Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1897-03-12
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Auditor Braddock made q trip to Da-
KEN this week.
Al. Honstain was up from the South
Prairie country. Tuesday.
Who wants to buy some nice grain.fed
mutton, Apply at Record Office.
Messrs. Hendrix and Mauritz Van Soest
we're up from the Holland Settlement last |
Tuesday.
Ninian Young Was IN town Monday.
He has lost good horse, and he would |
like to find the same.
John Perry Is stopping IN town. under |
the care of DR.. Carson. He has pro-
nounced symptoms of pneumonia.
Jim Kennedy was among the visitors
in Willlamsport. Monday. He says he's
fifty years Of age, but he doesn't look as
old as that.
Mrs. Elder has been in Williamsport
this week. Her baby's sickness caused
the visit The little one is being attend
ed by Dr.. Carson and is improving.
Joe Lindsay was up town from the
Brindle nine with load Of coal. He
says that Mr.. ana Mrs. Brindle and two
or three Of the children have not been at
all we'll of late.
There's no need for poor people IN
these parts to take any special precau-
tions to keep the Wolf from the Door.
The Wolf can't get to the Door unless
he shovels Snow. y.
Every one hereabouts was sorry to hear
Of the sudden death Of Mr.. Robinson, at
Glencoe. last Friday. The Record Of
next week will give brief biographical
sketch Of deceased. sr.e...
Says the Publishers Auxiliary: Editor
Streeter has moved his Emmons County
Record plant from his farm to Williams.
port, and he will no longer print his pa.
per on bay.press.
Ozone. 9Th: President Dugald Camp.
bell, of the North Dakota Sheep Cons
psny, has been on . tour Of the holdings
| in Stutsman, Logan and Emmons coun-
ties, and he finds things in pretty fair
shape. sy.
Steve Hawks has sold his cattle to
John Baker and says he's going-sure.
But, when the green grass and the
meadow-larks come and all nature IS
smiling, then steve'll say: 'The county
of Emmons, in the state of North Dakota,
| is good enough for Mr.. Hawke"
It is about time that steps were being
taken by the people of Emmons county
to properly celebrate the Fourth OF July.
The Record would suggest Winchester or
some other polut on Beaver as the
place. 1t would be just nice drive by
cutter or bob.sled from any other part of
the county. Besides, In addition to the
usual sports and games, skating match
on the creek would be interesting.
A postal.card dated March 4, from
Frank Jaszkowisk, says: Il got home
March 8. Iwas blockaded by snow for
nearly week. There is very little snow
here in Nebraska mot enough for q
sleigh-ride. 1t has been raining ever
since came, and the mud is knee.deep.
Corn is worth six cents per bishel here
l do not know half Of the young men
here now; but the folks were all glad to
see me, and I am having a good time
l expect to start back on March 49,"
"a Winona correspondent writes to the
Record: Il understand that another Ind.
ian has been arrested, and that Mr.. Will
son is sure that he IS the one whom he
saw at the Spicer place on the day of the
murders.'.' VIM. Elder. of the Spring
Greek country, Is In town to-day. He
tsays that in bis neighborhood report
had come TO the effect that some of the
q property stolen from the Spicer home.
stead by the murderer had been found in
i Campbell county, =. D., and that the
\ Indian who disposed Of the property was
known.
Unless thaw comes soon. there will
be considerable loss of stock in this
\ county, as hay is already scarce article
with number of our farmers. And the
snow may not 60 for some time. Unless.
the writer is away of in his memory of
dates, he reached Bismarck on the 11th.
] of April. in 1881. and the snow didn't
begin to melt until week later. 1t was
] about the first Of April that steamboat
landed near the Sheridan House and that
! Mandan was flooded. But the high. water
was caused by an ice. gorge in the river
and not by local thaws.
A letter from Frank Horan, now at
Great Falls, Mont, was received In Janu-
! ary and mislaid. The letter, recently
found, among other things, says: "Isee
by the papers that North Dakota has
plenty OF snow and senatorlsl politics
this year. Montana always has plenty Of
/! politics; but there is no snow in these
Q parts so far. Some ranchers are plow.
ding. Stock has not yet been fed any
thing. 1t was cold for about ten days
during the latter part of November, but
the weather has been fine ever since.
J What is the matter with your Winchester
correspondence Are they showed unders
l I was very sorry to hear Of the sad death
OF JOHNNIE Mshaney.''
i Oliver Dalrymple, the Red River Valley
bonanza wheat.raiser, IL quoted as say.
1ing: ''Floods are frequently more a re-.
| suit of late wet SHOWS. followed by heavy
rains, than BY large accumulation Of