Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1897-03-19
IN TOWN AND OUT.

session in Bismarck.
John I. Roop is on the federal grand
jury in the Capital City.
Mrs. John F. Cell has been quite sick
for the past week or two.
Will Pagel, of the South Prairie neigh
borhood, was in town last Tuesday.
Willie Lee. of Emmonsburg, was
visitor to Williamsport one day last
week.
Lorenz Senger, of Exeter, is in town
to-day for the purpose of making home
stead fling.
An offer for hay-land lease saying Il
will give 81 more than anybody else" can.
not be entertained.
Mr.. Everett o. Hall. of Fort Yates. was
in Williamsport last Saturday attending
teachers examination.
Miss Dora Mandigo attended the teach.
ers' examination held by 6upt. Kuiper at
Williamsport last Saturday.
Jakob Kraft. of Odessa district, made
homestead final proof to-day, with Audi
tor Braddock and JakQb Fischer as wit.
nesses.
There 10 q new photographer in Bis.
marck--H. NJ. Smith. of Fargo--who is
said to do f1rst.class work, and do it
promptly.
Johnny Grogsn. with his mother, Mrs.
Corbin, drove over from the river to-day
to consult DIR. Carson, Mrs. Corbin being
in poor health,
Albert B. Peterson and Axel jacobson
made timber-culture final proof last Sat-
urday, with John Anderson and A. N.
Bill as witnesses.
Mr.. /. r. Branson, OF Long Island,
Phillips county, Kas.. has an idea of i'm
migrating to North Dakota, and he asks
for sample copy of the Record.
John KIynstra, of the Westfleld neigh
borhood. made homestead final proof at
Wiil,amsport last Saturday. Supt. Kuiper
and John STAIN were bis witnesses.
What vast benefit would be conferred
on humanity what saving Of time and
labor-should some one invent self
feeding, base.burnlng tobacco.pipe.
One day this week an Indian half
breed at Fort Yates shot and killed him
self. 1t is not known whether the shoot
ing was accidental or with suicidal in
tent.
On their way up from Odessa. yester.
day, Messrs. Anton and Jakob Fischer
and Jakob Kraft saw flock of wild
geese. They were flying in an easterly
direction
| Capt. Bralthwalte in Bismarck Trib'
une Il have been on the Missouri river
since 1871, and never saw such colo
weather IN March as there has been fol
the past two or three days.
Applications for the lease of Northern
Pacific lands are coming in rapidly. The
present shortage of hay seems to have
made everybody resolve to put up ar
extra supply the coming season.
Mr. W. J. Duhigg, the young lows
stock.raiser who was out in this countr,
for awhile, and who made many frlendl
here, died at his home IN Iowa recently
Deceased was nephew of Mr.. Farrell.
J A. Riggs. of Kid.der county, has
been arrested on a charge of being the
father of the child of sixteen year-ole
girl named Umphrey, of the same
county. Riggs is married man.
Tribune, Tuesday: J. A. Campbell, the
Emmons county sheepman, Is IN the city
He says it has been hard winter or
sheep, but those belonging to the Camp
bell ranch have come through with small
loss.
Mr. Brindle has received letter from
Dan Devies, who is now IN Stark county
Ohio. Dan says that times are muct
harder there than here. Mr.. Devies in
tends to return to Emmons county
shortly.
Joseph G. senger, member of the firu
Of Vetter & Senger, merchants at Selz
this county, one of the brightest and
most popular young men among oul
German fellow. .se ttlers, Is in town to-day
There was change Of 81 degrees ID
the temperature, 40 recorded at the Bis
marck weather.shop, between last Mon
day and Tuesday at 2 q. n.--from SO be-
low to 18 above. Just think of lt--38 be.
low On the 18th of March
Frank Jaszkowiak has just returned
from his visit to Nebraska He reports
that on Thursday the town Of Eureka
was very wet place, and the people
were up all night trying to keep the wa.
ter from flooding the cellars.
A son Of John Van Diest, living in the
Holland settlement, was handling shot
gun one day. this week. when the weapon
was accidentally discharged. laceratlna
one of the boys hands so badly tha,
three of his fingers had to be amputated.
Commissioner Wolf arrived to-day to
attend the special meeting to be held TO-
morrow, such meeting being called to
choose delegate to attend the meeting
in Bismarck of representatives of those
counties to which the Northern Pacific
owes taxes.
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