Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-26

Collector John Dulude was making the
rounds Friday for the P. F. Collier book
concern.
Or. Donovan has thirty quarter
sections Of land in this county for
sale cheap on time.
Miss Lille Stewart, of Milton, arrived
in the city yesterday and is the guest OF
Mrs. r. J. Fox for few days.
DR.. Mcdonald, the scholarly divine
from Grafton will preach ut the Presby-
terian church Sunday morning.
Ed. Elford and family returned Satur-
day from ten days outing overin Mani
toba on the shores of Rock Lake.
Miss Maud McEwan, a niece of Mrs. II.
P. Abbey, is here from Park River for q
few days visit in the city this week.
Game Warden Meiklejohn had about
the SWEETEST turn out that graced the
hunting fields OF Cavalier county Friday.
Alvin Orion claims local honorsfor the
first game bagged Friday morning, bring
ing in couple OF ducks at seven O'Clock.
John Hannah the postmaster and real
estate boomer out at the new end-town
was among the many visitors OF last
Friday.
Postmaster C. l. Thompson was down
from Woodbridge for harvest supplies
last week and in search OF definite rail
road news.
John j. Kohnen arrived from Park
River yesterday and will divide his time
while here in talking insurance and
hunting chickens.
A car load of standard sisal and man.
lila binding Irvine received this week by
Mercer the hardware man. Don't buy
until you see him. 1
Robt McGrath is at Grand Forks plac-
ing OF ders for his stock of drugs and
sundries with which to stork his estab-
lishment at Hanna.
Deputy Auditor Machon was among
the local shooters that took part in Fri
days chicken hunt trying his luck with q
new gun received last week.
Jacob Rich, from Formosa, Ont, ar
rived in the city Saturday and is spend
ing few days with Ills cousin, Peter
Zettel. He is looking over the country
with view to locating and may put in
a blacksmith shop at the new town,
Dresden.
Charley Johnson, the groceryman and
checker player from Bathgate is spend
ing part of the week here with old friends
from the valley He knows there lot OF
players up here, but is to busy this trip
to indulge-business is what interests
him this trip.
Frank Cameron opens up feed and
sale stable at Dresden early next month
and already has the buildingfor the same
underway. Dresden will have at least
two and possibly three elevators this
fall. besides several well equipped stores,
a lumber yard and hotel. thus Frank
is undoubtedly acting with wisdom III
opening up feed and sale stable. Dres-
den amt no infant burg.
Anton Olmquist, OF Garder was brought
up from Milton Tuesday by Deputy U.
S. Marshal Hennessy, OF Grand Forks.
He is charged with Bookkeeping without
a government license. A preliminary
| l. of &hn hall hof
Attorney F. W. Mclean, the newly APP
pointed U. S. Commissioner. The defend
ant waived examination and was taken
to the Grand Forks Jail to await the
next term OF US Court. This ia the
first case brought before the U. S. Com'r
OF this district since Fred took the oath
OF office.
! Theodore Hankey was down from
Hanna this week day or two where
hereports finding everything on the move.
All the Langdon boys are getting in on
the ground floor. Mcconnell has moved
his harness shop onto Third street.
George Barlow has been doing big "biz' y
in a cook car, but has started building a
two story house and will use the first
floor for his barber shop. Joe Little has
moved his boarding house up onto a
good business lot and has Accommodations
for over hundred guests per day The
town isn't waiting for the railroad, but
will be found to have got good healthy
start when it does reach there.
: Losr-Will the gentleman who picked
) up ladies cape near the farm OF
, Eben Radford, ST., in Hope twp, on the
. road from Elkwood to LanEdon, yester-
, day evening kindly return the same to
Mrs. j. L. Robertson, Langdon. N. u.