Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-11-27
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Wanted--To hire a mau or Z big boy
to do chores for the winter.
Ten days are allowed settlers from date
set for proof. when the roads are in their
present condition.
Trahern pumps. for any depth of we'll,
always kept on hand. Francis Jaszko.
wiak. Williamsport, N. D.
Two brothers of Mrs. Appert, from
Morris. Minn.. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Appert, at their residence in Dcnhem
precinct. this county.
Mr.. Howard came down from Bismarck
last Monday evening. and Willamsport
school will begin as soon as the roads are
broken sufficiently for the children to at.
tend.
Soren Wollenhaupt was the nrst settler
to get to town from the Long Lake Creek
neighborhood after the storm. It took
him all day with team and sled to get
there.
Now that the winter is about over, the
time is here when You should "thlnk up''
aud send for the garden seeds you intend
to plant also, the make" Of mosquito
netting you expect to invest in.
Mr.. Varney started with the mail from
Winchester for Williamsport, and got as
far as Ninian Young's, ten or twelve miles
from Williamsport But he could get no
further with his rig, and. abandoning the
same. he brought himself and the mail to
Wllliamsport by means of the motive
power Of Shanks's mare.
Mrs. Capt. j. A. Cotton, who with her
husband. since deceased, was one of the
early settlers in the Williamsport neigh
borhood-eleven years ago--arrived from
the east, last Sunday. to pass the winter
with her son and daughter.in.law. Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Cotton.
Died-Friday, Nov. ~. 1896, Margaret
Ann, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Rush,
OF Williamsport. Little Maggie Rush
was sweet and gentle child and was
beloved by all who knew her. While the
terrific storm was in progress her spirit
passed to the better land. She was eight
years old the 18th Of last September. 1t
was impossible, owing to the storm. to
procure the attendance Of a physician
from Bismarck. 1t has not been def
nitely settled whether the interment will
take place here or In Bismarck. Mrs.
Rush 10 also very Ill. The beresved pa.
rents have the deepest sympathy Of every
one in their great afliction.
Treasurer Lee and Tom Kelly were the
first. after the storm, to come through
from the river. They we're en- route from
Bismarck, and put IN a couple of days
over at Mr.. Waldroff's waiting for the
blizzard to subside. Then it took them
day to get to Johnny WlIde's ranch.
Next day they got as far as the deserted
Billy Baker place. SIX to eight miles west
Of Willlamsport. where, with Messrs.
Thurtle and Greenstein. who had come
up from the Edick mine, after dumping
their loads by the wayside. they passed
the night in . straw-stack, taking turns
at keeping straw fire burning. Next
day little before noon they reached
Blllsport footsore and weary aud with
their backbones decorated with chaff
Friday morning Worth. the colored
minstrel man imprisoned at Williams
port charged with shooting and wound
ing his partner, Moore. at Winona,
"broke jall;'' and this is the way that it
happened: He was locked up Wednes-
Gay evening, az usual. when Deputy
Sheriff Boutlllier went home. half mile
distant. The blizzard came on Wednes-
day night and continued for two days.
During the storm the deputy made three
Intellectual attempts to get to the jail.
Worth says he stood his fast tolerably
we'll until his fuel gave out Then. at
the expiration of thlrty-six hours, he be.
came fearful that the storm might con.
tinue until he starved or froze to death
So he took an old AK that was kept for
splitting wood. raised window and went
to work on the iron bars. which after
awhile yielded. whereupon Moore crawled
through. The storm was in full blast.
and he could not see building; but he
started IN the direction of Mr.. Rush's ho-
tel. and finally reached there. the time
being 10 O. clock Friday forenoon.
"A Lovely Thanksgiving.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, but
! there was not much opportunity in these
partsto "meet together and give thanks. +"
as the official proclamations usually rec
ommend. When folks arose in the morn
ing they found that the toughest kind Of
tough blizzard was raging. To day
the said blizzard is still hard at work.
The writer's first acquaintance with the
Missouri Slope was in 1881; but we be.