Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-17

T. E. Burke spent portion of the
week transacting business at Grand
Forks.
When in town don't fail to see the
special bargains at G. j. Kelly,s big
double store.
Get your threshing liens, mechanics
liens and farm laborer's liens at the
DEMOCRAT Office.
Miss Annie Ohlheiser, housekeeper at
Rev. Dougherty's residence is reported
as being quite i'll this week.
Miss Ella T. Gogin is filling the posi-
ton of typewriter and stenographer in
law office of Cleary & Mclean.
Louis Fischer has this week been adj
ded to the force of clerks in the gro
Gerry department at Kellys Arcade.
The new residence being erected at
the north end of Third street by Void
g. Thorson is being closed in this week.
The Cosgrove Concert Orchestra play
Osnabrock and Hannah during their
trip over this line the latter part of this
month.
Cigarmaker Cooperman made a bust
ness visit 20 towns up the line Monday,
where Langdon made cigars are finding
ready sale.
William Kinna returned Monday to
Estevan, NV. T., having spent part of
the past week looking after property in
terests west of town.
H. J. Hucks, the new proprietor of the
Langdon City Bakery, finds that it is
we'll nigh impossible to supply the rush
of bread trade this week.
r. Meiklejohn returned to town Friday
from trip east, including his old home
in Ontario and stop over of a couple of
weeks at Battle Creek, Mich.
Jas. P. Dunnigan spent Monday in
town with friends. He reports Trier
township farmers as badly discouraged
with the continued damp weather.
Hon. Chas. Chisholm and wife are
concluding their stay in Ontario with
weeks visit at the Toronto fair and ex-
pect to return home about the end of
the month.
Miss McClory and Mrs. Farrell wish
to announce to the ladies of Langdon
. and vicinity that they will have their
fall millinery opening on Saturday
September 10th.
1t is rather early yet to speculate on
!, the June race meeting of 1904 but the
stock holders of the Langdon association
are already talking of making it three
days event next year.
j. b. Boyd has had an iron railing set
in along the sidewalk on the south side
of the Headquarter Store. Customers
will find the location convenient one
y for hitching their teams while in town.
. State Treasurer Mcmillan and daugh-
9 ter, Miss Jean, were passengers south
last Thursday afternoon. going to Fair
bault, Mimi, where Miss Mcmillan takes
up her studies at school for another
year.
Miss Maud Haight, we'll known
+ teacher of this county takes charge of
y the schools at Bowden, N. d., at which
. town our old friend Attorney Doughty
has been engaged in the practice of law
the past couple of years.
Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock
! congregational meeting of the members
, of the Presbyterian church will be held
>, for the purpose of extending call to a
pastor. Ministers from number of
: outside points have been filling the pulpit
y recently and the selection of pastor is
y now to be made.
Chas. Pratt, who bought the Helm
becker half section farm east of town
o last fall returns this week to his home
in Sheldon, Ia, for the winter. Mr..
Pratt sizes up the crop condition here as
way ahead of that section of Iowa where
his home is. He is planning to move
his family to Langdon in the spring.
Joe Flanagan is still showing up with
y lead in the sporting column at Milton.
. Last week he broke the record at the
9 bowling alley with a score of oil. That
s doesn't begin to come in sight of the
II dead line here. Langdon has direct
, descendant of John D. Rockefeller. who
can knock down the pins to the tune of
24l out of possible 300.
George Batson, was in town Friday
from his Perry townshipfarm. He has
lately returned from quite an extended
trip through Southern Manitoba and
Assinihoia and comes hack fully con-