Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-07-28

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w. A. Laidlaw was on an extended
Manitoba trip as far rs Portage La Pra-
RE in company with G. 3. Mcmillan, of
Hannah, last week. ~
P. Kelly and Jas. DeB>Yr- were passen-
gers to the Forks onMend( 3 train, being
witnesses at the land ofid On DR.. J. J.
Reilly's timber culture emf final proof.
Mrs.McHugh and little d 1ghter, Rosie
will leave next week for IN extended
visit with friends at Omaha, that place
being the former home of the McHugh
family.
Buy your binding Irvine of D. H. Nc
MILAN. He is prepared to meet the
prices of T. M. Roberts, Montgomery,
Ward & Co., or any eastern supply house
for cash.
w. J. Edwards, tho builder from Park
River who has the contract to build the
ALERT and Winter brick block came up
Monday to start the masons at work on
the foundation.
Hon. G. F. Templeton came in from
Grand Forks on yesterdays passenger.
It is understood he will handle the de-
Tense in the injunctional proceedings
here when brought up for trial.
Prof. A. A. Leyden, the Osnabrock
pedagogue and republican candidate for
superintendent of schools, was IN evil
dence here Saturday. He also called on
the folks at Hannah between trains.
Dan McGruer was down from his end
town pharmacy the fore part of the week
comparing notes with members of the
fraternity regarding the drought that
passed over the railroad towns last week.
G. D. Bruce Tudor, the we'll known eye
specialist was consulted by upwards of
ninety Langdon people during his visit
here on Saturday and Monday of this
week. Their local representative is r..
D. ALERT & Co.
The I. O. G. T. lodge at Lyle hold a
cake and ice cream so at the Sbach
granary near Trenholm q on Wednesday
evening, August 3rd. The admission
will be Is cents and doors will be open at
half past seven o'clock. After refresh
ments are served an interesting program
will be rendered.
A pleasant time is being planned for
the little ones who attend the various
Sabbath schools of this city in the near
future. A union picnic of the schools
will be held early in August either at
Fox's grove near town, or at the Memo
mite settlement, ten miles west. Further
particulars next week.
Next Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock
the Woman's Club will meet at the home
of Mrs. O. G. Wentworth when the sub.
1ects for discussion will be: "Coffee, its
history and usages; Tea, Chicory, Choco.
late and Cocoa, Mate" The club is one
of the established home gatherings
among the ladies of Langdon, as the in
creasing membership and growing inter
est manifest.
HI. Haskamp, the banker and capital.
list from Melrose, Mimi, who also hat
extensive business and financial interests
at Osnabrock and Dresden, in this county
and at Bisbee in Towner county was {
distinguished visitor here Saturday. HI
was accompanied by party Of Minnesota
friends, Mr.. Jno BONNER and wife O
Brooten, Mr.. John Lampert, of Melrost
and Mr.. Hedgerken of Browerville, al
are well-to-do business men seeking ar
opening for the investment of capital il
the western part of this state.
1t was learned with considerable sur
prise last Friday afternoon that A. Lind
lie, the travelling representative Of tn
state enforcement league, had, during {
flying trip over this branch served sum
mons and complaint papers,-being the
preliminary step taken in injunctions
neutrality-suspicious. seven drug store
in this county The three stores in thi
city and those at Dresden, Wales ant
Hannah, being the ones against whic]
complaint had been fled. The paper
were issued by the Assistant Attorne
General P. j. McClory, and thirty day
} is the time in which an answer to tn
complaint can be filed. It is UNDERSTOOD
J the uncorroberated testimony of "spot
} ter" from Mimic is the ground upol
which the papers were issued. The genera
!, opinion is that the step taken was un
> warranted as the business OF handling Q
LIQUORS under the permits issued t
, druggists has been quite generally live
up to.