Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-09

!, nYour homestead claim is contested
see B. Erickson.
Battle Greek sanitarium Health Foods
for sale at Parsons.
E. Moore and family returned Satur-
day from weeks visit to the farm out
west.
Mrs. A. I. Vessey, of Perry, has about
recovered from serious illness of several
weeks.
Money to lean on good chattel Sc
curity. Call at the Bank of Dresden,
Dresden, N. D.
Two weeks more and our county school
marms will be the only pebbles on the
Langdon beach.
Assessor w. Haverty was interviewing
city owners of Langdon township pro-
perty on Saturday.
Mrs. Frye of Osnabrock, visited with
Mrs. P. McHugh and other friends in
town the fore part of the week.
Judge Ed. Sherwin this week pur-
chased of P. McHugh the residence on
Fourth st. north of John Currie's.
Jim Stevenson has accepted a position
as clerk at the Columbia during the tenn
porary absence of Landlord Cramond.
F. W. Mclean is down at Grand Forks
again this week fixing up filings at the
land office for Cavalier county's new sett-
lers.
Mrs. G. H. Baker returned to her home
at Devils Lake last Monday, having spent
q week at the home of her daughter Mrs.
NJ. 81 ulllvan.
I'D. ALERT and wife spent part of the
week at Fargo, where Mr.. ALERT partici-
pated in the great shriners parade Of the
Ell Zagel Shriners.
Attorney Doughty is in no amicble
mood this week being laid up with a
game foot, the result of rusty nail pene-
trating one of his No. lis.
A series of services of the Seventh Day
Adventist denomination we're held out
at the Wang settlement last week by FL
der L. M. Crowther of Hillsboro.
I, Rev. Newlove and wife we're here from
Milton last week attending the s. 8. con-
ventlon. On Sunday the reverend gen.
tleman occupied Rev. Beers pulpit at
the NJ. E. church
Editor Mccarthy, the Milton Globe
scribe, was visitor of the metropolis
yesterday and dropped in to inform us
in an Irish whisper that the republicans
had captured Oregon.
John Machon, who has been deputy
county auditor since way back in '89, left
last week for months absence at his
old home in Ontario, taking the trip by
easy stages and visiting Manitoban ac-
uuaintances enroute.
Tom Pierce and A. L. Perry, the local
wheat buyers of the National and North
western elevators, both drive the nobbiest
of turnouts these fine days and there is
but little room for argument as which
pair of trotters take the lead.
Bishop Morrison Of Duluth, who has
charge of the North Dakota diocese OF
the Episcopal church, is announced to
visit Langdon on Saturday of this week
between trans, at which time he is desir-
GUS of meeting all adherents of that de.
nomination in this city.
Tuesday evening of this week party
of friends had charming and thorough
~ enjoyable time at the home of DR.. F.
s. Smith, the occasion being the fifth an.
niversary of the wedding Of the doctor
and. his estimable wife. A brief musical
program, cards and refreshments com.
bined to make the evening speed merrily
| A letter from "Billy" Duncan at Camp
Thomas to Geo. Persons tells of the gooo
health and pleasant trip of the Langdon
boys of Troop G. Something that the
rest of the boys find hard to understand
is the arlstocratic bearing Of "Whity'
Rolling, whose stripes as sergeant
seem to have lifted him to plane severa
degrees above the troopers. "Billy" says
that gentlemen are not scarce dowr
there, but curiosities with the manners
and talk of "Whity" are.
WHTGn FOR CIRCUS DRY.