Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-09-22
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yesterday between trains.
Flying Dutchmau plows are good ones.
Sold bv Hunter il Stevenson.
J. J. Mahoney went west as far as
Hannah Yesterday on business.
". J. Faris. the Hannah merchant.
was guest in the cityyesterday.
Attorney Geo. H. Moellring arrived
home yesterday from a trip east. which
included visit to his old home at
Columbus. Ill.
Attorney P. q. johnson was at Osna-
brock yesterday, a spectator at the re-
publican legislative convention ef the
Fortieth district
Miss Mary \. McNiven is spending q
few days VISITING at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Frank #. Ross. il the west
ern part Of the county.
Tony Klein. with the Schulse Trade
Palace store. left on Yesterdays train
for Grand Folks. where he will undergo
the treatment Of specialist for eye
trouble.
Mrs. Mcdonald. who has been visiting
here with her sisters. Mrs. VI. j. Horgaa
and Mrs. Robt Brjson for a couple If
weeks. left yesterday returning TO Ter
home at West Superior.
Weather Prophet jim Reid is taking
chances Of placing himself in bad re-
pu1e locally by forecasring rain and
snow for Saturday. the oath. sort Of an
egninozial farewell. but has the happy
idea Of foreseeing big spell of fine
weather right afterwards. Jim Reds
predictions are not to be sneezed at as a
general rule
Father Doherty returned Tuesday
evening from visit with Frank Moran
TO Neche and Bathgate. In the two
days drive through what is considered
the finest crop growing section Of Penn
Dina county they found that farmers
were harvesting crop which failed to
compare with what ne have here either
in eyenness of acreage or weld Much
low lying land in that part Of the
Valley was not cropped at all this year
The horse thief who is wanted for his
wholesale stealing Of horses by parties
in this county and over at Cando. is un-
derstood to have landed in Jail on the
Canadian side of the boundary line
west of the Turtle Mountain region.
The authorities got hold of him on
charge of larceny and obtaining both
money and goods under false pretences.
He is serving one hundred day Jail
sentence and when released Sheriff
Pinkerton expects to have secured the
necessary papers for his return here.
The man is said to tally exactly with
the description of the one VINO escaped
capture at Easily couple Of weeks ago
and he may look for a strenuous prose
cution when tried on the charge of
horse stealing.
Yesterday the state supreme court
opened up term at Grand Forks,
which is likely to continue for three
weeks. there being nine:y-two cases on
the calendar. Prominent among the
more important cases that come up for
disposition is the appeal taken by the
defense in the case Of the State VS..
William Barry, the defendant being at
present under life sentence in the peni-
Tertiary. The defense takes the. case to
the supreme court on an appeal from
its third trial in district court held be-
fore Judge Cowan in Grafton last June
asking for dismissal on the grounds
that Barry has been in former jeopardy,
inasmuch as Judge Cowan had refused
to accept verdict at Langdon after the
jury had fixed penalty at i less term
than the minimum fixed by the penal
code. Bsrrys case is expected to be
one Of the first taken up by the court.
Legal blanks at the CouR1xR-DExo-
Graf ofics.