Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-09-09

| Concert and gold medal contest Mon
day evening at the Donovan Hall.
The Seventh Day Adventis meetings
continue nightly with undated interest.
Mrs. P. McHugh left Thursday for a
visit OF several weeks with relatives in
in Illinois.
For land filings, contests and final
proofs call on F. W. Mclean, Z. S. Land
| Commissioner. 4
DR.. Donovan has thirty quarter sec.
tions Of land in this county for sale
cheap on time.
Rev. A. C. Manson numbers among the
clergy that sport with dog and gun ut
Rush Lake this week.
Henry Bidlake, the well-known hard
| ware man from Osnabrock, transacted
business between trains Monday.
Mrs. s. F. Beer will represent the local
union OF the W. C. r. U.,at the state
convention held at Fargo next week.
Sandy Thorn was in from Elkwood
while Tuesday. He has entirely re-
covered from his severe illness OF last
spring.
Rev. Spence returned yesterday from
! the Forks to resume his chicken hunt out
l. 10,
| days this trip.
W. R. Wentworth, the Duluth elevator
man was in the city last week on a tour
OF inspection OF the new towns and look
! ing over the crops. -. 49,.
The largest yield OF wheat to which
our attention has been drawn is the crop
OF Albert Flach OF Mt. Carmel which will
! yield 80 bushels per acre.
w. H. johnson is hauling out the
lumber for the bridge across the Pembina
river at John Hopes place. He has the
contract for the building OF same.
| j. II. Placement resume his duties in
the dry goods department OF Boyd's store
this week after long seige of sickness
| that laid him up for several weeks.
W. H. Speckman and wife moved out
to Dresden the first OF the week, where
'Billy' has cosy home like quarters
fitted up at the rear OF his new store.
W. Gray the Minneapolis electrician
who put in the plant OF the Langdon
Electric Light Co., spent Sunday at
Grafton with his brother Attorney
Gray
| DC. Mcdonald and ]. H. Placement are
two Langdon citizens who conclude they
have lived here long enough without the
DEMOCRAT to read and are now on the
honor roll.
! HID. ALERT moved into his elegant
suite OF offices in the new bank block this
week, where he will from now on be
found at all times by borrower and
lender alike.
C.S. Smith, who has established a
lumber yard at Hanna arrived Saturday
! from Minneapolis with his wife and son.
They drove out to Hanna on Monday
where they will reside.
j The First National Bank is moving
back onto the corner OF Third and Oak
street today and will be comfortably
settled in their new brown stone front
building by Saturday, Sept 11th-the
anniversary OF the fire year ago.
i w. H. Conn has again resumed the
rens of government at the Farmers
Hotel having returned Saturday from
his Ontario visit. The wife ofhs brother,
Mr.. Thos. Conn, who has looked after
the hotel during his brothers absence, re-
turned with him.
VIM. Thorn, OF EIkwood, brought in
) the first load of wheat marketed at
Lnugdon on Monday. 1t graded No. l
!. Northern and was bought by Jno. X.
Power. The yield was only 10 bushels
Der acre but he expects his total acreage
will run higher.
Attorney Mclean pleaded his first ease
in Judge Duwson's court Friday after.
noon. The case was one ofpetty larceny
in which French hali-breed from Rush
4 Lake was the offender. Fred managed
to hypnotic the court with the eloquence
OF his pleatlings so that his client was
given his liberty.
t Mayor Mercer disposed OF his platform
II scals this week to Messrs Balfour 4
BuIloch who removed the same to
Hanna where they will figure among the
prominent grain buyers at the end
town. Its removal takes away an old
land mark that for many years has been
familiar sight in front of Mercer's
hardware store.