Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-08-17
$l.5O PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE
AROUND THE COUNTY.
'anGcrbilt.
Correspondencc of the RECORp.

ty... Mr. Is. j. WatlIn has secured con-
tract with the L. S. government for the
sale of 500 cords of wood ct SO so and
$3.50 per cord Teams will begin at once
to haul the wood from Vanderbilt to
Fort Yates. .Johnathan Pratt returned
from Eureka last Thursday with a large
stock of choice groceries. Johnathan al
leges that he will sell goods below Eu-
reka prices. ....A Mr.. ,Tupley, an old
timer on the river, was stricken fatally
with sunslrokc last week at Cannon Ball
iver....Thc Treanor store is we'll filled
with goods and does a rushing business
these times. while Leonard smiles as lie
ties up the sugar and calico and takes
your stuff. "a feed stable which will be
erected by Johnathan Pratt is to be one
of the new institutions of Vanderbilt in
the near future. Hay contractor Kcar-
ncy, of Pierre, was ruslling among the
farmers Of this vicinity last week for bay
with which to I'LL his contract with the
government ut Fort Yates. -. Mr. Grant
Cheringt0n, with wife and children,
mother and sister, has been visiting in
Vanderbilt during the past week with
the family OF Johnathan Pratt. Mr..
Chcrimgton is IL brother of Mrs. Pratt and
his home is near the White river, west Of
Chamberlain IA company of Russians
numbering about Is, including women
and children, camped over in Vanderbilt
last Sunday. They were from Prcshu
county S. D. and their destination was
Hebron, Is miles west of Bismarck. Mr.
Albert briggs, OF Guthrie Center Iowa.
has been in Vanderbilt the past few days,
looking about for suitable land upon
which to start q stock ranch. ... Wander
bit is in it, or rather it is in Vanderbilt,
or was last Monday morning. A son was
born under n wagon at II o'clock last
Sunday night to Russian parents, who
were cnmped here oyer Sunday. The
happy parties departed at 8 o'clock Mon.
day morning for Hebron. their future
home. The name of the illustrous citi-
zen is Vanderbilt Stroschen... Pat. Kin.
sela is rustling hay for the government
at Fort Yates for next fall and winter use,
lie contracted for ninety tons in Wander.
bilt last Monday morning. -. These arc
the days the catfish bite. Eighteen large
catfish were pulled out of the river with
hooks and lines on Sunday morning a,
Vanderbilt by a fishing party from Clan
avon. One OF the fish weighed AZ pounds
Winchester.
Correspondence of the RECORD.
Aug. IA. Manchester items have beer
rather seldom" in the Record of late,
partly on account of the scarcity of news,
but mostly on account of the lazincss OF
your correspondent. .... Harvesting is
about completed and haying is in full
swing. =. Mrs. Charles Parker and hel
daughter Maud are visiting friends ir
Winona. &C. J. Allen was in Winches
ter last week. looking up a tbrashine
crew.. Mrs 1ongendyke, of St. Paul
is visiting with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
A. Carley. VIM. Pagel goes to the jim
River valley with G. J. Allen. %. 1t is re
ported that Mr. Honslan has sold hi!
farm to Tony Neugeba1er. VI. Frank Ho
ran has returned to Great Falls, Mont
This time he has probably shaken thu
dust of Winchester from his feet fo
good. ...Times are so dull that we canno
even scare up dog.fght, let alone fire
The Billsport people are away ahead O.
us in true sport. -. The efforts being pu
forth by the editor of the Record in favo
of making prompt attempt to discove
the miscreant or miscreants who fred til,
buildings in Williamsport are heartily in.
dorsed by the law. abiding citizens of thi
vicinity. GRANGER.
Glanavon.
Correspondence of the RECORD.
Aug. A. "A nice shower Monday. W,
heard some one remark that it was quit
warm. =. Quite fire in Glanavon last week
1t was started by lightning, but everybod,
turned out and it did not last long. Abou
half q section was burned over. :. Peopl
are getting pretty we'll along with their hay
ing, generally, Fred Richards being the frs
to 6nish... Fred Richards will soon shi,
his cattle to Chicago. 1--WE sincerely hop
that all the glandered horses in the countr,
will be disposed of soon. :. Y. Certain Clan
avonites are liable to get into trouble,
they are not CAREFUL We would regret t,
see it, too. Diseased horses cannot be dis
posed of with impunity.,..A man callinl
himself Professor Shupe, the snake.chatn1er
stopped at Vanderbilt last Sunday with
box Of snakes. He failed to get any casl
from the cityites, and continued his journe,
down the river. :. %. L. Fales leaves 500,
for the wheat fields over in the eastern par
of the state. -. Miss Lois Loutzenhiser Wis
tied with Mr. Bales family Sunday .Jak
Loutzenhiser and Frapk Dean went over K
Mound City last week for supply of -four.
Ed. Maher, Of vedette. S. D., was in thes,
parts last week, wanting some one to winte
his cattle. He lost all his Lay by prairie
fire. Nv. L. Bales thinks be is the possessol
of some of the finest pigs in Emmon
county. GADBLEh
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We have put in new and fresh stock o
Groceries, ETC., at the Postoffice Building Ii
Williamsport, and invite share of the pat
ronage which we shall endeavor to merit b,
fair dealing and keeping superior class Q
goods. We shall increase our stock to ttiee
the wants of the trade, and will give motto
from time to time as new goods are added
Very truly, W. L. YEArER s. Co.
FOR SALE OR TR AIDE.