Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-10-17

Mrs. A. E. Montgomery is at Grand
Forks receiving treatment for an attack
of appendicitis. Her sisters the Misses
Ross are down from Wales looking after
the Montgomery home during her.
absence.
Mrs John j. Boyd returned Saturday
from her trip to Berlin, Wis where she
attended the funeral of Mr.. William
Kileen. Miss Gogin remained at Berlin
to stay for some time with her sister in
her bereavement.
Mrs. Farrell has an auction sale of her
furniture and household goods an
nounced to be held Saturday afternoon
in this city. Jno. j. Kohnen of Park
River is the auctioneer and the sale will
be in front of the post office.
Com'r Alex Russell returned Saturday
to his farm in Fremont township hav-
ing visited the home of his daughter
Mrs. Mcknight in the western part of
the county since the adjournment of the
October meeting of the board last Tues
day.
Simon Schefter in a new change of
ad this week calls the attention of Lang
don people to the fact that it is six years
ago since he first started up)in business
in their town, The talk in the ad is in
Simon's original catchy style and should
be given a careful reading.
Tony Kieffer, the Wales auctioneer,
was a visitor in town Monday and in
another week will the date
of several sales which he will hold for
parties in the vicinity of Langdon and
through this part of the county during
the latter part of the month and the
early part of November. Watch for list
of Auctioneer Kieffer's sales and dates
printed in these columns next week.
Rod McRugh, M. D., youngest son of
Mrs. Rose McHugh, came up on Fridays
passenger from st, Paul, where he has
been engaged in hospital practice since
his graduation last spring at one of the
leading medical schools of the country
at Milwaukee, Wis. He left Saturday
for Grand Forks where his mother and
Miss Rosie have been stopping, for the
past two weeks while the latter is re-
ceiving treatment for an attack of ap-
pendicitis.
Bishop O'Reilly was here from Fargo
during the week, arriving Saturday and
returning to the Gateway City on Mon
days train. On Sunday he visited the
Mt. Carmel church where confirmation
services were held in the forenoon and a
class of 100 young communicates being
confirmed by Bishop O'Reilly. The
class is the largest confirmed in the
history of the parish and the congrega-
ton gathered to witness the ceremony
taxed the capacity of the church to it's
utmost.
f. Stamm was IN town Monday from
his farm at Iona. He reports one of
his thoroughbred Belgin horses laid up
and not able to work as the result of
being hit by stray shot of some hun
ter who was careless in the use of his
gun, The horse is shot in the leg and
while no serious result is looked for The
horse is unfit for work at the present
time. Hunters should be more careful
as its:things like this which make the
farmers object to them hunting over
theirlfarm lands.
Mesdames Mcintyre, Mahon, Theyson.
Pockrandt Robson and Miss HelenSulli-
van were among the Langdon delegation
to leave Monday for the Forks. where the
state federation of woman's clubs is in
session this week. The club ladies
of this city are also represented
by Mrs. Hubbard and Misses Jessie
Jackson and Lucy A. Gordon, who were
already in Grand Forks and on Tuesday
Mesdames Scadeng, Hunter, Moran and
Crimson joined the party of club
women at the state federation meeting.
making in all a representation of over a
dozen members of the Langdon Woman's
club in attendance.