Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-06-10
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Au lUNM ANN VUI>
Merchant Yeater has purchased the old
county safe.
A high-zrads bicycle Tor sale, cheap.
Inquire at the Record Office.
Growing crops all through the county
are reported to be looking we'll.
The pioneer picnic will take place on
Saturday, the 25th Of June, in McGinnis
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Cell have moved
out on their farm, in the Danbury neigh
borhood.
Jacob Wollman, OF Winons, was a
visitor to the county seat last Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Auditor Braddock and Merchant Yea
ter returned Monday from visit of a
few days in Bismarck. .
OF the recently-sick ones, Mrs. Fred
Cell has entirely recovered, and Mrs. s.
A. Hawke is out of danger.
Judge Rowerdink, H. ). Heyerman,
Gerrit Brummel and John Millenaar were
in town last Monday on final l-proof busi.
ness:
Born-On May Is. 1898, to Mr.. and
Mrs. o. W. Nelson, of Logan district, a
son. All doing we'll, and Oscars three.
ply smile has not yet begun to subside.
The cut-worms are playing hob with a
good many of the gardens. Cabbage
plants, particularly, are suffering severely
from their attacks, and in some instances
entire paintings have been destroyed.
John Edick and comrade-C. E. Will.
son, Of Co. "D'-who has been helping
Johnny to have the measles in Fargo,
went through Bismarck last Sunday, en-
route for San francisco.
Chauncey Depew has a new story
about Chinaman of Manila who said as
to the difference: IA spaniard he talkee.
talkee; Melican, he doee, doee." The
Chineman unconsciously perpetrated an
American pun.
North Dakota volunteers at San Fran.
cisco have been brigaded with the Thir.
teenth Minnesota, the Twentieth Kansas
and the First idaho, as the second bri
gade, under Col. Reeve, of Minnesota.
Comrede Southwick was up from
Winona and passed Wednesday night ir
Billsport. The old gentleman taught 8
few of the boys while here that they
would have to learn to play freeze-ou,
better if they didn't want to settle for his
soda water and cigars.
The remains of Mrs. Lawrence Fiel
den, who, with her husband, was one Of
the pioneers in the Williamsport coun
try, and who died some six years ago
were removed last week from the Fielder
homestead, south of town, and reinterreG
in the Glencoe cemetery.
Brother Patterson advertises for ar
'all-around printer" What do yor
want. Charlie-a printer who is all
around town when he ought to be Al
work setting type or doing job-work9 Il
you want one of that kind, he ought K
be easy to get.
Ed. McConville was a sojourner ii
Williamsport last Wednesday night. II.
came up to file on quarter-section in tn.
southern part of the county. Ed. hat
never before seen the Williamsport coun
try, and he thinks the lay of the land /,
about as good as any that he has seen IL
the state.
Col. Whalen, of Whalenville, was
visitor in Billsport Tuesday. His watct
is keeping fairly good time. considerin
that he has been using it for rifle large
while in practice to get ready for til,
third call for volunteers. and that he pu
two or three center shots through it. Blu
the watch weighs just as much az ever.
Uncle Ben Corbin was in town Monday
This time he had q wolf scalps. The
veteran wolf-slayer is somewhat unde,
the weather, and, besides, has very sore
hand. Uncle Ben is right in the politica
swim this year, and his war cry is
every county officer who didn't shou,
for the big county wolf-bounty must 20. y
Mr.. Andrus went down to Winona
Wednesday on business connected with
the case of Southwick vs.. Southwick, ir
which he was so unfortunate as to ge,
mixed up as one Of the bondsmen. w
B. seems to have bad luck in getting or
the bonds of people who don't seem tc
care how much trouble their sureties are
put 10.
Ninian Young received telegram las,
Saturday evening stating that his father
was seriously i'll at his home in Jasper
county, Iowa. The young man started
for Eureka Sunday night, and, unless he
received better news in reponse to tele
gram from that place, he intended tc
take the train and go to Iowa. The SICK
man, Mr.. J. J. Young, formerly resided
in Emmons county, where he was vel
liked by every one. He is more than 6e
years old.
Messrs. Roman & Kelly, the aeronauts,
carried out their program to the letter
Last Saturday afternoon there were q
great many people in town-a large por,