Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-11

Builder Loynes has been on the sick
list for some days past.
Judge Mooney is well again after his
last week attack of Ia grippe.
j. E. Dixon. the shirt salesman from
st. Paul, cleaned up a lot OF orders here
Tuesday. =-..r
M. L. Sullivan sent two cars OF fat
cattle to the Minneapolis stock yards
again this week.
H. McTavish and wife, OF Inkster have
been the guests &c John Mahon's spac
ious home the past week.
Hiram E. Birtch returned last week
from visit with old friends at Bathgate
looking spruce and prosperous.
John Trotter, merchant and democrat
from Osnabrock, was shaking hands
with friends in the city Monday.
County Auditor Allert's health has not
been as good as he would like to have il
this week, but he keeps moving around
A. j. Peterson was a visitor in the
city the forepart OF the week. He will
run for the Hope township assessorshir
this spring. ....
We have got to do big trade to make
this cash business pay as our profits are
small. 1t is to your interest to help il
along. Elford Bros.
Peter Wild, the bonanza farmer from
Osnabrock, is back from his visit east
He called at the DEMOCRAT Office while in
town last week and LETT an order fol
stationery.
We have bought car load of barbed
wire and nails for spring delivery. They
will be sold at cash prices. A genuine
bargain for spot cash. Look us up be-
fore you build, Elford Bros.
Judge Dorval issued marriage licenses
this week to two more couples, viz:
Samuel Koffski and Mrs. Emma Giles
pie, CT Milton and Anthony J. Schiller
and Miss Cathari ,e Frank. OF Mt. Carmel.
w. Flumerfelt returned Saturday from
a months ramblings among the legisla.
tors at Bismarck. He mentions with
pleasure the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs.
J c. Cra1nond during a brief soiourn in
Fargo while enroute home.
II is with pleasure we report the i'm
proved condition of James Balfour. OF
this city, whoseserious illness during the
past week from an attack ofinflamma tion
OF the lungs caused apprehension among
his friends. He is now getting along
nicely.
W. D. Gillespie, whom the Good Temp
lars elected as their district chief templar.
while in secret conclave here last month,
goes home and tells his home paper, the
Hamilton N-Rays. that in his opinion
Langdon would be- a splendid location
for a sausage factory. He says that
there's more dogs here than in any other
to WI OF the same size in the state. The
change from pure mountain air and
wholesome diet to the briny artesian
wafer OF his native burg seems to have
brought on an attack OF gastric fever.
VIM. O'Reilly writes us from Ell Paso,
Texas. in his own happy and unique style
and from his letter we Judge the climatic
change will prove beneficial. A few ex,
tracts from the epistle, which is dated
Fpb'y LIST, will be read with interest by
''Bill Boyle's'' many old friends up here:
''!his is to wish you very happy
New Year. You may think that l am
somewhat late in getting around witk
my greetings but you are greatly mis-.
taken All last night the Chinese ''nlade
Rome howl" To-day they are setting
up the oranges and cigars. This is their
New Years Day and to show them that
was with them l smoked an orange
and wished them all kinds OF prosperity.
All the Whites who were "on'' rolled up
IL dirty shirt and pair OF socks and be-
took themselves to ''China boys laundlie,
where Wum Lung, or Chow Chew Chang
did the honors. The Ameri,:anos cele-
brated January LIST, the Chinese observed
February LIST while the Fools claim April
LIST as theirs: now if the Jews, niggers,
greaserr iackasses and yaller dogs do rs
we'll we are likely to be ''whooping Ter
up" until the 51st Of July. While you
tallow candle-eating Northerners were
humping yourselves up to the eyes in
snow, or freezing to the coal stove was
sitting in the park summing myself.
think that my reputation for telling the
truth and shnmeing the devil, or any
other crooked politician, is so well
from Moscow to the Fish Trap that do
not need to furnish vouchersfor the vera
city OF the foregoing statement. l have
been down here just one month and am
one pound OF flesh ahead OF the game.
1t is the dearest chunk OF meat l have
bought since swore off living on pea
SOUP in Canada aud if knew just where
1t is located would hang onro it like u
DuDpy to Il root"