Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-22

There was another heavy rain last
night The electric bolss were also
strongly in evidence.
Wilbur, young son ii .ANa.
Burge. is seriously i'll HE siisesse
IS thought to be typhoid fever
There will be a dancing party in
Turner 5 Opera House tomorrow
evening Good music Mill he pro
vided
carload Of good potatoes lust
received at Tom O'Brien's. Special
prices to those taking reasonable
amount.
). ]. Hagg left yesterday by auto
for trans Missouri towns in which
the company of which he is man
ager have lumher-yards.
For Sale My business building
IN strasburg. 1t is 80 by 81. with a
glass front. 1t is two. story. and
has seven rooms upstairs. Terms
of sale are reasonable. b. Wald.
strasburg, n ID lSep22-tfl
W. o. Irwin went TO Bismarck
Monday To be treated for appendi-
cltlS. Word from Bismarck Tues
day was To the effect that MIR. Irwin
could be cured without an operation
being performed.
The Standard Oil people have a
new wagon at their Linton station,
and John ~. lpagel looks as ligni-
he'd sitting up there ON the new rig.
holding the lines. as though he had
forgotten the pioneer days when
hunting buffalo bones was the para
mount industry, and OK teams had
not yet made way for smoke-wagons.
\ year or 50 ago Paul Kurt of
Hazelton beat Evan Moves of Hart
ford in foot race. Recently
another race was run at Hazelton
between the sameyoung men. There
was much interest regarding the
event, as, for years, young Kurt
has defeated all corners. This time,
however. Moves Won by about ten
feet.
One day last week the barn of
George Bichler, living about twelve
miles northwest OF Strasburg, was
burned, with most of its contents.
A thrashing engine had a short time
before driven by the building, the
loft door of which was open, and ii
is supposed the fire was started by
a spark from the engine. The barn,
costing several hundreds of dollars,
three sets of harness. hay, feed and
many other articles were destroyed.
The loss is about $500.
John G.. Ryckman, of the West
fled neighborhood, died at his home
last Friday The funeral took place
Monday at Westfield Mr.. Ryckman
was born in Canada, and was about
eighty -tive years and six months old.
He leaves six sons and daughters.
Mr. Ryckman and his family came
to Emmons county i'm territorial
days. He was kind neighbor and
a good citizen. The Record is not
able at this time to give any further
particulars of MIR. Ryckman' death,
but will in a week or two give a
sketch of the life of this venerable
lpioneer.
| A surprise party was given last
| Tuesday evening by Mrs. August
| Obermeier to her good looking mat
| rimonial team-matc. The occasion
was the Dist no, the 10th anniver-
sary of the day when, in old Ireland
| the future transplanted Yankee en-
tered this sad and sinful world. A
Jolly bunch of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Obermeier attended, and sew
eral of them have told us they had
a mighty pleasant time. Progress
sive sinch was played, with five
| tables running, and lunch was duly
4 served A very pretty silver toilet
4 set was presented to Mr.. Obermeier
slby his guests as a memento of the
|good will which everybody in towr
has for the worthy host and hostess
/ Following is a list of those present
Messrs. and Mesdames A. II. Irvine
| l.. A. Weatherby, Geo. w. Lynn
i Fred Pietz. r. X. Schilling. y. S
cameron, p. G. Rocks. G. Rover
ldink, Fred Bertrand; Messrs. j II
I.Reamcr, l.. Du Heaume. G.. II. Mar
amore and Don Tracy.
Mr.. and Mrs III a. Reamann wcr'
], down from the Braddock country
Monday. Henry is not discouraged
with the present season. He has al
ready plowed $50 acres Tor mex
year. crop. He has disposed 0
|iabout $1,000 worth Of cattle this yea
and not the young animals, either
/ The Record hasn't much use for tn
man who is continually roasting tn
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