Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-01-06

IKE WHICH caught from the stove
destroyed the dwelling house on the
homestead Of Mrs. Frank Kohl in
the Danburs neighborhood. FRIDAY
Inc building was l6xlS and well
constructed Besides the house the
loss includes an organ, a harness.
clothes and furniture.
4 shipment of cattle over the Mil
waukee was made Saturday by j. X.
Davis. Mr.. Davis missed the train.
and was considerably worried for
awhile. Monday he left by the N.
t. to follow the cattle. Word comes
that the cattle reached Minneapolis
all right Ed Brooks was in charge
of them.
Messrs. kurtz, Fischer and Naa-
den. OF the county board. constitu-
ting quorum for the transaction
OF business. are in session this week.
On account of the bad condition of
the roads, it was thought probable
the fore part of the week that a
quorum would not be able 10 reach
the county seat.
Ben Corbin sent to the Record
man last week a nice mess of sand
cells. He also sent as a curiosity a
lamprey Commonly called lamper
eel } that he found attached to a
big specimen of the common eel
which he caught. In a letter ac-
0companying the specimen Benjamin
says: Directions for Use Put
specimen in alcohol. Take a wine
glassful before going to press. If
three doses don't cause you to tell
snake stories. let me know and |
will send some rattlesnake extract. ;"
The entertainment given last Fri
day evening at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Sherwood by Mes
danes Sherwood and Petrie, to the
ladies of the Reading Club, and as a
farewell party to Mesdames Clayton
and Mendelowitz, was we'll attend
ed, and those present say it was one
of the most successful and enjoyable
social functions ever held in Linton.
The large attendance shows the re-
spect and high regard entertained
generally by Linton people for the
two ladies who are about to depart
for the purpose of making homes
elswhcrc.
Eugene Calvin, the fireman ON
the acknowledgements train, had his
hand badly injured near Hazelton
last Saturday. The snow-plow was
out of commission, and the crew
We're endeavoring to repair it. The
fireman was lifting with crow
bar. The bar slipped and his hand
was caught under the part he was
lifting. The injured hand was
dressed by DIR. Snyder. Mr.. Calvin
came to Linton by the returning
train, which had gotten no farther
than Hazelton. and went by Mon
days train on his way to James
town, where he will remain until
the hand is healed sufficiently for
him to be able to resume his work.
May be that wasn't strenuous
jaunt by County Supt. Hanson and
Prof. King, the latter principal of
the Linton schools. Last Sunday
they arrived at Linton as passengers
on the N. p. snow-plow, returning
from the meeting of the state edu-
cational association at Minot. They
had reached Mckenzie on their way
home There they found that APP
parently the only way to get to Lin
ton was by Shanks' mare. SO they
girded up their loins that is, they
buckled up notch or two in their
suspenders and started out. After
walking a distance of about twenty
eight miles through the snow. which
was several inches deep, the pillow
overlook them at Hazelton, and they
came the remainder of the journey
as passengers in the observation
apartment of the snow-plow. Their
friends here would like to have a
snapshot Of the twain as they hoofed
it along through the drifts. but
would better like to have dia-
gram of their thoughts, and perhaps
of their remarks If not too warm
to be handled when drift deep
err than usual was encountered.
Mrs. Will Rowse, formerly of this
county, but who now resides at
Ferndale. Washington, sends to
several of her Linton friends post
card photographs showing the recent
situation in Ferndale as being very
damp. There have been big floods
at several points on the Pacific coast
lately, and it seems that the Fern
dale country was one of them. The
photo shows the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. Rowse, with a couple of feet
of water surrounding it. All the