Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-03-02
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Mr.. David E. and Miss Emma Ryck-
man, of Westfield, were visitors to the
county seat Wednesday.
Mail orders solicited in all lines, and
filled promptly at present unparalleled
low prices, by the De Crafts.
DeGraff will receive Emmons county
warrants at their face value in exchange
for clothing at way-down prices.
Pay cash and ask no favors. Go to
George Jennings, Bismarck. and get bot.
tom figures on all kinds of groceries.
ISam Wright came up from the river re.
Eion last Saturday. He says all the Will.
Transport boys are about to break camp.
-stMr. and Mrs. Ira Mandago and Warren
Mandigo, who have been teaching school
in the Russian settlement, are again at
home.
Miss Lalie Yeater came home, on
Thursday of last week from the Russian
settlement where she had been teaching
school.
The Old Settlers Dance, next Friday
night, bids fair to be one of the best at
tended that has ever been given in the
county.
Eggs are high, and will be all winter.
Buy package of Poultry Food" of.
George Jennings and double the produc-
tion of your hens.
De Graft. the Clothier, will continue
every branch of his business as usual, ex-
cept mems, boys and chiliren's s ready
made suits and overcoats.
The De Crafts of Bismarck and Dickin-
son carry the largest stocks in the North>
west, and are conceded to he the greatest
bargain-givers on the Missouri Slope.
Stop at the Corbin House, sign of the
stuffed deer over the door. The Corbin
House is now inside of the corporation of
Glencoe, where the two new store build
ings are going up.
I A number of friends aud neighbors on
"wednesday evening met with Mr. and
Mrs. II. w. Allen in Williamsport to
celebrate the twentieth birthday anni-
versary of Miss Ollie Worst.
The contract for moving Fielden school
house to its new site was let to Mr.. NJ.
Rush, last Saturday. The consideration
named was something over ninety dollars
and the work is TO he completed by the
1st of May. -,=..A,-
Farmers, take your wheat checks to De
Graft to be cashed. Or, if you prefer, will
allow you u cents on bushel advance
for any part of it in clothing, at our
closing-out prices, and the balance in
cash, at the rate specified.
Joe Lindsay received a fine lot of pres
ents from brother in St. Louis the other
day. Among the presents were three or
four nice new suits of clothing for Mr..
Lindsay himself. But the dearest of all
to the heart of Joseph are those beaver
gloves.
jCounty Superintendent Andrus is in
Gown for few days. The regular date
for the examination is March 8; but. on
account of the slushy roads and the in
convenience of travelling, Mr.. Andrus
has concluded to postpone the next ex-
animation until the latter part of April.
Mr.. Davis, of Logan county, was Wis.,
itor to Williamsport last Friday. He and
Mr.. Goodsill lost a fine registered Clydes.
dale stallion a short time ago. A post.
mortem examination showed that the in-
testines had been eaten through and
through by worms. Mr.. Davis states
that fully half.bushel of worms were
taken from the dead animal.
Recently, down in the Russian settle.
Inent, Anton Wiegeps little boy of eleven
and girl about the same age, the daugh-
ter of family of newcomers by the name
Of Klein, were left at home while the
parents were absent The boy got hold
of a shotgun, cooked it, and fired load
of small shot into the back part of the
little girls shoulder. She was alive at
last accounts.
Justice Edick has given notice to J. A.
Cotton that he wishes to withdraw from
the bonds of Fred A. Cotton, recently
held to the district court on the charge of
seduction. 1t seems, also, that Mr.. John
Parker is not qualified bondsman. as
section 400 of the Compiled Laws (Polit-
ical Code) says mo practising attorney
and counselor shall be surety in any
suit or proceeding which may be insti-
tuted in any of the courts of this terri.
tory"
Mr.. Gustav Herholz was q visitor to
Williamsport day before yesterday. Gus
tav was trying hard to find out why the
state exemption law was not observed in
this county from the time of its passage,
and what authority there was for taking
taxes on personal property which the
law exempted. But Gustav met with
poor success. A public examiner or q
clean'handed grand jury might accom-.
plish greater results.
The collapse of folding beds those
|hat close UP like jack-kDife--is getting
to be quite frequent, and every now and
then some one comes pretty near to being
smothered. The Bismarck Tribune of
Wednesday reports folding.bed acci-
dent in which son-in.law and daughter
of Capt. and Mrs. 3. e. Honstain, of
this county, were the star. performers.
Following is the account: "Mr and Mrs.
p, l., Pritchard. of Hillsboro. the latter