Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-24

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and eye specialist, visited this city last
week.
Mrs. Woodbury. is still quite seriously
i'll, but strong hopes are entertained of
her ultimate recovery.
Hugh Daugherty was a welcome
caller on Saturday and contributed to
the exchequer of this office.
w. F. Corbett & Co., the we'll known
and popular dentists, are again at the
Columbia this week. Read their card
in this paper.
Rev. j. B. Monroe came up from
Milton Monday evening to assist in
carrying on the revival work at the
M. E. church.
Mrs. w. B. Dickson entertained a
few invited friends in very happy
manner at her cosy home on Oak street
Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. R"beson preached an eloquent
and pointed sermon at the M E. church
Sunday evening directing his remarks
to The Respectable Sinner"
Will Reilly and Pat McGauvran
were up from Osnabrock last evening
and enjoyed witnessing the rendition
of Ten Nights in Blind Pig"
The arrival of a little daughter at
home of Chas. McDermott last Friday
morning gave all the boys an opportun-
ily to smoke on Charlie and his two of
a kind.
Methodist services by Rev. Robe son
next Sunday are as follows: In the
city at / d. m. and at Harvey Centre
at p. M, also services at J. H. Will
liamson's at p. M, conducted by F.
E B. Mercer.
H. u. ALERT, of Langdon, au to-
graphed atthe Dacotah yesterday. Mr..
ALERT claims that Langdon is the mos
prosperous town in the state, as we'll as
the largest primary wheat market in
the world.-Grand Forks Herald.
The church goers of Langdon and
vicinity will learn with regret that
their late pastor, Father" Scott, is
now temporary inmate of the James
town asylum. His intimate friends
considered this step advisable to insure
the safety of one who ranks among
the foremost pioneer missionaries of
the Northwest.
The McPhee spectacular comp ny
occupied the boards at the Watkins
hall two nights this week. The first
night of their engagement they pre-
sented that evergreen and popular play
"Uncle Toms Cabin" which was wit
messed by one of the largest audie noes
that ever packed the hall, the various
scenes being received with much en-
thusiasm. Last evening they closed
their engagement with "Ten Nights in
Bar-room,'' or more properly speak
ing "blind pig The rendition of this
impressive lesson of morality and re-
form was good and all the characters
Iifelike ard original.
The jack rabbits out west in Cypress
township had a hot time of it last
Thursday when the farmers of that
neighborhood gathered under the cap
taincy of Henry Mclean and Robert
Balfour, respectively to see which
could lay low the greater number of
these destructive little animals. The
days hunt was unusually successful
and on counting up the slaughtered at
nightfall it was found that $50 rabbits
had been killed. Captain Henry Nc
Lean and his team carried off the
honors of the day with score of about
26 rabbits more than their opponents.
AS per previous arrangements the de-
feated team entertained their victors
to sumptuous supper at the farm of
c. Whitman, which was followed by
dancing and merry-making till the
approach of dawn Friday.
The Great Northern train hands on
the Langdon branch are genial &C
commodating lot, but they are especial
ly accommodating at Conway. The
agent at that place exerts wonde rful
influence over the boys. Kinney
and Shorty" fall all over each other
to see which can do the most to please
and the conductors always brush their
clothes just before reaching Conway.
Even one of the firemen washed
his face the other day just before the
train reached that point that the agent
might see how he looked when at
home. The conductors set their
watches back ten minutes to make
sure of not leaving ahead of time.
Baggage and freight are handled with
the utmost care and the brakemen put
sponges in their mouths to absorb any
profanity that might rise up and es-
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