Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-08-11

Final proof and general land business
at B. Ericksons land office.
wilson Cox, the Osnabrock giant, was
here transacting business Saturday.
Felix Charter was down at Walhalla
visiting friends the first OF the week.
Get prices on binding Irvine of
Mercer, the Hardware Man.
Fred Wilson, the Wales druggist was
among the arrivals on Fridays train from
the north.
Mrs. Jno. McConnachie and family re-
turned Tuesday from weeks visit spent
with friends at Inkster.
For SA1E-A choice quarter section Of
land, six miles south Of Langdon. For
particulars sec Thos. Barry.
Mrs. c. H. McDermott left on Tues
days south train for few weeks visit at
her old home at Grand Meadow, MINI.
Walt Gould was down to the 'Halla q
day or two last week, where he enjoyed
himself immensely with the young folks.
Eating beef tongue and OK tail soup is
one way of making both ends meet.
Another is to buy your hardware at DIED.
rick's.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Mcnamara stopped
over for day with the Orton family last
week on their way from Manitou, Man.,
to Devils Lake.
d. D. ALERT travelled as far as the
Forks OH Tuesday to o. k. the proof
sheets of the minutes of the X. OF p.
grand lodge session.
Peter Olson has strengthened his
threshing outfit by purchasing the mann
moth Advance engine that headed the
parade here on the Fourth.
Jno. ]. Mahoney, the head push of the
Langdon Implement Co., is stepping
pretty high this week. There was nav
arrival lit his house Neutrality-suspicious.
girl. .
George Gardner returned Saturday
from business trip lost. Paul and other
points east. Mrs. Gardner went along,
but stopped off at Fargo for a few days
visit with friends.
The brick wall on the south eide of DR..
Donovan's elegant drug store is adorned
with mammoth sign advertising farm
lands for sale and money to loan. You
can't help seeing it.
Frank A. Wardwell, who ably edits
Pemtina's pioneer newspaper, the Ex-
press, was in the city this week looking
after the harvesting of crops on land
he owns in this county.
Henry Arneson and Johnny Furbur
who have filed on adjoining homesteads
about twenty-five miles south west of
town, went out Tuesday with the ma
teria@ for building their claim shantys.
John Tilley brought in a car load of
young horses from Wisconsin on Tues
days passenger. They are at Kelly,s
barn and will be knocked down to the
highest bidder at auction sale Saturday
afternoon.
Jos. Kyncl, better known around town
as 'Little Joe the tailor" is putting in a
couple of weeks hayng on his claim. In
the meantime Dan Meehan is head bell
ringer at the Catholic church at morning,
noon and night of each day.
Tom Pierce is killing time until the
wheat begins to come in, by looking after
the wants of customers at Flumerfelt &
Bucklin's fruit store. Mr.. Flumerfelt IS
amusing himself doing jury duty in U. S.
court over at Devils Lake this week.
Il Rob't Fleming was down from Dres-
den last Saturday and gracefully ackncw-
lodged the congratulations that he re-
ceived on all sides relative to the nom-
nation he secured on the Independent
and democratic ticket for railroad CON-
missioner.
i J. S. Loynes, though not as yet
announced as a candidate for alderman
from the First Ward, is being strongly
talked of along that line by his friends.
He's been there before and knows how
it's done and can count on every man as
his friend.
E. G. Dedrick. of the corner hardware
store, also occupies corner on our local
page with new ad this week which tells
of the complete line of shelf and heavy
hardware that fills his store from top to
bottom. You can't miss tin the lower
left hand corner.
There are many prairie chickens in the
brush and fields, and Game Warden
Meiklejohn says that whenever lnfor-
nation is lodged with him as to viola
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