Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-04

James "A. DOuglAS Ol NiuAton .A"S
purchased the hardware business OF a.
| C. Cowing of Crookston. the conslder-
alton said to he about $1O,OOO cash.
A man with mind of his own lives
in LaMoure county, and hasn't been 10
the county seat since it's location Mt
town where he didn't want tin 1880.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Slsson of jamestown
received $4,000 from the Modern Wou-
men on account of the death OF her
son by n boiler explosion Mt SpiritWood
Lake.
The 500 line is industriously boom.
ing the town of Kenmore, In Ward
county. Another party Of settlers mas
been brought there, and are filing on
| claims.
A Fort Yates soldier has been SEN
fenced by court martial to one years
Imprisonment and dismissal from thc
service for misconduct ut the Mandan
fair.
Mrs. Sarah Mcdonald was taken be.
fore the insanity board, In the office OF
Judge Roberts, adjudged insane ana
ordered committed to the asylum Mt
jamestown.
B. A. Baker, a Boston attorney hold
ing large landed interests in hldder
and adjoining counties. is interesting
himself in the cases for enforcing col
lection of delinquent railroad taxes.
jamestown has the Oldest railroad
man in the world, according to the
Capital. His name is Robert Cowley,
he is eighty-six, and as lively rs
,s1lxo at l,,k., A0sr
Three men entered the postotfice Mt
Hebron, Morton county, slugged Post
master Rurlhardt several times over
the head with a club, and made way
with amounts varying from 500 to
$3.50, Of which $50 was gold coin.
1t is reported that the agent Of the
500 at Wimbledon had a close call
from being held up and robbed last
week by hobos, but that residents OF
the town prevented it, and that shots
eyre exchanged in a lively fashion.
A competitive drill will be one Of the
attractions of the militia ball at Diclin-
son Thanksgiving night. The boys
with muskets VS.. the girls with
brooms. A beautiful silk flag will also
be presented to the company during the
evening.
The Rolette County Bank, at Rolla,
under the presidency Of w. N. Steele,
with Charley Wilbur as cashier, now
advertises a paid-up capital Of $4,000,
with surplus and undivided profits Of
$4,000 more, a practical capital Of
100000 splendid showing.
Henry Kunz, a Wells county farmer,
was robbed of $119 last week, and ar
rested a hired man for the theft. Hav-
ing no evidence, the man was dis
missed, and the farmer suspects an
other fellow-and is still minus the
coin.
Thomas Grady attempted suicide at
Williston few days ago, cutting a
cash across his throat from ear to ear,
which required twenty-four stitches to
close up. Prompt action by a doctor
saved his life. and he will recover. He
had been drinking heavily and was de-
spondent.
The report of that sound fiduciary
institution, the First National Bank Of
Lisbon, makes a showing in keeping
with the quality Of the men at it's head
--6rst-clasS. Resources are $l6S, O1695,
with few overdrafts for this time Of
year, while deposits aggregate nearly
$06,OUO.
The Chicago Tribune gives the in
crease of values in North Dakota at IS
per cent over 1896, and says: "These
are, indeed, encouraging figures, but
when it is considered that the products
of North Dakota this year will equal
$3.50 for each man. woman and child
in the state, or $500 for the head Of
each family, we may readily under
stand why this great increase in the
value of farm lands"