Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

! VIM. Messer and family left for West
Superior Monday.
Fossum, Hunter 4 Co., talk cloth
| ing this week.
Choice Roasted Coffee Csc per Ii. at
Boyd 8 Cairns. 81
Mike Kelly returned last evening
and brought with him from Iowa a
string Of the finest horses ever
brought to this city. See his ad
elsewhere.
The Fremont Roller Mill (Fishtrap)
is now prepared to do custom work in
any quantity, and fill orders for flour
and feed. 1910
Mrs. M. L. Sullivan and Helen
returned from Devils Lake last even
ing where they had been visiting for
several weeks. Mike doesn't look
so lonesome now.
Notice has been received by Clerk
of Court Truax that the annual term
of district court will be held in this
city commencing Junee2, 1891. All
persons DESTROYS of procuring their
citizen papers should make note of
this fact and be on hand.
Poundmaster Hough is enforcing the
city ordinance, relating to the en-
| poundment Of stray stock, with vigor.
Charlie is fulfilling the. duties of his
office to the letter as several of our citi-
zens haye learned to their cost.
Mrs. T. j. McKeown has received
her spring stock Of millinery and in
yites the ladies of Cavalier county to
call and inspect this line of goods be-
fore purchasing elsewhere. This is
the cheapest and most stylish stock of
millinery ever brought to this city.
Store in post Office building. 34-tf.
Mayor McIugh was passenger on
Mondays train, having returned from
a three weeks visit among the Mon
tana aborigines. lie spent his time
chiefly in and about Great Falls and
Niehart and does not speak in very
glowing terms of either place. In fact
he prefers Langdon and Cavalier
county to either of those places.
Three good farm teams for sale, in
quire of B. R. Click & Co. stiff
DR.. Rose was the purchaser and Fred
Angliss the seller of 800 safety bicy-
Gle one day last week. Fred ordered
the ''machine' for inspection but Doc.
no sooner cast his eye over it than he
determined to become it's possessor.
The sale was soon completed and here
after the painless extractor of aching
molars will ride to the relief of his pa
tients on his steed of steel with at Least
the speed of Jim Hills go-cart.
! P. McHugh and w. J. Mooney,
of this city, and John Connolly, of
Grafton, drove over the western and
southwestern portion of the county
this week looking up sheep range.
We are informed that they intend
to ship in about 5000 more sheep
.. this summer and will go into wool
growing on large scale. We be-
licve it is a business more profitable
than wheat raising and will be glad
to see the fact demonstrated right
here at home.
Mrs. Henry Kirby, of Elkwook, was
brought before the board of insanity
on Monday for examination at the re-
quest of her husband. The board pro-
nounced her insane and on Tuesday
she was taken to the Jamestown insane
asylum for treatment. The afflicted
woman had been suffering for some
time with running sores on her head
which, her physicians believe, affected
the brain. 1t was only a few weeks
ago that she became violent and it was
in fear that she might do herself OF
some member Of the family bodily in.
jury that her husband laid the infor.
nation above stated.
The Manitoba papers say there is al
exodus of Americans to the Northwest
The papers Of the Lower Provinces say
that the exodus from that country tc
the United States each year is simply
appalling and they cannot be induced tt
emigrate to Manitoba and the North
west Territories. 1t would seem to al
observer posted on the true condition
of affairs, that Manitoba's boosted sex
odus'' consists of few dishonest farm
crs endeavoring by changing their 10
cation to escape payment of their hon
{ est debts. Cavalier county lost severa
of that kind by the exodus and i:
glad of it. Manitoba is welcome tt
, them.
Death of David Caves.
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