Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-03-12
AROUND THE STATE.

The Grand Forks Times insists tina,
Tom Marshall Is out OF the senatorial
race so far as success is concerned.
The Coteau Sentinel, up in Ward
county, thinks it is impossible to de-
feat Alfred Rlaisdell for secretary O,
state.
The Minot Optic wants the North
Dakota editorial association to meet
at Minot about the time the state con.
vention is held there-May 18th.
Supt. f. E. Smith, OF the Wahpeton
public school, has formally announced
his candidacy for the office Of state
superintendent OF public instruction.
F. f. Smith, of Wahpeton, promises
II elected state superintendent not to
mix politics with school matters, Is
has been the practice heretofore =
Forum.
That Souris man who got the az
tangled up In the clothes-line while
splitting wood, cutting cash in his
scalp, intends to let his wife cut the
wood after this.
The Wahpeton Globe Gazette pre-
diets that F. E. Smith, Of that city,
will be strong opponent against w.
L. Stockwell for state superintendent
Of nuhlic inStrnctinn
The Adams Budget announces that
the Bohemians gave an Anheuser.
Busch party and dance Thursday, Feb.
q, and that two halls were required
for the great occasion.
An insurgent Rugby lawyer called
a meeting to organize La Toilette
club and made big speech ON good
government" but met with decided
frost. The majority of his audience
we're for Taft.
A Jersey calf was born at the Mat
thews farm at Larim0re last week
that was little out Of the ordinary,
as far IS anatomy is concerned. It
was endowed with two heads, two
tails and eight legs Mr.. Matthews
sent 1t down to the state university.
The editor of the kenmare News
offers to the editors Of Ward county
the following resolution toast. Drink
to the press, but do not press to drink.
The gentlemen whose task is Singing
ink-they're usually men Of sober
views, and never should be full of aught
but news
Mrs. Hartwick, Of the Waldorf hotel
at Dazey, Barnes county, refused to
improve the sanitary condition Of her
house and paid no attention to the In
stallment Of safety appliances, 80 that
Hotel Inspector Anderson had no al
tentative but to make complaint un-
der the provisions Of the hotel law.
She was tried and fined, which, with
costs, amounted to e45.
At Mandan . search-warrant was
issued recently and twenty-six barrels
Of beer we're seized by the chief Of
police. The goods will be condemned
as contraband, and, II claimed by no
one, will be destroyed under the law.
In all such seizures heretofore made,
no one has claimed the goods, as he
would have to stand a charge Of viola
| tion OF the prohibition law.
Pembina Pioneer Press: We notice
in reading our exchanges that, except
for few extremists, the general tone
Of the country press is getting to be
very conservative In the matter Of
candidates and factional differences.
Most of those who have particular
preference for one or more candidates
are contenting themselves with sound
ing the praises OF the preferred, and
are letting the other fellow alone.
Rugby Optimist: Two more rabid
dogs were killed during the past week.
John McTavish killed one which was
running around his premises biting
and swapping at everything within
reach, last Saturday, and on Monday
the one belonging to Mr.. Winslow
was killed by request Of the owner.
DR.. Davidson held an autopsy on the
carcasses and pronounced them afflict-
ed with the disease. The stomach of
| one of the animals was filled with
old rags and the other with big wad
of hay.
Hubert Houl met with . very pain
full and somewhat extraordinary acci-
dent at his farm four miles northeast
Of Lidgerwood, . short time ago. A
bull gored him in the left eye, gouging
the eye out on his cheek. He pushed
the displaced eye into its socket and
went to town at once. DIR. Shields
operated on him, taking six stitches
| in the tissues OF the eye and the same
number in sewing the eyelid-which
was torn loose back again. He is re-
covering rapidly, and last reports were
that lie had not lost the sight Of the
eye.
Mandan Pioneer: Some time ago
we made mention Of the loss Of money
sustained by Morton county farmer
by mice making nest Of roll Of bills
which the said farmer had securely
hidden away. or the amount stolen
by the mouse burglars e275 were torn
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