Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08

mat 1t kicked MN SICK ana QumD.
And the chicken that he fired at
To its nose applied its thumb.
Stack your wheat.
Loaded shells at Elford Bros. 9
Too much rain-stack your grain.
Hunters get your ammunition at
Elford Bros. 2
Col. Orion is taking in the exposition
at Minneapolis this week.
The republicans of this county meet
in convention on Saturday at Milton.
Frank Moran has commenced the
erection of residence on Sixth street.
Methodist services Sunday next at
Radford's, II a. NJ, and McKenzie's at
j3p p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mahon are on a
visit to the Twin cities and Duluth.
MI. Mahon will combine business with
pleasure.
In the New Orleans fight John L.
Sullivan, the champion pugilist Of the
world, was knocked out by Jim Corbett
in the 21st round.
WI. Mooney, J. B. Boyd, E. I.
Donovan and F. w. Mclean are in at
tendance at the Democratic state con-
vention at Fargo.
The editor accompanied the delega-
tion to the state convention Monday,
and the "devil'' is responsible for the
mistakes this week.
Ralph Kelly, of the Kelly Mercantile
Company, Of Milton, left last week for
trip to his Canadian home where, it
is understood, he will take unto himself
a life partner.
J. j. Souch purchased the building
lately occupied by B. Erickson and has
removed it to his lot on the corner of
Fourth and Walnut streets. Mr.. Souch
intends enlarging the building and
otherwise fitting it up for dwelling.
Here is pointer for farmers. Jas.
McPhail, of this city, sowed - bushels
Of rye last spring and yesterday
threshed $50 bushels, worth OH an aver
age 60 cents per bushel. Mr.. McPhail' S
crop was in the shock just 80 days after
it was sown-a pretty safe crop.
Nancy Hanks. the queen OF the turf,
lowers her record of two weeks ago.
On Wednesday, Aug. 31st, at Indepen-
dence, Iowa, she trotted a mile in 2:054
without skip-the fastest time ever
trotted on race track. This is the
same mare that trotted at Chicago two
weeks ago in 2:O74.
Those living along the line Of the
Larimore and Langdon branch of the
Great Northern are making vigorous
kick for regular passenger train. The
railroad company should grant the re-
quest, for under the present system it
takes a good part of week to make a
trip.-Grafton News-Times.
The following was received as a
telegram from Park River, and
signed by G. D. Lord, the well
known banker of that city: "The
Mabel Snow Opera company viii
reach Langdon on 1880 train. Thei1
show is good. Nothing immora
about 1t. Ladies may safely attend
The heavy rains on Saturday ant
Sunday delayed stacking and threshinl
for day or two. The grain is abou
all cut and consequently out Of thu
way of frost. A number of threshin&
machines will start this week and a.
there is not much straw to handle thi
year a few weeks of fine weather will
put the farmers through with thei
fall work.
Peter Wild, of Osnabrock township
was in the city last Saturday looking
up a threshing crew. Mr.. Wild finish
: ed cutting $50 acres last Friday IL
has a good crop this year, and he at
tributes it's early ripening to the thicl
sowing with which he experimental
The stubble sown wheat was especial,
good. One piece of IS acres upol
which the entire work of preparin,
the stubble ground, sowing, narrowing
and rolling, was done by two men witt
eight horses in three days will thres]
out at least % bushels per acre of No.
hard. A very heavy roller was use'
on all his land which kept the surfac
: hard. Mr.. Wild's farm is in sectiol
Of the country which was at one tim
thickly settled, but in the last fe,
years has been nearly deserted OWN
| to the few poor crops. His success j
r due to his stick-to-it-iveness. He mad
we'll on his crop last year and will
better this year. Milton Globe.