Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-06-01
IN TOWN AND OUT.

w. A. Parr was down from the Sand
Creek range Wednesday.
There was an enjoyable dancing par
ty at the Hotel Chase last Friday
evening.
Messrs. Petrie s. Johnson are max
ing an; addition 2Ox2O feet to the north
end of their building.
sDad' Wescott says that the weather
is so dry that he has to take drink
of water-before he can spit.
Mr.. w. G. Mcintyre, well-known
schoo l-teacher, was up frem the Hull
neighborhood last Friday.
Mr.. Campbell, the former 500 agent
at Braddock, is now organizing lodges
for the Woodmen of the World.
Mr.. G. w. Renskers, one OF the old
settlers, of the West1eld neighbor-
hood, was in Linton Saturday on busi-
ness. -
Deputy Assessor j. N. Roop is in the
Linton country this week, rounding
up the bonds, mortgages, diamonds,
ETC., of the population.
Mr.. ]. w. Wescott has things very
nicely arranged in his store building.
The taking out Of the partition and
throwing the two rooms into one is a
great Improvement.
Attorney III. A. Armstrong was a
visitor in Linton Wednesday. He has
just returned from trip to Ohio,
where he was called by the death Of
his father. His mother was very i'll
for awhile, but is now improving.
Mrs. Lanes school did not allow
Memorial Day "Wednesday last) to pass
by without having appropriate exer-
cises. At the Burge cemetery, where
the remains Of several old soldiers are
Inferred, remarks fit for the occasion
were made by Mr.. Lane.
There was horse-race the other
day In the subutbs of Linton, in which
Dick Evans :Rubberneck'' aud the
krause horse, frpm the wilds Of Camp
bell county, contested. The Emmons-
county horse won, ofscourse. The wa
ger was Is.
Guss J0rgenson, who is employed by
the Misses Cash and Anna Petrie at
Winchester, was in town Sunday, suf-
fering from a dtslocated shoulder. DIR.
Shockey put the bone back in place,
and we understand Mr.. Jorgenson is
getting along alright.
Carpenters are at work altering and
improving Nj. Chase's Hotel Emmons.
The building is being much more ham
dily arranged, new windows put in,
partitions built to make bedrooms.
etc. Mr.. Chase is determined that the
guests Of his hotel shall be well cared
for and comfortable.
1t san old saying that "Misery
loves company" The Twin City
papers say that, outside of portion
of Iowa, there is a general drought
throughout the northwest. The Pio-
neer Press is authority for the state
ment that the month just passed was
the driests the Northwest has known
for thirty years. +
"A man named Simon WEIGH was
found murdered in his house, a feM
miles from Bismarck, one day last
week. He was a bachelor and a ,miser
and was known TO have considerable
money slowed away ID bis, cellar. All
the money was missiag. a man named
Chilkof is suspected OF having COM
mitted the murder. Heleft Bismarck
suddenly the day of the murder, and
SO far no one has been able to find
him. ,.s.
Yesterday, for an hour or SO, the
sun was shut from view by a fieecy sort
Of substance that was floating about
in the sky. Finally.a sort Of peculiar
liquid began. to drop from above, and
2 considerable quantity of 1t fell. It
was neither beer nor whisky, but bore
some resemblance to a substance that
is sometimes used Ia, Emmons county
for washing clothes, and is said to be
obtained from wells. There are old
people.in and about Linton who claim
to have witnessed the same phenom-
lenon long time ago.
Billy Mitchell came down from
Brad dock Sunday evening, returning
next day. He was accompanied BY
INF. w. @. Haas, whom he introduced
to his Linton friends as his successor
at the ST. Croix Braddock yards.
Billy mas been transferred from Brad
dock to Kuhn, where he. will take
charge Of the st. Croix business. Mr..
Mitchell has, during his stay in Brad
dock, combined to an unusual degree a
careful consideration for tile interests
of his employers and liberal treatment
OF their patrons. The company's Brad.
dock yards have done q business ex-
tending into many thousands Of dol
lars:a year, much Of it, . credit bust.
ness, but tine collections have been so
good as to Justify the agents liberal
methods and verify his Judgmentsoi
human nature In Its relation to busi.
ness deals. The writer, as well as
many Others down this way who have
i had considerable to do with the Brad.
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