Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12

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Church has been inauxurated. r. A
McVicar WAS horribly cut and lacerated
by horse he was riding running into =
bsrbed wirelfenoe. Biahop walker Of
the Episcopal Church visited this place
in his magnificent car and held two ser.
vices here.
Hope: r. b. Baker, of Fargo. visited
friends here this week. Il. A. Jacob
son threshed over 1.400 bushels of wheat
from forty acres of land. Rev. NJ. B.
Turner, of Mayville, arrived to take
charge of the Methodist Church The
public schools, which had been closed on
account of q scarlet fever epidemic,
opened again this week. Frank Curry
has accepted q scholarship rendered him
by the North Dakota Agricultural Col
lege at Fargo.
Pembina: The cable of the ferry
broke during the high wind recently,
and Commodore Chase, the bus and
passengers. all foated down the river
the length of the cable. After consid-
cradle work it was brought safely back
to the landing without serious accident
49,. Ejectment papers have been served
on several parties in, Pembina and
Toilette Townships by the Great North
ern Railway, on the ground that the
land they occupy belongs to the rail
road grant.
Ellendale: The Commercial chron-
icles the death of County Auditor Thur
low Weed, one of the most prominent
men of the county, who died last Sun
day night. Mr.. Weed was leader in
politics, and was high in standing in
the Masonic and United Workman fra-
ternities :. "A patent was. issued o it. IS
to @. j. Appelquist on fire escape. It
consists of q platform or balcony. en-.
closed by railing, made movable up
and down with respect to the walls Of
the building, and SO adjusted that one
man can raise and lower it with mum.
Der of persons on it.
Cakes: Rev. @. 7. Nichols will be
pastor Of the NJ. E. Church here for the
coming year. Joe Reynolds and D.
Lynch got into squabble over meat
bill, ard Joe, being policeman, ar
rested Lynch, who was fined SIS and
costs -. A couple of Fakirs did the
town this week and took away lots of
money Chief of Police Reynolds
arrested man on suspicion OF his being
4 thief, but the man escaped from him.
Ou account of some misunderstanding
Policeman Reynolds and Ed Winhold
got into row, in which Winhold came
ont second best, and he accordingly had
Reynolds arrested for assault. The
case was dismissed.
Lisbon: @. W. Sprague has returned
from Chicago John Van Loan, an
aged farmer residing near here died
after a W, elk S illness r. j. Wilson,
Of Fargo, was in town this week j.
j. hughes was down from Fargo visit
ing his father who is in poor health ..
Sizty-five threshing machines are at
work in the county this week. :. While
l.. 81. Watts and wife were driving into
town one of the traces to the vehicle be.
cane Embossed letting the pole fall to
the ground and upsetting the buggy
The occupants escaped with few
slight bruises. -. The Dakota College
opened this week with a fair scholar
ship.
La Moure: Captain Elliott was sum-
moned to Aurora. Ill, by the serious
illness of his father On ten acres of
new breaking, on Mrs J. A. Crawford's
farm, the yield was 43 bushels pc acres
-. David S. Keep, all old citizen OF La
Mor1re, died at Meadvillc. Pa. "A
couple Of street fakirs worked the town
and took quite lot of money away =.
Taylor Drum, of Fargo. was in town
acting as attorney for James NJ. Plat
administrator of the estate of James
Holloway, deceased in snndry civil
cases. :. Judge Campbell has ordered a
decree for the plaintiff in the proceed.
ings of Agnes M. Lane vs. Hiram L.
Lane, the defendant falling to appear
in court Cruelty was the charge.
Bismarck: Governor Burke is. here
attending meeting of the school land
board. :. Norman Falconer marketed
cabbage that weighed 27a pounds and
would stand on the mouth of barrel
| mhuOub SOiA5 III IL. OOS0pu AoISuhW,
of Logan Township, lost eighty tons of
hay by fire this week. Miss Alice Ma
son was arrested yesterday, charged
with stealing dress. She was dis
missed, Judge Chase instructing the
sheriff to return the dress to her unless
she was paid So due her from the plain
tiff. Will Q. Tubbs, of Minneapolis
and Miss Grace Wilson were married at
the Presbyterian Church. The newly
married couple departed for Chicago on
their wedding trip. and will make their
future home in Fargo.
Edgeley: Rev. G. E. Brownell. of
Washburn, succeeds Rev. Giddings as
pastor of the Methodist church. j. D.
Carpenter raised 1900 bushels of pota-
toes, some of which measured eight to
ten inches in length. . . Bessie Sturgeon
fell out of buggy and was severely
hurt about the head. :. Some time ago
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