Courier Democrat., 1904-02-04

tonsorial artist at Weiland's barber shop
this week.
Druggist Ed. Reilly was down from
Dresden for visit with friends in I,anp.
don last Sunday.
The Hannah mill grinds nothing but
the best hard wheat from which they
make "Hannah's Pride -four.
Druggist Dan McGruer of Hannah
was passenger down the line Saturday
aad is doing business in st. Paul this
week.
The young people of st Alphonsus
church entertained quite good sized
crowd of their friends at card party
Tuesday evening.
1t you have friend in the east who
contemplates making change in loca.
tion send him copy of the DEMOCRAT
and try and induce him to come to Cava.
lier county.
W. N. Mitchell who has been employed
since last fall in the dry goods depart
ment of Boyd's Headquarters store left
this week for Winnipeg, where he has
accepted similar position.
Mrs. McTavish, who has been quite i'll
for some little time at the home of he,
son, John McTavish, in this city, is i'm
proving and left last week for visit
with the family of her son Dan, Nc
lavish at Hannah.
Mrs. F. X. Belleheur, of Wales is be-
ing taken to st. Paul this week for hos.
pital treatment in hopes that the same
may permanently restore her health
which has caused the family much
anxiety for some weeks past.
Manager Chas. A. Smith, of the Stoltz
lumber yard has had local detective at
work this week in an effort to bring to
ju stice the parties who have been steal
ing coal from cars they have been un-
loading at the Ct. Northern's side track.
DR.. w. w. Mcqueen was at Milton a
couple of days last week attending the
annual business meeting of the First
National bank there. DR.. Mcqueen has
been president of the bank since the
time of it's organization less than two
years ago.
Fred E. Baldwin has rented his farm
three miles south of Langdon and in a
few weeks leaves with his family for
Iowa, where Mr.. Baldwin has lately pur-
chased the old family homestead in
Butler county and will make his future
home. In view of his removal he is ad-
vertising sale of his horses, farm stock
and machinery, which is to bo held on
Wednesday the 18th inst.
Jas. Mclaughlin returned homo on
Mondays passenger from visit during
the holidays back in Ontario. The re-
ception on reaching home by an i'm
promptu North Dakota blizzard didn't
phaze him bit when as he left Brussels
they hadn't had a passenger train for
five days and the freight had been snow
blockaded somewhere up the line for
twice that length of time.
Monday a decision was rendered by
the land office at Grand Forks in the
land contest case brought by Henry H.
Eaves as contestant against the home
stead entry of Leslie Hodgins in Weber
township. The land has been involved
by the litigation of this case for nearly
two years, having once been appealed to
the department of the interior and since
has been granted hearing.
There is not likely to be quite SO much
of the five cent ante business among the
boys around town since the opening of
the athletic club and gymnasium, the
establishing of which has largely been
made possible, through the efforts of
Rev. M. Dougherty. 1t provides a
means of diverting the attention of the
boys of our town from the paths of vice
and temptation by interesting them in
uedll I'LL giving UOu1ly eAciCloc.
This week another Pantorium and
Tailoring Club has been started up,
this time by Messrs Swift & Donovan
who occupy the portion of the ALERT
Winter block lately vacated by the
Farrell & McClory millinery firm. Both
the parties have been known around
town several months and disclaim any
connection whatever with the peak
headed outfit who worked the Lang
don Tailoring Co., racket with such
good results not many moons since.
Last Thursday night Prof. Way and
his company of players was to have been
the attraction at the Opera House. The
date had to be Scaled off, however, as
the putting in of new machinery at the
electric light plant made it impossible to
turn on lights at the opera house that
night. Manager McEuen says that here
after all advertised attractions billed
here will be put on without any hitch