Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-04-06
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Additional Local.
j. McPhail's change Of ad this week is |
q warm number.
See the bargains in novelties aud hats
that are being offered at Mrs. Blakely's. |
The county commissioners have start
after the tanning mill peddlers for their
license money.
Clerk of Court Truax got back yester-
day from months vacation spent with
his folks in Minnesota.
Mrs. Blakely is Offering special bar.
gains in millinery and hats at her store
for the next thirty days.
Cennors & Brown start up in the livery
stable business this week at the Sullivan
barn. until lately run by w. j. Slater.
Formalin is the best thing on earth to
clean your seed grain of smut. H. d.
ALERT & Co., tell you all about it in their
new change of nd this week.
H. E. Birtch has rented his house for
the summer to Mr.. H. McCorkel who
comes from Beardsley, MINI, with car
load of horses and intends moving his
family up here.
Memo Liebeler has opened his new
lumber yard at the old stand of B. R.
Click this week. He is known by the
people for miles around to be all right
and will get his share of the business
right from the start. Read his new ad.
IN these columns.
McHueh 4 Kelly have concluded to
to continue their closing out sale for one
month more and will sell out the remain
der of their stock of clothing at bargain
prices that should leave their shelves and
counters bare and fill up their cash drawer
They will convince you they mean bust
ness if you give them a chance.
H. d. ALERT and w. j. Mooney are
both back FROM their Honolulu trip, re-
turning home last week, the former on
Thursday and the latter Monday. They
give glowing accounts of what they saw
and heard during their stay in Queen
Llls late kingdom and had most enjoy
able time from start to finish.
The lease of the red barn at the rear of
the Columbia Hotel, which is ownsd by
P. Foshay, was transferred this week
from Welsh & Nulph to E. H. Durbin
and L. G. Westfall, recent arrivals from
Besrdsley, Mimi, with a car of horses.
They will operate 1t as sale stable.
Otto o. Tollefson, the promoter and
secretary of the North West Fire & Marine
Insurance Co.. was up from Grand Forks
day or two this week interesting Lang
citizens in the concern which starts out
with capital of 100000. H. D. ALERT,
w. A. Laidlaw, Robert Work w. F. Win
ter and M. L. Sullivan are local stock
holders in the company.
The city election advertised for last
Monday went by default through mis-.
understanding of the requirements OF the
new law, which as noted by the DEMO.
Graf few week ago, requires registra.
ton of voters in all towas with popula-
ton exceeding $780, The authorities have
published new call for election to be
held on the 18th inst, and voters can re-
gister at the regular polling places at
any time after the 10 inst, and prior tc
election.
This week the land office at Grand
Forks handed down decision in favor
of the defendant in a land contest Of
CLANS Anderson VS.. Torbeln Alison
The claim in dispute is located near Elk
wood and had been resided on contin
uously and improved by defendant who
through ignorance of the land laws hac
neglected to make his filing as an entry
man. Anderson made a homestead filing
on the place later. hence the contest
The plaintiff retained Halvor Torgersor
while the case of the defendant was
handled by Judge Dorval.
While DR.. P. G. Donovan was attempt
ing to split some stove wood Tuesda,
afternoon the AK got tangled in clothes
line above head, DETECTING it from its
course and dealing him terrific blow
on the side of the head. The doctor
promptly went to grass a dozen yards
away and counted stars until the umpire
decided that he had been out fer some
time. It was exceeding fortunate thai
the blow was delivered by the side of the
ak IN place of the bit or the result would
have been of serious nature, indeed. Al
the matter now stands it is reasonably
safe to assume that III the future the
the doctor will engage in this sort OF
recreation largely by proxy.-Neche
Chronotype
On Tuesday evening when the invited
guests of the Uniformed Knights of Ply
thias, of Langdon Division No. 5, to thu
number of seventy. five couples, gathered
Of tho Donovan Hall and saw the con,