Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-09-05
A. .Weatherby. She was accompanied
by her niece, little Ruth Weatherhy.

y. a WedUtleTOy, UllleO STATES Com
missioner. Linton.
Mrs. w. J. Marchant, who vas re-
ported last week as being very sick
with typhoid fever, is much better.
Archie Newcomb, who was also down
with the same complaint, is sup and
around.'
The eighteen-months-old son of MIR.
and Mrs VIM. Hull, OF the northwest
ern part of the county, is very sick.
The child is not expected to recover.
DR.. Wolverton visited the little suffer-
er, Tuesday.
A postal card from Herman Thore-
son, dated Hebron, Iowa, Aug. Goth,
says: ~ arrived all right last Monday.
My wife's mother is still alive, but
growing weaker. Send the Record to
my address. -
There was a big rush of hunters TO
the prairies the fore part of the week,
and none returned empty handed.
Frank Haas has our thanks for
bunch of prairie-chickens, and Peter
Wittmayer for mess of ducks.
Messrs. Martin & Sims will soon be-
gin the work Of erecting a one.story.
endorsement cement-block structure
adjoining their new building ON the
north. 1t will, when completed, be
occupied by the Beebe hard ware store.
A game of base ball was played be-
tween the Brofy Invincibles and the
Sand Greek Plowboys last Sunday
Charlie Dewitt was the umpire. The
game resulted in favor Of the Plow-
boys by tho ''close tiggers" of s3 to H.
The Bismarck land-otlicers have Civ
EN- United States Commissioner
Weatherby permission to take proofs
at Hazelton. He has settled upon the
second Wednesday of each month as
the date for taking final proofs at the
town named.
Aberdeen American, Sept. 3D.: Miss
Inez Sims, OF Linton, N. D., arrived
in the city last night to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Thomas ID. Potwin. Miss
Sims is on her way to Worthwhile to
spend some time with friends there.
She will leave for the latter place
"Wednesday morning.
''The divil fly away wid' such a
mail service as Linton now has with
Bismarck and the Emmons county
postotlices west and southwest. The
department has promised to remedy
the .matter, but suffering public
thinks they are eyerlastingly slow
about it.
| Merchant Backhals left for the
Twin Cities Monday, on business and
to attend the big state-fair. Mrs.
Backhaus aud Miss Frieda Backhaus
accompanied him, and, after taking
in the fair, will go to Iowa to visit
relatives a couple Of weeks. Mr. B.
will be home Saturday.
f. o. Nickel has recently drilled
two wells for w. T. Brooks. One of
the wells is SO feet deep and the other
% feet. Mr.. Brooks has been hauling
water by wagon about four years, and
he is happier than ever now that he
has sslathers'' of the cool and invig-
Grating liquid right at home.
The Misses Lucille Grain and Frances
Patterson, who will soon leave to at
tend school at Stanley Hall, Minneap-
oils, and st. Mary's seminary, Fart
bault, Mimi, respectively, gave u fare
we'll dance at the opera-house to their
young friends, Friday night. There
were about thirty young people pres
ent, and all enjoyed themselves great
w. Fulmer's orchestra furnished the
music.
NJ. Cornelison was up from the
Hague country Tuesday. He reports
that the people down that way are
feeling very hopeful OF obtaining the
rural-route service for which they
have long been working. Inspector
Norton, of the rural.route division OF
the postotlice department, was i'm the
neighborood recently. Mr.. Cornelison
took him over the proposed route lie
found enough families living along
the line to meet the requirements OF
the department, and spoke very ia
vorably Of the establishment of the
route.
Some bold, bad burglar burgled an
outbuilding back of DIR. Wolverton's
residence, Saturday night, and with
his malice aforethought" things
like that-purloined from said build
ing tirst-class hunting dog that had
been left in the Doctors charge, and
in company with which he had i'm
tended to pursue the gentle prairie
hen the following Sun-Monday, We
mean. The robber dropped pocket
knife, and several people havea strong
idea as to who owns the knife. Better
bring back the dog. A dog is property
in North Dakota, and one Kind OF
burglary is as bad as another.
Thomas McCrory has purchas d the
John Hagg place, one Of the finest res,
licences in Linton. Mr.. McCrory
, wife will reside there permanently, Sc
that the children will have good schoo
facilities. His stock interests will re-
quire him to be absent some OF the