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

Chlldren's school and fine shoes.
Cheap but good. 81. D. Parsons.
Slashing reductions in prices on all
lines in dress goods at G. ]. Kelly's.
Fl. j. Harlan Is down at ST. Thomas
visiting among bachelor acquaintances
of years ago.
j. D Gordon and family of Walhalla
will make trip through Europe and
Scotland the coming summer.
F. Laokey, the we'll known chef at
Franks Place" lett yesterday for n
week with friends at Wabasha, Wis.
Fred Davis was down from Hannah
the first of the week and made round
of visits before going up the line again.
GIRL WANrED:-A girl to do general
house work. Apply toMrs. F. L, New
bern, residing three and one half miles
south of Langdon.
A leather faced sheep skin driving mitt
for the right hand, with wooden mitt in-
side was picked up in front of this Office
Tuesday afternoon. Who's lost one?
Mrs. F. w. Mclean is expected home
during the present week from 81. Paul,
where she has been for month or six
weeks undergoing special course of
treatment for rheumatism.
Since Jas. Stevenson has made Han
nah his home the skaters there have
formed an ice rink hockey club. If
there's anyone that takes more interest
in hockey club than Jimmy" does it
ought to be the doctors.
Hereafter Principal Sheehan may be
counted on as one vt the enthusiastic
admirers of Burns-at least he can count
on January IS as being a day of double
importance in his home-another girl
early last Thursday morning.
Langdon has organized new Or
chestra with Nick Moore, formerly of
this place as leader. Nick is all right
and Langdon will have an orchestra
that they can be proud of under his
Observation-Disclosures journal.
OTom Keating, Jr., would have thunder
stood that the Scotch didn't have it all
their own way last Thursday, as here
after he will celebrate January Is as the
birthday of fine blue-eyed little Irish
girl that arrived at his home that day.
E F. Kelly, state commander of the
Knights of Maccabees is at present at
Mt. Carmel giving instructions and
renewing energy among the members.
They have decided to hold an open
meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Every
body Is invited to attend.
The K. of P's. have changed the date
of their annual ball from February % to
26, having learned that the first named
date would interior with the attendance
of many of their brother knights from
surrounding towns, where in some
instances similar events occur Oh
the 22nd.
Veterinary r. Riddell, brother of DR.. R.
Riddell, the Crystal City, Man, praoti-
tioner,so we'll known on this side of the
line has gone with the second contingent
of Canadian volunteers to South Africa.
For number of years he was member
of the Manitoba mounted police force,
and urder fire several times during the
Indian rebellion of the Northwest.
Langdon has at last been supplied
with public bathroomc. @. W. Clarke
came to the rescue and supplied the long
felt want, and now the county officers
are "strictly in the swim" And it is
given out that the liquid in which they
are to be soaked after all these years
is pure water. 1t is to be hoped that
no serious consequences will follow
Milton Globe.
Miss Leonard, Mrs. Carpenter, and
daughter Gertie and Daisy Wight, leave
today for Langdon to attend the Bobby
Burns celebration to be held there.
Daisy and Gertie are on the program for
the Highland dances which they do in
costume and to perfection. They are
Miss Leouard's pupils and she has
brought them to high state of pro-
fclenoy, in these particular dances
Mimic Journal.
D. Wellington Hines of this place, who
has spent the early winter in Minnesota,
returned home last week. Monday,
however, he again left for the woods,
accompanied by his wife, and Tuesday
they we're followed by Frank and Rich
ard Hannah, Ephriam and Herman
Adams, who took with them car load
of stock, sleighs, etc. Hines has con-
tracted to take out ties fence posts, etc :,
on piece of new railroad near Cass
Lake, and will run his own crew. In
the spring the men will return home as
immigrants bringing quantities oflumber
and fence posts in their cars.-Hannah