Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-11-17

Mrs. L. D. Casey and Mrs. Egger
we're Grafton visitors here a couple of
days the forerart of the week, guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. O. E. Thomp-
son
S. f. Mercer, the Larimore nursery
and scotsman returned down the line
Tuesday, having spent several days here
on business and visiting with his cousin
F. p. B. Mercer.
Mrs. Conmy wife of Attorney, j. P.
Conmy of Grand Forks was an arrival
in the city Friday, making an over Sun
day visit at the home of her father S. e.
Desrosier, south of town.
Ex-Postmaster Poe of Sarles lost over
5000 bushels of potatoes with frost this
season. He had about IS acres and
could not get help enough to get them
all lifted before the ground froze up.
Joseph Slama, a we'll known Olga
township pioneer resident, was Ehere
Tuesday looking after legal matters and
incidentally attending the wedding
reception held at Jno Kyncl's home near
town.
Jno o. Keefe, who operates and con-
trolls several local lines of telephone at
Cavalier and has other extensive bust
ness interests met u number of old
friends while here over Sunday transact
ing business.
Follow the crowd to Schulke's on Sat-
urday. Special sale in ladies coats and
suits; underwear. shoes and overshoes;
mems and boys clothing. Saturday is
a bargain day in all these lines. See
change of adv't in this paper.
Alex Heintz, who since leaving Lang
don has been travelling on the road for
the Grand Forks wholesale firm of
Nash Bros, was here a couple of days
last week handling a carload of apples
which he placed with the local trade.
The new front and interior changes of
the Mcmillan building, the old quarters
of the Cavalier Co. Republican, makes
quite an improvement on the north end
Of Third street and will form a fine suite
of offices for DR.. S. G. Gibson and John
Mahon.
VIM. Hobbins, father of Mrs. A.. z.
Lindstrom was a passenger south on
Mondays train. He has cleaned up his
farming operations in the southwestern
part of the county for the season and
will spend the winter at>his old home
in Minnesota.
Fire in the grocery department of the
j. B. Boyd store at five o'clock Friday
evening was the cause of an alarm that
called out the department in a hurry.
The blaze, caused by a faulty condition
of the generator of the gas lighting plant
was put out by the employees of the
store before the arrival of the boys of
the fire department with their hose
cart, but not until John Kopriva and
another of the clerks were quite severe
ly burned about the hands and face
The closing of the post Office at
Daniels and the discontinuing of the
mail route from CALVIN to Daniels, it
is alleged, by the Calvin Times in an
editorial of a week ago., is nothing more
or less than a political conspiracy,
Matched by one of the administration
party candidates, nearer the top of the
ticket than the county constables are.
Daniels was slated to be advanced to a
money order Office a short time ago, a
rural route was to be established and
extended clear through from Calvin to
Wales, then without a moments warn
ing the Daniels 'p.' o. was closed, con-
tracts cancelled for the route, and as
alleged by the Times all because MI.
Candidate figured that he wasn't going
tv get the support Of these voters at
the polls.