Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1893-04-28

the stickers. They have caused the death
OF few mature animals, but hundreds of
last years lambs have died during the
winter, having succumbed to the injuries
done by the so.called wild OATS" In
some flocks there are very few yearlings
this spring,
To those who have visited the Russian~
German settlements in the southern part
of this county and noticed the large num-
Der of children per family, the following
from the Herald regarding the immigrants
who are now arriving at Eureka appears
strange: 1.-THE greater number of those
who arrive are men of middle age. some
with wives, but with few or no children"
A report comes from the east, says the
Fargo Forum, that large immigration
is heading for North Dakota. The pas.
senger department Of the Northern Pacific
railroad has issued vast number of cir
culars and has now large force In the
eastern states gathering people together
to bring them to this state The. old pi.
oneer line expects to increase the patrons
of its lines IN this state by many thou
sands, within the next sixty days.
John Bartu has been taking in the
thrilling scenes Of city life round about
Billsport this week. Although . resident
of the country. Johnny seems no more
astonished at the mad rush and whirl of
the metropolis than one who has lived
here right along. John killed a NAM
moth crane day before yesterday right
IN the edge of town. As the mayor and
chief of police were absent he was not
arrested for shooting inside the city
limits.
Dr.. Smyth was in the Willamsport
country last Monday. The doctor re-
Gently returned from trip to Chicago
and reports very pleasant visit in that
great metropolis. DR.. Smyth has taken
up his residence in Bismarck, where he
succeeds to DR.. Porter's practice. The
people of this county will ever have =
warm spot in their hearts for those phy-
sicians who, like Dr.. Smyth, have always
promptly responded to the calls Of our
! settlers.
Yesterday mornings Tribune says
W. L. Yeater, the Emmons county men,
Der Of the reform school board, was in the
city yesterday on his return from Man.
dan, where an organization of the board
was effected. Mr.. Yeater was elected
president, J. G. Hagar secretary, and A.
E. Flynn treasurer Messrs. Boley and
Connolly were appointed committee to
look after a site for the institution. 1t
is probable that the trustees will wait to
see the disposition Of the Fort Lincoln
reserve. andthis has been suggested for a
site.
"The oldest inhabltant" will have much
difficulty in calling to mind more tickle
April Along in the beginning there
was blizzard, and rain, hail and snow
have since alternated. The bewildered
migratory water fowl have gone clean
daft, and have flown south one day and
north the next. The "sooner" meadow
larks have put an extra dressing Of oil
over their feathers, and, with head under
| wing, have gone into retirement to avail,
Jack Frost's final adieu. Occasionally an
| ambitious little crocus has raised its head
only to be crushed with freshly. y.fallen
snow, ere it served its customary purpose
of being hipped by the vagrant COW or
the predatory steer. Even our farmers,
! delayed IN their seeding, are seen
with clouded brow, and in speaking of
the weather use as strong language as
their Christian principles will allow. In
the language of the poet. The cold wind
whistles through the trceses, The COW
protected by the wire fence freezes, The
honest grangef yanketh his nose and
sneezes, Every doggone thing in nature
wheezes, And nobody the burned weather
pleases, And-[here the poetry machine
broke DOWN..
Eureka Herald: The road 1.-THE Milwau.
kee & St. PAUL. is not gong to be built
this summer. Station Agent Guhln tells
the Herald that he believes the company
cannot do any building this season on &C
count of the world stair traffic, lack OF
Ihelp and rolllng-stock, etc. Aside from
these good reasons, when General Land
Agent Padley was here this week; as if to
clinch the belief, he said that the general
superintendent told HIM that there would
be no extension of the company's road in
this state this year, unless it be that OF
the Chamberlain division: About the
time that the Sault Ste. Marie starts Out
from Kuhn, and the tracklayers begin
work on the Aberdeen branch, it is more
than probable that the Milwaukee com.
pany will find that the cities are overruu
with unemployed worhingmen-estimated
at 25, 600 IN Chicago alone--and that /,
I has or can obtain all the cars 1t wants.
But there is another reason why we feel
certain certain that the Milwaukee will
this year leave the jumping. off place on
the prairie where it has rested so long,
and try to 'get somewhere" The afore.
SAID reason is this: Verify, it hath been
written that the prayers Of the wicked
are n: 6. Then, how can the Eureka bu.