Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-31
Additional Short Local;


Miss Gwen Francis came down from
Hannah last week to attend the teachers
examination and visited over Sunday
with Langdon friends.
The ladies aid society of the Metho-
dist church will serve ice cream and
cake to the public somewhere on Third
street on Wednesday afternoon, June
9th. Look for bills announcing the
place later.
j. B. Boyd's change of ad. this week
shows the reader that the sale at his de-
partment store brought big results last
Saturday. Cash buyers got discounts
in cash and ample evidence was furnish
ed that advertising pays.
j. B. Boyd spent Monday at Iona on
business incident to the new store of
Boyd & Shelley now being built. 1t
will be ready open up about July LIST.
MI. Dan Shelley will have the manage
ment of the business in hand,
The residence property of Banker
Mooney, G. Orion, f. H. Gordon and the
new Presbyterian church, are included
in the list where the laying of cement
sidewalks will add Improvement to the
city's general appearance this summer.
Chief of Police, w. S. Gregg left on
Tuesdays train for the family home at
Rockwell City, Ia, called there by a
telegram telling of the serious illness of
his mother who is IN her eighty-fourth
year and is seized with a paralytio
stroke.
Mrs. koerner returned home la st week
from Cando where she has been nursing
her daughter, Miss Lottie koerner, who
has been i'll with a mild attack of ty-
phoid fever. Miss Koerner formerly
taught in the Langdon city schools and
now fills a similar position ever at Can
do.
Among those who will be here next
week to attend the twenty-second an
ual gathering of the Red River Valley
Baptist association will be Mr.. Bruce
jackson, who is at present supplying the
pulpit of the Baptist church at Grafton
while completing his college cause at the
state University. At the time the family
left here for Grand Forks about ten
years ago Mr.. jackson was a pupil in
the higher grades of our city schools
His visit here next week will be one Of
interest to a number of old friends.
"Doc' Morton the we'll known Lang
don restaurant caterer thai
he will open up the "Old Homestead
oyster and lunch house on about June
: 18th or 18th. Its new quarters will be
the Monnett building, which is to be re
r moved from its present location, op
posite the court house to the lower enc
of third street on lots adjoining the Ct
Northern Hotel. The "Old Homestead
opens up under the proprietorship o
4 Flumerfelt & Norton with "Doc" Nor
ton in charge. 1t will offer the public
v day and night service and will hav
parlors for ladies aud private parties.
e Yesterdays Winnipeg Free Press gave
S the following later item of news %relativ,
? to the Doyle hearing: Mat Doyle
charged with murder, whose preliminary
t hearing at Snowflake caused q. great sen
S sation, will probably not leave the pro
vlncial jail, where he is at present con
fined until after the trial. The hearing
n was remanded in order that counsel fol-
e the defence, Attorney r. A. Bonnar
might produce ONE important witnes
$ ses. TIER evidense will in all probabili
S ty, be heard in Winnipeg, the magistrat,
coming in for that purpose, and tn,
a prisoner will then likely be committee
r for trial.
Attorney f.. II. Gordon this wee
announces that he has taken INTO part
nerahip in his law practic here Attorne
. w. A. Mcintyre, who will move her
= from Fargo with his family about tn
middle of June The new firm will b
= known as Gordon Il Mcintyre and sue
coed to the practice Of the old firm O
Gordon Il Wheeler. Mr.. Mcintyre ha
practiced in Fargo during the past yea
amt prior to that time vas engaged in
the practice Of law in Minnesota for4eyc
raj years. AS n member Of the bar il
d both states he squitc well known as m