Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-10-29
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

GOSSIP AND NOTES.
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Vote for Weir:for commissioner. i
Threshing lien blanks for sale at
this office.
More threshing machines wanted
Immediately.
:, The last water melons Of the season
at Taylor's. lott
This fine weather will prove god
send to farmers.
There will be donation party in the
Watkins building tomorrow, evening
on behalf of Mrs. Douglass. All are
respectfully invited to attend. An OK
cellent programme has been arranged
for the evenings entertainment.
The management Of the agricultural
college has placed at the disposal of
each member of the legislature. one
scholarship for the winter course of
instruction. The holder of the schol-
arship is entitled to free tuitien and
furnished room.
The Great Northern Railway, after
many approximations from the citizens
has at last decided to tear down the
two-by-four shack used as a station at
Osnabrock and replace it with more
commodious structure. The old build
ing was disgrace to the railroad and
an eye-sore to the town.
The CoUR1ER-DEMoCRAT expects
every subscriber to pay pail Averages
this fall. We have number of sub
scribers on our list who have taken the
paper steadily for the past three years
and have never paid cent. On account
of poor crops these years this negli-
gence on the part of the subscribers,
may be excusable, but with the magni-
ficent crop of the present year, there is
no excuse for any subscriber who fails
to pay for his newspaper.
The man who was the originator of
the plan which resulted in the United
States homestead law was taken to the
poor house in Franklin county, Ohio,
recently, to end the rest of his days.
He was known as Land Bill Allen, and
he spent the best part of his life and
small fortune he had inherited, with
all his earnings, to promote project
which has resulted in giving hundreds
and thousands of people homes in the
public domain, practically without
price. He is eighty years of age.
The Chautauqua Literary and Scien-
tific circle begins its fourteenth year
this autumn. The course for 1892
is essentially American, including the
History, Government, Literature and
Social Institutions of tho United States.
Each member who joins has his work
definitely mapped out for him, and re-
ceives carefully prepared suggestions
for reading. Fully 100000 persons
have been enrolled at the central Office
at Buffalo, N. Y, since the beginning
in 1878, but even this large number is
small in comparison with the multi
tudes yet to be reached.
A party named Anderson furnished
large amount Of fun for the town
last Saturday evening. He is a farmer
residing few miles from town, but
lately he became tired of such a hum
drum life and yearned for something
more exciting, so he allied himself with
the Granin detective agency, of Gin
cinnati, Ohio. On Saturday he receiv-
ed his badge, card, revolver and other
paraphernalia usually kept in stock by
all 6 first Glass; detectives, and started
out to hunt up few criminals. The
agent for the Diebold Safe and Lock
company happened to be in town that
day and he was pointed out to Amber
4 son as a counterfeiter and a fugitive
from Justice. 1t took Anderson but a
few moments to get on the mans trail
! and after shadowing him about town
4 for an hour or SO he arrested the safe
4 man. "A crowd had gathered by this
time and q mock court organized and
3 1.-THE fun commenced. Anderson found
4 plenty Of witnesses to testify that they
SIhad seen the prisoner in penitentlaries
lin different parts Of the country fol
4 eyery imaginable crime. The defense
|then proved Anderson guilty Of the
s|same crimes the prisoner was charged
with and q warrant was made out fol
his arrest, when, by advice Of his at.
q torney he took to his neels and is pro
lbably running yet.