Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-09-29
Final proof loans can be obtained from

B. Erickson.
w. A. Laidlaw was visitor at Hon
nah yesterday.
Go to +. w. Mclean for final proofs
and general land business.
Geo. @. Elford was rusticating with
Rosa Lake acquaintance Sunday.
The M. E. church pulpit will be filled
next Sunday by Rev. Collins. OF Hannah.
Mrs. Eugene Chase went up the line
Tuesday for short visit among friends
ut Dresden.
T. E. Burke is quietly doing lot of
insurance business for the Northwestern
Mutual just now.
DR.. Donovan is having granary of
large proportion built on Oak street for
the storing of grain.
For SA1E-My hotel property at Dres-
den. For terms and other particulars
apply to Robt. Melville.
e. A. McCay has added electric lights
to the conveniencies of his Palace livery
and feed stable this week.
Pat W. Hennessy, the deputy collector
of the war revenue tax was here Friday
checking up Langdon dealers.
Cashier Thompson of the First National
is around after weeks illness, consider
ably better, but not very strong yet.
Excavations were commenced Monday
morning for the foundation of E. A.
FarrelPs new residence on Fifth street.
Mrs. VIM. Plummer and mother, Mrs
Sandison, returned Monday from a
weeks outing in the western part of the
county.
Mrs. w. F. Gushing and little children
arrived home Friday from stay of
several weeks at their former home in
Valley City.
Messrs. F. w. Mclean and w. F.
Winter and ladies returned Monday from
Manitou, where the latter have enjoyed
a visit with relatives.
M. H. Murphy is up at Dresden busy
opening up his new stock of groceries
and dry goods. He expects to commence
business on Saturday.
j. B. Mooney, the Grand Forks foundry
man, was here Saturday to figure on the
steam heating plant being placed in the
school building this winter.
Miss Edna Farrell, who has been at
Grand Forks for the summer visiting at
the home of her brother, Prof. VIM. Far
rell, returned to the city yesterday.
Langdon friends will be glad to learn
that j. M. Chisholm got a unanimous
denomination for register of deeds of
Pembina county at the democratic con :
vention held at Crystal last week.
Allan Wilson's farm, west of town a
few miles, turned out a good sample of
wheat that counted 25 bushels per acre
as taken from the machine. He had five
acres Of new land that broke the record
with yield of 200 bushels.
Rob't Meiklejohn's father, aged So
years, is in very poor health at present.
He will quite likely spend the winter with
his son, DR.. Meiklejohn in Ontario, if his
health will permit the making of solong a
journey before cold weather sets in.
Ed. McIvor, whose accident was noted
in last weeks paper, has resigned his
position as tirsmith with E. G. Dedrick
and left on Mondays train for Chicago.
where his family reside. 1t will probably
be month yet before he will be able to
work.
Georges. the we'll known trotting horse
owned 10y Dr.. P. G. Donovan of Neche,
won the free-for- all at the Devils Lake
races last week. His time was 2:1S, the
best made on North Dakota track this
year. The Langdon admirers of George
S. expect to see him lower his record
several notches next season.
The contract for placing steam heat
ing plant in the Langdon public schools
was let last Thursday evening to A. LIE
Vescont, of this city for s1,4S5. The
plant to be in readiness for operation by
Nov. 1st. Mr.. LIE Vescont is the cleo
trician for the Electric Light Co., and
has in years past had much experience
in furnace work in Minneapolis and other
cities OF the east. He is also figuring on
plans for putting in steam fixtures for
heating the ALERT & Winter block this
season.
The friends of Alex. Wilson and John
Watson, the two boys sent up to the
"pen" at Bismarck last winter for steal
ing wheat in the Daniels settlement, will
file an application for pardon with Gov
ernCr Divine en- Oct 20. The defendants
have spent q year in the state prison
and owing to their extreme youth and
previous good behavior the petition for
their pardon has been quite numerously
signed. The legal technicalities of the