Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-02-28

city Monday on official business Bill is
as fat, jolly and saucy as ever, and is a
hustler of the first water.
The many friends of Geo. W. Newton
and family will regret to learn of the
death of their youngest child Claude,
which occurred Wednesday,
Charley shafer and Barney Meitzner
came in from the Cherry Creek ranch
Wednesday. They report stock-in that
section as in excellent condition.
= The kickapoo medicine man at Lari-
more last week attempted suicide by the
laudanum route, but he made failure
of it, He was jealous of his wife.
Our old-time friend Geo, H. Mckay,
well known among the Missouri valley
sportmen as "Buckskin George" was up
from Nesson this week on businrss.
DR.. O. Hauge. the we'll known and
popular dentist, hrs been spending the
week in Williston plying his profession
among those possessed of defective
worries.
The Williston schools will begin again
next Monday, with Prof. C. A. Bryant
principal, and Miss Elizabeth Lommen
as assistant. Miss Lommen was former
ly teacher in this city,
Died--In Willston, N. D., on Wednes.
day, Feb. 26, 1896, of tonsilitis, Claude,
aged about IS months, youngest child OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Newton. The
funeral took place yesterday.
Valley City Patriot: If the Alert and
Argus succeed in getting the ex'populisl
auditor into the asylum, that institution
will always have Porter on tap, instead
of whisky. Moore, Porter, please!
Those clocks which julius Nelson ma;
been peddling around for a couple O.
! weeks, are all right, if you can dose
them with few drinks of alcohol. Pau
Sherlock can tell you how to doctor
them.
| That jolly old-timer, Ben. Scott. who
has fine stock ranch near Culbertson
| Mont, has gone and done it, and hi
numerous friends are now congratula
ting him upon hts new acquisition. Th,
lady is Miss Annie Malloy. O: Neenah
Wisconsin. ...u..... ..s
Get some of those plaids at Heddericl
Bros. and make waist. Plaid waist
are all the go everywhere.
The extreme warm weather of tn
fore part of the week, which swept O
EnearlY all the snow, was followed late
by a severe cold snap that is lingeriD
with us yet as welcome guest to some
but not so welcome to others.
Minot Mirror: The many friends {
Col. Plummer in this locality will b
glad to learn that he is now in Ne
York city, where he has secured pos
ton as editor of the Mercury, the onl
free silver daily in that city, at saiar
of $1,000 year. 4
! Andrew Noble, q member of the fri
of Noble Bros, ranchers and dealers i
| live stock, was in the city this week. II
| left Tuesday for Montana, where he il
tends purchasing few hundred hea
Of young cattle to add to his alread
large herd of stock.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Macy left la
4 Saturday for ST., Paul, MINI. Mr.. Mace
has for some time been the night oper
tor on the Great Northern at this place
and he and his excellent wife lea,
many friends who were loath to sevt
their social relations.
Wells County News: Straub, the ca
toonist Of the Grand Forks Herald,
making an enyiable reputation throug
out the northwest as an artist. II
work is not only credit to himself, b
to the Herald, and increases its pop
larity to no small extent.