Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-03-15
IN TOWN AND OUT.


Don't forget the dance at Danbury
school-housc, this evening.
Representative Armstrong returned
from Bismarck Monday evening.
L. E. Pierce, of Hampton, was so.
journer in Williamsport, Wednesday
night.
= Dugald Campbell and W. S. Cassclman
were in town, Monday, on their way to
Bismarck.
''At present prices. it is impossible to
raise horses in North Dakota without go
ing in the hole
When you want to buy Hand made
Harness. or Harness Repairs, cheap,
come and see us.
<John |. Roop is back from Bismarck
where he was employed as senate clerk
during the session.
For Sale-Cheap "A second hand Grain
Drill and an eight foot Disk, both nearly
new. See them at w. L. Yeatcr g. Co. IS,
WIlliamsport.
Now is the time to buy your Garden
Seeds. We have them frcsh-northcrn
grown-from the best seed house IN the
country. W. L Ycater g. Co.
Miss Theresa Barry, who has been at
tending Williamsport school this winter,
is visiting her parents and her brothers
and sisters in Logan county, this week.
D. II. Ycater, on Monday last, sold the
stallion Jumbo to Henry Reamann. jun
bo has the reputation among patrons of
being one of the best and surcst horses IN
the state.
( Fred Cell and wife left Monday 70,
Eureka, where they will take the Mil
waukcc train on their way to Ashton, la
They go to visit friends. Lincoln Gel
took them TO Eureka.
|S"Maurits Van Soest, of the Hull neigh
borhood, was in town Monday night,
He brought with him some very nice
''home- made hams, which he disposed
of to Landlord Rush.
NICSSl 1AuuI5oll anu olfCII II. I1HSci
will! prove up on their homestcads on
April 20. The Record is sorry to learn
that Mr.. Knutson Will move his family to
Bismarck about the 1st of May
|E~The many friends of Mis-. Z. F. Saw
age, of Roop, will be glad to learn that
she has SO far recovered from her recent
illness as to be out of danger. Surely
Mrs. Savage has had more than her share
of sickness and suffering.
Nate Shorcman was IN town Wednes
day night. He brought up some well
scalps 1t IS reported that closer exam.
lnation showed that they were ca'fisl
scalps, and that he caught 'cm III the
Missouri river with spear.
1t seems likely that three or four tunes
| as large an acreage of corn will be plant
ed in Emmons county this year as in any
previous season. We know of one farmer
IN the Williamsport uelghborhood who
intends to put in eighty acres of corn
| and a great many others who will plan
forty or fifty acres.
| Mr.. G. p. Gilman and daughter, Of thu
| Glencoe neighborhood, were vistin!
friends In the Wllliamsport nelghborhoot
this week. Wonder if G. P. came dowr
here to stay until Uncle Ben's wratl
cooled OFF, 1t must be brave man wll'
will spta ak sllgh,ingly of the old veteran
herd of tame wolves.
! Landlord Rush has moved log build
ing into town and has put up some c
therein for summer use. He found tn
early Termed ice too thick to be handle'
| without much trouble; so he took the tor
| ice, about six inches thick. And nov
folks are divided into a debating societ.
as to whether thin Ice packed in hay will
keep, and opinion seems to be abou
equally divided. The Record will have
to be counted with those who claim tina
the landlord can put in his eye all the ic
to be found IN that log shack by the mid
die of August.
Sheriff Shler and Mr.. Gayton were Il
town Saturday and Sunday. Mr.. Gayto
will soon receive the amount allowed hir
for wood burned by the Indians, twenty
four years ago. The award IS ST 900, bu
out OF that must come a considerable sur
for attorneys fees, etc. The ways Q
Uncle Sam are very peculiar. Mr.. Gay
toms chief claim, amounting to sevcra
thousand dollars, was not allowed, al
though the evidence in the case was ar
parently stronger than that in relation t
the lesser claim, the Indian who set tn
fire that destroyed the property acknowl
edgfng the act.
There was some quick travelling don
between Roop postoffice and Bismarc
last week to get a physician for Mrs
Savage. The distance between the wv
points is about As miles. Billy Baxte
started Friday evening, passing throug
Williamsport about sundown. He drov
his own team. He reached Bismarck an
notified John Roop, Mrs. Savage
brother. Johnny, with DR.. Harcour
secured livery team, started at once
and reached Roop farm at daylight
The livery team was left at the farm, MI
Roop's team taken, and DR.. Harcoul
and John were back in Bismarck about
p. m. Saturday.
If we may judge from the reports W
hear from those of our citizens who lcf
last tall, says the Dawson STANDARD
North Dakota is not the worst place j