Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-22

Have you seen Kelly's new line Of
clothing?
E. E. Elford took Mondays train
down to the Forks.
For SAnE:- and farm ma
chinery. Apply to George s. Mcdonald
of Langdon. N. D.
! j. G. Stable talks of new attractions
at the Chicago store in his change of ad
this week.
Geo. w. Graves and wife spent part of
the week with Langdon friends while
attending court.
Ray Kelly has accepted position
behind the counter in Dedrick's corner
hardware store.
Mrs. F. J. Hodgins entertained the
ladies of the Presbyterian Guild on Fri
day afternoon last week.
Judge Templeton and Attorney j. H.
Bosard are handling the liquor cases,
being tried here before Judge Fisk.
Peter Stewart and wife of Harvey, who
have been visiting this winter with
friends at Brussels, Ont, reached home
last Friday.
Jos. Paulson, W T. Reilly and w. W.
Kingsbury we're trio of visitors attend
ing court from Os abrock yesterday,
and all went home we'll satisfied.
Conductor Charlie Bryant one of jim
Hills veterans on this branch, who has
worked his way up from the bottom, is
now in charge of a pass niger run.
There will be home talent before the
footllghts at the Donovan Hall Satur-
day night. You cannot afford to miss
seeing those Langdon coons. They are
all warm babies.
DR.. Robillard, the physician down at
Olga, has bsen down with bad attack
of the grippe for some time, but late
advice reports him as being steadily
improving now
Neil Powers returned last Saturday
from his Ontario visit, bringing Mrs. N.
Powers along. The wedding of the
couple it will be remembered was
chronicled by the DEMOCRAT some weeks
ago.
Leslie Hodgins, Alfred Heapy and
Walter Il. Barker, all three of whom
have been taking winter term of study
at the Fargo agricultural college return
ed home last week loaded down with
twentieth century ideas on farming.
Robert Robertson, brother of Sheriff
Jno. L.. Robertson, arrived Saturday
from his winter visit to the old home il
Scotland, looking we'll and reports hav-
ing had an enjoyable visit with his
mother. He had expected to be able to
induce the old lady to come out here
with him, but was unsuccessful.
The Langdon Ice Rink closed for the
season last Saturday evening and the
work of removing the structure is now
we'll under way. Manager Jim Medd
reports fairly successful seasons bust
ness, taking into consideration the fact
that the winter has been both short
and mild.
Miss Kate Schneider got home Mon
day from her trip east, where she bought
complete and elegant line of new
spring millinery goods, which she hopes
will delight her old customers and many
new ones. Miss Seine der announces
that she will open her stock for puclic
inspection on Friday and Saturday of
next week.
Patrick Phalen, formerly of Ardoch,
and a cousin of Mrs. Jas. McMahop,
was shot in the Philippines while in
action January 20, and died the next
day. He was shot while scouting with
a small party. Phalen spent the larger
part of his life in this vicinity and
had made friends here who are panied
to learn of his death. He belonged to
the California cavalry and served un-
der Lawton. He was twenty-five years
of age and unmarried. The scouting
party to which he was attached rode
within few rods of ridge of boulders
behind which was concealed a force
of Filipinos who fired on the soldiers
giving Phalen his death wound.-Ardoch
Standard.
There are no small pox cases in Lang
don. The DEMOCRAT is led to make
this statement in order to refute the
rumor that gained circulation the first
of the week that Langdon had several
cases of small pox within the city limits
The fact from which this report is sup
posed to have started is as nearly as can