Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-08
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your land with Truax d Mclean
Another sx- Miltonial, Paul Thorlaok-
son, has caught the fever and goes over
to the other side to open up a fruit and
confectionery store a Selkirk. Man.
Attorney and Mrs. Butler Lamb are
moving into their new home, purchased
recently from ]. L. Robertson. fhe
house has..besn undergoing big limo Of
interior repairs this spring.
Alderman HauEh's ice wagon has been
making the: rounds regularly since the
beginning Of this week and finds quite q
number of new patrons against the num-
Der Of customers served last season.
The papers received from towns tribu.
tary to Langdon, both on this side Of the
international boundary line and Manito-
ba express regret and sympathlze deeply
on hearing OF the recent death of Mrs.
DR.. Gibson.
r. Saysrs, of the Farmers Yruet Co.,
OF Chicago, Yves here during the school
land SALE Mr.. Sayers is president of the
Farmers Trust Co., and during late
years has become heavy holder Of realty
IN this county.
Banks in Langdon close tomorrow in
observance of Arbor Day and hereafter
will close promptly at four o'clock p. NJ,
daily. By mutual agreement the banks
have been open for business as late as six
o'clock every evening during the pressure
of business the last few months.
Mr.. F. j. Stable and family were pas
sengers Saturday for Conway in response
! to sad news received by Mrs, Stable,
of the death of her aged father. He
has been an invalid for two years and
leaves family of eleven grown up child.
rem to mourn his departure.
A. O. Kirby interviewed local fou,
dealers Saturday soliciting orders fol
"Hanaah's Pride" He states that some
of the hustlers in the western part oI
the county finished seeding wheat before
tho wet spell OF last week. Among those
who have practically finished are Thes
Prior and Hon. Henry Mclean. each
having half section or more in when
the rains came.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. E.. E. RI.
ford was the guest Of honor at four
o'clock tea and reception given By Mrs
n. Kessler, the approaching departure
Of Mrs. Elfsrd and family from the city
being the OCCASION Of this gathering oil
her lady friends, Tea and light refresh
ments were served and Mrs. Elford wa.
presented with handsome piece of sll.
verware as souvenir of the event.
Agent Samuel j. Ogelsby. in charge o.
the Great Northern depot at Wales, anl
Miss Carolyn Manner, of that place
were married at the Columbia hotel il
this city on Tuesday afternoon. The
knot being duly tied by Rev. Thes
Dougan. The groom is one Of the com
pany's old reliable servants of many years
standing and with his bride are gen
orally congratulated over the event which
transpired the forspart Of the week.
Tuesday evening about half past sever
O'clock, while playing around the barn
tho nine year old son of William Kinna
shot and accidentally killed his six yea
old little sister. They had found th,
shotgun in the granary and in their plal
the contents Of one barrel was discharged
full in the child'e face. Mr.. Kinna wa
in the house and the report Of the eul
was his first intimation of what had occur
rcd. Mrs. Kinna was in town at tn
time, but reached home before death re
leased the little one from her suffering
two hours latter. Yhe funeral is benz
held this afternoon.
At the regular drill Of Co. + on Mon
day evening Capt. Ross informed th'
company that he had received officia
intimatien from department headquar
ters at Bismarck that Adjt. Gen. Mile
is preparing to issue orders for tho ap
preaching encampment to be held .
Devils Lake, early in July. Gov. White
1T will be remembered, saw active scr
vice in tho Philippines three years age
as major of the second battalion aud ii
comforting with officers Of his staff con
templates giving the boys little task Q
actual army life. The companies Of tn
regiments located on tho lines of the Grea
Northern tits planned will be transported
to Lakota and march from that poin
overland tq(the military reserve on tn
shores Of Devils Lake, camping for on
night in the vicinity of Crary. Tn
officers will give their men skirmish drill
enroute, getting the practice of reguls
field service before going into camp
Those companies from towns on the n
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