Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-28
The provincial legislature Of Manitoba
opened last Thursday.

School reports for the present month
show total enrolment of 290.
Barber Harry Betchie is sgain on dech
after second attack of the grippe
For the best and finest groceries go tx
Schulke's Trade Palace. He keeps them
Jos. Crawford hae a car load of feec
corn on track at the Langdon Flour Mill.
this week.
Druggist McGruer was down from
Hannah yesterday to visit his brothe
N. e McGruer, who is still sufferer
with the grippe.
Fon SA1E-Steam laundry for sale o.
rent on easy terms. A good business ep
portunlty. Call on or address ", Voll
Langdon, North Dakota.
Losr-Between the depot and the Nc
Gruer drug store lady's gold chain
Suitable reward will be given finder or
leaving same with Jeweler Void.
Fon SA1E.-Seed wheat and fax Of
good quality. Also second hand farm
machinery. For terms and particulars
see Robt. Fleming, Dresden, N. D.
Among the names involved in adouble
wedding in Walsh county recently were
Janskowski, Myszkowski, Greswski-and
it wasn't q good day for names, either.
Sensational stories regarding the
Barry murder case are being passed
around by the gossips Of Hannah. They
are so "yellow" that even "Shep" won't
print 'em in the Moon
1t will still take several months before
our rural free delivery mail service gets
into operation, according to word recently
received by Postmaster McHugh from
Congressman Spaulding.
Dentist Fred s. Smith has been inca
paoitated from looking after his practice
the past week with severe attack of
inAammatory rheumatism. His present
condition shows improvement somewhat.
VIM. Haverty has bills out announcing
an auction sale of his farm stock and
machinery, to take place in Langdon on
March 10th, two weeks from Saturday.
Auctioneer w J. Fahey will have charge
of the sale.
County Com'r Alex. Roney was caller
last Saturday. The approaching town
election in Loan is awakening some
interest, and promises to be more lively
than year ago when the smallpox scare
resulted in only light vote being cast.
A. Void, optician and jeweler, makes
his monthly visit to Hannah on Wednes.
day and Thursday Of next week. He did
big line of business in fitting glasses to
residents up there who suffer from defec-
tive sight on the occasion of bis visit Of q
month ago.
Postmaster Zettel wss in from Mt.
Carmel for township supplies the fore
part Of the week He says indications
point to the spring election coming of
quietly Out there. Most of the old officers
are in the field for reelection With no
visible opposition far.
In another column will be found the
call statement Of the First National
Bank. It is one Of the best in the history
of the. bank, no comment being necessary.
We will venture, however, to assert that
no bank in the state, in a city OF Lang
don's size, can show better record than
the First National does-and always has
done.
Six cases of smallpox have developed
at Bismarck within the past two weeks.
There is some talk Of the legislative
assembly moving to either Fargo, James
town or Valley City to wind up the
business of the session. Three of the
cases are parties who have been employed
by the senate aud house up to the time
of being taken sick.
Quite an exodus of ex-North Dakotans
are homeward bound from the Edmonton,
N. w. T.. region. A visitor from one OF
the towns down the line, here attending
court last week, says thet Car after car of
parties who left this state during the
spring and summer of year ago, are
returning utterly discouraged with the
desolate and barren country out there.
HaIvor Torgerson is evidently in the
hands of his friends relative to his candi-
daoy for reelection as assessor OF Hope
township this spring. Halvor has been
on the pay roll of the Legislature as door
keeper of the senate since the session
opened, and his duties at Bismarck will
likely not allow of his getting home to
take hand in the election. He writes
that he's willing to do the assessing again
this year if the people want him to.
SEED GRAIN.
Good Clean Seed Flax, Wheat
and Barley For Sale.