Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20

Erickson.
A hockey club has been given vigor-
GUS start this week by dozen or more of
enthusiastic skaters at the rink.
H. j. Mathisen and wife returned yes
terday from their three weeks bridal
tour east and leave today for their future
home at Dresden.
Ed. Reilly was down from the Hannah
Pharmacy part of the week assisting
Druggist McGruer during the absence
of Henry Arneson. ....
Druggist Fred M. Gull, of Briggs &
Close establishment at Milton. was up
the line Tuesday and staid over for the
club dance in the evening.
Percy P. Smith brought his visit here
to close Tuesday. His duties take him
for six weeks jaunt down through
Kansas and Colorado, which should be
mighty pleasant.
Ex-Condnctor Johnny Maxwe!l's
many friends were glad to see him among
them day or two last week. He came
up from Larimore to look up his extensive
cattle interests in Billings township.
The funeral OF Mrs. n p. Sandquist,
whose home is five miles northwest Of
town was conducted from the Presby
terian church of this city last Friday
afternoon Rev. Dougan officiating.
Fred Davis is down from Hannah to
attend the funeral of Mr.. Samuel Loynes
today and look after the removal of his
family to Hannah, where he has neat
suitk of apartments fitted up over the
store.
Dave Milne, an old time Langdon boy,
was up from Stokesville, Pembina county,
last week and had an enjoyable time
greeting old friends IN town-and he has
many of them. He is teaching nine
month term OF school at Stokesville.
Ed. Furbur, brother of Barber
Furbur arrived in the city last week
from Argusville, N. D., on a visit. He
was accompanied by Mr.. Hiram Krum,
who came up to look over the new
towns up the line and may put in a
general store at Wales.
H. O. Bjornerud and w. H. Conn
started Tuesday for months sight see-
ing, the time to be principally spent in
California's mid-winter sunshine. Mr..
Conn may decide to remove his family to
that state if he finds location to suit
him equally as we'll as his present home
in this city.
Col. Wentworth took Tuesdays
passenger south to Chicago for his
annual m;d-winter visit and will as usual
keep posted on the Langdon girls-and
boys-during his absence through the
columns of the DEMOCRAT. dads"
chances of change to home life and
comforts are not considered hopeless by
the knowing ones and the fact that he
has lately invested in residence property
here gives considerable color to the
surmise of his DESERVING the ranks Of
bachelorhood.
About the heaviest holder of Cavalier
county real estate is without question
Banker w. J. Mooney, whose farm hold
ings in this county and townsite property
at dozen points in the northern part of
the state bring in an annual income, to-
gether with his banking and other home
interests, that aggregate goodly sized
fortune of ITSELF A check for $6S3.5S was
transferred yesterday from Mr.. Mooney
to Treasurer Robertson for '97 taxes, and
when it comes to talking real estate, a
bunch of tax receipts talk little the
loudest of any of 'em.
Come to Langoon next Tuesday the
18th, inst, and celebrate the 10th anniver-
sary of the birth Of that immortal Scot.
fish bard. Bobbie Burns, in royal way
with the Caledoniau society of Cavalier
county. Langdon will entertain 700 WISH
tors when the clans assemble. Each
incoming train will be met by 3 reception
committee of fifty Scotchmen in Highland
kits and Tam O Shanta caps. headed by
Il band of bag pipers and Scotch fifers
rendering music that will make the blood
of Bonnie Scotland flow little faster
and warmer iuA heir veins than 1t has for
some time. The afternoon will be de-
voted TO the reception OF visitors the spa.
cious court room at the court house being
decorated and the society's headquarters
established there. In the evening the
society will give an entertainment, in
which the memory Of Burns will be kept
green BY Scottish oratory and song, to
b followed BY banquet snd . bail