Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-03-29
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Auditor Weed, OF Logan county, was
in town to-day.
D. l.. Fetter, Of Hampton, was in
town on Wednesday.
Frank Dyer, of Steele, is visiting
friends in Williamsport.
Israel Robinson returned from a visit
to Bismarck last Monday.
LSherifi Shier has been sojourner in
Wi)l;amsport for few days
Valentin Vettsr and his son Anton, of
SELF district, are in town to-day.
The board Of county commissioners
will meet next Monday in regular ses-
| sion.
Gerrit Huisenga and Herman Assink,
OF Westdeld, were in town last Friday
night
The air has has had slight tint Ct
smoke lately, caused by prairie fires east
| Of here.
Mr. F. D. Smith, Of Willlamsport, was
visitor to the Capital City for few
days this week.
pone Verheef and J. W. Gruys, Of the
Holland settlement, visited the county
seat last Tuesday.
lLcMr. Brlndle Is in Bismarck for few
days this week. He is suffering severely
| with asthma of late.
For Sale Cheap "A secondhand Grain
Drill, nearly new. See 1t at w. L. Yeater
& Co.'s, Willliamsport.
Sunday.school will be organized
at Roop school. house next Sunday,
March 81. at 8 p. m. Everybody is cor
daily invited to attend.
A party of Barnes county men who
have been engaged in wood. chopplng
over at the river this winter, were in town
Friday night. On their way home.
1t is reported that, some time in April,
two of Emmons County's well.known,
good-looking and popular young people
will take one another for life partners.
The Record understands that the mar.
rage ceremony reported last week to
be performed by Squire Southwlck was
taken by "change Of venue" to Squire
Weller.
s. A. Hawks had his finger, that was
bitten off by horse, as reported recently
in the Record, dressed by physician,
and it IS getting along as we'll as could he
expected.
| F. Campbell passed through Williams.
port, one day this week, en- route to Coal
Harbor, Mclean county, with a band OF
horses belonging to Auditor Larry Gas,
selman, of that county.
1 Jack Perry informs the Record that q
man named Gross, who has been stop.
ping ut Mr.. Willey's, in Burr Oak, fol
some time, cut his foot severely while
chopping wood, the other day.
There was log-hewlng bee and dance
at Mr.. 8. E. Covers residence in Burr
Oak, Friday night. There was a big
crowd. S. E. is going to move back 10
his place in Cherry Grove, soon.
The decision of the Bismarck lane
office in the timber-culture contest case
of Thomas Reams vs.. Philip Alexander
has been reversed by the General Lane
Office. The Bismarck office decided II
, favor of Alexander, but the reversa
gives the land to the contestant.
The Dawson Standard states that loca
members of the reverend A. J. Garry s
flock recently presented him with an easy
chair. Brother Garry used to cavor
, over the prares of Emmons county, "set
ting felix's together by the ears" ant
there are good many IN these parts wht
would like to have been there to put q
bent pin in the chair.
Tommy Reams was up Saturday, ant
: reported new baby at the home of Mr.
, and Mrs. Jasper Denhen, in Burr Oak
, Tommy could not give the sex and datt
of birth. He said he only saw "Jas" 6
J minute, and had no time to ask ques
3 tlons; but, as the latters smile was onl,
, moderate" he thinks it's girl. Later
Tommy Reams was mistaken, for rell
/. able report has come, to the effect tha
. it's twelve-pound boy.
John H. Renhaar, wife and two child
! ren, Of the Westfield neighberhood, wer
in Williamsport Friday night on thei
way to Sterling. They 60 to Oregon tt
. take up their residence. At Williams
port Mr.. r. was promised that if b.
would come this way when he was walk
a ing back from Oregon to Westfield, tn
, boys would furnish him team for tn
s last forty miles. 1t is easier to pull Rus
, sian cactus than to cut down big trees.
There is some uneasiness down in tn
Holland settlement and other neighbor
hoods wherein the Bumstead. .Mears out
!. fit used to work. regarding several suit
y = that have been filed with the clerk of th
district court. A number thought that il
some way or other they we're to be mad
the victims of judgments. This is not so
The papers filed related to lands (mostl,
. pre-emptions) that were lost by foreclos
ure. The contention now is between tn
tax.title men aud the men who foreclesed
There will be party on Thursday
April 1S, at the residence of Merchan
Sherman, Emmonsburg, to celebrate thu
birthday anniversary of Mrs. Sherman
Nate has secured some dynamite, and "a
. o'clock in the afternoon of SAID day
, lin the language of foreclosure notice
/ he will blow up Snake Hill, rattlesnak
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