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

Speckman.
Wilson Cox, the Milton liveryman was
here on trip Monday.
@. B. Mcmillan. the Hannah banker
spent Sunday with city friends.
16 per cent off on Dry Goods, on Sat
~ urday, at Schulke & Moores.
Geo. w. Graves was in from Mona on
Monday with grain for the 80 cent
market.
Stick for the big show and look over
Mathisen g. Speckman's big stock at
Dresden
A. S. Elford was hustling insurance
policies here for the New York Life a
day or Two last week.
S. L. Dawson, the Walhalla hotel
keeper drove over Thursday with a
jolly load of drummers.
Velvet taffy is delicious and a good
thing and is reasonable now. ALERT &
Co., the druggists have it.
Winter footwear will soon have to be
brought out. Ii you need something
both warm and neat see the new stock
at Elford Bros.
VIM. Uglow, the general rustler Of the
Mutual Reserve insurance association OF
New York, is again on his feet after a
long spell of sickness.
1t Is understood that Fred W. Mclean
will open a land office at Hannah short
ly in connection with his I. S. Commits
sioner practice in this city.
Ed johnson, is the new butcher at
Sull1van's meat market and comes from
Grand Forks-well recommended and
is an artist in animal surgery,
The next dance to be given by the
Langdon Young Mems Club comes off
Thursday evening OF next week. when an
enjoyable affair is looked for.
Mark Quinn, graces that new hydrau-
lie chair in "Billy" Birminghams shop.
He's recent arrival from Ontario and
will take up land west of here.
Mrs. Ella Cairns is here from Devils
Lake visiting friends in town this week
and incidentally making proof of her
late husbands homestead near Osna-
brock. ....
DR.. E. I. Donovan is having steam
heating fixtures placed in his brick block
this week. The filters come from St.
Paul and are placing the furnace in the
basement now.
Gustav Brecke was up from Milton
the first of the week and came in to have
his name enrolled on the good book-our
subscription book-and will read the old
reliable family journal for year.
The old saying is, "the early bird
catches the worm,' and it is the same
with you. Ii you want to get up early
get one OF the famous Gilbert alarm
clocks for sale by A. 0. Void the jeweler.
Jerry Kelland was in town from his
new home at Hannah the first OF the
week. He figures it out that several OF
their leading business men will enter into
matrimonial ventures during the ap-
preaching holidays.
VIM. Mcconnell dropped in Monday
S1n Hot
ing remarks about how full OF business
everybody seemed here. He thinks that
Langdon cannot complain OF any loss
sustained by the extension OF the road.
Charlie Morton was an arrival on
Tuesdays belated train from the south
and is here to look after his landed in
terests south of town. Up to '93 Charlie
was one of Langdon's old standbys butt he
is now prosperous hotel-keeper at
Hillsboro.
The ladies OF the Baptist church at
Popular Grove give an entertainment at
which refreshments will be served on
the evening OF Tuesday, the 10th inst,
commencing at half-past seven O'Clock.
Coffee and cake served for the small sum
OF five cents. There will also be sale OF
fancy work done by the ladies.
The little four year old son of Charley
Galloway came very near ending his
short life on Sunday morning. The little
fellow climbed on chair and got a
bottle Of whiskey from which he took a
heavy drink and shortly became uncon-
scious. DR.. Motfatt was called and none
too soon as every sign of life was gone,
Hard and persistent work, however,
gained the mastery and the child is now
around again almost us we'll as ever,
though it was doubtful for few days
if he could pull Observation-Disclosures
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