
Investigation and persistent trial: How
!, to wash the outside of the biggest dish.
pan. Wsuldn't it be best to put it in the
washtubs
Peter Klapprioh is the only settler in
the neighborhood who has we'll of pool
water-that IS, when properly cleaned
In Peters well the principal flow, at the
bottom, was all right but "seep' came
in higher up, and now there is an oily
scum on the surface of the water.
A brother of Mr.. Frank Pitcher, o.
Glencoe, accompanied by bis wife, re-
Gently started for the Pacific coast, ant
stopped off to visit their relatives at Glen
coe. But Mr.. and Mrs. Pitcher are Sc
well.pleased with Dakota that they have
about concluded to make 1t their home
>Treasurer-elect Campbell was in ttowt
the other day. During recent trip te
the southeast he learned from the very
best authority that arrangements have
been made to iron the a, 3. s n. W
next spring, and also to extend the llnt
up into the coal fields of Mclean county
: Early IN August last two horses belong
ing to Mr.. Joseph Fuller, of Winchester
strayed They have haen seen at differ