Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23

Montpelier had q great picnic and
dance. Mr.. and Mrs. Met Orossett. of
Chicago, have returned, but their father
remains with his daughter to enjoy De-
kota ozone. Very little done in court.
!. Peter Gaffney is Rios bonanza
farmer. Kirk. Allen & Hawthorn are
shipping wool to Boston.
Mercer County: The Pilot mourns
the scarcity of chickens John Cooks
team has beenpurohased by Joe Bobean,
and John is streaking it westward, and
no more in state conventions will Cooks
stentorian tones be heard to yell out
"Mercer County casts her two votes for
Hans aud things like that ....
Wheat is heading out Baifov, the
missing ranchman, turns up at Fargo,
The Pilot says. June berries are COL
oring Judge Heath wants the stealer
of the picket rope from the Beaumont
ranch to return it, The German Rus
slams hear bad crop reports from their
old homes, and rejoice they are in
Mercer.
Walsh County: Hon. Roger Allin was
the chief of ceremony at the laying of
the corner stone of the Forrest River
| Presbyterian Church, the building to
cost $4,000, frame, 3Ox4O. The governor
| did it well-as he always does -. Sid :
man. the wheat buyer, has gone to
Prakston, S. D, Rev. Runions holds
prayer meetings Thursday evenings in
the Cashel schoolhouse . Gus Foog-
man has put plate glass front in his
Grafton drug store. DIR. de Barge, of
lakewood, has located in Grafton. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cameron of
Mount View, publish card of thanks.
....John Dane is breaking up half
section of Shepparton lands.
Pembina County: A. Stauffer will
build mill at Crystal for $4,000 bonus
80. The Catholic picnic was success,
Dan o. Conner of st. Thomas got the
gold headed cane-Miss Dunn of st.
Thomas the gold bracelets, though Miss
Cora Luger is said to be handsome
Crystal girl-Proceeds $500. Hooper
boys have ordered set of band instru-
ments. Customs Collector Nelson
says Canadian potatoes have paid $780,
900 duty this year at the Pembina port
of entry The Drayton ferry is still a
tumble. Perry Kelly's pony took first
money at the Gasston races. . Crystal
had fire. John Winchester is paint.
ing the hotel.
Nelson County: Crosier had splen-
did Fourth. Miss Kate Allen has her
pupils we'll in hand Cal Sterritt is
moving from Mapes to Lakota. :. -.
Robert Persons vegetable garden in
Cleveland township was damaged by
hail. Uncle TerwilliRer of Bartlett
has been in Lskota . Joe Pierce and
Ole Tweto are back from the court; the
balance of the Nelson County colony
out there long to return. Joe says the
Chillian war is what done it,. Harry
Durnell and Will Crocker have been to
Jerusalem (Ramsey County)with "their
best girls >. Both the Lakota papers
are better locally than usual It helps
The Argus to make up these items to
find good local paper
Benson County: The Siftings says:
"a little deputy county auditor put in
an appearance the other evening" 80. j..
A. Risk has a $135 bicyole-the only
one in Minnewauken. =. j. r. Hobbs
and John Grant have the bestest crops
in Viking. e. Jensen. of Oberon, has
improved his store. Farmers are max
ing hay. Peter Anderson has been
giving the Leeds editor mess of onions
-. Mrs. J.. r. Jones gives The News
housewife boquet of "tame flowers
49,. W.P. Smiths sheep averaged twelve
pounds, and W. P. gets his irewood al
Turtle Mountain. Ora in is heading
out at Graham's Island Abraham
Baldwin, of Obern, has fine cellar and
cistern.
Ransom County: Mott & Marsh have
leased McWilliams' stone building. ..
Ernest Billings has new potatoes and
remembered The Gazette editors . !.
Thomas Finks is engineering the Head.
quarters. Hotel at Lisbon. Good enough
=. Register Oakley says there are lots
of inquiries for Ransom County lands
Joseph Deicer, near Elliott, has q
Qne StanQ OF corn. SGaCo treasurer
Booker wires Frank Russell that
SO, 900 in cash is ready for the Soldiers
Home building 49,. Superintendent
Grange has new buggy. wv. A. Cole
and Thomas Gelbertson have built new
fences .. E. o. Fausett, president, calls
an alliance meeting at Lisbon fol-
July 18.
McHenry County: A western cattle
man stopping at the Kitzman House is
reported as saying that singing by
the cowboys stops stampeding herds
-. Judge Ames has new potatoes.
Col. John Ely was chief marshal at
Towner July A.. Editor Taylor sue
ceeds Editor Rice of The News and
Stockman and Editor Code succeeds all
predecessors on The Independent, and
hence there will be lots of news.
Banker Thursby tells The Towner indie
pendent: That the prospects of Mouse
River for this year are finer than any
previous year, for the last seven years,
no old settler will deny. We are going
to have an abundant hay crop, grain
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