Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-12

| j. w. Balfour was q Sunday visitor
from Osnabrock.
| GIRL WANTED-Forg general house work
Apply to Mrs. J. L. Robertson, Langdon
VIM. Mcconnell came down from
Hanna to spend Sunday with his family
in town.
Or. Donovan has thirty quarter
sections of land In this county fos
sale cheap on time.
jos. Fleming returned Saturday from
a holiday spent with student friends
down in Pembina county.
Just arrived, car load OF standard
sisal and MANILA binding Irvine at Mer.
GERS hardwarestore. Get his prices. 1
G. H. Otto, one of Crystals solid bust
ness men was here last week few days
looking over the new towns out west.
Senator Dobie was in from Daniels
Tuesday evening enroute to the Valley to
look after the harvesting of his crop at
Tyner.
T. j. Shahane, the irrepressible agita-
tor OF the Rush Lake Review, was in from
his prairie print shop yesterday taking
in the sights.
Miss E. Agar is building town resi-
dence on Spruce street west of l.. A.
Bradley's home. The foundation was
laid this week.
Pete Ferguson, one OF the ct. North
ern's most popular engineers Oh this
branch, handles the construction train
along the extension.
Doc Smith was in the city Tuesday
from Milton visiting friends. He will
make regular professional trips to Hanna
when the extension is completed.
C. S. Smith, Minneapolis lumberman,
establishes in business at the end OF the
line and has teams busy hauling ten cars
OF lumber out to Hanna this week.
Thos. B. Husband, a travelling repre-
sentative OF the Aetna life and accident
insurance wheeled across from Rolla last
" eek in time to Sunday at the Columbia.
II. A. Fisher arrived last week from
Minneapolis and opened up the old Red
River Valley elevator, which will be oper-
ated this season by the Cargill Elevator
Co.
Ed. Elford and family ftyesterday for
a solid week OF enjoyment at Rock Lake,
Man., where all the enjoyments Of boat
ing, fishing and camp life will be thor
oughly entered into.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mahon drove to
Bathgate last Sunday enroute to Winni-
peg, where Mrs. Mahon goes for medical
treatment. Her many friends hope that
the trip may prove beneficial.
The nuptial knot uniting Rev. W. N.
johnson and Miss Matilda Hannah was
tied on Friday evening OF last week by
Rev. Jas. Austin OF Byron, at the Hannah
NJ. E. parsonage in the presence OF some
fifty friends OF the uniting parties.
Ed. johnson an old to wnsman OF Lang
don writes from La Crosse, Wis, for the
address of Morris Orion, brother OF
Alderman Orion, who resides at Juno,
Alaska. Ed has got the Yukon gold
fever and expects to Join a company OF
Wisconsin prospecters.
Miss Janet Watson, the new music
teacher, returned last week from her
home at Bathgate to commence work on
her classes in instrumental music, both
piano and organ. She comes highly re-
commended by the people of Bathgate as
a musician OF the highest order.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Ra1nage returned
last Saturday from Mimic where they at
tended the funeral OF Mrs. manages
father, Rev. A. G. Forbes, who died the
previous Wednesday at Winnipeg while
undergoing an operation for tumor in
his side. Deceased was 6S years OF age
and has resided in Mimic for IA years.
He was the pioneer pastor OF the Presby-
terrain church at that place
Local Masonic brethren to the number
OF dozen drove across the line to Mani
tou last Friday to witness the work OF
the blue lodge as exemplified by their CO.
workers in Masonry in Cannuck land.
The party of visitors comprised Messrs
Work, Truax, Rylance, LaidIaw, WeiIand
Meikleiohn, Tough, OF Langdon, Vim.
Simmons. OF Osnabrock, Jas. Mcintosh,
]. Mcdowell and VIM. Ullyott, OF Har-
vey aud Geo. Karr, of Dresden. The re-
ception rendered them was but emblem.
attic OF the affable good nature for which
our Canadian cousins are noted and
nothing but words OF praise for their in
eiatigable entertainers has been heard
since their return Sunday.