Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-08-29
IN TOWN AND OUT.

John Bartu, of Omlo, was a visitor to
the county seat Tuesday.
z<~Eandlord Waldroff and wife were visit
ors to Omio last Sunday.
The RECORD has few copies of the
Session Laws remaining. Price Csc.
gFarmer Baxter, of Logan township, has
q game" leg the result of bad spraln.
4 Little Miss Josie Strecter weighs 14a
Epounds. She will be brought home TO-
morrow.
Mr.. John Knox, of Buchanan Valley,
was visitor to the county seat day be-
fore yesterday.
Born--Saturday, Aug. 49, to Mr.. and
Mis-. P. Farrell, daughter. No addition
to the democratic vote this time.
Are you married? If not, send your
address to the American Corresponding
Club, P. o. box 643, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Buy your groceries at the Lone STAR
Market in Bismarck if you wish to get
the most and best goods for your money.
A concert and literary entertainment
will be given by Williamsport Sabbath
school on the evening of Sunday, Sept 7.
All kinds of fruit and large stock of
candies can always be found at George
Jennings, corner Main and Fifth streets,
Bismarck.
Go to Mason's, corner Main and Second
streets, Bismarck, N. D., if you want any.
thing In the line of Fruits, Confectionery
| and Ice Cream.
All the animals in the Chapman herd
| at Danbury are now well. The two OF
three that were sick are not believed to
have had blackleg.
The senatorial district convention will
be held at Napoleon, Logan county, on
Y Thursday, Oct. 8. Ths-ofIiciall call will
11be- published ncxs-wcrk.
Mr.. Kllday, the bright and pleasan,
young gentleman who represents the
Grand Forks Plalndealer on the road. waf
visitor to Williamsport last Saturday.
The Fifth Annual Minneapolis Expo
sition opens Aug. 81 and closes Oct. 4
1t is great fair and, as the railroads vii
run excursion trains, thousands of people
| from North Dakota will attend.
Fl. 9. Watson, successor to Bushman &
Co., Wholesale and retail grocers and deal
ers in boots, shoes, crockery, lamps, chan
deliers, -four, feed and grain. Main st.,
between I'd and Sd, Bismarck. N. D.
ly<Frank Hart of Williamsport and Henry
Mitchell of Winona returned yesterday
from lengthy blackboard trip. They
went south to the South Dakota line
thence East to the James River valley; ur
the valley to jamestown, arriving there
in time to see Bailey Fuller sweep the
primaries like whirlwind. They ther
paralleled the N. P as far as Sterling
The travellers say that crops southeast Of
here are very poor.
A number of WilIlamsport settlers who
happened to meet ut the postoffice the
other day among ether things discussed
the subject of firebreaks. 1t was the unan
imous opinion that it would be gooG
idea to keep out prairie fires by plowine
and burning a frebreak around 1876
1t was thought best to bring the matter
up when the farmers get together at the
Williamsport caucus and see what is
thought of it. The idea suggested was
to burn two strips of two furrows each,
| about two rods apart, and burn between
them. 1t would require ninety y-six miles
of plowing, and several men to burn be
tween the strips. 1t was believed tha,
by circulating paper for signatures tina,
nearly every farmer in the township would
pledge himself to take part in the fire.
break bee" on certain day. This town.
ship Q35-76) being plowed around, the
settlers IN adjoining townships could, if
they wished, make tirebreaks by plowing
on three sides of their township. The
idea is good one.