Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-01-19
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Stop at the Corbin house, where you
have good wind-break when you un-
hitch and hitch up.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Connor returned
"Wednesday from visit of several days
to the Capital City,
Jack Flynn was thrown out of his cut.
ter, on the river road, the other day. and
had his collar bone broken,
George Jennings buys butter, eggs,
poultry and hides, and sells goods in pay
ment therefor at cash prices.
Tom Kelly was in town last night, on
his way home from Bismarck. He re.
ports slight Improvement in Mr.. Gro.
CHAN s condition.
Eggs are high, and will be all winter
Buy package of Poultry Food of
George Jennings and double the produc-
ton of your hens.
A storm in Scotland knocked down 5OO,-
600 trees on one estate. And yet people
throw up cyclones against the fair name Of
North Dakota. .-Ex.
There is now plentiful supply of coal
ready for loading at the Worst s. Edick
mine, and it is the intention to keep big
pile of mined coal ahead, hereafter.
Last Monday, while Mr.. D. H. Yeatcr
was cutting wood at the river, the ak
slipped and cut his foot severely. David
was able to drive home by himself, but
he walked with difficulty.
While in Bismarck, the other day, Mr.
w. L. Ycater called on Mr.. Croghan at
the hospital. Mr.. Croghan is very sick,
but the doctor told Mr.. Yeatcr that he
thought the patient would recover.
All matter from river points south of
Livona. intended for publication in the
Record OF the same week, should 20 to
Livonu bv Tuesdays stage, in order to
1 reach Williamsport in time to put the
items in type.
| For the information of eastern sub.
scribers the Record will state that dur.
ing the past week the weather has been
Clear and balmy, and. as shown by the
weather report, printed in another col
umn, the temperature denoted zero only
once.
The clerk of Williamsport school dis.
trct has, pursuant to order of the board
Of directors, posted notices calling ar
election for Saturday, Jan. ~. between
the hours of 2 and p NJ, for the pur
pose of voting on a proposition to re
move the Fielden schoolhouse furthe
south.
Would it not be we'll, says the Lisbon Fret
Press, for some of our eastern exchanges tina
have devoted so much space to the drought
and billiards. Of North Dakota, to stick pi,
into the fact that North Dakota has had bu
two bank failures (both of which were rottel
and should have been closed years ago) dur
ing the past summer, and the further fac
that it is the only state in the Union no
running free sonp houses Mt the present time
Recently an agent Of the United States
Sheep Company went to Mr.. s. E. Coov
er's place and received from Mr. Coove
several head of cattle that he had bee,
wintering for the company. Two bulls
| a Holstein and "a Hereford, said to b.
full.bloods--were left behind, and were t,
be called for later. 1t appears that tw'
years taxes were due on the cattle, ant
for this debt Treasurer Lee seized tn
cattle and has advertised them for sale
See advertisement elsewhere in this issue
Senator A. G. McGillivray, Of Dickin
son, said recently TO q reporter: There i
more wealth in the coal mines Of thi
state than in the wheat lands of the Re,
River Valley. We are working a full
force night and day, and we have order
from all over the state, even from as ia
as Pembina. Ignite coal is coming int
use more and more. The people alon
the 500 are using more this year tha
ever before, and the mines in the Nous
river are turning out good deal of tn
fuel. The railroads, of course, do no
like. to lose the long haul from Dulut
for the short haul from the state bu
the people are bound to have cheape
coal, and they are entitled to it.
Those who attended the Danbury dane
, last Friday night report very pleasan
time. AS one who was present said, 81
made one think of old times to see Gil
i Higbee and his fiddle present." And
goes without saying that. the music fur
nished by Mr. H., Charlie Parker an
, George Suver]y was good. There was
t plentiful repast served, to which all di
, full justice. As matter for future rel
, erence when he gets to be president W
, chronicle the fact that the Record dev
/ made his dcboo as sassicty youth at th
aforesaid party; and, while not SO grace
full in the dance rs energetic at the sur
/ per table, yet he is reported to have don
. "middlin' wclp' all around
Mr.. H. F. Mersdorf, Of Logan count,
was in the Williamsport neighborhoot
recently. He came over to get a
estray pony that had been advertised i
3 the Record. Mr.. Mersdorf was. so unfol
) tunate as to have a part OF his hay burne
{ last fall, and, In order to make the ur
: burned portion last through the winter
> he hit upon novel scheme. His shee
. were kept on the prairie until the sno,
I was too deep for the sheep to get dow
to the grass. Then Mr.. Mersdort too
some timbers and made sort OF triang,
/ lar "thingumbob'' which be has success
\ fully used ss q snow-plow right along