Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-01-19

Try IL sack of Our Voucher -four, sold
only by j. B. Boyd.
Last evening the Foresters at Hannah
gave big entertainment and ball.
r. P. McAlan, the Osnabrock post.
master, WAS here Monday on business,
| -Four carload of dry tamarac wood at
$3.50 per cord. Leave order at once with
p. Gardner.
The uniform rank K. of P. have been
invited bv Co. F.. to attend their military
bali in uniform.
The Standard Oil Co., delivers from
1000 to ], 200 gallons of coal oil month
at Hannah this winter.
The McNiven residence will be &C.
cupied by Rev. T. HI. Robertson during
the absence of the family.
Miss Jennie Brown came up from Park
on Fridays train for weeks visit with
,, her sister, Mrs. j. N. Sheppard.
Attorneys Mclean and Cleary added
10 their library of legal lore by several
hundred volumes received last week.
Doc Smith went down to Milton on
Tuesdays passenger to open up his
dental parlors there for the balance of
month.
McPhail's new advertisement this week
treats on the seed wheat gu stion and
other topics of timely interest to farmers
generally. Read it.
Representative Henry Mclean shows
that no has 1t stand in and gets clerk
ship for Henry Law, one of his constitu-
ents of Linden township.
"Shep" must be losing his hold up
there. Last week the Hannah Literary
society was organized. 1t will be club
on the maternal side next.
Robt Fleming returned today from
Minneapolis where he spent a week visit
ing the family of Col John Bidlake, who
sails on the 2Sth inst. for South
America.
Lets see, the DEMOCRAT predicted that
Hon Sever Berker would vote with the
fuslonists when the joint ballot was
taken on U. s. senator. So he did.
That's good.
Pat Shelp who is spending the winter
back at his old home in Belleville, Ont :,
writes of miserable cold wet weather
without any snow or sleighing. His
early return is predicted at the close Of
his letter.
A. L. Perry is again buying wheat for
the Northwestern. The company has
leased the St Anthony & Dakota's eleva-
tor here for the balance of the season and
will continue to do business as hereto
fore The Northwestern will rebuild
during the summer.
Thos. Brown, one of the genial
characters in Langdon's early history,
more recently resident Of Crystal, has
leased his hotel there, The Gillespie,
and will retire to his farm for time.
He has the good wishes OF many Lang
don friends for future success.
Archie Sillers, ST., and Amos Abbott
had nice little drive west to Sidney, 40
miles distant Saturday last. They went
to engage piper for the Langdon Burns
celebration. The Moon is in possession
Of many pleasant instances of the trip
that it dare not publish. But we are
permitted to say that Archie froze his
face The Hannah Moon.
Plans for more improvements on
Third street are being perfected and the
advent Of springtime is likely to see
much activity in the building line.
Since the beginning of the new year one
of the most important transfers of pro-
perty is that of the building and lots
owned by Mrs. 2. J. B,akley, adjoining
the Langdon Pharmacy, to N. E. Nc
Gruer. The DEAL is completed and the
purchase price understood to be $4,000,
| possession OF the same, however, being
deferred until May LIST. No statement
| is at present given out by Mr.. McGruer
but it is generally accepted as fact that
during the coming summer he will lei
the contract for the putting up Of .
handsome two story brick block with a
frontage Of fifty feet on the site of hil
new purchase aad that occupied by hi,
drug store.