Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28

ever shown in Langdon.
"Zeke" and "Daisy" with their merry
associates will hold high carnival at
the Opera House Tuesday, Oct. 3rd.
The naming of the winner of the piano
to be given away at McGruer e. Wold's
will occur on Saturday evening. The
event had to be deferred from the orig
inal date, last Saturday, owing to the
absence from town of two out of three
of the judges appointed to make the
award. 1t is understood that there are
sixty contestants.
The eleven year old son of w. H
Smith of Elkwood was brought to town
Tuesday to receive medical attendance
for injuries sustained resulting from a
fall while playing with his class mates
at school. The boy fell on a piece of
broken glass which penetrated the knee
cap. He had been given home treat
ment until it was feared that blood poi
son might set in.
James Graves was adjudged insane by
the county authorities at an investiga-
ton held Saturday afternoon and order
ed committed to the state asylum at
Jamestown for treatment. The case is
considered almost hopelessly incurable
and the patient, though barely
twenty years old is being taken to the
asylum for treatment the second time
within the past few years. He is son
of Mr.. Peter w. Graves. of Dresden.
The game supper at the Opera House
last Saturday evening resulted in up
wards of 500 being raised toward the
fund for placing the Father Scott
memorial window in the new Presby
terian church. The "Little Mothers"
had candy stall as side-line, the re-
ceipts of their sales netting an even $40
worth of nickles, dimes and quarters.
With previous efforts on their part they
now have $50, the amount needed for a
window IN the church.
"The Missouri Girl which comes to
the Opera House Tuesday of next week,
Oct. 3rd., is bright, rural comedy that
pictures life in the Ozark country in
every detail. Like "The Old Home
stead Way Down East" and many
other famous productions, it has a strong
moral, which always leaves good i'm
preston on the young, and bears the
proud distinction of having the endorse
ment of the leading members of the press
and pulpit throughout the country.
Sheriff Reid last night headed off a
most daringly planned Jail delivery and
had he not been attracted by the sus-
picious behaviour of the prisoners when
he made his final round of the Jail at ten
o'clock the chances are that the jail
would have been empty this morning
Investigation showed that the stone and
brick had been removed from the north
wall of the Jail in the closet or lavatory
set aside for use by the prisoners. A
picture on the wall had been used tc
hide from view the hole, which had
nearly been finished through to the out
er wall. Six prisoners are inmates Of
the Jail at the present time.
The timely arrival of Mayor Mercer
on the scene headed off the possibility OF
a conhagration that might have swept
the business part of the city during the
high wind of Saturday forenoon. Ir
passing up the alley way between Thirt
and Fourth streets from the hardware
store to his residence he found a fire
that was getting we'll under headway il
a pile of rubbish between the Schulkt
block and the johnson bowling alley
Had the fire not been discovered in ar
incipient stage the chances OF saving
the entire north end of Third stree
would have been exceedingly small.
Monday night death entered the home
of S. L. Scott of this city when his sever
year old little boy, Frank, died having
been stricken with that dread disease
diphtheria. The sorrow is rendered
more pathetic that usual by the fac
that the entire family are under quar-
antine and three of the children dowr
with the same disease in milder form
The deceased was between six and sever
years old and the funeral held Tuesda.
forenoon, while from the nature of th'
illness almost entirely unattended, wa
sad event that brought to the bereavet
family the kindly sympathy that doe
so much to lessen the bereavement o
those left behind to mourn.
The male and female assortment o
nine shady individuals who have beer
in the custody of Sheriff Reid since tn
raid on the red light district north o
Osnabrock. that had sprung up among
the weeds along the railroad track wer
given chance to air their dirty griev
ances in hearing before Justice Far
rell last Saturday AS result of roy
that had arisen among them ii develop