Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-03-03


IN raising water from well or
stream.
$. G. Busby was over from the
hartford country Tuesday. Mr.. b. )
| residence is gradually losing its erst.
"nlie hospital-like appearance, as the
measles patients are recovering.
Inc fourth murder in the Powder
River country since July was report
ed to the sheriff to-day. John Daily
was slain at George Thoet's ranch
at Moorhead. Montana. No par
ticulars are available. The sheriff
and coroner have gone there to in
vestigate. Miles City dispatch
lSCome home to God country :"
Cad, while you re alive
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace kyes left
by the N. p last Thursday for a
visit to the old home in Michigan.
and Mr.. and Mrs. ". L. Petrie de-
parted the same afternoon by the
Milwaukee for the same state and
tor the same purpose. Make YOUR
bets as to which of the couples
reached Michigan first However,
if they didn't finally strike a more
rapid gait than the Petries did be-
tween here and Aberdeen. they are
still on the road.
MIR. and Mrs. b. Frederick. of
Wade, this state, We're in Linton the
fore part Of the week, on their way
home from a visit to relatives in the
Hazelton neighborhood They had
been ready to go home for some
time, but We're waiting for a bit of
the snow to be lifted from the N. Z.
track. Mr.. Frederick is the Youngest
brother of former County Commits
sioner James Frederick. The for
mer says that jim" is in very fair
health this winter. which is good
news to the many friends down this
way OF the genial old-timer.
This item is not about fire bell,
or a dinner bell. or a belle of the
ball, but serves to announce the ar
rival at Bismarck last Sunday of a
little Miss Bell who acknowledges
herself to be the daughter and first
born of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell Of
Linton. Mrs. Bell and the Young
lady, who are at the Evangelical
hospital, are getting along nicely.
Frank returned from Bismarck Sun
day evening and acts as though he
We're the most important one of the
three. The boys down here are
laboring earnestly in helping the
happy papa to think up a proper set
of names for the newcomer, and in
their joint wisdom they have up
to date got as far as Jerusha Ann Me
hitabel Desdemona Seraphina Bell.
Oscar Ward, one of the early set
tiers in the Bismarck country, died
in that city last week. He was a
veteran of the civil war. and was an
old-timer of old-timers in COMPARE
son with whom we'uns of the sos
are tenderfeet. He started for the
New Northwest soon after the war,
and got to Bismarck in the seven
ties. when that place was the
freighting point to the Black Hills
The Indians were troublesome in
those days along the trail. and in
fight with them brother of Com
rade Ward was killed. Tom Kelly,
an early settler in this county, was
engaged in freighting to the hills
then, and. if we are not mistaken.
he and VIM. Bulge. now promi-
nent citizen of Grand Forks. were
members of the freighting party
when Ward was killed.
The writer received a letter the
other day from g. w Child, one of
the early commissioners of this
county, being on the first board
elected, and, a still greater honor,
being a member of the party Of
forty or fifty county officers. politi
clans. ETC., to whom "Shambo' fed
dog down at Emmonsburg about
twenty years ago Mr.. Child was
stockman, and was a partner of John
McCrory in the sheep business. He
is now a resident Of East Smithheld,
Pennsylvania, from which place he
writes under date of Feb. l4th as
follows: After having very dry
summer here, we are having a
steady, hard winter, with more sno.
than we have had for many years.
AS to myself, for the past two years
i have not been Very rugged, but
am feeling better this winter
think this is owing to the steady
weather, With no breakup.
John MeCrory and Frank ches
rown reached home on last Friday 5
Milwaukee train that arrived here
at about a. m. Saturday. Thes
were delayed ten days on their re-
turn home by snow blockades. and,