Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-05-12

Make OF renew your farm loan with
w. F. Winter. He can save you money.
Miss Allie Frye was up from Osna-
brock spending Sunday with Mrs. +. S.
Smith.
| R,,v. Brindamour, the Catholic priest
at Leroy, spent the forepart of the week
in The city.
L r. Kelly was up from Milton yester-
day looking after his landed interes ts
north of town.
Charlie Elford made the trip from his
home at Bay Centre On awheel Saturday
for short visit with his brothers here.
Ell Evans has moved his family out to
their new home on the farm a few miles
east of town, to return here after harvest.
John Mahon has been observing Arbor
Day all week adorning the grounds
around his palatial home with shade and
fruit trees.
Peter McLaren, one Of the best known
young farmers in the Stilwell settlement
reports the arrival of son aud heir
Tuesday of last week.
George L. Rose, an all round tinsmith
and hardware man, arrived last week from
Lisbon, H., and has accepted position
in E. G. Dedrick's store.
Frank DeLano, foreman in thelRepub-
l,can office, left Friday evening with the
local party of volunteers tc enlist with
the Devils Lake cavalry company.
Walballa is to have an Episcopal
church. Arrangements we're made for
the purchase of lots during Archdeacon
Appleby's visit there of last week.
Rev. s. F. Beer arrived home from
conference on Tuesday. As was expect
ed he is returned 10 this charge for
another year, which will be satisfactory
to every body.
Mr.. and Mre. Jos. McComb are the
happy parents of a new girl baby that
arrived last Friday. AS the rest of the
family are all boys there is extra cause
for rejoicing this lime.
WI. Mooney returned Monday from
business trip to st. Paul and brief
visit to his old home at Watertown, Wis,
and reports large chunks of patriotism
manifested throughout the east
Jacob Toews now handles the mail
at Moscow post Office, the change taking
place this week. Its new location is four
miles west of where Matt Michlink has
for several years licked stamps for Uncle
Sam.
Cards are out for social hop to be
given by Landlord Melville at "a Dres
den House on Friday evening of next
week 1t will undoubtedly be merry
gathering and some OF Langdon's best
people expect to attend.
Lots were purchased of F. j. Stable
this week on which handsome $1.5O0
residence will be built this summer by
the members OF the st. Alphonsus
church for their pastor, Rev. N. A. b..
Pouliot. The site selected is located
just north of the church.
Milton folks trotted our former towns
man. Attorney Geo. P. Gibson, out for
clerk at their town election last week and
gave him every vote cast. If George
don't catch the politicians grip and start
running for every old thing in sight this
fall it's all right. Here's hoping its all
right anyhow.
George Charter, who has "held cases"
on nearly every newspaper published in
Cavalier county and for nearly year
past with the DEMOCRAT enlisted last
Saturday with the Devels Lake cavalry
in company with dozen other volun-
teers from this place. There will not be
more valiant rough rider in the COM
pany than George.
VIM. Flumerfelt returned Sunday from
his cross country trip to Devils Lake IN
company with the thirteen Langdon boys
who left here at an early hour Saturday
morning to join the cavalry company be.
ing organized there by Capt. Gregory.
He reports all having succeeded in pas
sing the rigid inspection.
Ha!vor Torgerson, the statesman from
Wang, stands foremost among the pa
triotic veomanry of our "Flickertaip'
state, and although his natural modesty
likely prevented his revealing the fact, it
has leaked out that in letter to Con-
gresham johnson he vouches for the
warlike spirit of the sturdy sons of
Scandinavia and asks that he be called
on to serve his country in any capacity,
Halvor is the son of a veteran of the
civil war and apparently chip of the old
block.
Monday evening the city council laid
out long list of work il, the way of i'm
provements for the attention of Street
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