Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-10

4 Tom Smith was up from Milton tc
spend Sunday with his folks.
j Jne. Campbell, the city justice Of Mil.
ton, transacted legal business here Tues
day.
Duncan Crerar returned this week
from six weeks visit with Winnipeg
friends.
The Philharmonic Concert Co., gave
an entertainment at Osnabrock yesterday
evening that was appreciated.
Merchant Jno. Trotter and wife &C.
companied by Mrs. Trotter, ST., were
visitors from Osnabrock Saturday.
Mrs. P. McHugh returned Saturday
from Park River where she spent the
week with friends and took in the fair.
The morning service at the Presbyter-
ian church next Sunday will be taken
charge of by the members of Up. see.
ClerkJ. p. DUNCAN ofJudge Dorval's
Office made another of his periodical
visits to his Rush Lake homestead this
week.
If your bicycle needs repairing take it
to LeVescont's shop. He has the best
line of extras and repairs in the city.
Charges moderate.
Osnabrock wants good attorney and
offers to do the right thing by the first
young fedgeling that comes along and
hangs out his single.
Phil. Fitzpatrick and Harry Robinson
have struck it rich in the harvest fields
of South Dakota where farmers are will
lingly paying S11.O0 per day for men and
teams.
Tuesday evening the council ordered
that two blocks of new sidewalk be built
on the west side of Fourth street north
from the corner of Spruce street to e. A..
McCay's residence.
Judge Halvor Torgerson of the post
Office at Homen clalms-and has a Per-
feet right to do so-that he has one of
the best fields Of wheat in Hope town
ship he will begin cutting early next
week.
H. D. Parsons will entirely remodel
and improve the interior of his grocery
store as soon as Mr.. r. p. Abbey is able
to remove his stock of dry goods into the
new building he has in course of con-
struction.
Fred johnson, the new Cycle editor
was up from Osnabrock last Saturday
receiving congratulations IN the way he
has fixed up the appearance of his paper,
which last week blossomed out as a
handsome six column quarto sheet.
Mrs f. E. Il. Mercer mourns the death
of her father Hon. Jno. Morgan, OF
Bayfield,. Ont, The end came suddenly
Tuesday night and the news was re-
ceived by wire yesterday. The deceased
was in his sixty seventh year and the
funeral occurs tomorrow.
Jos. Laderoute, of Olga, was in town
Monday and stated that he starts out
this week soliciting business for we'll
known firm of manufacturers of tomb
stones; with headquarters at Des Moines
Ia. Mr.. Laderoute has an ad in another
column giving full particulars.
E. Ashley Mears spent few days in
town. He now registers from Mime
apolis, Mimi, but will be remembered as
having controlled banks galore in Dakota
in the early days and incidentally fooled
some of our farmers into giving him their
lands for worthless focks of diseased
sheep. Most of his ill gotten gains have
since slipped through his fingers.
| Among the returning North Dakota
boys that arrived in San Francisco last
week from The Philippines on the trans
port, Morgan City, was Lloyd Ryall,
whose home is in Nelson county, but was
for some time an attache of the Colum-
bia hotel until about three years ago.
He enlisted with Co. D. of Devils Lake
and was returned home with an honor
able discharge owing to i'll health.
r. T. Burke of the ALERT & Co. drug
store, who acts as manager for the long
distance telephone at this place, states
that the number of messages transmitted
a day now number from twelve to fifteen
from this place and the number received
nearly as large. This is certainly good
record seeing that the system has been
in operation less than a month and the
people have not yet got accustomed to
its use.
John Sheehan is expected to arrive here
on Saturday, or the early part of next
week, to take charge OF his former posi-
ton as cashier of the W. J, Mooney State
Bank and it comes from reliable source
that his lengthy visit east was not with
out satisfactory results-that is to John
as he was married on Tuesday of this