Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-05-26

Vegetables and fruits received daily q
Parsons.
DR.. Sheppard was up at Hannah on
professional trip yesterday.
Make or renew your farm loan will
w. F. Winter. He can save you money
George Nu]ph is rustling hail insurance
for the St Paul Fire g. Marine these days
F. W. Mclean returned to-day from
trip to Grand Forks on land Office bust
ness.
Buy your lumber and hardware of H
j. Haskamp, Dresden, N. D. Full stool
always on hand
Carpenters worked through the rail-
all day Saturday completing the steepl'
OF the Baptist church.
| Sheriff McGauvran haH built neat
and commodious barn at the rear of his
residence lots on Oak street.
A. F. Roberts the old time insurance
talker from st. Thomas IS here in the in
terest of the Aetna life to-day.
Jas. Walker, wife and family left Tues
day for Perth. Ont, where they will
spend the summer with his folks.
W. E. Davis came up from Grand
Forks yesterday and is understood to
have in view the purchase of the Repub.
lican plant.
G. w. Andrews has been up from Wal
halla part of the week inspecting a
number of Cavalier county farms with a
view of purchasing.
G. w. Holmes got back Saturday for
brief rest from his incessal.t toll on the
road. The machinery business is sue
cess this season he reports.
I. Dawson was badly laid up with
rheumatism the early part of the week,
but got down from Dresden yesterday
to report his improved condition,
Hay is scarce and getting scarcer, Ern-
est Rekow, of Daniels. was caller while
in town Monday and reports of having
disposed of load he hauled down here
for 1926.
Tom Reid a former Langdon boy, who
has of late years been engaged in ''bust-
ing bronchos" in the Mouse River county.
is one of the cowboy cavalry company
being organized at Fargo.
Jas. Reid and VIM. Hamilton we're
awarded the contracting for sinking the
we'll at the fire bail. It's depth will be
about for6y feet in order to insure obtain
ing 81 sufficient flow of water.
Dan Braun, of Walkerton, Ont, arrived
Friday and has allied himself with the
DEMOCRAT. He was formerly with "Die
Gloclze", a we'll known Ontario weekly
German paper, that has many Cavalier
county readers
Two brothers Of Lars Wall, the Milton
barber, Olaf and Andy, were visitors here
last week. They have disposed of their
shops at Bisbee and Mimic respectively,
and probably will open up at some point
along this branch
Thos. Regan, the big merchant from
Larimore was is the city Monday having
an important case docketed in Judge
Dorvals court. The taking of testimony
will probably be looked after by one of
Larimore's clerical brethren at an early
date.
The W j Mooney residence has been un-
dergoing material improvements the past
week. Eighteen inches of brick have
been added to the stone foundation, adj
ding greatly to the appearance to one of
the handsomest dwellings in the city.
Further adcrnments are contemplated.
The w. G. T. U. organizations of
Walsh and Cavalier counties will hold
two days convention at Milton on July
29th & Goth. 1t is being arranged to hold
matron's gold medal contest while the
convention is in progress, and each union
in tho two counties it is expected will en-
tered a contestant for the medal
The Devils Lake papers note the arri-
val of Doc. Corbett in that city and state
that he intends to locate there. He left
Park River about the first of the month
and is ]ourneying west by easy stages
Langdon friends of the popular young
tooth puller hope that wherever his new
field Of labor may be he will find host
of friends as he deserves them.
There's good joke on Wheatbuyer
Perry of the Northwestern elevator this
week, though whether it is really a joke
has yet to be discovered. Sunday morn
ing on going to his stable he found that
all four wheels had been removed from
his buggy during the previous night, the
supposition at first was, he had been the
victim of a practical joke, but now it has