Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
in TOWN AND OUT.
Mr.. Howard's term of school at VIII.
iamspoft began last Monday. ~

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iamsport began last Monday. -.
Romey Brooks arm, that was injured
aeyeral weeks ago, is still quite lame,
Trahern pumps. for any depth Of we'll,
always kept on hand. Francis Jaszko.
wisk, Williamsport, N. d.
How satisfactory it would be-, too, If
we could find out just what the vote was
in. Kldder county for district judge. :
States Attorney Armstrong returned
from Bismarck, Wednesday, after being
ssnow-bound there for about week.
Marion Buree passed through Williams.
port, Wednesday. on his way home from
Fessenden, where he was sick for two'or
three weeks. . u ~.
The soil under the snow seens not to
be frozen at all. Which means that next
spring a great deal Of moisture will go
into the ground.
Mr.. James McTiernan. who is stopping
with Tommy Sanders in the Glencoe
neighborhood, this winter, was in town
to-day on.land business
The last night Of the. big blzza rd
the wind played hob with the pumping
Aermotor windmill Ut the Record ranch,
twisting the wheel into shreds. -
q Ninian Young says that there are four
or five dead horses, that perished In the
big blizzard, lying on the prairie down
his way. Two of them belon ged to Mr..
Keebler. Z.
Dakota Farmer We have the grandest
country in the world for wool growing,
sheep raising, sheep breeding, or sheep
anything. Learn the trade and become
prosperous easy.
All the farmers iu these parts who have
recently butchered hogs say that the po-
sition of the "melt" in every hog slaugh-
tered denotes that the front end of the
winter will he the worst.
The night that T. P. Lee, Tom Kelly,
H. H. Thurtle and George Greenstlne
"alept" in the straw.stack out at the
Billy Baker place, George had one of his
feet quite severely frost bitten.
ss4Ddkota Farmer Wool is low and NUT.
ton 10 il only irdsmafd. Still, if but
one-half Of the grass gong to waste each
year in the Dak6tas could be turned into
eboth. oqrapeople would be well-to.do.
!. There: having been so much sickness in
the family. the remains of little Maggie
Rush have not yet been consigned to the
tomb. The weather IS so cold that the
rem4ains- can be kant fer an indefinite
time.
From the amount of snow now on the
prairie oneswould bs led to believe that
the days of dry lake beds are over for
awhile. When the snow melts next Ju-
March-it will undoubtedly hll all the
sloughs and low places.
Mr.. Patzer came plowing through the
snow into town. the other day, as happy
and smiling as ever. When asked how
he liked it, he replied: "Now l do like
the country. I like country with plenty
of snow. This is just the way the snow
piles up IN Russia.
DR.. Harcourt came from Bismarck,
Wednesday, to attend the sick ones at
Mr.. Rush's. He came with his own team
as far as Mr.. Waldroffs. this side of
Glencoe, where he left his team and Mr..
Waldrof brought him over. He started
on his return to Bismarck this morning.
The sick ones are considerably better.
There areShotels--and hotels. But ev-
cry one. from the free and Independent
borough of Emmons who has been in
Bismarck since the leaves began to turn
says that the Western House maintains
the standard upon which it has been run
since the present proprietor took hold of
it. AS hotel-keeper, Mr.. Livermore ap-
pears to be the right man In the righ.
place.
There is 30 much snow around and
over the Record chicken. house that only
one window was dug out--just enough TO
give 'em. light so they could see to lay
and they get their feed and plenty Of
snow to drink through an unused stoves
pipe hole in the roof. But the postmas-
ter says the hennery is liable to fill up
with eggs before spring and smother the
fowls.
The last issue of Western Womanhood
devotes considerable space 10 we'll
written article on the connection Of
women with the school system of the
state. A number of personal engravings
are given. among them being very fair
picture of Mrs. Sarah A. Geil, member
of the school board of Wllliamsport dis
trict and wife of Register of Deeds John
F. Cell, of Emmons county. "s