Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-09-13

reservation. A couple of weeks ago, the
agent stated to Winona man that he
did not recognize the right of Emmons
county to issue licenses to any one to
land on the reservation. 1t does not
seem to appear to the new agent that ex
parte evidence is not the best kind Of
evidence, and that 1t is a safe American
principle to allow men accused of wrong
dong to be heard in their own hehalf.
1t was sudden change from harpi
ness to sorrow for Miss Theresa Barry,
who was married at the home of her
parents in Logan county last Saturday.
Shortly after the conclusion of the
ceremony telegram was received from
Wheatland: Lou is dying
engine blew up" Louis Barry was 26
years DID, and was greatly beloved by his
half sisters. Lydia, Theresa and Katie,
There were six children in the family
before the death of Louis, his death being
the third among the children within
five years. Deceased was the oldest. lie
had been absent in Wisconsin for about
four years. and was working his way
home to visit his family when he was
| killed. He was to have been married in
a few weeks to a young lady at Mon
dovia, Wis. He was firing thrashinp
engine, about four miles northwest Of
Wheatland, Cass county, this state, when
the engine blew up. killing him and
| seriously wounding the engineer. The
remains we're buried from the Methodist
church at Wheatland last Sunday after
noon, the Rev. Beer, formerly of Bis
marck, conducting the services.
The Northern Pacific Railroad re-
ceivcrs have brought suit against Auditor
Braddock to prevent collection of taxes
on their lands for the years 1890 81 -'92
and '93. A temporary injunction was
issued by Judge Winchester, and the
county has thirty days from Sept. 18th
in which to answer The grounds of
action IN the complaint are that the
| United States has failed to specify what
tracts are mineral and what nom mineral
lands what tracts were covered by filings
j made previous to the grant to the road,
4 and that the government has failed toi
patent said lands to the company. The
failure of the company to promptly pay
i their taxes will be a great set back to,
those counties in which large areas are
claimed by the N. P. company. AS the
sales of land by the company in this
county have reached about quarter of
a million, it was naturally supposed that
the company had considerable interest IN
such lands. A good many think that the
company is bringing the suits for the
purpose of forcing compromise and
i getting their taxes lowered although
their taxes all along have been less per
acre than those of other taxpayers.
Patterson complains because McCrory
has gone on the bond of some of those
. citizens who have been prosecuted by
Il Patterson and bis attorney, Parker. 1t
! really is too bad that some one with
property enough to enable him to be-
come bondsman has intcrvened to
prevent these two worthless from failing
whoever they may have mind to. It's
very funny-when the Times holds Mr.
McCrory responsible for the costs that
the county is beng put to = because he
won't stand qu1ctly by and see citizens
go to jail whom he believes are being
prosecuted. The court costs and fees
that Emmons county will have to paw
were caused by States Attorney Parkcr's
enteavors to secure gift of $3.50 for
Patterson, Ill the way of rebate, from
the county, when be was elected and
\ sworn to look after the interests of the
taxpayers. But very few are disappointed
with Mr.. Parker, however. as he is pur-
suing the same course that he pursued
when he was previously states attorney.
The trouble over the ferry matter is that
Patterson sought an unfair adva ntage
over other bidders, and that, too, after
publicly stating that he didn't want the
ferry any way. and bid simply to make
the old ferrymen bid higher.