Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-02

FARM LOANs-Can make or loans.
Security must be first class. B. Erickson
DIR. Smith is spent the closing days
OF November fixing teeth for Milton
folks.
Salvation Army officers held lantern
meeting at the NJ. E. church Monday
evening.
Editor Mccarthy, the Globe man
from Milton, headed numerous delega-
ton of his townsmen that visited the
county seat Monday.
Clerk of Court Truax spent a few days
this week in the Forks looking after i'm
portant land Office business and visiting
Notwithstanding business with
pleasure.
The Gilbert alarm clock leads them all.
For durability and as time-keeper there
are none better No house is complete
without one. They can be obtained
from A. 0. Void, the Langdon ieweler.
Communion will be administered at
the morning service of the Presbyterian
church next Sunday. Rev. Dougan's
outside appointments for that day are:
McLeans at 2 p M, and at INJURIES at
p. m.
Elford Bros, now have the neatest and
cleanest stock of groceries to be found in
the city. Their pride is in their grocery
department.. Lately they have added a
stock of delicious fancy candy which
is new and fresh.
Tonight the devotees of the Ladies
Whist Club are being entertained at the
the K. of P. hall this evening by Mes
danes Winter and Mclean. The series
of games now in progress are reported as
being both close rnd interesting.
Alex McNiven: Have been selling
steel ranges faster than we could put
them up since the cooking exhibit of last
week. Twenty new ranges have been
sold within the last ten days. This
trade will continue all through the
holidays.
Mrs. w. J. Douville, and neice, Miss
Mollie Comstock, return home Saturday
from Neche where they enjoyed Thanks
giving with relatives The day was one
of especial event, the marriage Of a
brother. Mr.. J.. Douville taking place
that evening.
Another case on the criminal calendar
for trial at the term of district court
which meets here on the 18th, is that of
Tommy Burns, of Milton, charged with
wheat stealing. Sufficient evidence was
found in the preliminary hearing 70 war
rant the holding of Burns for trial. An
drew Rude an important witness is also
held in Jail awaiting the trial.
Mrs. s. F. Beer received the sad in
telligence yesterday of the death OF her
mother Mrs. H. Goble, whose home is in
Western Pennsylvania. Death occurred
Tuesday, after short illness. The de-
ceased had been widow upwards of
twenty years, leaves a family of ten of
whom Mrs. Beer is the youngest. Mrs.
Goble was 76 years old at the time
of her death.
The japanese dinner given Tuesday
evening by the M. b. church ladies was
a successful affair IN every way. A
charming feature displayed was the novel
attire of the ladies in charge of the
tables, their costumes being of the deli
cate tint and peculiar form worn in the
Orient. Those in charge OF the culinary
department excelled themselves in the
art of appetite satisfying in accord with
the ideas of veritable connoisseurs. The
evening receipts including the sale OF
useful and ornamental articles of Jap
anese ware realized goodly sum amount
ing to nearly $50.
More than twenty years have elapsed
since Rev. Dougan, pastor OF the Presby-
terrain church of this city started on his
ministerial career at North Bend, Wis,
and the following Item from one of our
exchanges, the Galesville Republican,
published in that locality, shows that a
kindly feeling of more than the or linary
is still retained by his former flock:
"R.v. Thos. Dougan, who about twenty
years ago was the resident pastor of the
North Bend Presbyterian church, is now
located at Langdon, N. d., Mr.. Dougan
Is man whom the people of North
Bend will ever kindly remember, and
while most of them have not known of
his whereabouts for many years, they
will be pleased to learn that he is enjoy
ing good health md working for the
good of man. He was married after
leaving the Bend, but lis wife has since
! disd.