Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-21

| DR.. Jas. Semple went over to Crystal
and spent Sunday with friends there.
Mrs. F. K. Belleheur was visiting with
friends down at Elm Point several days
of last week.
Remember the grand millinery open.
ing at Elford Bros, on Friday and Sat-
urday of this week.
Hon. H. L. Helgeson was in the city
Monday from Milton for few hours
transacting business.
When in need of something that fits
we'll, is stylish and will wear we'll go to
w. L. Bradliy the tailor.
Mrs. Geo. A. Bangs from Grand Forks
is visitor at Clerk of Court Truax's
home, arriving in the city today.
Jno. Milne, cashier of the Citizens
State Bank, has been confined to the
house by sickness most of the week.
Auditor Work was out to his farm in
Harvey the forepart of the week looking
after threshing and reports good yield.
Mrs. M. A. Kessler left Monday for
the home of her parents at Davenport
Ia, in response to message telling Of
the approaching end of her invaded
father.
Miss Maud Sanford, lady school
teacher. whose home is at Milton, has
accepted position as Office deputy with
the Walsh county superintendent Of
schools.
Schulke desires to call the attention of
all the ladies' of Lanadon and
vicinity to the fact that they can always
obtain the celebrated Butterick patterns
at his store.
Percy Abbey went down to the Forks
yesterday to be on hand at the opening
of the state gu" While there he will
make his home with the family of R. F,
jackson, former residents of this place..
| The Fremont school at Elm Point,
lately vacated by d. R. Milne, is now in
charge of Miss McCrea, young lady
from Ontario, who is understood to have
graduated lately from Toronto Univer-
sity as bachelor of arts.
Cashier Gerding's management of the
Bank of Dresden is receiving we'll merited
words of praise as we'll as solid financial
support from the business men there.
The increase shown in it's deposits as per
statement published this week bears out
this remark.
H. D. ALERT, F. w. Mclean, o. E.
Thompson and H. D. Smith took in the
chickens and scenery of Linden few
days last week. While the rest of the boys
were missing the chickens ALERT was
bossing the threshing of monster wheat
crop on the homestead he squatted on
in '92.
The Philharmonic Concert Co., which
is touring the western part of the state
under the management of Miss Fannie
Ferguson, opened a series of engage
ments Monday evening at Devils Lake.
Tonight they appear at Churches Ferry
and close the week on Saturday at Bot
tineau. Their list of engagements also
includes number of Valley towns and
they will end the season at Bathgate
about Oct. 1st.
Chief of Police McDermott is on the
look out for gang of thieves supposed
to be headed this way. Sunday night
they broke into store at Garder, in
Pembina county, and hauled off stock
valued at $3.50. Quite number Of no.
torious crooks work through this section
every fall and owners of residence and
business property should exercise every
care not to give the midnight providers
an opportunity to effect an entrance.
The robbery of bank at Davenport and
the frustrated attempt to blow open the
safe of the roller mills at Park River, are
sufficient evidence that these fellows
mean mischief.
j. R. Mears. deputy o. s. Marshal,
was here Monday to see if he could find
! the owner of two teams that strangers
brought into Milton last Saturday haul.
ing two loads of newly threshed wheat.
That they came from this direction Mr..
Mears satisfied himself with having as
certained that one of the wagons had
been bought IN Langdon at M. Kelly's.
One of the parties finding that they were
suspicioned got away with one of the
teams but Mears has the two loads of
wheat one team and the other fellow and
is looking for the owner of the property.
1t is more than likely the outfit crossed
the line from Manitoba somewhere here
abouts as nothing has been heard Of any
thing of the kind occurring on this side.
| Alex. McNiven brings word back from
California of the health and grow