Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-02

George Persons got back yesterday
from his Minnesota trip.
List your farm or city property with
Farrell Il Burke.
Postmaster Donald Shaw was down
from Byron on business Tuesday.
Remember Little's restaurant is the
place to get the best meal for quarter,
A carload OF feed corn at Parsons
grocery and feed store. Price As cents a
bushel.
Miss Sarah McClory is spending the
week with her sister Mrs. II. j. Ma,hlsen
ut Dresden,
G. A. Smith the irrepressible and
effrrvescent horse dealer from Osnabrock
was here Monday.
Robert Meiklejohn is spending the
! week in St. Paul on business, leaving
here last Friday.
Rev. S. F. Beer read paper at state
rally OF the Epworth League held at
Park River last Friday.
All leading merchants in Cavalier
county sell "Our Voucher flour, the
best on the market.
Mrs. P. Foshay left Friday for Mime
apolis to visit the McKoewn family and
purchase her spring stock OF millinery.
For SA1E-One quarter section of
Farm land within 3 miles Of Dresden
Apply to JAMES MoNE1bL, Olga.
Mrs. L. F. Dosse is up from Park
River this week for few days visit with
her mother, Mrs. Sarah Hoosy, resulting
north OF town.
Jno. j. Loynss q former Langdon
citizen, now engaged in 4he mercsntil
business at Hannah, spent yesterday
with old friends,
Tho DEMOCRAT respectfully calls at
tention to the fact that it can turn out
tickets for township election at an hours
notice. Send in your orders.
J. G. Curris and Mrs NcNiven Sr
went to Grand Forks on Mondays train,
the latter to make proof on the homestead
Of her son, Duncan McN,ven, deceased.
DR.. Mcdonnell, &C ompanied by DR..
Arnot drove over from Morden, Man.,
on Monday to perform an operation on
Mrs. Jas MCLAUGHLIN for blood poisoning
Last nights weekly lecture at the M.
E church was on the subject of "Den-
tistry," by DR.. F. s. Smith, who gave
quite an interesting talk for about an
hour to a fair sized audience.
Treasurer McGauvran reports that
personal property tax collections have
been very good the past week and that
several thousand dollars have been paid
into the county on this account.
| Next Sunday there will be Presby-
terrain services held by Rev. Dongan at
the Faiconer school house at 1890 a. NJ,
at the Mclean school house at 9 D. m,
and in this city in the evening at 7:3O.
The Moon says that most all the wells
have gone dry up at Hannah. But then
that's not to be wondered at as there
must have been great demand fol
water after that big blow out that the
Scotch had there the other day.
On Sunday evening Langdon people
probably to the number of $50, were
present at the Donovan Hall to witness
manifestations of power in splrituallsm
by Madam Kate Eddy and DR.. Chas
Slade, who billed the town ~ beine
"world-famous trance mediums" Thei,
"grand illustrated lecture or as II
TRANSFERRED to be evenings performance
consisted of number of pugzling sleight
OF hand tricks, performed by occula,
illusion, or under the concsalment of al
enclosed cabinet. in some instance,
Suggesting the connivance Of thire
party. Those present, since, admit they
are not prepared to vouch for the per
formers alleged notoriety as th,
worlds greatest trance medium, anG
consider the advertised bill OF attraction
as being greatly exaggerated. TIL,
lady herself appears to be '.fair fat ant
/ forty" and Judging from the show the,
lput up are tout for the stuff" and no one
need depend on them as being what they
/ represent, trance mediums, but they viii
land acrop Of suckers everytime.