Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-01-25
IN TOWN AND OUT.

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Mrs. Rush has returned from her visit
with friends in Minnesota.
Maurltz Van Soest, of Hull, was IN
town Wednesday night.
Willie Lee. of Emmonsburg, was IN
town Tuesday, on his way to Bismarck.
The statement of the treasurer Of Win
chester school district will appear ncxt
week.
Miss Lille Braddock, Of Dakem, is WIS.,
iting friends in the Williamsport neigh
borhood.
Edward McRay, now living in the
Grand River country, was in town last
Wednesday.
1t is impossible to put in type and pub
lish in the current issue anything re-
ceived later than Wednesday evening.
Messrs. Aren Hollaar and John Van
Bowen, of the Hull nelghborhood, were IN
town Saturday, on their way to Bismarck.
Born On Dec. 80, 1894 to Mr. and
Mrs. s. D. Cummlns, of Winchester.
niue. pound son. Sam, please be more
prompt in sending in the notice next
time.
There will be a wedding at Emmons.
burg next Monday, the contracting par.
ties being Mr.. Isaac Elder and Miss Flora
H. Lees daughter of Mr.. w. B. Lee and
niece Of County Treasurer +. P. Lee.
Treasurer Lee and Tom Kelly returned
from Bismarck last Saturday bringing
with them safe for the county AL.
though secondhand article, the safe is
as good as new, and it was bought from
the Capital National Bank at a very rea.
sonalle price.
No opportunity was ever before offered
whereby farmer can obtain the expert
ence of others so cheaply as by a subscrlp-
tion to Farm, Stock and Home. We
wIsh every farmer in this county would
become reader of 1t. Taken in connec-
tion with this paper, its cost is nominal.
If any of our readers have failed to get
satisfactory profits from horses, cattle,
sheep, swine, poultry. small fruits. graiu
or vegetables, they should commence at
once and read every number of Farm,
Stock and Home during the coming year.
If ordered in connection with this pager
its cost will not be felt
The printing outfit that did the mechan.
ical work on the report Of the trustees of
the Mandan Reform school, says the Pi.
oneer, is not accustomed to onr Missouri
valley names. Where the trustees sign
the report they have IS w. MIkenholzc"
for S. W. Unkenholz, and "W. S. Meat
err for W. L. Yeatcr
Miss Anna johnson came up from Da-
KEN last Saturday to visit with her aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs Knutson. She
is teaching a five months term of school
in the Kfpndt ncighborhood, and has yet
seven weeks TO teach. She likes the peo.
pie where she is teaching. She will re-
turn to Dakem tomorrow.
BY reference to an item taken from an
exchange and printed elsewhere in this
issue, 1t will be seen that it was not
our George Dougherty who went crazy IN
New York. George is working for Che
Hackett Hardware Company, in St. Paul.
He has now been reported both dead
and crazy since he left North Dakota.
Next thing they IL report HIM married.
Of the thirty-onc members of the state
senate, twenty-five were born in the
United States, six in Canada, two in Nor.
way and one in Wales. Of the sixty-two
members of the house. thirty-one were
born in the United States, twelve in Nor
way, eleven in Canada, two in Scotland,
and one each in England, South Wales,
Iceland, Germany, Sweden and Denmark.
Williamsport school district received IN
1894 the sum Of Sl,S62, 6S from special
taxes; 1898. s1,43946. From apportion.
ment-in 1894, $451.92; 1898, 1881. is.
Total receipts in 1894, $1,849.60; 1893.
s1,9n.O9. Expenditures, compared with
the preceding year, were as follows
Teachers wages-in 1894, $9s8.71; 1893,
S1,212.10 Incidental expenses in 1894,
$8s4.37; 1898. $42s.45. Total expendi.
tutes-in 1894, s1,64e.sO: in 1903, ST.
96G.27. Excess of receipts over expsnd-
itures for the year 1894, s2O2,sO. De-
crease OF receipts under 1898, $121.4e.
Decrease of expenditures under 1893,
$319.47. The bonds ordered by unananl.
nous vote of cilizens. ayear ago, have not
yet been sold: but the clerk has recently
bsen IN correspondence with brokers re.
garding them, and there is some prospect
Of soon refuuding the bonds at lower
rate OF interest.
Grand Forks Herald: The Drayton Echo
has discovered that the George Dough-
erty who created ccmmotlon in New
York last week by going out cunning
for "niggers' In the metropolis, and who
proved to be violently insane at the time,
owns farm near Pittsburg, in Pembina
county, having lived there dozen years.
He leased his farm some three weeks ago,
and decided to 60 east for trip and the
benefit of his health, and doubtless the
worry over his condition, the petty anoy.
ances incident TO travel. and absence
from home, unsettled his mlnd He has
been subject to occasional aightiness tor
three or four years back, but 1t was Of
mild type and did not particularly dis-
trsss or even disturb his neighbors. He
was aware of his failing mentality, and
for some time back we understand he had