Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-05-19
See the new assortment of fancy
shirts at Boyd & Cairns. So

shirts at Boyd & Cairns. IS
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Winter visited
friends in Walhalla over Sunday.
Mercer & Tough are selling hardware
at 10 per cent discount. See their ad
in this issue.
Mike Kelly is building a handsome
cottage residence on the corner of
Fourth and Walnut streets.
Chas. McDermott left Monday morn,.
ing for West Superior where he will
remain during the summer.
B. r. Click & Co. have received
car load Of the celebrated Tiger drills.
Also ten car loads of lumber. SO
Methodist services ID. W will be
held next Sunday at Radford's II 4. NJ,
Mckenzie school house at p. m.
Go to Taylor's restaurant. Meals at
all hours. Also fine line of fruits,
confectionery, tobacco and cigars. 16tf
Rev. p. P. Farnham will preach in
the M. E. church Sunday at II a. m,
and at Rosa Lake school house at 4
p. m.
Fred c. Pillsbury, the youngest of
the great family of millers, died Sun
day morning in Minneapolis, from
diptheria.
The ninth tournament Of the North
Dakota Firemen's Association is to be
held in the city of Grand Forks, June
2lst to Oath inclusive.
Miss Lizzie Joyce, teacher in the
Langdon township school, beat the
record of North Dakota in rapid cal
culation at the teachers institute last
week.
It's said that Dad Wentworth repu-
dates the ultimatum as published. and
says that he promised the school
ma ANS that he would be a brother to
them.
Con Vierhus, who has been in the
city for several weeks looking after the
interests of his brother, Mr.. George
Vierhus, during his absence in Ontario,
left Saturday morning for his home at
Conway.
Rev. w. E. Mcleod and DR.. Chal-
mers left Monday morning for Winni-
peg where they will look around for
few days and then take trip over the
Canada Pacific through the Northwest
Territory as far as British Columbia.
They will be gone about two weeks.
We are indebted to w. j. Bettingen
for the third annual report Of the city
statistician Of the city Of Superior. 1t
is neat pamphlet containing tine illus
trations of the principal business and
manufacturing establishments of the
city, and much valuable information.
A railway accident occurred on the
Cannon Ball line near Cavalier the last
of the week. A defect in the wheels
on the front end of the water car CAUSED
it to leave the rails takingwith it freight
cars, passenger car and all. Forum
ately the passengers escaped wltha few
scratches and bruises.
The hardware business Of Tough
Bros. & Tough has again changed
hands. Mr.. Mercer having decided
that there is no more desirable place
than Langdon to do business in, has
bought back the interest in the bust
ness whichohe sold to Mr.. Fred Tough
last winter and the firm will hereafter
be known as Mercer g. Tough.
A wall Of woe went up from the
hearts of a number of young men when
Mondays train had gone bearing away
the last Of the school ma'ams. But it
is said that Dad Wentworth came
slowly out of his rooms, heaved a sigh
of relief and placid smile crept over
the countenance that had worn such a
woeful and scared expression for al
most a week.
a party composed of John Truax, r..
Meiklejohn, Charlie Chisholm, Harry
Bidlake, w. Kingsbury and ye editor
left on Saturday for Sweetwater Lake
for weeks shooting. We understand
they remarked before they left that
they would not need to carry much pro-
vision with them as they would feast
chiefly on game-if this is the case we
may predict speedy return.
| Andrew B. Mouck in Fargo Argus:
From all the information that I have
been able to obtain, l am confident
that there will not be seeded to wheat
throughout North Dakota more than
three-fourths of the area that was
sown last year. Many farmers with
whom I have talked believe that 60 per
cent is much nearer the mark than the
estimate make. Silas A Dalyrymple
of Kelso, two thousand acre farmer,
writes me that his estimate for the Red
River Valley is sc per cent of the land
| in cultivation last year. Mr.. Daly-