Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-11
Additional Local News.

Slashing reductions..on all kinds of
mitts at G. j. kelly's.
Don't buy sewing machine until you
have seen the line handled by McGruer
& Void.
Prof. Chittenden is an expert piano
tuner as we'll as-instructor. Studio at
McGruer & Wold's.
Now is the time to buy your groceries
and G. J. Kelly's is the right place. His
prices are.the lowest. quality considered.
j. P. Fahnlander. who has had charge
of the mechanical department of the
Inter Ocean for some time past left Tues
day for Cando, where he and Mr. Nelson
will start democratic newspaper Mr..
Fahnlander is one of the best all round
newspapermen in the state. Besides be-
ing an experienced writer he is an artist
in the mechanical departmental very
happy combination in the printing office
| If anybody can make democratic paper
succeed in: North Dakota Happy joe
can do it-Devils Lake Inter-Ocean.
Last evening at about seven o'clock
Patrick Ryan and Hugh Burns, we'll
known farmers in the vicinity Of Bath
gate, were killed at the depot crossing of
the Ct. Northern railroad at that place.
while driving in from their farms east of
town. The team escaped injury, but
both men thrown from the buggy and
killed. The body of Ryan was found be-
meath the end of the platform, bruised,
broken and almost unrecognizable.
When the train was brought to stand
still the body of Burns was found lying
partly under the engine, both legs Sc
vered from the body and otherwise
mangled to such an extent as to render
hope of recovery impossible. Word over
the phone this morning states that he
never recovered consciousness from the
shock and died at an early hour this
morning. The report reaching here
states the men were driving into town
from the east in a covered buggy with
| the top up. 1t was dark and showing
and they had no knowledge of the dan
ger as the train, the Winnipeg express,
was over due and no train looked for at
that time. One of the dead men. Mr.
Hugh Burns, is brother in law of r. T
Burke, Miss Kate Burke and Mrs. Frank
Moran of this city and is known quite
generally by people here. His brother
Jack Burns, who has rented one of Mr.
Frank Morans farms west of town, went
down to Bathgate this morning on being
appraised of the affair.
Spectators at the Langdon depot Fri
day afternoon, at the time of the arrival
of the passenger from the south. were
Mortified witnesses Of collision between
team driven by Bolt Hope and the
engine of the incoming train. At the
time that Mr.. Hope turned the corner of
the elevators at the crossing, the train
was just pulling in. a long string of
freight cars on the elevator track hid
from view the incoming passenger as
Mr.. Hope approached and by the time
he saw the danger he was in the horses
had been struck by the engine, the wagon
smashed into kindling wood. Mr.. Hope
was secured from beneath the debrive.
dazed and stunned, though fortunately
otherwise unhurt. One of the horses
| was killed instantly and the other so
badly hurt that it will never be of any
value to the owner. Witnesses of the
| accident claim the engineer had whistled
for brakes and had the bell ringing as
he came into town, though it is also
claimed that the train had to run back
to the platform after stopping. The
crossing is dangerous one. but as there
| is no public thoroughfare across the
| railroad track at this crossing it is hard
ly likely the railroad company can be
held for damages. Mr.. Hopes loss may
be considered as amounting to $500.
Nearly all traffic between the elevators
and the city Is at this point and it is
high time that something were done to
obvlate the recurrence of such accidents
and narrow escapes as have been expert
enced at short intervals up to this time.
Take advantage of snap and
have your cans filled with the Best
Kerosene at Plummer and Nc
Niven's, IS Cents per Gallon.