Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-08-13
LOCAL ROUNDUP.

LOCAL ROUNDUP. T.:
Editor Hughes of the Ray Pioneer
was visitor in the city this week..
The new meat market, in the John
Olson building. is now open for b usiness
Charles Webster, one of the townsite
proprietors of Ray, was in the city Mon
day.
Charley Becker, better known as
"Coontsil." or 1.-THE Drag" was down
from Buford Monday. 5@
The Richards Cattle Co.. will make
their first shipment from the Avoca
stock yards on the Goth inst.
Sept. let, the fall term Of the Man.
Rato Commercial College, Mankato,
Mimi, opens. Get a catalogue.
The regular teachers examination for
Williams County is advertised for Fri
day and Saturday, August % and 20.
James McCune of .Arcola, Assa., was
in the city this week. having purchased
band of sixty horses from Chas.
Becker.
Married-In this city. on August 9Th,
1908, BY Rev. Jones. Mr.. Freeman
Crook and Miss Hannah Anderson, both
of Wheelock. N. D.
The brick work on the union block
has been finished, and work on the
interior of the several departments is
being pushed rapidly ahead.
A. w. Dennis. who has been engaged
for several weeks getting the records in
the Register of Deeds Office in proper
shape, has finished his work, and left
for the east yesterday.
D. M. Fair this week filed on an 80
acre tract of land on the Stony creek,
three miles east of town. Commissioner
Brownson engineered the locating and
-oflciated at the filing.
Married-At the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Jevnager in this city, by
Rev. Jones. on Aug. 18th, Mr. An
drew Lee and Miss Elizabeth Forsyth,
both ofTowner. N. D.
The harvesting of oats, barley, fax
sand wheat is now in full blast in differ.
ent parts of Williams county. From all
sections farmers report good yields and
satisfactory results for tho seasons
work.
L. D. Sweetman has $50 good mares
for sale. Responsible parties will find
4 bargain in the purchase of the bunch.
They will be sold in small lots to good
buyers. Address Mr.. Sweetman at
Buford. N. u. Il
Newton & Ennis, who have estab-
-lisbed the new meat market in the John
'Olson building. are erecting slaughter
house on Stony Creek, on Mrs. Harris
homestead, two and one-half miles east
of the town.
c. B. Pickrell of Woonsocket, s. D.,
and A. T. Pickrell of Battineau, were in
the city this week, the former to look
over bis brothers homestead northwest
of town. C. B. Pickrell was we'll pleased
with this locality, and he may decide to
locate, here.
Contractor T. C. Richards spent day
or two in the city last week, winding up
Q contract with the Bruegger Mercantile
Co. for more brick. Messrs. Lease &
Richards, the gentlemen who built the
court house and school house here, are
now erecting school buildings at Gull
sbertson and Poplar, Mont,
A party of young ladies hired double
seated carriage at Sam Boyd's stable,
and drove down the Missouri river bot
toms for pleasure. When they re-
turned they had the carriage completely
.enveloped with green boughs gathered
from the bushes on the wayside. A
stranger remarked, that the carriage
would look nice if in the midst of the
green falisge, q few roses and other
blossoms bad been entwined. '.Oh, no."
sald 1.-THE Drag" "the flowers, like
,otber good things, are on the inside"
wonder what be meant by that2