Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-08-10
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Five hundred dozen fresh eggs wanted
at once by George Jennings, Bismarck.
Erard Woorster, of Gaytou, was visitor
in Williamsport, Wednesday.
Poor lambs sold in Chicago on Wcdncs-
day of last week as low as Is cents per
head.
Fresh eggs and all kinds Of butter
wanted every day in the week by George
jennings, Bismarck.
The Record recently received a letter
from Lawrence Fielden. He is working
in st. Louis, and is doing fairly we'll.
The chokecherry season is here; but those
who have been out after them report that
they are not as plentiful as they were last
year.
Mollle Gunderson, the little crippled
Maudan postage stamp collector, already
has over 100000 stamps and is still col.
lecting.
George Jennings wants I. 900 pounds of
good. fresh butter, and all the poor but
ter he can get. He pays from 8 to 12a
cents per pound, according to quality
Mrs. Fred Hendershott and Baby Hazel
wife and daughter of the enterprising young
publisher of the Fargo Sun, return home
after pleasant visit with relatives and
friends in the Williamsport neighborhood.
The past week, says the Napoleon Home
stead. referring to last week, was the hottest
period we have experienced in Logan county
during the past eight years. and the hot
winds have killed great portion of the
crop.
The Record man doesn't mind having
Uncle Mac and Young Pat monkey with
his dignity by addressing him as "Pap."
But, when 1t leads the members Of his
own family-big and little--to calling
him "Pap," there is cause for libel action
against the pilots of our steamed cOntem.
porarY.
The Benson County News is now pub.
fishing a final proof notice of the home-
stead of Mrs. Fanny Davidson. woman
81 years of age She lives alone on her
farm, does her own work. manages her
affairs herself and is a good example of
what woman can do in North Dakota,
even though not In the prime of life.
Rev. Carl Anderson, of Moorhead, yes.
terday performed the marriage ceremony
uniting Mrs Urba Potter and Mr.. s. D.
Dixon. Mrs. Potter has been dong. STE
biography in Judge Barnett's court. Mr..
Dixon is working for the McCormicks.
Mr.. ank Mrs. Dixon will be at home after
August 2 at No. 20 Tenth street north.
They have new tangled burglar alarm
at Fargo, says the Grand Forks Herald.
A burglar, Sunday night in attempting
to pull himself through the window of an
upper room caught hold of the hired
girls foot. She was sleeping by the win
dow, and gave a yell that brought home
the policeman who had strayed over to
Moorhead.
Several Williamsport settlers left dur.
ing the week for the Red RIVER Valley
to work during harvest and thrashing.
John Kennedy. Myrtle Koker and George
Procunier left Monday. Michael Rush
was to 60 to the Devils Lake country,
where there is also good crop. The
Forum states that Louis Hotop, a Fargo
employment agent says he has orders
for fully 500 men to do harvest work.
There was dropping last Wednesday
OF some sort of transparent substance
from the sky. 1t was in liquid form,
and some Of the old-tiners said it was
water, and that years ago on several oc-
casions they had witnessed similar phe.
nonena. Others claimed that it was Of
the same appearance as substance that
in their boyhood they had seen drop
nom heaven, and that it was then
known to science sharps as rain" A
sample was sent to the state agricultural
college at Fargo with request that it be
analyzed. Some Of our people insist that
it was moisture dripping from the pro-
hibition platform.
MIR. N. L. Sherman was among the Wis
itors to the county seat one day last
week. His lame hand is getting along
pretty well, but is still solidly lmbedded
in plaster.of-paris mold. The injured
member was attended to by DR.. Muench,
and Mr.. Sherman speaks highly of our
home physician's skill in doing the work.
The accident to Mr.. s. occurred in this
way: He was standing at the open gate of
corral il which were several bronches,
some of which his assistants were trying
to lasso. He did not close tho gate, be.
cause he thought that the horses would
not try to pass him, but would keep
moving in circle inside the corral. In.
stead Of that, however, the animals mis-.
took Mate" for low place in the fence,
and proceeded to jump over him. He
was knocked down and badly trampled.
The Future of tho Sheep Industry.
A correspondent of the Wool s. Hide
Shipper writes to that paper as follows
"Wool and sheep growers were never
more depressed and demoralzed in their
work and in the outlook for the future
than they have been during the past year,
and not u few take such gloomy view of
the whole matter as to abandon all hope
of improvement Flockmasters are dis.
posing of their sheep in the sections of
the country where the depression has