Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-19
Additional Local News

Additional Local news
a. Attorney Geo. M. Price was in
Wales on Tuesday attending to lega
matters.
MIR. and Mrs. C. S. Hunter were
over Sunday visitors with the Smith
families down the line at OsEabrock.
Will A. Scott and Chas. S. Rob
ertson are both remaining indoors
since becoming conyalescent after
their hard tussle with the flu. In
each case pleurisy developed and rem
dered the condition of the patient
more critical.
Mrs. N F. Charter returned on
Thursday 8 passenger from Grand
Forks, where she spent part of the
week with her son Charles, who is at
taking a course in commercial work
and business training at the state
university this winter.
3 Carney Mausten, one Of tie first
of the Langdon boys to leave Langdon
in July of 1917, with the draft from
this county returned yesterdays
train from the encampment where
he has been in training, bringing
with him an honorable discharge from
military service,
The big thing in state political
circles that is attracting the public
eye this week ia the handing down by
the administration of the fat juicy
plum, which is now ripe since the
resignation a few days ago of War
den Talcot of the state ~penitentiary.
Not being on the inside we are not
offering any odds.
Yesterday afternoon at the farm
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. P.
Cheatley. in the Iona settlement,
Rev. C. P. Drew was the officiating
clergyman at a wedding ceremony
which united Miss Cecilia Cheatley
and MIR. John Flack, This was a
home wedding that friends from far
and near, g%ateheder to testify to the
esteem in which the families of the
two contracting parties are held
DR. and Mrs. j. W. 'Towey are
again Langdon residents. The doctor
returning Tuesday from Fort Reilly,
Kan, where he has been attached to
an army medical corps since leaving
his practice here to respond to the
call to join the colora. Mrs. Towey,
who has been at her former home in
Mine apolls during the interval joined
her husband yesterday. They are
naturally being extended a warm and
cordial welcome.
1t will be appreciated as an es.
pecial favor if the patrons of the
Langdon post office will endeavor
to mail all letters and packages for
local delivery on Christmas day dur
ing the afternoon of the day before
In addition to lessening the clerical
labor Of the Office on a legal holi
day 1t will also make dou5ly sure
Of the mail getting into the hands
Of the party to whom it is address ed
at the proper time.
This week the Chisholm store
building, which has during the past
summer been entirely rem 0 'e,ed has
again opened to the public. 1t is
now one of the most modern and up
to date pool rooms, with a restaurant
annex be found in airy Of the real live
towns of the northwest Messrs
Chisholm & Gilmore, the popular
%proprietors need no word Of ours to
introduce them to the public and they
open this week with tie assn aree
Of enjoying a fair share of the pat
ronage in their line.
Rye. c. P. Drew, who came here
from Lakota on Tuesday to officiate
at the Cheatley -Flack wedding Of
yesterday afternoon, will be here for
the usual Episcopal service at the
Church of Our Saviour on Sunday of
this week, both morning and evening.
Many from Langdon went out to
attend the wedding, take in the fest
| vities which followed and extend
hearty congratulations.
HEARD IN LANGDON,