Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-04-05
IN. TOWN and OUT.

Assessor Kraft, of Exeter, was in town
Monday and Tuesday.
Fred Shearer left last Saturday for
Rlchardton, Stark county.
Mrs Carmichael, of Omio, was a visitor
In Williamsport last Monday
States Attorney Parker was in town
during the meeting of the Board
" Rettie Yeater returned home Sunday
evening from Logan county, where she
has been teaching school.
Herren Dochter and Goldade were in
Blllsport Monday and Tuesday, and took
in the hochseit, Monday evening
Clayton Worst came down from Bis
marck about a fortnight ago, and it Is
SAID that Harper at once installed him as
cook,
Mr.. H. D. Connor. of Williamsport, has
sold his mercantile business to Mr.. j. L.
Boutillier. Mr.. Connor started IN the
grocery business in 1884.
Miss Maude Robinson has returned from
the southern part of the county, where
she has been teaching school. She has
been engaged to teach term of school
at Sterling.
The members of the Willimsport dra-
matte club have presented to Williams
port school No. twelve-foot Ameri-
can flag, with the understanding that il is
| not to be taken away from the building
at any time.
Don't kill the pfalrie chickens now,
even if you think You will not be found
out by the game warden. They are not
fit to eat at present. Besides every one
that is killed will lessen the crop of
toothsome young birds.
I The Record is informed that Mrs. Pc.
trlc, mother Of the Misses Cash and Annie
and Mi. Wallace Petrie, died at mar
ried daughters home in Michigan about
a week ago. She had lived in Emmons
county for several years. and will be sins
cerely mourned by all who know her.
At Williamsport, Saturday night, there
was furry of snow, but the ground was
no whittier than strcng frost would have
made it. At other points In the county,
however, -on Beaver Creek, in the Hol-
land and the Russian settlements at
| Wlnona, and generally In the country
west and south of Williamsport, there
was six or seven inches of snow.
There were goodmauy people in town
during the fore pat Of the week, while
the county council" was III session.
Chas. Patterson, wife and boy, Chas.
Lock, h. 8. Bru1nble, John Brown and
supt. Andrus of Winona; Cliff. Putt
nam, OF Glanavonj George Knudtson,
Burr Oak; jerome Turner and AL, Wins
ings Of Hampton were among those pres.
ent.
| Last Sunday Mr.. P. Corcoran, an old
settler in the Williamsport nslghbor~
hood, was taken i'll with Inflammation of
the bowels. which proved fatal at
o'clock Thursday evening. The funeral
Fwhl%take place tomorrow at 10 o'clock,
and the interment will be made on the
farm Of his soh-in.law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. Baxter, in Logan
district, this county. A more extended
notice will be given next week.
Last Monday the Record scribe had
items given him regarding about half 8
dozen babies that came TO settle in Elm.
ons county more or less recently, but oi
which no information had previously
come to hand. But the list was mislaid
And we now ask anybody who knows OF
an Emmons county youngster that has
been ushcred into this wicked world dur
ing the past winter and unreported. tc
send in date, sex. ETC., regarding the little
chap. The Record wants to be recorc
for the registry of this most desirable
class of settlers.
A Covlna (Cal) girl, IN rummagiul
through an old trunk, came across {
bunch of aged love letters, written by hel
father to her mother in their courtshr
days. The daughter saw chance fo
some fun and read them to her mother
pretending they were of recent date ant
subtituting her name for that of he
mother and that of fine young man fol
that of her father. The mother jumped
up and down in her chair, shifted hcl
feet and was completely disgusted, for
bidding her from having anything to Dc
with young man who could write suct
sickening and disgusting stuff to girl
When the young lady handed the letters
10 her mother to read, the house became
so still that you could hear the gras.
sprouting in the back yard.
In letter from Geo. Vanderpool, o1
Mayfeld, Fulton county, N. Y, who hal
interests in Emmons county, that gen
tleman says: II notice ia a late issue oi
the Record, that there will probably be
quite an increase IN the acreage Of corr
planted this season in Emmons county
have small farm here-along the base
of the Adirondack mour tains where the
season is rather short at both ends fol
corn; yet we have kind of corn thai
seldom fails. Perhaps you may have
the same there; but will send you onf
ear by mail, to day, at venture, ant
wish you would give 1t a fair trial. WI
had rs bushels last year, which ripenet
very nicely, on rather poor land. Many
of the ears are third longer, but thi.
ear is convenient for mailing, and will
he sufficient to give it a trial, if il
reaches you safely" THE corn will be