Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1893-04-14
WILIIAMSPORT NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, IA, 49,

| attorney. Service was made through
Lawyer Pollock. When the Mears peo-
pie found that Rodenburg intended to
fight, and that the case would be tried in
| this county, they concluded to drop the
| suit.
A few head of stock were lost in the
recent storm. In the Danbury neighbor-
hood three or four head perished from
getting into deep water-hole that was
covered with snow. Many horses and cat.
tie strayed off in the blizzard, gong be.
fore the wind. A part of the stock has
not yet been found.
VA severe accident occurred last Sunday
to Mrs. Corcoran, wife of Mr.. P. Corcoran,
who lives few miles southeast of Will
Transport. She was going down stairs
with an earthenware vessel in her hands.
She missed her footing and fell to the
bottom, breaking the vessel and the pieces
thereof cutting and injuring her severely.
|The writer went to Bismarck last Sun.
day, expecting to return with Mrs. Streeter
and the baby on Tuesday and get the pa
per out on time--Friday morning. But,
for the second time this year, we were
weather-bound IN the metropolis and did
not get home until Friday afternoon.
The youthful D. r. is well again, and
made the trip in good shape.
While in Bismarck, the other day, the
writer called at the Office Of Dr. Harcourt,
and had a pleasant chat with him. The
doctor is very comfortably situated in his
new office back of the Bismarck bank, on
Third street. The new and improved
surgical instruments aud other imple.
ments of the profession would tend to
make backwoods layman who entered
Imagine he had struck museum. The
numerous bright and shining instruments
many of them OF complicated con-
struction-interested the visitor deeply =;
but the doctor refused to saw off one of
the editors legs or pull handful of his
teeth, just to illustrate the practical work
ing of the machines. !
In recent letter to the writer Uncle
Thomas Parks states that his health is not
very good, and that he thinks of going
back east to spend the summer. If he
does, he will visit Boone county, Illinois,
where the editor was born, and where
Uncle Thomas and the editor father and
aunts and uncles were young folks of the
same neighborhood. Parks Corners was
the postof1ce, and it was kept by Uncle
Thomas father. That was along in the
early 40's, and the northern part of the
old Prairie State was new country then.
The settlers had to haul their wheat to
Chicago, a distance of nearly hundred
miles, and there was probably as much
growing over the distance as there has
been by the farmers of Emmons county
regarding the long and tedious haul TO
market. Mr.. Parks many friends will
be glad to see him return from his visit
much improved in health.
]. Hoover, of Winona, some time ago
wrote letter to States Attorney Lynn
making complaint against certain saloons
at Winona. The state g attorney was de-
termlned that, If action was begun, there
should be something in the way of evil
dence first to show good faith. So the
complainant was brought to Williamsport
by the sheriff, on warrant, and made q
formal information against Jerry Hart
and John Styles. He gave the names OF
the following citizens as witnesses by
whom he expects to prove his allegations
Ben Lampman, W. B. Andrus, T. p Lee
and w. A. Patterson. As the fact that
complaint was to be made was known in
} Winona and along the river before the
complainant sent his letter, it is not likely
that much bug juice will be found on the
premises.
} fLincoln Cell met with an adventure the
other day which turned out all right in
the end, but which probably could not be
repeated with the same lucky ending in q
hundred trials. He started up from the
river Wednesday, in the blizzard. with 9
load Of wood. AS the team came up the
big hill they concluded to keep on and
let the driver walk home. They veerec
off as they reached the top, and came
within little bit of going over steer
bank-a fall which would have pulverlzei
the whole outfit. Lincoln followed them
short distance, but, knowing that unless
he retraced his steps at once, he would
soon lose his way, he started for home,
on foot, through the wild snow. storm
and got to Williamsport about dark
After dreaming all night about dead
horses and hash.lke wagon, the hun,
was taken up next day. The outfit wa.
found, all right The tongue had run
into bank and stopped the team. And
the wonder of it all is that not bit OF
, damage had been done.
. Charles Kupltz.