Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-09-22

out threshlng.
Final proof and general land business
at B. Erickson's land Office.
Attorney j. H. Mccullough, was
among the Milton visitors in town Tues
day.
w. s. Stockdale was visitor of the
Langdon trade Friday on one of his reg
ular prune trips.
w. j. Mooney spent Friday at Milton
and closed several reel estate deals for
the Townsite Co., while there.
Mr.. A. Reid is again assisting in look
ing after the fall rush of trade at E. E.
Dedrick's corner hardware store.
Mrs. p. Ntzhugh, accompanied by Miss
Allie Frye, joined the Langdon party of
excursionists to Duluth Oh Tuesday,
Grant B. Parent was here from Park
River last Thursday booking orders with
the local trade for his "Alta Puma"
smokes.
Contractor Loynes put big force of
carpenters to work on the new lumber
sheds of Mahon s. Robinson early Tues
day morning.
Mrs. VIM. Plummer and mother, Mrs.
Sandison, are spending the week with
relatives in Cypress. leaving town on
Tuesdays north bound passenger.
Jas. Walker is assisting E. G. Dedrick
in the tin work on the roof of the Alert
Winter block since the accident that
happened the latter's tinsmith last week.
Prot. Sheehan was compelled by illness
to give up his duties in the schools the
forepart OF the week in consequence of
which the advanced pupils got short
vacation.
The new sheet iron front on the Ded-
rick hardware store is little the best
finish for frame business blocks of any
thing yet and when it comes to business
E. G. is right in it too.
Eugene Pennock bought two lots op-
posite the M. e. church this week and
will build commodious house thereon
this fall. 1t being his intention to move
the family in from the farm for the winter.
M. H. Murphy got back from his St.
Paul business trip Monday noon and is
already full of hustle getting his new
stock in shape for the opening of his
Dresden store which occurs not later
than Oct. LIST.
G. S. Hunter drove over to Bartlett,
Nelson county, last Friday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hunter, of
Painsvile, MIMI, who will visit with a
daughter there for few weeks before
returning home.
We see by the Milton Globe that John
F. Anderson is practicing law there-at
least he had case before Justice Nor
gard the other day. 1t was jury trial,
and-well, John says it was the first case
he ever lost.--Northwood Cleaner.
Ed. McIvor, the tinsmith at Dedrick's
is laid up with dislocated collar bone
the result of fall last Friday morning
from scaffold about ten feet from tho
ground while at work on the sheet iron
front that is being added to the Dedrick
corner hardware. His injuries while not
serious will lay him off work for several
weeks.
The democrats of Cavalier county have
called their convention at Langdon Sept.
3Oth-F'riday Of next week-with eau
cuses to be held Tuesday next. Times
are apt to be interesting in the "banner
democratic county" this fall as it is said
Pat McHugh means to make it a repub-
lican victory-if he Walhalla
Mountaineer.
Fremont is-as usual-in the lead
again this season when it comes to big
wheat yields. Ex-Com'r Porter harvests
30 bushel crop and had twelve acres
that gave him yield of ~ bushels.
Another patch of thirty acres lined up
with little better than 80 bushels. It
is an excellent sample and Fremont farm
ers are waiting to hear who's next to 'em.
Ole H. Nyhus, among the old timers of
East Alma. was taken down to the state
insane asylum at Jamestown again
Monday. 1t is only since last spring
that the officials of that institution re-
turned him to his friends here in much
improved condition. Saturday he was
brought to the city by Sheriff Nc
Gauvran for examination by the insanity
board, his friends and neighbors being
convinced that the malady had assumed
more aggravating form. He was ac
companied to jamestown on Monday by
Sheriff MeGauvran and ID. H. Mcmillan.
Tuesday Of last week the Reilly drug
drug store at Milton was closed for the
'steenth time and the keys of the build
ing, as we'll as its contents and fixtures
held by tue bondsmen, Senator Chas.
Plain and Mr.. Peter Wild. Since the
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