Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-03-11

the Columbia hotel
Thos Lake is on the sick list this week
with inflanmatio of the lungs.
Birthday party at the courthouse next
Thursday evening. Be sure and attend.
DR.. F. S. Smith is laid up with serious
attack OF pneumonia at the Columbia
Hotel.
Thos. Prior. OF Linden, was among the
visitors from the west attending court
this week.
Mrs. P. Foshay is in st. Paul selecting
her spring and summer stock of fashion
able millinery.
Druggist John F. Anderson was among
the county seat visitors from Milton on
last nights late train.
Allan Mcdonald and Wilson Cox we're
here from Milton last week as witnesses
in the Helgeson case.
y. W. Hines was in from his farm at
Hannah last week. He will continue to
enjoy the retirement OF private life until
the snow disappears.
Joseph Trepanie", and early resident
and businessman from olga was visi.
tor last week and incidentally subscribed
for the best paper in the county.
Snp't Fox conducts the bi-monthly ex.
animation Of applicants for teachers
certificates at Langdon tomorrow Fri.
day. and at Milton on Saturday.
There will be no post office fight at
Milton it is understood. Postmaster
Powles is favorite with the patrons of
the office and they want him to stay.
VIM. Mcconnell drove his wife and her
sister over to Carmen, Man., last week.
where she will visit her parents in Mani
toba until the return of the warm
weather.
NJ. II. Murphy furnishes the DEMOCRAT
with results OF last weeks election in
Hope and adds the gratifying item that
the township is free from debt and has
$3.50 in the treasury.
The church social at Mrs. f. j. Evans
home on Thursday evening was quite a
swell affair.". The turn out OF young
people was unusually large and the
Ladies Guild net It'd a handsome amount.
Arthur Plummer left for St. Paul last
Friday with car of stock for NJ. L. Sui
Ivan. The train was snow bound near
Inkster nearly forty. eight hours but the
trip was completed without further OBJ
struction.
This is the jewelers. slack time SO now
is the opportunity to bring in your old
watches that have been laid away for
years needing repairs. Have them re-
built and readjusted in the latest and
most scientific manner by A. o. Wold,
the jeweler. 25
Martin Platzkow supplied the DEMO
Graf with the election results in Moscow
last week He ontinues to hold down
the double Office of clerk and assessor
this making his sixth term. NJ. Michlink,
a near neighbor OF Mr. Platzkow is seri-
ously i'll with hemorrhage OF the lungs.
J. Mcphail has All advertisement in
this weeks issue announcing that about
March 25th he will place two carloads
OF young work horses on the local mar
ket Good horses will be in great de-
mand This spring and Mr.. McPhaiPs re-
putation in handling horsefesh guaran-
tees rapid sales.
States Attorney Dickson is deserving
of good deal OF credit for his success in
handling the criminal cases at the present
term of dirtrict court Considerable hard
legal work was involved III several OF
these cases and the results Indicate that
the Judge overlooked no point necessary
to secure the administration of Justice.
And by the way, it is q fact that Mr..
Dickson has proved himself o be- II most
competent aud successful representative
of the states legal interests in every case
where he has appeared in court.
John Hooper, the principal defendant
in the Hooper and Wall blind pig case,
who was found guilty by the jury at his
trial IN district court last week. nlysteri-
ously disappeared from town Sunday
evening leaving his bomdsnen in the
lurch He had been allowed to retain
his liberty until called up for sentence,
which was to have been pronounced on
Tuesday. Hooper has by steady in
dustrious n''its, since tn" time his place
was pulled" ingratiated hinseinlo the
good will Of many OF our best citizens
This is hut another instance showing
what little gratitude there is in some
mems nature.