Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-09-28

Ons hundred baskets of fine ripe
grapes at Schulke's fruit store. 5
Lee S. White, the amiable Deering
man from Park River was in town Fri
day.
Marshal Nulph entertained a number
of guests at "Hotel de Bum" Saturday
night.
Buy your fruits and confectionery at
the post Office store. j. Powers
IN lSrietor. l
DR.. Gibson drove across to Pilot
Mouna.,s Man, last week, returning
home Monday.
L. A. Kertson, the wet" hardware
man, from Moorehead, Mimi, sojourn-
ed in town Tuesday.
John Oldfield, the jolly good-natured
candy man was here this week taking
orders for fall stock.
DR.. Corbet who has been at the
Columbia since the Goth inst, will leave
Saturday for Park River.
A complete line of California fruits
at Schulke's fruit store. Fresh fruit
received three times week. S
Harry Bidlake and W. w. Kingsbury
came in from Osnabrock Friday even
ing to join hands with the mystic
circle.
Attorney McMurchie drove up from
St. Thomas last week to straighten out
some machine paper that he held for
collection.
Barber Weiland has secured the
assistance of Geo. Barlow, of Hannah,
who will help him throughout the fall
rush Of work.
Fred G. Smith. the we'll known dry
good salesmanlwith a big pile of sample
trunks was selling goods to our mer-
chants this week.
Fred Boursky was in from his school
at Yang Saturday. lie has about
made up his mind to visit the Worlds
fair before it closes.
Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers
does its work thoroughly, coloring a
uniform brown or black, which when
dry, will neither rub, wash off, nor soil
linen.
Jos. Catherwood came up from
Milton Friday evening with the four
burglars that broke into the hardware
store of II. L. TIelgeson the previous
night.
Steamships tickets sold to or from
all the principal sailing ports OF Europe
by Hans Bjornerud. Now is the time
to purchase tickets as the rates are
EXTREMITY low at present. 3
j. Dexter Pierce, OF Larimore, was
guest at the Columbia Tuesday. Mr..
Pierce was a representative in the last
legislature, from Grand Forks county,
being elected by the independent
voters.
Geo. Mccullough, drove to Neche
last Friday to meet his wife and son
who llaye been visiting in Manitoba.
They are now comfortably located in
the house owned by Jabe Souch on
Walnut street.
James Dixon, has opened up a neat
little restaurant in the building on
Main street recently vacated by Saul
Pion, the barber. The boys all know
that Jimmy" is hard to beat at fixing
up a tasty meal.
Banker Laidlaw and bride returned
last Thursday evening from their we'd
ding trip in the east. Their return
was not altogether unexpected, but
the exact date. Of their arrival was not
known by friends in town. They were
serenaded by the band the following
evening with number of fine musical
selections and have the brightest pos
sible future wished them by the whole
community.
This item is going the rounds,
credited to "exchange," that time
honored standby of country newspap-
ers: "a family down in Florida lost
their child. After failing to find it for
two days, they put a twenty-five cent
notice in paper, and the next morn
ing they were surprised to see an ALI
gator on the steps, where it had dis
gorged the lost child alive and then
died himself. They sold the alligator's
hide for SIS, and the parents are exhibit
ing the child in the dime museum for
$50 per week. The story illustrates
the writer as careful and painstaking
liar.'
The most frightful accident that has
ever happened in this section of the
country occurred on the farm of James
Benson, in Alma township, on Wednes-
day evening of last week, while the
crew of Stephen Kristjanson were
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