Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-23
If you want to buy state and
this tall Truax & Mclean will loan
you money to swing the deal.

Attention is directed to an advertise
ment in the want column, IN which Mrs.
A. O'Brien offers the Palace Hotel for
rent.
George Sohinour and Miss Emma
Simons are couple of young people
residing In Billings township who were
lately married at Grand Forks.
Jos. Marty, tinsmith with Plummer &
MoNiven left on Saturdays train for q
weeks visit at his farm home in Monroe,
Wis, being unexpectedly called to that
place by important business matters.
Henry Bidlake and wife were visitors
in the city from Osnabrook the fest Of
the week. He reports the town busy re-
building since the fire of last December.
County Treasurer McGauvran spent
part Of last week at Osnabrock with his
brother, P. McGauvran, who has been a
severe sufferer from rheumatism this
winter.
Friends in this city of Mr.. and Mrs. Il.
G. McAllan were elatel last week on
receiving the news of the arrival of a
daughter ct their domic,le in Osnabrock,
on the 18th inst.
A new advertisement is to be found in
this issue announcing the receiving OF
500 new spring patterns OF tailoring
goods from the Howard Tailoring Co., of
Chicago, by their local agent, e. E. Sher-
win.
A few Langdon citizens made bluff
at cleaning the snow off the sidewalks
yesterday morning. A feather dus:er
would have been sufficient to have
removed the few flakes ofKshe beautiful
that fell.
Owisg to sickness prevailing in and
around Langdon at this time the Lady
Foresters have for the time being post
pone their card party, which it had been
arranged to have given at the Donovan
Hall on Monday night of thlstweek.
j. w. Campbell disposed Of partly
improved quarter section farm in West
Billing last week to Milton party for
$1,575. The land out that way is as fine
as there is in the county, the only draw
back being the distance from the rail-
road.
N. Robillard, formerly associated in
the general merchandise business with
j. B. Bsauohamp, was the purchaser the
beginning of the year OF the business in
forests Of Jos. Trepanler. who, it ls
understood retires on account of poor
health.
Ole 7. Axvig was at the Fargo grain
growers convention and gives his stamp
of approval to the speech Of Jim Hill and
the merger" plank in the resolutions
that were railroaded through and finally
subjected to v gorous turning down by
farmers attending the convention.
Among the papers that have repro.
dueed theEdmonton letter that appeared
in the DEMOCRAT of couple of weeks
ago We notice the Fargo Forum, Nechs
Chronotyps, aud Walhalla Mountaineer.
There may have been others, and we are
glad to note that it is being given such
wide circulation.
Mayor MoPhail and family left Satur-
day for the Twin Cities, where according
TO the usual custom they will take up
their residence for several weeks while
Mr.. McPhail is s.usily engaged in closing
deals for the various lines Of farm machi-
pery that will be handled by his ware
houses here aud at Hannah during tho
approaching season,
Speaking Of local marriage, the Lang
don Republican says: "The bride is 9
daughter of Mrs. Joseph sohinmour, Of
Ramsay county. and wife of the brother
of the grosm. which makes. the relation
ship rather complicated" We should
think the "brother" would coincide with
the reporters opinion rs to complications
ia the family.-Pemhina Pioneer-Bx-
press.
Az the annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Citizens
State Bank on Tuesday Of last week, j.
d. Milne, who has filed the position Of
assistant cashier of that institution for
over six years was appointed cashier, 10
succeed Hon. w. A. Laidlaw, who re-
tires in order to give closer personll at
teation to his own extensive business
interests. The record OF the past shows
that tho change in the personal manage
ment Of the bank is one through which
that institution will in no wise suffer. {.
Peter Wild, who is the possessor Of
eighteen quarter s-ctiops near Or,
nabroek, hes the best equipped farm
buildings and the bigeest herd OF blooded
live ssosk IN sheicounty, 10 away on trip
through ths Canadian Northwest. He
WA accompanied by his brother. John