Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1899-12-01

Fifty-two pupils are enrolled at the
deaf school at Devils Lake. Every
thing is in q prosperous condition and
q successful year is promised.
A six-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Josephson, living about
nine miles northwest of Lakota, died
q horrible death from burning. 1t
seems the deceased and an older sister
set fire to some prairie grass and the
little girls clothing caught fire, and
before she could be rescued the
clothing was all burned and her body
horribly charred.
The editor Of the Washburn Leader
has made his annual pilgrimage to the
beaver haunts to ascertain from those
knowing creatures what sort of q win
ter we are to have this time. AS we
understand his interpretations, the
winter is to be characterized by ex-
tremss of temperature, with some
snow and some fierce blizzards-yes,
and some ice.-Ex.
An old maid stood on the steamboat
deck, whence all but her had fed; and
calmly faced kissinR.bus that circlod
overhead. The maidens shrleked and
the matrons swooned, and the men
all swore amain, but the game old
maid like a hero staid, and whispered,
Come again." The old maid-wss
she dead? Nay, still she stood and
cried for more, but the kissinR.bug
had hed.-Ex.
A clever canvasser for q patent
pants-stretcher has done good business
In Grand Forks through appealing to
the local rivalry with Fargo. It is
said that bis assurance that he had
sold the superintendent of schools of
Cass county a pair very promptly land
ed Superintendent Spoonheim's order
for q pair just like 'em.-Grand Forks
Herald. 1.-THE superintendent Of Cass
county is woman.
Men are like train of cars-travel-
ing through life-with many curves
and many Jars. Some are engines and
they must pull-others empty-some
are full. Some slide along the way
some 60 creaking as ii they-were sore
In every bolt-some never Jolt. Some
billed to go through straight some
left on switches for to wait. Men are
as cars that rumble past-each has it's
place and use-the engine at the head;
and last-the pitiful caboose.-FarQo
Forum.
At q special meeting Of the Bis
marck city council, held recently, an
ordinance was passed granting right
of-way to the 500 railroad, allowing it
to run into and though the city, with
the right to erect buildings and side.
tracks and maintain them. The ordi-
nance designates the streets through
which the railroad Is to pass, and pro-
vfdes that the road shall be ironed
into the city and maintain a station
there for the transaction Of business
on or before Dec. 1, 1900. Otherwise,
the right-of-way granted to be Of no
effect.
Wahpeton Globe: Last Sunday the
pastor Of the Presbyterian church at
Grand Forks asked the ladies present
to please remove their hats. Some Of
the ladies Immediately complied with
the request. Others, who wore very
large hats with plumes standing out
on each side like immense sweeps, hes
itated and grew nervous. The minis
ter, stood patiently waiting. Some Of
the ladies began to nervously finger
their Shat-pins, and finally about one.
half Of the hats were taken Oh; where
upon the minister continued his dis
course. It ID expected that all Of the
hats will be taken Oh next Sunday.
Ex.: The following good advice to
parents is applicable anywhere: "Be-
fore you listen to the complaints OF
your children about the fendishness Of
the teacher, and get all worked up
over 1t, 1t Is better to reflect a little.
Remember, your one or half.dozen
cheruhs drive you crazy about half the
time; then, bear with the teacher, who
Is making for you intelligent men and
women Of a. unpromising material as
you were twenty OF thirty years ago.
Rsmember, also, that besides your own
boy-wh0, Of courss, u m angel-she
has to contend with that awful boy OF
your neishbof, and you know full
well what = terror he H."
The supreme court affirmed the de-
cision Of the q. 8. district court of
this state in the noted case of Marku-
son against the warden Of the state
penitentiary, but did not pas on the
oonsNtutionality OF the laws relating
TO contempt proceedings under the
prohibition Law. What Markuson
should have done, said Justice McKep,
M, was to have asked for q writ OF er.
rof ssam the q. 8. sppsems eourt t.