Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-18

Tuesday.
George Diebel was up from Milton and
spent the afternoon among the local
machine dealers.
Fred Davis, the manager of the Boyd
Davis store at Hannah, was in the city
on business visit yesterday,
500 doz. Eggs aoomted at SchuMe's
Mrs. E. A. Pennock is in from their
farm in Grey township. spending the
week with her husband at their town
home.
John T. McNeill, the jolly and portly
Osnabrock, grain buyer, was among
those in the city Monday from that
booming burg.
]. w. Story came up from Milton last
Saturday and commences this week to
teach summer term of school in the
Moscow district.
Attorney Norgaard, the tall legal light
from Milton, was here Tuesday among
those disappointed at the non-appear-
ance of Judge Sauter.
J.McPhail was up at Hannah on Tues
day and reports farming operations in
that part of the county not quite as far
advanced as they are here.
E. A. McCay is another that got the
tree planting fever this week and is now
after more improvements in the shape Of
an extention of sidewalk 10 his end of the
west side of Fourth.
Butcher Frank Johnston, moves into
the Sullivan house this week, which is
rendered vacant by the Sullivan family
having located in the Mcknight resi-.
dence on Fifth street,
J. J. Mahoney, the hustling president
of the Langdon Implement Co., was at
Hannah couple of days this week look
ing after the business at the end-town
branch establishment.
Dan Braun, a former typo of this office,
who has lately taken up claim in
Towner county, near Cando, came in
from the west yesterday and will spend
a few days in the city with friends.
Yves. Balfour, one of the old Langdon
boys, was up from Osnabrock on Mon
day. His elevator, the Northwestern.
has been closed for the summer months
and he is busy putting in crop on a
farm he lately purchased, adjoined to
the townsite.
G. j. Kelly returned Tuesday from
his purchasing trip to the Twin Cities
and Chicago and his large stock of gen.
eral merchandise has already began to
arrive, last nights freight bringing in
the first lnstallment. Joe has big line
of surprises in the way of bargains that it
will pay everyone to call and see just as
soon as he gets them unpacked.
George Charter resigned his position
in the composing room of the DEMOCRAT
Office last week and is now busy arrang
| ing to open new restaurant at the
Frank Brady stand. which he has lately
leased. The building is to undergo a
thorough line of repairs, both inside and
out, and will open up under the new
management with all the comforts and
conveniences demanded by the best trade
of the town.
The program of the annual convention
of the w. G. T. U. organizations of Cav
ol;or oo,,,+1, 11I,iol, ,,,ooto Of Million for o
two day session on Wednesday of next
week, shows that at least six Langdon
ladies are down on the list to contribute
to it's success. They are Mesdames
Mcmillan, Keseler, Lindstrom, Bradley,
Mahon, Smith and Miss Nettle Prinyer.
In addition to these there are doubtless
many others that will be in attendance
from this city. The program as given in
last weeks Milton Globe is certainly a
most interesting one.
A. Z. Buchanan, the veteran NIPPLE
ment dealer from St Thomas, in Pembi-
ma county, accompanied by Mr.. Barnard,
we're visitors in the city last Saturday.
They came up to see McPhail's gasoline
threshing rig in operation and expressed
themselves as fully satisfied that it was a
success. Mr. Buchanan has a large num-
Der of old friends in this county whom he
had not seen for some time and expressed
himself as highly pleased with our city
and surprise at the number of good
substantial residences, public buildings
and other improvements made since
his last visit here.
A number Of the friends of Mrs. w
Mcknight assembled last Friday even
ing at the spacious and hospitable home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Dickson, to give
that lady and her family a "send
off" BETTING the anticipated departure
of such highly esteemed members Of
society," The evening was one that viii
for long time be remembered by boil
the hosts and the guests. The foya
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