Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-18

For latest New Ideal patterns 20 to
Kelly's Arcade.
Lilly of the Valley flour at Parsons
Flour and Feed store. Baled hay for
sale. Phone 50.
A fine new line of box stationery and
paper, supplies has been received this
week at the DEMOCRAT office.
Cashier ]. D. Milne was on the sick
list a day or two the early part of the
week but is up and around again.
A. o. Void, the Langdsn optical
specialist, has new announcement this
week in the DEMOCRATS advertising
columns.
Langden young people are immensely
enjoying the series of nidwinter dances
that have been given weekly at the X.
of p. hall.
John Bidlake was in Langdon on
Monday from Park River looking up 4
line of collections for the Champion
harvester company.
Jas. H. Tyrrell, is still quite sufferer
from the severe attack of inflammatory
rheumatism that has confined him in
doors nearly month.
Miss Jessie Blodgett, who is teaching
a winter term of school near Wang, was
q Grand Forks visitor this week to make
fling on her homestead near Rush Lake,
The sale held yesterday by j. w.
Mahon at the Fred Newbern farm, south
of town is reported to have drawn a
good sized crowd with fair prizes realiz
ed for nearly everything sold.
Milton people are divided as to whether
the village should continue to remain a
special school district or not and are
petitioning the county board for an
election in order to settle the matter.
The Workman order ball and supper
on Friday evening was attended by some
fifty couples. There being a airsprink-
ling of eligible bachelors and Langdon
old maids to welcome the first leap year
dance of the season.
Tuesday forenoon Rev. w. B. Marsh
oficiated at the wedding of Miss Mar
guerite Mcdonald and John Knox.
Both parties reside at Hannah and the
ceremony was performed at the M. E.
parsonage.
The auction sale of horses, stock and
machinery on Tuesday March 9Th, at the
farm of Joseph Kartes, in Mt. Carmel
township gives farmers chance of So
lecting what they want before the open
ing of springs work.
Mrs. VIM. Pickering left Monday for
visit with friends down the line while
Mr.. Pickering locks after the winding
up of his interests in Langdon pre-
paratory to leaving for their new home
at Forest Grove, Ore.
Mrs. Huff, mother of the Huff bro
theirs, we'll known pioneer residents of
the Mclean post Office settlement on the
eastern border of this county, died last
week at the advanced age of eighty
years. She was born in Germany.
Weather for the last two weeks Of
February according to Hicks promises
warm wave over this section from the
10th to 22nd, turning colder from the
oath to the 9th with snow and cold
weather following to the close of the
month.
Local members may be interested in
learning that the recent Iroquois theatre
disaster at Chicago will cost the Ladies
of the Maccabee order about 81, 100000
meeting and paying policies on the lives
of persons who came to their demise in
that catastrophe.
John T. Haight for years we'll known
as school teacher in this county is now
established as real estate dealer in the
Can2Qlan NOrLuWcSC WILL q llOuA1 oA1uE5
business at Moose Jaw, ASA. Within
the past few days number of Langdon
acquaintance have received installments
of cheap land literature from his office.
Saturday afternoon party of Lang
don young ladies bravely faced the
storm to enjoy the hospitality of Mrs.
w. B. Dickson at her home on the hill.
A most enjoyable time was had and all
vote Mrs. Dickson charming hostess
and royal entertainer. The following
were present: Misses Treadwell, Terry,
Conner, Bradley, Koerner, Nelson, Gogin,
Gordon, Burke.
Adjutant General Miller of the state
militia. at Bismarck sends word to the
local militia companies that communi-
cation received during the past week
from General Bates at Washington in
forms him that there will be no maneu
vers of this division of the regular army
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