Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-16

Sheriff Drury and Landlord Monroe
went down the line Saturday as far as
Edinburg, bringing back with them Mr..
Drury's new automobile bought recently
at Grand Forks, but delayed in the trip
home by the condition of the roads.
John Hefferon of the Schulke depart
ment store is spending a two weeks va
cation at his hcme in Forest River and
will be in the Forks on Saturday when
the Langdon high school team take part
in the inter state field and track meet.
Ernest Hodglns, q nephew of Frank
j Hodgins of Sarles and for some time
holding a position with the State Bank
of Dresden is spending a few days here.
He is now holding a responsible position
at Winnipeg with the J. 1. Case COM
pany.
Wenzel Loft, OF the Plummer g. Nc
Niven store, left on Mondays train &C.
companied by his wife for the home of
the family home at Lidgerwood, N. D.,
where a younger brother who recently
underwent an operation is reported to
be dying. They will return in a week.,
A telegram arrived Thursday last
week from Erinsville, Ont, bringing
news of the passing away of the mother
of J. j, Mahoney of this city. Mr..
Mahoney has for the past two weeks
| been in st. Paul, where his wife is max
ing a visit at the O'Malley home. He
left there Friday to attend the funeral
j. H. Jennings, of Stilwell, is reported
as having been confined to his bed the
past two weeks. Although his condition
is not considered serious at the present
time friends of the family are awaiting
with feelings of anxiety news of an i'm.
provement in his condition. Mr.. Jen.
nings has suffered more or less from a
weak heart of late years.
Announcement is made that the Cava.
lier county teachers institute for 1912
will be held in Langdon during the
week commencing Monday, June 18th
and ending June 22nd Prof. E. D.
Edwards, of Mimic. will conduct the
institute and Miss Sandison from Valley
City will be instructor of primary work.
The weeks program and evening
entertainments for the visiting teachers
will be given announcement later.
Elmer Fowler, until recently with the
H. L. Francis drug store left yesterday
on an extended trip through the west.
He intends looking over points in the
provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta,
also the states of Washington and Ore
gon. He has a brother and sister located
in Spokane, where he will spend some
time visiting, and may if suited decide to
locate and start up in business at some
point in Oregon.
Henry Hytson cashier and ticket agent
with Agent Bolton at the Ct. Northern
depot left Tuesday for a summer vaca.
ton which he intends to spend across
the ocean in Sweden. He does not sail
from New York until the 3Oth and will
spend a week or ten days until that
time in visiting with relatives in the
states. On his return he will be accom-.
panied by his father and mother who
have been spending a year In visiting a:
at their old home in Sweden.
Louis Stenke was brought down
from Dresden on Saturday afternoons
passenger to the Langdon hospital, lay.
ing on a cot in the baggage car. lie
was the victim of a bad runaway, being
thrown from the buggy IN which he
was driving to town, within about two
miles of Dresden. He suffered a com
pound fracture below the knee and
when found by his brother by the side
of the road, the leg bone, badly crushed
and shattered was protruding through
the flesh. The fracture was reduced
and the broken leg set in a cast Sunday
forenoon, but the patient will be con-
fined in the hospital for at least g