Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-02-15
AROUND the STATE

There Is suncient timber aroun,
WilIiston for the operation Of . saW
mill.
John Crawford. = negro, was lined
at Wahpeton for beating his white
wife.
The Havana Record wants protec
tion for the ducks How about the
brakes:
Bismarck is TO have two Touring
mills-one Of 200 and one Of 500 barrels
capacity.
The international Harvester CON-
pan! is arranging for more room IT
Bismarck.
Thieves broke = slot machine At
Bismarck the other night and carried
OF about go
Judge Winchester. Who uas seY1-
onsly sick last week. IS again able to
attend 10 court business
Edward McRay has again secured
Ihe contract for carrying the mail be
tween Pollock and Whom.
The Grand Forks lines has infoy-
NATION iha; new army post is TO be
established AT Or, near Manila
J. A johnson. who served the city
Of Fargo IS mayor for severn! years.
is again candidate Tor the position.
TIE Hcskins Cigar company has
been organized at Bismarck for the
purpose OF doing jobbinR trade in
cigars
A Melville man went to the barn to
see If everything vas all right for the
night, and one Of the horses kicked
him into the fore part Of next week.
Local pay-stations for the new tele-
phone line between Bismarck and
jamestown and Bismarck and Linton
are being established in the Capital
City.
The mad-dog scare at Wahpeton
resulted in ain order for the muzzling
Of all dogs, and extra precautions are
being taken to prevent the spread Of
rabies.
The noted trial az Fargo Of Major
Murphy. OF Ward county, resulted in
disagreement by the jury, which Is
understood to have been equally d.
vided.
Senator Hansbrough has gotten
through the senate a bill appr0pri-
ating a million dollars for the purpose
Of draining the lands Of the Red
River valley.
The Baptist society at Bismarck
has been notified that the loss on the
church and furnishings has been al
lowed In full, SO they will receive el,-
300 insurance money. The salvage In
the ruined church is being offered for
sale.
Judge Winchester will hold q special
term Of court March 5th for the pur-
pose Of taking testimony before q jury
in condemnation proceedings brought
by the Northern Pacific against
Charles BoyntOn ct al, the company
wishing to secure certain lands for
reservoir purposes at Mckenzie sta
tiOn.
The jurors In the Murphy case At
Fatgo must have had q strenuous time
Of 1t after the case was given to them.
TO have cots and bedding taken from
them, and to be compelled to sleep on
the bare boards could not have tended
to the maintenance Of peace Of mind.
1t is a wonder that the jury did not
insist on convicting somebody, lust
to get even.
bismarck Tribune: c. j. Peterson, uf
Slaughter, who has been In the west
for six weeks endeavoring to find u
better place than Burleigh county
has given up the task and returned to
admit that North Dakota is good
enough for him. He has visited many
localities ON the Pacific coast and is
satisfied that there is better oppor-
tunity In North Dakota than in any
locality he visited.
a naughty exchange says there Is
scarcely anything woman can't do
with a fiarpin. She uses il tn pick
fsef teeth. button her shoes, clean her
finger nails, pinch fed.bugs out OF
cracks faAten up stray hangs, clean
out her husbands pipe, scratch her
head. pick her toe nails, run into
cakes 10 see II they are done, and a
million other things that poor deludcd
man knows nothing about.
Cakes Republican: Hundreds VI
dead fisi are lying In the open water
at the mouth of the sewer where IL
cmptics into the Jim river. These
hsll were alive last week and we're af.
fording lots Of sports for people with
the spear and rod The bulk Ut the
fish are OF the bullhead variety, with
good sprinkling Of perch and plckerel.
The killing Of fish is said to be due To
the poisonous drippings from the gas
plant, which was lately connected
with the sewer.
People are said sometim mes to skate
as a result OF drinking beer, but the
boys at Minot are skating on beer, a
luxury for which they have to thank
Sheriff Lee. That Official the other
day knocked the nccks OF Of all the hot.