Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-21
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Fl1ckcrtafl. Al
Local news is at a premium this week.
Walhalla flour for sale by Jos. Craw-
ford.
The la grippe patients are all conval-
escent.
Rob't Cairns was up from Osnabrock
on Sunday.
The Catholic bazaar is progressing
very favorably.
Father Nolan went down to Fargo on
Mondays train.
Only one train in a week. That one
came in on Sunday.
Services will be held in the Methodist
church Sunday evening.
Three good farm teams for sale, in
quire of B. R. Click & Co. stiff
Ralph Kelly, of the Kelly Mercantile
Co., was up from Milton on Friday.
How do you like Glove for a Day.
the serial story now running in this
paper.
Park River best patent 1our-always
uniform and reliable every sack war
ranted to please. S4tf
Services will be held in the Presby-
terrain church next Sunday morning at
tho usual hour, II O'Clock a. m.
Remember, we give free to every
cash subscriber to the CoUR1ER-DEM-
ocRAT two dollar thermometer.
Charlie McDermott went to West
Superior last week to remove his family
to this city. He has rented Mr.. Nc
Keown's building.
Rev. Mcleod, Of Winnipeg, will dis
charge the duties of pastor for the
Presbyterian church in this city for
the next three months.
Since the severe cold snap has given
place to a milder atmosphere, the rink
is being better patronized which brings
broad smile to the faces of the propri-
etors.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby services will be held in the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
every alternate Sunday evening. This
is as it should be.
A very peculiar effect was produced
by the following announcement con-
tanned in the advertisement of a county
fair: among other attractive features
Of this great fair there will be
highly amusing donkey races and pig
races. Competition in these two con-
tests open to citizens of the county
onlyE'
The owl hop at the Columbia Thurs
day evening proved a very pleasant
affair, and was success socially and
financially. The Rush Lake orchestre
furnished the music while Billy Mon
roe and Charlie McDermott ruled the
floor. Tho club has become quite a
social factor and each succeeding ball
is looked forward to with increasing
interest.
Although the weather has been very
cold for the past few weeks we cannot
complain as we believe that it is to the
clear, cold atmosphere that we owe the
good health that all seem to enjoy
throughout North Dakota, while from
the east come such distressing reports
of the ravages of la grippe and other
diseases which invariably effect the
population of climate where during
the winter months there is no clear,
pure ar to breathe and the people
are wading through slush.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the Secretary of state Monday for
the Texas and Bismarck railroad. The
road is to be built from Galveston, Tex.
through Topeka, Kan, to Bismarck,
and is backed by prominent moneyed
men. If the road is built it will solve
standing question as to whether a
north and south road will pay. Much
wheat would go to the gulf and from
there by ocean steamers. The incor-
porators give as references the First
and Third National Banks of Topeka,
Kan.-Plaindealer
The COUR1ER-DEMOCRAT has a
number Of subscribers who were lucky
enough to have all their grain threshed
last fall, and had good crops too. Some
of them have already paid their sub
scriptions but there are number who,
although in town several times during
the week; for some reason neglect this
important item in their accounts.
This is not fair. During the past years
when disaster stared many in the face,
we remained passive and made no
effort to collect that which rightfully
belonged to us; and now that fortune
has turned We expect to share in the
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