Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-07-27


Tom . Brien went to MinnsanoljS
Saturday, on business and 10 visit
relatives.
A. r. Moore, the restaurant man
made a trip to Aberdeen Monday
returning Tuesday.
Earl Atha of Linton was elected
Outer Guard at the recent meeting
of the X. of p. Grand Lodge at Cas-
selton.
The Linton Band has received a
proposition to play at the Mandan
Fair. and they will probably ac-
cept it.
Mrs. Fred. j. Pietz left for Eure-
ka Tuesday. From there she was To
go to Lowry. $. ID. She expects to
be absent several weeks.
Attorney Ira Blewitt is up from
Flandreau, S. d., to visit his broth.
re, James A. Blewitt. and to attend
to some professional business.
County Treasurer Naramore au-
toed to the Capital City yesterday
He was accompanied by a. j. Gre
mer, of the First National Bank.
l.. d. Seeman returned TUESDAY
from st. Paul, to which city he ac
companied a shipment made last
Saturday of two carloads of cattle
and one carload of hogs
The teachers institute for En-
mons county will begin Monday
October ID, in Linton. Prof. Ira
Wis, Of the Mayville normal school.
will conduct the institute.
The work of pointing up the
stone walls of DIR. Hogue's hotel has
been finished. 1t adds greatly to
the appearance of what is probably
the only stone hotel-building, in a
village,in thestate of North Dakota.
Mrs. Peter Shriner, whose hus-
band is a member of the Northern
Pacific train crew, and who has
been visiting her husband in Linton
a few weeks, left Saturday for her
home in Montana. She was accom-
panied by Miss Mabel Coon.
Mrs. Quinn Noyes, of Hartford,
returned Friday last from visit of
two months at Mondamin, Iowa.
Dallas Greer. siNteen-year old
neighbour of Mrs. Noyes, accom-
panied the lady to and from Mon
DAMN, which was formerly the home
of both.
DR.. L. W. Britts was at Strasburg
again Tuesday. inspecting another
carload of horses which had been
purchased. for shipment, from farm
ers in that vicinity. They were all
good. heavy horses, and were pur-
chased at good prices by Barrett 4
Zimmerman, of st. Paul.
The funeral services of the late
Ludwig Kicker. ST., who died Tues
day of last week, took place in the
Methodist church in Linton last
Sunday. The Rev. Ermel. pastor of
the Evangelical Association, conduct
ed the services. The interment took
place in Linton cemetery.
The Yankee Robinson circus
which showed here last Friday, drew
good-sized crowd. This fine show
is growing right along. The parade
and the performance in the big
top" were first class, and everybody
who attended was satisfied. There
was only the day performance given
that of the evening being omitted.
Fred Wittmayer came up from
Meadow. S, d.. Yesterday. He re
ports everything dried up over thai
way. He says that neighbour OF
his over there has flock of tame
ducks; and, water being 50 scarce
the ducks get SO dry that when he
goes to water them, every two days
he has to open their mouths ane
prime" them with a spoonful OF
their drink. Fred is over here t.
look up some hay land.
Our information as to the base
ball scores i'm the Eureka tourna
ment, published last week, wa.
wrong in practically every game
The correct score was as follows
Monday: Eureka Z, Pollock 5; Bow
die 3, Eureka o; Tuesday: Pollock
Bowdle3;; Eureka 4, Pollock 2 Wed
nesday: Bowdle 8, Pollock 5; Bowdle
| Is. Eureka 3. Here we have sam
pie of the "sticktoitiveness' anc
never-say-die spirit of Dakotans
| With the crops failure for mile
around Eureka, the people of tina
| town hold successful baseball
| tournament with two other towns oi
the crop-failure belt. and everybod,
| takes as much interest in it as though
!, this was a Notwithstanding acr,
year.
! Charley" Brown came over from
| Mcintosh, last Thursday, with c. A
Patterson, in the lattcr's auto. Hi
was on his way to his home in Wells
county from the trans Missouri
country, where he has property in
terests. Old-timers will remember
that MIR. Brown was one of the three
gentlemen who represented En-
mons. Kidder, Mcintosh, Logan anC
Wells all in one district for tn,
purposes of that election in tn,
constitutional convention in 1850
His colleagues were James II. Gay
ton of Emmons and Captain Fay ..
Mcintosh afterward of Oakes
Messrs. Clayton and Fay are dead
Mr.. Brown has also twice been ;
member of the North Dakota Hous'
of Representatives.
There isn't much district-cour
news to give this week The Rs G
ord's report closed last week will
the second trial Of the Andrew Mil
Ter rape-case about to go to the jury
The second jury also disagreed. Tn
case goes over the term. The cas-
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