Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-01-16
IN TOWN and OUT.

>'~NAHO ~ A>oAoAN~S al A'A'Ah"ASh WHO
week. George is going to the Pacific coast.
Mr.. Gayton, has been in Bismarck for
several days. His eyes are considerably
better.
During the legislative session letters for
the RECORD should be addressed to u. K.
Streeter, Bismarck.
Miss Alice Wescottof Winona, through
the efforts of Senator Worst, secured
clerical position in the senate.
Merchant ConnoE, with two teams, Joe
Lindsay driving one, has gone down to
Fort Yates and will make freighting trip
from there.
There is not day ssasses but a greater
or less number of Emmons county people
are seen on the streets of Bismarck, and
they are often found among the tlrong at
the capital.
A public officer of sovereign state
takes his glory from its people, and he
should not assume thst its grandeur is the
outgroWth OF his acknowledgements
Burke.
Steve Hawks has purchased the Christy
place and has given up his idea of going
west in the spring. Steve has made
good bargain. The 4imber on the place,
used for fuel. is worth a great deal more
than he paid for the land.
Tommy Sanders we'll is getting low,
caused by the sand coming in between the
curbing stones. Every settler in the north
half OF Emmons comfy has for years pat
ronized that we'll Oh his way to and from
the capital, and wilfSe sorry to have the
old landmark deserted, as it will be when
springtime comes, tor Tommy intends to
build new one.
There is money on;hand to pay orders
Nos. 1872 and 1893. No. 1872 was issued Au-
gust Is, 1888, to Miss Anna Petrie and
registered August 9th same year, prin-
cipal, $500; interest, $3.50; total, s41sO.
No. 1893 was issued a1d registered at same
date, principal, $4o.@ interest, 81 IS; total,
SALTS. Interest on NE above orders will
cease January %.
Every week during the session the
RECORD will contain column
under head OF "synapsis of bills" This
will prove Of interest to our readers, as
many bills do not express their object in
their titles, but simply amend or repeal
section blank OF chaRler blank OF the stat
utes. This synopsis of bills will enable
our readers to keep track of legislative
and know what their servants are doing
The RECORD will also give an interesting
column of legislative gossip.
A friend living over on the river writes
to ask whether we think there is any dan
ger to Emmons county people from the
,pd Ipdians. No: 4Eaa,4Y not, Conversation
with Messrs. Parkin, Gayton and other old
timers still more convinces us that the peo-
pie on this side have nothing to fear. Mr..
Parkin says that his stock are running
loose on the range, which he would not
allow If he had the least fear that the In
dians along the west bank Of The river are
liable to prove troublesome.
A letter received by. an Emmons county
family from their old friends in Canada,
wants 'em to come home while their scalps
are still in their natural location, and goes
/ on to say, 'just imagine him (the hus-
band) being taken before your eyes, or you
before his eyes, and tortured to death by
a ho,de of savages who would delight
more in killing you than in shooting a
buffalo," In the meantime, the Indians
across the river eat their government beef
| and cool their government coffee with
hearts full! of christian piety and meek.
ness.
The people of this neighborhood ought
to take some action looking to the securing
of land suitable for cemetery purposes. IL
m axes no difference whether Williamsport
retains the count scar, whether she gets a
railroad or whether the county he divided,
this will always be a thickly settled agri-
cultural community. Very few settle
mnets as important as the Williamsport
country have existed for seven or eight
years without some provision being mace
| for cemetery. We ought to secure some
suitable spot where, adjoining, there might
be burial places for both Protestants and
Catholics. Then the whole community
could unite in planting trees and otherwise
beautifying the spot. ...'~