Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-27
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

WANTED-New Subscribers.
Get your leagal blanks at this Office.
Wheat, No. 1 Hard 80 cents today.
Railway mail service for the new towns
north along the extension will be com.
menced next Euesday-February LIST.
The Langdon hockey team at the ice
rink have played number OF friendly
games with their new sticks during the
week.
Mrs. B. Prom, of Milton, spent Thurs
day with Langdon friends and attended
the musicale ut Mrs. Mahon's home in the
evening.
Presbyterian services next Sunday will
be conducted as follows: Langdon at Ii
q. M; McLeans at 2 p. M Rev. Thos.
Dougan. Pastor.
Revivallst McCrossan is reported as
coming here next week in hopes OF do
ing some successful work among the
sinners of Langdon.
A rink carnival in which a race pro
gram will form big attraction is being
arranged by the rink management for a
week from next Friday evening.
Next Saturday the Mt. Carmel tent of
Macabees will be instituted by Slate
Deputy Commander F. E. Wagner when
large membership will be enrolled.
BerL Rolling las been out Mt. Carmel
way nearly all the week where he reports
much interest being manifested in the
organizing of a tent of the Mac"bees
order.
Dan McGruer. the Hannah druggist,
came down Saturday and stayed over for
the Burns celebration, where his presence
and eloquence added much to the plea
sure OF the OCCASION.
Hon. j. D. Gordon and w. j. Camden
came up with WalhaIla friends Tuesday
to help memorable the anniversary OF
Poet Burns and aid in making the oc
asion an enjoyable one.
Frank Cameron, the Dresden livery
man, and one of the shining lights OF
that new town has taken down the sign
Girl Wanted" since the arrival OF ten
pound young Miss last Saturday.
The man or woman who find most
fault with the contents of newspaper
are not subscribers, neither do they pay
q cent toward it's support, although they
break their backs getting hold of copy
to read.
Arch'd McCuIly of the customs port
of entry at Hannah was down with his
wife to the Scotch gathering. Mac was
one of the sponsors at the society's incep-
tion at Milton four years ago and IS
pleased to note its growing popularity.
IN. Blair, of Mazda. has lost two
valuable horses within the last few
weeks, the disease proving itself to be
broncho pleuro- pneumonia. 1t seems it
ia u prevailing disease this winter IN
many parts Of this county and may
perhaps be accounted for by the weather
being rather mild for this season OF the
year.
Monday was the date eet for the hear
ing of what has for some time past been
been looked forward to as spirited land
contest. The case was that of William
Duncan VS.. Frank j. Hodgins, involving
the iatter's 80 acre homestead, nine miles
southwest of town. Attorney w. j.
Anderson was up from Grand Forks on
Duncan's behalf but only to discover
that Windy Billy" had concluded that
discretion was the better part of va!or,
and had beaten hasty retreat from the
field of action.
Last Thursday evening invited guests
to the number of over a hundred attended
q reception given at the beautiful home
of Mr.. John Mahon in honor of his nelces
Misses Fannie and Elizabeth Ferguson
both of whom leave next week for Chlca'
90 to continue their studies IN vocal
music. The evening was pleasantly
spent in program composed OF DOLL
literary and musical numbers. Later
dainty spread of good things that keel
the inner man in humor were much en-
loved and showed off to perfection the
the capacity of Mrs Mahon rs a thought
full entertainer. The party broke up a
midnight when all expressed their heart
felt appreciation OF the hospitality OF Mr.
and Mrs Mahon, also the pleasure ex'
perienced in meeting again their accom-
plished neices, Misses Fannie and sE'iza
beth Ferguson.
Money to loan on final proof. b.
Erickson.