Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-13

(, ply house is contemplating starting Mt
Grand Forks. A stock company Will
be organized.
DIR. Fenton of Willow City slipped
and fell ON the sidewalk and broke MS
arm in two places between the elbow
and shoulder.
Agnes Baldwin, recently released
from the penltentiary, is living IL quiet
life in the western part. of the state,
near Dickinson.
! Ed picrce's state bank Mt Enderlin
makes Il good accounting In its pub
lshed statement. Deposits aggregate
about :'3,OOO-well invested-with no
overlrafts.
Attorney Havrevold is going to sue
Benson county for big damages to his
character and reputation, for being ar
rested for embezzlement and contine-
ment in the county Jail.
s. Il. Thayer has been appointed
postmaster Mt Aneta; Il. A. Spaulding
at Fairmount; Myron II. Puffer Mt
Guelph; John Il. Mcnamara at Portal;
James Smith ut st. John.
Park River has subscribed $4,000 for
tho proposed Icelandic colleges, but
tho directors ask for $4,000, and the
| institution is likely to be located ut
Winnipeg.
Hon. A. D. Walton, n pioneer mer-
chant of Sheldon, died Mt Lrcca Of ap-
opleXy. He leaves a wife and daugh-
| ter. Interment will be at Albany, N.
Y.
Hon. Tom Elliott Of Lisbon will go
to Alaska in the spring and operate a
pack-train, in partnership with w. Fl.
Babb. They will take 100 horses with
them.
Robert Bergh of Grand Forks has
been notified to present himself for
the consular examination, and will
probably DO appointed as consul to
'iotilenberg.
At Belgrade the wind blew a barrA
of oil from the platform of the depot
upon the track, a freight train ran
into it and set it on fire, and the depot
was totally destroyed.
Pembina county has about $4,000
tied up in the First National Bank
failure at Pembina, but as it was Sc
cured by bonds, there will be no loss,
and but little delay in getting the
cash.
The Bank of Gilby, with a Said-up
capital of $4,000, shows undivided
profits and surplus of about $4,000,
and cash on hand about equal to CAPT
tai. Cashier Forbes seems to be emit
tied to credit for a good showing.
The election of new president of
the First National Bank of Fargo is
anticipated, the illness Of Mr.. Erskine
neccssitating his absence from bust
ness. He will spend the winter at
Hot Springs.
Charges have been preferred against
e. T.. Rice. in his connection with the
First Baptist church at Bismarck, at
the session Of the North Dakota Bap-
fist State Board, held at Fargo, Dec
80, 1897, Of which he has been notified.
The executive committee of the en-
forcement league reports 125 convic-
tons secured in the state last summer
and the enforced absence of 25 more.
A large meeting Of the league was
planned for Grand Forks about the
last of January.
Mrs. Hans Tlinglestad of North
wood has been taken to the Grand
Forks hospital, her mind being affect
ed. The case is a sad one, the woman
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She has a sister at the Jamestown asy-
lum.
w. B. Galbraith brings suit in the
district court at jamestown to recover
possession of his child, whom he, a
year or two ago, placed in the care Of
his deceased wife's brother and sister
at Valley City, these relatives now de-
String to retain possession.
Mr.. Howard James, well known in
Fargo and Moorhead, formerly divjs-
ion superintendent of the Great North
ern, was married last week at Sagi-
nav, Mich, to Miss Sophie NJ. Ayers,
daughter of Col. e. II. Ayers of that
city. Mr.. and Mrs. James will reside
in Buffalo, N. Y.
Judge Fiske sentenced several pris-
oners at Grand Forks to terms in the
penitentiary. The prisoners were: Ed
Hobart, Robert J. Gray, Thomas j.
Mcdonald and George Sloat The first
three received sentences of eighteen
months each, and the last three got
one year each.
Alex Esler, an old-timer in the state,
has gone back to farming in Stutsman
county. He came to Fort AbercrOm-
Dle twenty -SlA years ago, dllI Has seen
tho entire state develop practically
from a buffalo pasture. He thinks
there are better times ahead for the
farmer
Russian settlers in Dickey county
have imported from Northern Russia
Il spe cies of grain, resembling both rye
and barley, said to be proof against
frost and dry weather and to yield
from thirty to sixty bushels per acre,
apparently yielding better in a dry
season than otherwise. 1t is highly
valued as feed for stock.
Postmasters have been appointed in
the following towns in the state:
Evanston, Towner cot nty, G. w. II.
Davis; Horace, Cass county, Christian
o. Brink; King, Logan county, Gott-
fried Leischner; Marvel. Grand Forks
county, P. p. Hamre; Towanda, Sar-
gent county, Jerome II. Baker.
Asa Casselman of Bismarck, father
of John Casselman, w. S. Casselman.
Mrs. ID. II. Streeter ard Mrs. r. II.
| Tllistlewaite, dropped dead of heart