Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-09
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
Laasdon's Best Restaurant.
Open Day and Night. Meals Served at
All Hours.
CHOP SUEY SERVED DAILY.

Jas. Cairns has closed his barber shop
at Wales and is again holding down a
chair in the basement shop under the
First National Bank IN this city. 1t is
understood that a knight of the razor
from Hannah now makes weekly trips
to Wales to relieve the unshorn of their
whiskers.
G. w. Sumter, a veteran of the civil
war, who for many years past has made
his home at Hannah celebrated his
eightieth birthday on New Years day.
The event was n on which the people
of Hannah generally undertook to call
and tender the old soldier their we'll
wishes and congratulations.
Robert Falconer, the waterman, is
| prepared to furnish soft water in any
quantity either by the barrel or tank.
Parties a have the water run into
their cisterns when desired. The water
is obtained from the we'll at the Lang
don Light plant, the softest water to be
had in town and excellently adapted for
washing clothes, etc. Phone orders to
No. go.
The death of the father of John and
Joseph Nowatzki, of Mt. Carmel, aged
"a years, occurred on Sunday, December
29th, at the home of his son, John No
waikiki, with whom he has made his
home during the past six years. The
funeral was held from the Mt. Carmel
Catholic church the following Tuesday,
the last day of the old year, and was at
tended by quite a number of the old
gentleman's neighbors and friends.
Banker and Mrs. W. j. Mooney took
yesterdays afternoons train south going
to southern Texas, where MI. Mooney
and several other Langdon men are
heavily interested in land holdings.
Later they will take a trip farther south
through Old Mexico. When they return
north Mr.. Mooney goes to Detroit, Mich,
to attend the annual meeting of a life in
surance company in which he is a large
stock holder. Mr.. and Mrs. Mooney are
planning to spend most of the coming
summer in Europe, leaving early in May
The funeral occurred Friday forenoon
last week of John Kupferschmidt, who
for a couple years past has lived on the
Delbel farm, southeast of O%snabrock.
The i%nterment, following services at st.
Alphonsus church took place in the
Catholic cemetery. Death was due to
an acute attack of pneumonia, the i'll
ness being of less than a weeks dura-
ton. Deceased leaves a wife and two
children, He was about thirty-tive years
old and previous to engaging in farming
was section boss for the ct. Northern at
Osnabrock
H. ]. Mathisen, the widely known
merchant and postmaster at Dresden
leaves on tomorrow's train to join his
family who are spending the winter in
Seattle, Wash, intending to return to
Dresden about May first. During Mr..
Mathisen's absence his business will be
under the management of @. P. Rucker,
who until recently has been in charge of
the big department store Of the Edmore
Mercantile Co., many of the people of
Dresden and vicinity will recall Mr..
Rucker as having been in the employ of
H. j. Mathisen about seven years ago.
G. "A. Morton received word last Thurs.
day of the death of his mother, Mrs. M.
M. Morton, In New York City. He
started for there on the afternoon tram,
but was taken suddenly i'll enroute and
had to stop of at Fargo, where he is
still under the care OF physicians. Mr..
Morton has been in poor health all fall
and the news of his mothers death per-
haps added to bringing ON this relapse.
| His friends in Cavalier county sym
pathize with him in his bereavement
and also hope that he himself will soon
DO restored to heslth.-Milton Globe.