Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-02-01

Walsh county raised q, 294 acres Of
flax last year.
Nelson county wants sheriif's resi-
lence and Jail.
Two gray geese were shot up in Penn
Dina county last week.
Henry Webb of Cavalier is said to be
!, coming champion skater.
Miss Long of Aneta has taken
.laim northwest of Minot.
A.. Heath is the new landlord of the
Hotel Gillespie at Crystal
Some new tax suits have been start
I'd against Dickey county.
Paul Kluge of Hankinson dropped
lead last week of heart disease.
The question of incorporation is the
important one at Harvey these days.
A Great Northern detective has been
at Wallpeton looking up some thieves.
J. w. See of jamestown had Il four
oound tumor removed from his left
eg.
The ice in some parts OF ToWner
county is reported to be three feet in
thickness.
-Four UldCk-illeu ucSl NSAS oSSii ia
he foot hills near Bowbells by a pros
1ecting party
Langdon is now getting the weather
forecasts from the State Agricultural
college at Fargo.
Not a marriage license was issued in
Ransom county during the first two
weeks of the year.
st. Thoms wanted to get rid of her
thief of police. so the city council de-
dared the office vacant.
A large number of land-seekers Were
Mt Minor during the past week, and
considerable land was taken up.
Several horses We're shot in Pembina
county last week, having been exam.
ned and found to have CHAMBERS.
a fire bell has been received at Hope,
and will be put in the city hall, where
t will be accessible in case of fire
While on a wolf hunt Frank King Of
Tower City got mixed up with one of
the animals and had leg bitten.
O. Il. and Il. J. Burwell of Fargo
have located in Harvey. and will start
paint shop and wall paper store.
The freight receipts at Cavalier We're
the largest this year in the history OF
that branch of the Great Northern.
The Grafton Natioral Bank has re-
Gently placed in the vault of that bank
Il nest of safety deposit boxes for
cent.
The bell for the Congregational
church at Williston has arrived, and is
being put in position in the church
.Ower.
The Northwestern Telephone EN-
change company will extend it's wires
from Enerado to Meckinock in the
spring.
Mimic people have been on Il land
hunt in the western part of the state.
and some claims We're secured west Of
Minot.
Mr.. J. J. Belyea of Devils Lake has
3een appointed county physician OF
Williams county, and locates at Will
iston.
The Scandinavian Iutherans of La
kota and vicinity held 4 meeting, at
which it was decided to build Il church
At Lakota.
The carpenter work OH the new
school house at Portland is completed,
and the teachers will begin their work
his week.
A man at Aneta is willing to wager
$50 on a certain horse that he can pull
4 bag Of sand attached to a rope half
4, mile long.
Father Dillon of Cakes, who was re
ported as being drowned at sea, has
been heard from. at Toronto, and is
alive and well.
A meeting was held at Hope for the
purpose of organizing fire company.
About forty men rendered their SER
vices to the cause.
The Dickinson pressed brick works
recently closed for the season, will re-
open in the spring prepared to turn out
several new kinds of goods.
A young lady Of Cando, while burn
ing some of her old love letters I'M
fortunately burned one--more precious
than the rest-with $50 in it.
Work has been resumed upon the
Presbyterian church at Leeds, and the
building will soon be all enclosed. 1t
will be handsome structure when
completed.
lLlcul ~. II. 4ACAtSS 10 pAsANIASAhe9 law
at Darlington, and was counsel for the
elevator agent, who was accused of
completely in the elevator fire at that
place.
W. H. Gray, near Everest, lighted his
pipe with q match while standing near
a window curtain. He had to work
overtime to save his house from burn
ing down.
Rollo Reynolds, who was telephone
agent at Mimic, is reported missing,
and some Of the receipts Of the office
are thought to have disappeared ut
The same time.
A. J. johnson, for many years lead
ing business man and otherwise con-
nected with the affairs of Larimore
has accepted position on the road for
Chicago firm.
The six-year-old son Of Rev. Bittner
of Harvey was attacked by vicious
bull dog and his face and scalp terri
bly, torn. SiXty-five stitches were TAX
en- to sew up the wounds.
Bud Kellum of jamestown had half
Of his foot amputated some time ago.
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