Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-03-13
IN TOWN AND OUT.

H. c. RAua was a yisitor to
Bismarck last week.
Ezra Thurher made q trip to
Bismarck this week.
Billy Ogle proved up ON his
homestead Wednesday,
Clarence East, of Hampton,
was a visitor to Bismarck last
week,
Commissioner Campbell was
a visitor to the Capital City
last week,
George Suveny, of Livopa,
was among last weeks visitors
to Bismarck.
Wesley Baker, Of Burr Oak,
was a visitoN to the Capital
City Wednesday,
County TreasureY j, D. Me4-
rill took IN the sights of the
Slope metropolis this week.
Alex. Macdonald, from the
crags and braes O bonny Glen
coe, made a pilgrimage to the
Slope metropolis last week.
The RECORD is pleased to be
able to state that Steve Hawks
and the children are about
we'll. They will leaye for En-
mons county as soon as the
weather is warmer. ,u't
Senatog Worst am, family
intended to leave for!home the
latter part of the week, but
Miss Ollie has been quite sick.
Tuesday night Sshe was seri-
ously i'll, She is better now,
but is still confined to her bed.
SO faras this part of the state
is concerned the dry weather
Of last year does not seem to
have caused much discourage
ment. All broken land, except
that set aside for summer
fallowing, will be seeded as
usual.
During the past week the
Missouri Slope has experienced,
it's first winter weather of the
season. There are several
inches of snow on the ground,
which will help alittle toward
moistening the surface for
spring seeding,
Gentle reader, you can Pc
ruse the RECORD this week
without using your spectacles.
And this because the Bismarck
Tribune's smaller type is being
used to print the popular edi-
tion of the session laws, which
will soon appear.
Judge Winchester now be-
lieves that it would be the part
of wisdom to postpone holding
court in Emmons county until
after seeding. He thinks it
would hardly do to call jury
men in a big county during
the clustering March weather.
Due notice of the date on
which the term begins will be
given in these columns.
Pete Shier lost q lot of lambs
in a very peculiar way recent
ly. There were several hun.
dred head in the shed. and in
the morning $50 of them were
found dead, They had been
smothered to death during the
night, A shepherd dog had
accidentally been fastened in
with the sheep the night be-
fore, and it is thought that the
dog frightened the lamhs and
caused them to pile on top of
one another.
Should not steps be taken
by the various communities of
Emmons county to establish
cemeteriesY The settlers can
not much longer neglect it,
All burials in the county thus
far have been made upon pri-
vate land - upon the home
stead of the bereaved family.
During the lifetime of the sur
viving relatives the graves of
the departed ones will be cared
for, provided the family re.
mains on the homestead. But
ownership of land changes,
and the new possessor of the
homestead cannot be expected
to give much attention to the
grave of one whom he did not
know in life. The people of
the Williamsport country ought
to take steps in this direction.
Grounds adjoining should be
secured for a Eatholic and a
Protestant cemetery. There
ought to be SOME common
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