Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-01-18

al trip 70 Bismarck the fore part of
the week.
Mrs. Alice Hogue has returned Ia
Chicago after sojourn Of several.
months in Philadelphia.
A boy or girl our informant
was unable to say which was born
in Bismarck to Mr.. and Mrs d. D.
Bidwell. of the upper-river country
one day last week.
Mrs. A. H. Irvine is sick With
and two children Of Mr.
and Mrs. Chesrown have scarlet fe-
yer. None Of the cases is dangerous
Both residences are quarntned,
The Record hears that the reason
the N. P. is never on time Wednes
days is because the train crew are
compelled to take old Scrap-lron Bill
and his wagons over to Mantian To
have the cockle-burrs ci.rrcyombetl
out of his tail.
Marriage licenses issued hv
County Judge Carley since tie last
report in the Record. Jacob
Rutschke and Magdalena Bauer,
both of iceland; Paul Marttern and
Lena Meier. both of Linton: Benja-
min F. Palmer and Mamie McNitt-
rick, both of Linton.
John o. Schaap of Herried died
at that place last Saturday and was
buried there last Tuesday. MIR.
Schaap formerly resided at Hull, this
county. He will be remembered as
having purchased from P. g. Rocks.
a good many years ago, the store
conducted by the latter at Hull.
At the last session of the county
board it was decided to provide seed
wheat next spring for farmers other
wise unable to obtain it. Applica-
tions must be made To the county
auditor before the first of next
March. The Record understands
that wheat only will be furnished.
Judge Cupid is beginning to smile
a little. as he has issued few mar
riage licenses recently. Hewas growl-
ing the other day about the small
crop of licenses. He said he started
in last fall eating chicken, supposing
there would be the usual crop of
weddings. But he hadn't taken
the lean grain-crop into considera-
ton; and now, he says, the best he
can afford is liver.
Emil Hardt has just received
a new cornet. purchased from Conn,
the famous maker of musical instru-
ments. The tooter is goldplated,
and Emil had to put up ll5 nice,
round simoleons to secure title to it..
As bad luck would haveit, the young
cornet-spieler had bad cold-sore on
one of his lips when the cornet ar
rived, and so he hasn't been able, as
yet, to give the music-machine a
fair trial.
Yesterday "Wednesday afternoon,
at 5 o'clock, Mr.. Benjamin f. Pal
mer and Miss Mamie McKitrick We're
married. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev N. Wood, at the
residence of the groom's parents,
prominent residents of the Marie
neighborhood. After the ceremony
the family and guests sat down to a
bounteous dinner, and our informant
SAYS it was one of the none-better
kind. The young husband and wife
have the best wishes OF every one.
May they live long ard prosper.
After three weeks of below-zero
weather. the mercury began to rise
last Sunday, about midnight Then
the weather clerk changed his mind
about giving us a warm spell. and 1t
was colder Monday. Tuesday night,
however, it again grew warmer, and
up to date the mercury has been
nearly up to the thawlrg point a
part Of the time. 1t is to be hoped
that the backbone Of the winter IS
SO badly shattered that the utmost
surgical ability of the weather clerk
will not be able to mend it !.
Mrs. Rasmus came down from
Bismarck Monday evening. She had
been three weeks with her SON Will,
who is sick i'm Bismarck hospital
She took the Milwaukee train next
day for her home in Minnesota. She
was indeed happy, Cor her boy has
pulled through his severe siege OF
typhoid and is out of danger. Mrs.
Rasmus says that Will now gets up
and dresses and walks about the
room, and that he will he able 70 re-
turn to Linton in about week.
The Ladies of the Maccabees Mill
give a calico ball in the Opera House,
the evening of Feb 18th, St Nalen-
tines Day. The price of admission