Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-09-27
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Charley Carley was up from Winches.
ter yesterday.
Twill pay 8 cents per pound for butter.
j. L. Boutilller.
H. s. Brumble, of Winona, was in
town yesterday.
Lawyer Lynn was up from Beaver
Creek last Monday.
E. F. Siyalia, of Hampton, was in
town Monday night.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Burbage, of Burr
Oak, were visitors to the county seat last
! Monday.
Miss Lille Braddock, of Dakcm, has
] spent the week with her father, Auditor
Braddock, at Williamsport.
Attorney Register and w. 8. Cassel-
: man reached Williamsport late last Fri
day evening, and returned to Bismarck
] Sunday.
There will be dance 1t the Wesley
4 Baker residence, Livona, on the evening
of Friday, Oct 11th. Everybody cor
\ daily invited.
Twenty five thousand tons of hay were
destroyed byprairie fire in Rolette county
last Sunday. Fifty stacks of wheat also
went up in smoke.
Ben Corbin had a dance over at his
place last Saturday night. Ben has
opened the road past his place, and IS
keeping shoppers again.
Mr.. D. r. Rupert, having settled up
his business here, expects to leave in q
day or two for the neighborhood of
Roanoke, Ind, his present home.
The three infantry companies now al
Fort Yates will soon leave for Fort Mo
brara. Two other infantry companies
will at once take their place at Yates
A brief note from Dan Williams, with q
Chicago date of Sept. 21st, says "Dis
1 continue the Record to this address, as
hope to read 1t ia your Office in a few
days."
The Record is Informed that the biz
fire that came down from the northwest
! last week is thought to have been sci
| for the purpose OF burning up Geo GUT.
jahr's hay.
Mrs. N. ]. Shields. who is now resi-
| dent of the Cannonball River country, is
visiting old neighbors and friends IN the
Williamsport region, this week. Mrs.
Shields speaks highly of the Cannonball
country as stock region.
twill pay you to deal at Michelson's, s,
Bismarck. You can trade cattle, sheep,
hogs or any farmers produce for grocer.
/ les, binding twlne or machinery He will
give you The lowest figures for cash.
Messrs. Fladebo. Van der Voorst and
Dekker, who were up from the southern
part of the county, on proof business,
recently, report the wheat yield running
from ten to twenty bushels in the West
field neighborhood.
Mr.. E. G. Packer arrived home Tues
day from his trip to the Bitter Root
Valley, Montana. He brought with him
some specimens of big apples and pota-
toes that were raised by irrigation in the
valley. He speaks highly of the country
he visited.
John A. Mclean, one of the old old
timers of Bismarck, has been a guest of
the Rush Hotel this week. Mr.. McLean's
horse took French leave two or three
days ago and has not yet been rounded
up. The animal has probably returned
to Bismarck.
Ozone: A. Campbell & Sons, the
Goose Lake sheep-ranchers fought prai.
rie fire two nights-Saturlay and Sun
day, the 7th and 9Th, to keep 1t off
their range. The fire,break was good,
but strong wind and dry, heavy grass
made combination hard to beat.
The fire IN the Steele ncighborhood on
Tuesday of last week caught some farm
ers in bad shape 10 the way of protec.
ton. j. A. Wise, three miles northwest
of town, lost eighteen stacks of his best
grain. His son Grant also lost several
stacks. w, H. Barnard lost 10 acres of
rye, 80 acres of wheat, his barn, farm
tools and his hay. E. H. G. Smith lost
the two houses just moved down from
Driscoll.
Ozone: Mrs. Macnish, sister of Messrs.
Dugald and James Campbell, and
daughter of Mr.. Alexander Campbell, of
Emmons county, reached Bismarck Tues
day, having been met at Duluth by her
brother Dugald. Mrs. Macnish has been
visiting in Scotland for the past year.
Her home is in India, Mr.. Macnish hav-
ing tea plantation in Assam, on the
extreme eastern border of the empire,
near Thibet.
The Record has received communi-
cation headed "What Is Wealth ?" The
article is all right and is worthy of pub
lication. The writer does not send his
name with the manuscript, however, and
no newspaper will publish communica-
tions from an unknown source. The
name of the writer will not be published,
but all publishers require such names
IT the name is given, the article will be
printed in The Record.
Harper Simcoke and Clayton Worst
left last Saturday with the sheep for the
Stutsman county ranch, and Mrs. Worst