Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-05-19

Electsis lights have hesn placed il the
new Bapfist churchths wssk.
Make Of renew your farm loan with
W. F. Winter. He can save you money.
KS. Norgaardwas among the visiting
attorneys here Tuesday in attendance at
sourt.
There's dance at Dresden tomorrow
night given by Landlord Melville. Are
you going?
Buy your lumber and hardware Of 81
j. Haskamp, Dresden, N. D. Full stock
always on hand
H. j. Randall. the Park River horse.
man, was doing business in town on Fri.
day of last week.
Rube Bissell left on Monday for Lari-
more where he has accepted Job in one
of the leading meat markets IL.
Dr.. Wm. Herman has been up in the
western part Of the county for tho past
few days doing veterinary work.
Oliver Knudson, at one time sheriff OF
Nelson county. was here from Lakota on
Sunday for a brief visit with friends.
Hon. h. A. Mayo and son drove over
from Walhalla on Sunday and were
gladly welcomed by their host OF friends
here.
| Miss Matte Davidson is here from
Milton for a few months stay during
when time she will acquire the art of
dressmaking.
Halvor Torgerson, the postmaster at
Homen and assessor Of Hope township
was in from the Wang settlement several
days of last week.
| Frank Vierhns was here Sunday for a
brief visit with his brother, George, re-
turning to his home ut Michigan, Nelson
county on Tuesday.
f J. Hodgins is visitor at Fargo this
week attending the A. o. U. w. grand
lodge. While there he will look up our
boys at Camp Briggs.
Attorney j. E. Gray accompanied
Judge Sauter up here from Grafton and
helped in the dispatch of big batch of
court matter between trains.
Hon. Jas. Dobie, was down from his
home in the western part of the county
yesterday and goes to Tyner to look after
his extensive interests remaining there.
Attorney Geo. w. Young, one of the
rising stars in the legal armament of
Park River, who used to teach school
here in the early days, was up here on
business Saturday.
Postmaster McHugh is still selling
stamps and postal cards at cost, but
announces that he is no longer able to
throw in package of garden seeds as a
premium. They are all gone.
The first quarterly statement of the
Dresden State Bank appears in this issue
and certainly makes an excellent show.
ing, especially when it is considered that
the bank has only been running since
May 1st.
License to we'd was issued by Judge
Dorval last Friday to Oscar E. Aos and
Miss Julia Lykken of Milton. The
wedding is understood to have occurred
on Sunday, Rev. NJ. Iverson being the
officiating clergyman.
Saturday afternoon Rev. Pouliot
officiated at the funeral of the youngest
child of Hon. F. E. Renaud, little boy,
be IN three weeks ago. The services were
held at the Catholic church in this city
and the burial at the cemetary west OF
the church.
Since Druggist Dick Burke has started
up his fountain and is again dishing uI
those fine Ice cream soda's the girls are
all willing to forgive him about the
nasty little man that he has in the win
dow. that makes faces at them and winkt
an eye as they pass by. AS Dick winds
him up every day perhaps that accounts
for the wink.
It is understood that Mr.. John T. Nc
Cutcheon, the war correspondent wht
wrote the New York journal account o
Admiral Dewey's victory at Manila, is ;
cousin of B. R. Click, of this city, an(
Mrs. Frank II. Prosser, of Devils Lake
He was on the Mccullough dispatcl
boat during the encounter and is young
man under thirty years of age.
J. B. Boyd was among those who ex
pected to represent the local Workman
order at the grand lodge meeting at Far
90 this week, but on account of bushes
was compelled to forego the pleasure
} Mr.. Boyd holds the office Grand Over
seer of the A. o. w. order and was in lin
for advancement to Grand Foreman tbi
wear had he chosen to accept the same
f. A. Farrell returned from his week
stay at Fargo on Saturday, attending D
S. court. While there he paid severa
visits to Camp Briggs to look up Lang