Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-04

New Rockford woodmen have organ
lied band.
Bottineau is anxious to have farm
ers' institute.
Langdon is to have farmers 1nstl-
tute in the spring.
A Finley farmer recently lost three
horses by CHAMBERS.
Wilton expects to have a lumber
yard in the spring.
The scales for the fax mill at Wheat
on have been put in.
Charles Smart expects to open liv-
cry barn at Bowbells.
The Enderlin council will issue 81 600
bonds for fire protection.
i The wOodmen contemplate the cree
I ton of a hall at Kuhn.
James Forgaard Of Park River had
his leg broken last week. ''-f---'--- 4
A -four. mill is to be erected at Iron
Springs, N. D., next spring.
The Alliance Hail association has
paid So per cert of its losses.
The new elevator at Wilton now con-
tains 10000 bushels. of wheat.
Foundation stone is being hauled
for the l. o. o. F. hall at Rugby.
Oberon has new Lutheran church
society with about thirty members.
Rev.lJ. T. Killen has accepted call
to the Congregational church at Hope.
a modern hotel is to be erected at
Wilton during the winter, it is report
ed.
Der. Deutchen Gemuthlichkeits Ver-
Elm is the name of a social club in Lid
gerwood.
Hall & Davis new roller mill at
Leeds is all completed and ready for
business. ~
o. T. White of Devils Lake has the
contract to rebuild the roller mills for
Mr. Hanson.
Martin Thompson of Wells county
was operating a feed mill and ground
off his thumb.
Fargo is now beginning to prepare
for its grain-growers' convention. to be
held Jan. 1926.
A Lidgerwood butcher left town sud
denly last week. leaving a host Of
mourning creditors. ~-.-a
A. J. johnson of Mayville will re-
build his hardware store building. re-
Gently burned, of brick. 50.
w. c.. Parker of Minot has had plans
completed for the new Leland to be
erected early next season.
A building will be erected at Medina
at once, to be occupied by state bank,
which will be organized soon.
The Devils Lake council appropriat-
ed $3.50 to Chris Gorder to remove his
boiler shop from Cakes to that city.
There are now four deputy game
wardens in Mclean county, and things
may be made quite lively for pot hunt
ers.
A course of instruction in the use of
farm machinery is to be added to the
regular courses at the agricultural col
lege.
+ Cashier Laidlaw's report Of the Cit
liens Bank of Lisbon shows careful
management of that popular institu-
ton. 81,
Several people have had narrow es.
capes by falling through air holes
while crossing the Missouri river on
the ice.
Majors livery barn. at Hope. has
been overhauled. and is now in excel
lent shape. 1t will accommodate 100
head of stock.
When Sheriff Halls of Bottineau
county seized twenty eight original
packages containing whisky, there
was sorrow for the boys.
An artesian we'll recently struck in
Richland county furnishes water con-
tanning only 1853 parts Of solids per L.
100000 parts of water. H.. ..
A man named Wyndmere bought a
quarter section of land three years ago
for $500. and sold it last week for
$1,000. Not a bad speculation.
Christian Splitter. a young Russian
resident of Bismarck was fatally ill
jured by falling tree while chopping
in the woods near Bismarck.
Dickinson people will dig we'll and
erect windmill on their cemetery
property. Dickinson is determined to
have fire protection at any cost.
The Mandan Catholic church and
vestry has been wired for lights. and
will have forty-one electric burners
when the new plant gets in operation.
"a 1lcW ilIluc CdIu ID " U0 lSSucu Nv
the Northern Pacific. The principal
changes will be the running of mixed
instead OF passenger trains on some Of
the branch lines.
The Forman Telephone company in
vites bids until II H., Jan. 10, for the
purchase Of all or any part of $1,000
first mortgage bonds, five years, 6 PEI,
cent, semi-annllal.
Mrs. Joseph Crawford of Langdon
died at that place, after being sick for
some time. Mrs. Crawford and, her
husband came to Langdon in 1887, and
was one of the Oldest settlers of that
place.
Harry Hunter. formerly elevator
agent at Kensal. is in Jail at James
town awaiting trial for appropriating
5000 of the company's money. He was
arrested last July. and has been out
under bonds, but his bondsmen have
withdrawn. 4. /
Mandan has resident named Mi
chael Hindrich, who is a fit subject for
the whipping post. A few nights ago,
in drunken rage, he beat his wife, bit
her fingers and drove her out of doors.