Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21

John Mercer, ST., was down from Blu.
ford yesterday,
H.. L. Moody of Dorr, was transacting
business in this city to-day.
George Hutchinson wasan over Sun.
day visitor in this city from Homund.
Valdemar lessen of Culbertson visited
with Williston friends one day last week.
J. N. Balm of Culbertson was in. our
city last evening on matters OF business.
Dennis Mccarthy from the south side
was q business visitor in the city yes
terday.
Charley Johnson made business trip
to the county seat from his ranch at
Hofffund Saturday.
For good time attend the dance given
by the Episcopal Guild tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening at Opera House.
D. G. Boyd Of White Earth visited
with his brother Samuel Boyd in this
city the early part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. A. Foster returned
last Friday from Boulder Hot Springs,
Mont, where they had been for Mr..
Fosters health.
Mrs. Anton Jevnager, vino has been
visiting friends and relatives at Towner,
for short time. returned home the lat.
ter part of last week.
Jake Dahl, the hustling land locator of
Ray, was in Williston yesterday evening
with five settlers, who left on the "ffyer"
for M;not to locate on land near Spring
brook.
Dave King is down from Buford with
bis house.moving outfit. He has the
contract for moving the buildings from,
lots proposed to be covered by the syn
dictate block.
Edmond G. Greenup. the land man Of
Granville, is visiting with R. NJ. Calder.
wood 9 family in this city. Mr.. Greenup
is q candidate for clerk of the court of
McHenry county.
John Lindquist, head of the Lindquist.
Cattle Co., was visitor in this city yes.
terday. He was highly please with the
appearance and future prospects. Of VIII
liston..
The large and commodious addition to
). c. Dryers place, which was finished
last week, gives Jack one Of the best
rooms in the city, and will b. used as
pool and billiard room.
Halvor Thorsen came up from his
bonanza ranch in HofHund the latter
part of last week and returned with a
wagon load of supplies. He says that
the crops in the Nesson Valley are the
best ever.
Messrs. Belyea, Baldwin and Paul
Leonhsrdy of this city. and Purvis of
Crookston were out north of town in
speeding real estate, etc., when they
we're caught in the hail storm Monday
evening.
The case against Mrs. Goudet, in
which Madeline Lee was the complain
ing witness, for using obscene language
on the public streets of Williston was
tried before a jury and the defendant
found not guilty,
T.. J. Mendenhall and son, Charles, of
Banks, were up from their south side
ranch the first of the week transactlng
business in this city. They report that
the new ferry at Grinnell will be in run
ming order very soon with Frank F.
Davis as ferryman.
John Bruegger, of the Bruegger Mer-
camille Co., returned Sunday evening
from Alhambra Springs, Montana, where
he went for two weeks vacation. Mrs.
Bruegger stoppen off at Havre to visit
with her nieces. Mrs. L. D. Bayrell and
Miss Lydia Leonhardy.
Miss Lucille Booker, who has been
visiting her father, Mr.. G. A. Booker, of
the Arlington Hotel in this city, for the
past two or three weeks, left last Friday
for the eastern part Of the state to visit
friends short time before returning to
her school at Saltwater, MINI.