Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-02-20

So ssssAs SSsssS, as III NOrlu dakota, the
Law limits the period during which a
county treasurer may continuously
hold office.
0Dr. A. A. Sornsen, OF Aberdeen,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist,
will be in Linton, at DR.. Hogue's no.
tel. Wednesday, Feb. 26th. Glasses
fitted, also.
The Linton Orchestra will give a
"hard times dance on the evening Of
the 9Th Of March. Calico dresses and
blue overalls will be the order Of the
evening. All are welcome.
MI. Stondahl, who purchased the
Walter Kelly homestead, a few miles
northwest Of Linton, arrived yester.
day from Dell Rapids. He will make
his permanent home on his farm here
after.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Baker, of the
Hull netghborhood, have gone to Bald
win, Wis, called there by the serious
illness Of the laly's mother, who has
been sick for some time and is rapidly
growing worse.
Frank Irvine has sold his pool room
to Marvin Moulton, Of Seneca, S. d.
Mr.. Moulton will conduct the business
himself. His family arrived here
last Saturday, and have gone to house.
keeping In the former Linton State
Bank building.
The Ladies' Aid Society will give q
supper and social Friday, Feb. 2lst.
the evening before Washington's
Birthday. Everybody is cordially In
vited. The price of the supper will
be 25 cents plate. A good program
will be rendered.
Ona q complaint sworn out by Louis
Foell, of Brophy, Sheriff Jones raided
the s'speak-easy" run by Gottlieb
Mesner, ut the place named. The de-
scent vas made yesterday. the sheriff
capturing = barrel and some bottles OF
beer. No whisky was found.
March 4th next the federal law lin
tting to sixteen hours per day the
work Of train hands on interstate
railways goes into effect. Luckily it
dues not apply to interstate roads.
Were 1t SO, the scrap-iron train would
require two crews to get it to Bis.
marck and back to Linton.
The relatives of Mr.. B. +. Burge
gave the old gentleman . genuine
surprise party Friday evening last.
The party was in honor of Mr.. Burgess
seventy-dfth birthday. A very pleas
ant evening was spent, and at depart
ure the guests wished the venerable
old-timer many returns Of the day.
People up from Hull report the
birth, Feb. 18th. to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Van Bowen, of that neighborhood, of a
daughter. Mother and little miss do.
ing we'll. John Is also happy, Is he
has thought right along that four
boys and one girl were hardly fair
prospect for the housekeeping depart
ment. But the coming of the new
daughter does something toward equal.
izing the situation.
Andrew Wolfer, accompanied by the
following-named people, who were go
Ing to see the country and possibly in.
vest or locate there, left by the Mil
waukee train Monday for Texas: G.
Wolfer, Jakob Rentz; George Body,
John Quinzert, of Emmons county;
Christ. Linke, of Iceland; John We.
Der, VIM. Siegele, Of Herreid; jacob
Fuchs, of Eureka; John Hove, Jr., Of
Mound City; Lorenz Schafer. of Java
After being quiet for several months
the Batcave Bugle is again after the
publisher Of the Record. This as sure
ly denotes the approach of political
campaign as the publication Of Oscar
Wills catalogue marks the coming Of
spring. 1t has seemed strange during
the recent past to find no complaints
against or abuse of the Record editor
in the columns Of our esteemed con
temporary. And the Batcave man will
get Just about as much out of his
abuse and Misrepresentation in the
coming campaign as he has in the
past.
The Linton athletic club held a Sc.
ance Monday evening at the Old
school.house. The young strong men
of the town we're out in force, and
everybody had gobs Of fun. There
were numerous stirring encounters In
the sparring and the wrestling lines
The three leading features Of the
function were wrestling bouts re-
spectively between those well-knowd
local gladiators, The Biscuitmakel
and The Farmer, The Wheateater and
The Moneychanger, The Sugarsandel
and the Sawbone Kid. Seriously
|these athletic tournaments are prov
ing quite % interesting pastime will
which to while away an occasional
winter evening.
Comrade WAGNER reached home las
Thursday at about midnight by the n
p. "phleigher" He had been absen
about four months visiting the Pent
water country, in Michigan. His alb
sence being longer than he expected
when he went away is accounted TO
in this way: A lot of his old arm.