Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-02-15
IN TOWN AND OUT.

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Miss Ollie Worst is visiting the Misses
Archibald, at Jamestown.
The Record desires to thank Senator
Wishek and Representative Roberts for
favors shown.
\ County Superintendent Andrus will re-
turn during the first week IN March from
his visit to his old home in Pennsylvania.
Hon. Geo. W. Lilly, formerly Of Mcln-
tosh county and member of the legisla-
ture from this district, is now practice
ing attorney OF Columbus, Ohio. The
firm name is Lilly g. Lilly. being cem-
composed of Geo. w. Lilly and Lemuel
D. Lilly.
Sheriff Taylor of Burleigh county, was
in town Saturday night, returning from
Beaver Creek, where he had arrested
Engene Varncy. Varney is accused of
seduclng young girl of poor judgment
named Myers, whose parents live some
fourteen miles north of Bismarck.
Steele Ozone: Ex Attorney General
StandIsh has accomplished more toward
improving the revenues of the state, by
pushing the perfection Of title to railroad
lands, than has any previous incumbent
of the Office. He 10 entitled to the hearty
thanks of the people for his good work.
X Miss Rettie Yeater has had her term of
school In Logan county extended two
months. Roy Yeater also writes from
Logan county, where he has been teach.
ing, that he has heard of settlement
near to the place where he is now teach.
ing that wants a two-months' term, and
he believes he can get it.
The Montana legislature is also having
a tussel with the American Book Com
pany. A telegram states that in conse-
quencc Of the report at Helena that the
school-book concerns were ready to use
money to influence legislation, the chap
lain of the house referred indirectly to
the stories, and prayed that the members
might have the strength to resist temptu-
ton.
North Dakota Independent Why don't
some Of these legislators who are so anx-
ious to reduce the amount of the PERSONAL
property tax exemption, thus forcing
more taxes on the extremely poor citizens,
devote some of their energy to devising a
method to make the Pullman and other
sleeping-car companies and the telegraph
and express companies pay their honest
share of the taxes2 This one-sided kind
Of taxation is becoming very monotonous.
The Wlnona Times recently quoted the
following paragraph from the Fargo
Forum: "Tbe Emmons County Record
came out last week with the inside pat
cnts fourteen months old. Among the
interesting items was thrilling account
of the murder of Carter Harrison of Chi
cage by Eugene Pendcrgast." Which
is untrue, as our subscribers know. But,
even if it were true, the fourtcen-menths-
old Record inside would have been more
readable than the Tines current outside.
Robert Cotton, who had been in Bis
marck for three weeks under the care of
DR.. Harcourt,' is at home again. Mrs.
Cotton and the little Cottons arrived at
Bismarck on the Sd instant from a visit
to Kentucky. She reports that there was
colder weather in western Kentucky than
she found on getting back to the Missouri
Slope. They were detained in Bismarck
about a week by the sickness of one of
the boys; but DR.. Harcourt pulled him
through, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cotton and
the children are again at their Emmons
county home.
EMr. W. B. Lee, Of Emmonsburg, &C
companled his brother, County Treasurer
T. P. Lee, to Iowa. TAere was some
pretty quick work done, considering the
deep snow and the cold weather, in get-
ting him up here to start on the trip. T.
P. engaged Mr.. L. A. Couch to 60 down
after him. He started after dark. w. B.
came back with HIM as far as Winchester,
and led his horse. There he got into the
saddle and reached Wllliamsport by a.
m. Fifty miles through deep snow, with
no''roads, on dark night, was pretty
good work on the part of Messrs. Couch
and Lee. ~
Editor Hendershott, of the Sun, re-.
celved the sad intelligence yesterday Of
the death of his father, which occurred
at his home in Ithaca, Mich, last Tues
day. Mr.. Hcndershott had retired the
night before IN his usual health, and was
found in bed in. the morning, dead.
Heat disease is supposed to have been
the trouble. The deceased was Sc years
old.-Fargo Forum. Editor Hendershott
ls son-ln.law of Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran,
and brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. w.
F. Baxter, of Emmons county. Brother
Hendershott has the sympathy of his
many friends on the Missouri Slope. HIS
father was an old Union soldier.
There were some peculiar sky phenom.
ena noticed IN these parts last Saturday.
The day was bright. and at the time of
the spe ctacle the sun was III the southern
heavens A large white circle was over.
head, the southern line apparently run
ming through the sun. A smaller circle,
somewhat brighter than the large one,
showed in the south, the northern part
overlapping the big circle, The sun being
little to the northwest of its center. A
little to the east and to the west OF each
of the two points of intersection Of the
circles there was bright ''suu-dog." At
place on the big circle toward the