Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-28
Additional Local.

Judge Dorval is holding court today.
Mrs. Hayward has charge of the first
primary this week during the absence
from the city of Miss Oke.
Rev. J. A. Strach an, of the NJ. e.
church of Park River, exchanges pulpits
with Pastor Beer of this city, Sunday.
Cornelius Krohn of Gordon township
buried young son last week that had
been ill for some time with typhoid
fever.
The literary society meets at the assem-
bly, hall of the public school tomorrow,
Friday night, at the usual hour. An
unusually good program is promised.
LosT:-Between the Catholic church
and j B. Boyd's store on Sunday, the
18th inst, a pair of spectacles in case.
Finder will oblige by returning to ]. B.
Boyd at once.
If, as currently reported, it should
prove to be true that Mrs. Carrie Nations
maiden name was Saltsr, that lady's
l cal popularity would take jump of
nearly hundred per cent.
A "full dinner pail" social and enter
tainment will be given Tuesday evening
of next week at the Donovan Hall by the
Methodist people. All ladies going take
along refreshments for two in tin pail,
the latter remnant of last falls political
campaign being auctioned off to the
highest bidder. The social will be
followed by an entertainment of varied
program contributed 10 by out of town
as we'll as local talent
Mrs. Finlay and party of friends
reached the city Sunday night from
cross country drive from Bisbee that
occupied three days, and was replete
with thrilling incidents. They were
storm stayed more than once with the
Mennonites along the Towner county
line, and to cap the climax spent Satur-
day night on the prairie searching for
shelter from the storm but unable to find
it. Happily the casualty list does not ex-
coed list of bad colds and light frost
bites. Much .nxiety was experienced by
Mrs. Finlay's non-arrival home to her
brother, Chas. Chisholm and sister, Mrs.
VIM. Ferguson, they having been apprl-
co nv III f1,o ol> 1oek d..
for Langdon.
William Baker. in the employ of the
livery stable of Robt. Slater, had an ex-
perience while returning from Milton
Thursday night, to which place. he had
driven party Of travelling men. that he
is not likely to forget for some time.
After passing Osnabrock and at time
when the lights of Langdon might be
expected to begin to show up, his team
got off the road. From that time until
nearly four o'clock they wandered around
the neighborhood but failed to hit the
trail. 1t was at that time that Baker dis
covered school house. and being almost
perished with cold gained an entrance
and proceeded to warm himself at fire
fed with school furniture, U. s. histories,
and dictionary or two fer fuel. 1t was
about breakfast time when he landed in
town with long tale of his hairbreadth
escape from the clutches of Old Boreas,
District court for the present. term
reached an adjournment yesterday short
ly before the train went south in the
afternoon. Before closing the members
of the bar presented his honor with box
of cigars, and in speech delivered by
Attorney Mopnet expressed the satisfac.
ton felt by the lawyers as we'll as other
officers of the court, with the dispatch of
business, as we'll as speaking in high
terms Of the record made by his honor
during his first term of court in this
county. The reply of Judge Kneeshaw
showed that the compliment bestowed
was appreciated to its fullest extent.
Since the re'open1ng of court Monday
much of the minor detail of the calendar
has been cleaned up. -Four divorce cases
have been disposed of, Brunette was given
a sentence of two years and six months
in the penitentiary, and preparations
made for the hearing of the argument
BY attorneys in court cases when the
Judge comes here again some time next
month. The jury we're discharged Tues
lay evening and it is not expected that
another will be impanneled until the
lime of the Barry trial. which, from what