Courier Democrat., 1904-01-28

fore part of the week at Fargo.
Attorney w. B. Dickson visited Grand
Forks on legal business the early part of
the week.
I. E. Burke left this week for stay
during the balance of the cold weather
at Hot Springs, Ark.
A. +. Gardner has during the week
placed fine large safe in his splendidly
equipped furniture store.
Saturday evening of last week little
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. A.
H. Stevenson, east of town.
Merchant H. j. Mathisen of Dresden
spent Friday in the city on business and
renewing old acquaintances.
The Hannah mill grinds nothing but
the best hard wheat from which they
make "Hannah's Pride" flour.
Operator Long Henry is again on duty
at the Ct. Northern after being laid up
for two months with typhoid fever.
DR.. w. H. Porter was visitor to tho
county seat Friday from Olga. whore his
professional practice is showing a most
gratifying growth.
Robert Fleming of Dresden, has seed
barley for sale: also some young horses
and mares, all we'll broke and few
young heifers coming in this spring.
If you have a friend in the east who
contemplates making change in loca-
tion send him copy of the DEMOCRAT
and try and induce him tocome to Cava-
lier county.
Miss Mamie Gatfney, who has been
visiting in the city since the holidays
with her sister Mrs. D. G. Donovan left
on yesterdays train for her home in
Morris, MINI.
Miss Mabel Cummings, the noted lady
skater, from Minneapolis will be at the
ice rink next Monday evening. This
lady is without doubt one of the best
katers ever seen.
Rev. H. P. Cooper, district presiding
elder of the M. p. church was here
from Grand Forks comforting with the
congregation of the Langdon church on
business matters part of last week.
A. G. MeNiven took Tuesdays pas
sen ger to the Forks and will spend the
balance of the week attending the an
nnal meeting of the state association of
hardware men and farm machinery
dealers.
George F. Barnard left last week for
his former home in Minnesota and from
there will accompany his mother to the
Pacific coast, where the later will make
a stay of some weeks with hopes of the
change of climate beneftting her health.
On Saturday, February 9th H. J. Golf
will hold an auction sale of his furniture
and household effects. Sale will take
place at the NcPhail hardware store.
Furniture can be seen during the week
at the Golf residence on north Sixth
street.
Judge Cowan of Devils Lake is hold
ing term of court at Grafton this week
for Judge Kneeshaw, who in return is
trying cases for Cowan over at Devils
Lake. Trading courts promises to be-
come as common now days as trading
horses.
The current number of the North
Dakota Sheaf, the official organ of the
Episcopal church of the Fargo diocese
contained double page account of the
consecration of the Afford Memorial
Church of our Savior, in this city, the
early part of the month. The article is
illustrated with half tones of the edifice
and drawing of the ground plan.
The case of the United States against
VIM. Dewitt, in which the defendant is
charged with smuggling cattle across
the boundary line at Elkwood was given
further hearing of testimony this week
before U. S. Commissioner John Sheehan.
Among the witnesses subpoened were
Thos. Campbell and Collector of Gus
toms Geo. Il. Barcelo.
The city school board and Superin-
tendent Hayward were highly compli-
mented by State Supt Stockwell and
Presidents McFarlane and Carhart
of the state normal schools who
made thorough inspection of the Lang
don public schools, while in the city last
week. The interior arrangement as we'll
az general appearance came in for words
of warm commentator from the dis
tinguishsd visitors.
Monday, January 25th was the ami
versary of the birthday of Burns, the
patron saint of all true hearted Scotch
men and this year without any observ-
ancs of the day in Langdon left the town
strangely quiet and unlike other years,
when the Caledonian society extended
its cordial hospitality to hundreds Of