Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-19

jamestown peOple-p!enty.
Ten out of eleven land seekers bought
farms in StutsEan county.
Pcmbina county raises s123,S34 in tax
es, against s99,406 last year.
The delinquent tax sale in Mclean
county brought in about SLIGO.
Postmaster Wah, of Washhurn is
erecting q two-story building.
Irene Lockhart, an eleven-year-old
girl, died of diphtheria at Casselton.
A Stutsman county man skipped the
country and avoided attachments.
Mayor Schlosser of Mayville contrib
uted s25 to a fund to assist Chinese.
MI. and Mrs. P. Longfellow of Barnes
county celebrated their silver wedding.
Attorney Gordon of Langdon and Miss
Musselman of Cavalier were married.
Bowdon has some smallpox cases,
and a rar-paper shack serves as pest
house.
Broadlawn township, Steele county,
is trying the consolidated school plan
this winter.
For the second time in two years.
his barns by fire.
Grand Forks Elks have leased one
entire floor of the Security block for
their lodge rooms.
Some people have a mistaken idea
that a mortgage on property takes pre-
cedence over taxes due.
A Grafton drug clerk threw up his
Sol, h11t
could kill more quickly.
A Courtenay barber visits Kensal
twice a week and shaves the residents
of that hustling town.
A. L. Wells, Wells county school
treasurer, has been bound over for the
alleged embezzlement of $500.
George Earl of Valley City fell from
a load of hay, breaking three ribs and
knocking out handful Of teeth.
O. c. simenson's store at Mayville
has been closed and the stock turned
over to his creditors,
Sanford Fletcher Of Barnes county
recently received a car load Of thor
oughbred Shorthorn cattle.
A jamestown young man started
East to attend college to study for
the ministry, and returned with
bride.
The inflammation from a carbuncle
spread over the eye of Miss Georgia
Hohncke of Casselton, and the optic
was removed.
e. C. Long, ore of the men injured in
the big wreck at jamestown in Septem-
Der, has Just undergone the amputation
of his toes.
While the men who raised flax are
happy over a successful year, there are
others, the cattlemen, who have not
done so badly.
Judge Pollock Of Fargo was selected
as che of the vice presidents OF the
American Anti-Saloon league, which
met in Washington.
The engine on the Cooperstown
branch did the hurdle act the other
day, and the wrecking crew went up &c
get it back on the rails.
A Michigan kid had another narrow
escape from death While jumping from
a moving train, and parents are warned
to corrall the kidlets.
Irving. Merritts house, barn and
eranary, six miles from Oriska, were
destroyed by fire. The loss was ABOUT
$4,000, with only $500 insurance.
Vivian Drake of Valley City, who
was stabbed in the eye by his brother,
will not lose his sight since being treat
ed by DR.. Rindlaub Of Afgo.
Smells Ded Feaths arrest
ed on the Fort BsS1 Walton on
complaint of MoifSnS parties for horse
stealing, has bota sadanitted.
The Vail mass comes up at the
term of CONT IS 1lley City this week.
This is the most fnteresting case on the
calendafs fifty cases in all.
The receiptS of the register of deeds
Office III barnes county for the month
Of NSYens35er were the largest of any
1lossth etnce the establishment OF the
acanty,
a 5A Nj of Nelson county lands are be-
4nreold to Eastern people, as result
TN the enterprise of J. L. Baird. one OF
SO greatest zeal estate hustlers in the
aaAnsiLess.
ri w. Blackwell. so long the popular
.GaNager OF the Gun river COMPANY a.
s{T00perstown, will estabnsh business
3fhis own at Morris. Mimi. lie IS one
.Nf,the salt of the earth.
ssHrhe Washburn road was completed
sknsthe Mclean county seat just ninety
Zen years to a day from the time the
.SsSwis and Clark expedition reached
5Eat part of the Missouri valley.
Tow lnin
Stew barn completed on lis bonanza
afAfm. near Milton. The barn Is l6o%.o'
ore of tn. largest farm barns IN the
Atate. In addition, he has another barn
tkst holds sixty head OF stock.