Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-06-29
IN TOWN AND OUT.

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II. ]. Stolee, of Larvik, was a visitor
in Linton Tuesday.
Messrs, David and James Frederick
were visitors in Linton Monday last.
Linton Sunday-sclool will picnic at
Burgess grove tomorrow Saturday.
Messrs. Metcalf and Parr were over
from the Spring creek range, Tues:
day.
A party of fishers went to the mouth
of Spring Creek Friday to try their
luck.
Mr. Peter Kraft, an old-timer of EX-
eter precinct, was visitor in Linton
Monday last.
Messrs. W. T.. and 0. L. Bales, of
Glanavon, were visitors in Linton
Wednesday.
Braddock is to haYe, steam -four
mill. The money necessary to insure
it's construction X. in sight.
Mr.. w. a. Patterson, the we'll
known Enmons county old-timcr, is
visiting relatives in Linton.
Linton school closes to-day for the
summer vacation. There will be a
program of exercises at 2 o'clock.
Druggist Woodman, Of Braddoclz,
came down to Linton Wednesday ey-
ening, returning home yesterday.
Messrs. e. Reierson and Hans =.
F'jon took their children to Mound
City last Thursday to have them vac
cinated.
Tom Vjkse is building a granary Of
Dakota soil, and Ole Thompson is put
ting up an addition to his house, of
the same material.
Tuesday evening Ninian Young
hitched three teams to the Linton
school-house and started with it on a
trot for Winchester.
Refer Reierson has recovered from
kis illness and is up again; but his wife
is dangerously sick. DIR. Jackson, Of
Mound City, is attending her.
S. A. Hawks, of the Williamsport
country, returned last Friday from
Alberta, in the British possessions.
Mr.. Fl. is very favorably impressed
with that region.
The Jones boys have moved the
house from the old homestead Of their
parents to the Spring creek ranch.
They now have a soomy and comfort
able dwelling for their mother and
themselves.
Born.-Saturday. June %, 1900, to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Petrie. of Omio, a
daughter. Mother and child all right.
Wallie is said tt he very well pleased,
as for a long tine%he has been anxious
to have daughter.
The Woodmen, boys were disappoint-
ed Tuesday evening in the matter Of
their lecture. Mr.. Farmer, who was
to deliver the lecture, failed to materi-
aliZe. However, the boys partook Of d
bountiful supper. listened to some
good music and had a pleasant time
socially.
-Married--At tine residence of the
Presbyterian. pastor in. Bismarck,
and Oy that gentleman, on Monday,
June 25th, Mr.. James Smith and Nj iss
Annie Dunbar, liotlI of Emmons coun-
ty. The young couple are we'll and f;l-
vOrably known in this county, and
their many frieifds wish them long,
happy and prosperous married life.
Braddock will celebrate the Fourth
in grand style. The whangdoodle will
roar, the cynocephalus will howl, and
the eagle-bird will scream from dawn
till midnight. Bert Thurston will bel
arrayed as the Goddess Of Liberty, Doc
Snyder as Uncle Sam, and Top Lee
will climb the creased pole. You'll
have seventeen bushels of fun il you
20 to Braddock on July 4.
Quarterly meeting was held Satur-
day and Sunday by the Methodists Of
EmmonS county at Burge grove, on
the lower Beaver. Presiding Elder
Burns preached three sermons at the
meeting. He also held services at
Linton Sunday evening. Those who
| attended were very fayorably i'm
pressed with the elders ability as a
pulpit orator.
A number of the people along Beav-
| er creek will have a basket picnic at
Lynn'S grove on the Fourth. Those
getting it up want it understood that
it is not intended as a rival Of more
pretentious affairs, but is gotten up
| to enable those to celebrate the day
who cannot get away to attend either
OF the big picnics to be held at a dis
tance. 1t will be a basket picnic, and
everybody is cordially invited.
The people Of the Linton peighbor-
hood should know that j. Nj. Wjrtl1,
the Braddock meat-market man. is at
all times prepared to furnish fresh
meats to the public, and that he is
now enjoying good trade along the
stage lines out of Braddock. Now, say
you want some steak or roast, Just
give your money in the morning to the
Braddock-Linton mail-carrier and
he'll bring you The meat in the even
ing, charging you only a dime therefor.
A cowboy calling himself A. Johp-
son, who had beer; in Linton two
or three weeks, lit out Thursday night
of last week, taking some brides and
other property belonging to G.. A.
! Patterson. At first it was thought
that team belonging to Charlie
Coventry and horse belonging to
Jesse Lampmann had also been taken
1 by johnson, but later they were
found In the hills, having escaped
from the pasture. Up in the Derr
neighborhood, Friday, the thief,
evidently thinking that he was being
pursued, threw away the plunder and
4 IT was recovered. Johnson, however,
is still at large,
The Chinese regulars, as well as the
mob known as the Boxers, are now in
actual warfare against the civilized
nations and number of Europeans
and Americans have been killed. Lev.
les OF troops in large numbers are be:
Ing made by all the civilized nations
and they will at once be poured int
China. The rat-eaters will find that
the Caucasian ma tiOns will not be sat
1stied until the conditions in all China
are. such that missionaries. whether