Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-01-21
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lander states that the disease 10 scaylel
fever and nothing else. Sooner or later
active measures will have 10 be taken by. !.
the proper authorities TO provide doc
tors services and to have CASES properly
qusrantined. il it can be done.
No meeting Of the county hoard vas
held last Monday (mistakenly stated BY
the Record to be held last Saturday,, -
the committee appointed to isvessisate
the ex-treasurer's accounts had not hn-
ished its work. The committee has not
yet completed ito labors. A meeting Of
the board will be held next Monday.
Minneapolis Tribune North Dakota il
forging TO the front % fast, In proportion
to her population, O. any state ia the
union, and In time she will be numbered
among the most populous and wealthy:
Almost every acre of North Dskots. 10
either arableor At for grazing purposes
there 10 almost no waste land. snd the
healthful and invigorating climate consti-
tutes an irfesistible attraction to the best
class of settlers.
George Doueherty. appointed probate
Judge when Emmons county was organ
lied, and who Was Wllliamsport's 6rss
merchant, was seen by p. j. Lyons, Of
Steele, while the latter was on visit
east, recently. Mr.. Lyons met Mr.. Dough-
erty while both we're at the railroad sta
tion in 1T. James. Minn., waiting fox
train. George wished to be remembered
to old friends in Emmons county, and he
made many inquiries concerning them.
Minneapolis Journal: North Dakota may
have sort of Dunn.Paradis embrogllo.
Editor Lounsberry. of Fargo. has init
mated that he may want satisfaction out
side newspaper columns from Editor Tut
tie, Of Msndsn. Lounsberry has war
record of which he is especially proud, and
Tuttle. whose knowledge of wartime af-
fairs in this country is probably confined to
such information as Punch's old cartoons
could give, has seen fit to make light of
the colonel. Thence this promise of gore.
The editor Of an exchange states that
farmer had dream. He dreamed that
he had raised 1000 bushels of wheat, and
he was very happy over the fact. Then he
dreamed he had sold it for 81 so bushel,
and his happiness was great. But he
dreamed now that he had sold it to.s
thousand different people. bushel to each
one. and that many had not paid him, and
he was sad. When he awoke it was broad
daylight, and. leaping out of his bed, he
exclaimed to his wife: "Mary, have
had solemn warning Of i'll am going
right of to town and pay the editor the
$50 which l owe for the paper
Monday night about 7:30 o'clock Mr.
]. G. Brown experienced a very annoying
case of runaway. His team of horses,
which we're hitched in front Of Mr.. Bou.
tillier's store, broke their halter.ropes
and disappeared in the darkness. Mr..
Brown trailed them all around the coun-
try. there beiug light snow on the
ground. and about 1880 p. m. he found
them at Nels Peterson g farm, about four
miles from town, quietly devouring
Farmer Peterson's straw-srack,' No. dam
age. 1t ia we'll to live in q country
where there are no stumps, and where .
team has plenty of room to run away in.
Frank Jaszkowiak has had his new
horsepower drilling machine at work
during the week on . we'll for Landlord
Rush. The hole is just west Of and Gloss
to the big windmill, to which the pump
can be easily geared. Just at quitting
time Monday evening. at depth Of so
feet, . stone was struck, but Frank be-
lieved that be would be able to drill
through it next day. When work was
begun Tuesday morning, however, what
was thought to he an iron bar or pipe
was etruck. about 10 feet feet from the
bottom Of the hole, supposed to havs
been dropped in by some malicious per.
son. Another hole was started near BY,
upon which work is in progress At pres-
snt.
Nearly $500 were paid by Treasurer
Allen Que day last week to District Treas.
urer streeter. on account Of Williamsport
school district. With the money received
q warrants have been called. BY the
way, the writer heard Of taxpayer who
objected. the other day. to the expense
of publishing warrant calls. Tho ob1ec.
tion would be Ill right, were there any
expense. But there isn't-hasn't besn
aud won't be. Notice Of the call 10 print
ed by the district treasurer for his own
convenience and as . matter Of general
information. Very few people to whom
warrants were issued hold them now, and
many Of the present holders cannot be
notified BY letter, because their address
10 not known.
NOTICE. 4
There is money In the treasury 10 re-
deem county warrants % follows:t
General fund. warrants registered prior
: Hesa Fs t t9ss; 1ss1; warrants 1es'.'e1sa prior
. f,,sssi asSs I f1sSi 1884, warrant. registered p'ios
Date Of repatriation appears On back of
lnssss.. ceases 4 after u. y g ass:; !: |, .. 4
Treasurer Emmons Connly; 8. D.:
Dated Williamspost ~ 2. -: -;