Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-08-25
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

County convention Saturday Sept. 8.
State convention Fargo, Sept. 9th.
Loaded shells at Elford Bros. 2
Ten days more and Cavalier county's
wheat crop will be safe in the shock.
Every democrat should make it his
duty to attend the caucus Saturday
evening.
The Duluth and Minneapolis wheat
markets are firm with a slight upward
tendency.
When will Jim Hill tighten the traf-
fic OH this branch with a daily passen-
ger service?
The chicken season opened Saturday.
They are more plentiful this year than
ever before.
| 1t is the universal opinion that Cava-
lier. county as whole, will m arket the
best crop of wheat this year she has
ever grown.
Those vino failed to take the advice
Of the R-DEMoCRAT last spring
and bluestone their wheat are now
reaping smut.
The first installment of the new serial
story entitled ''For God and the Gar"
appears in this issue. Read every num-
Der, you will find it interesting.
, IJovo vo,, oyor not;oo6 +bo+ tho mon
who most enjoys joke at the expense
of others, is the one who quickest loses
his temper when the laugh is turned
against himself?
Some time ago Prof. Foster, the wea
ther prophet, predicted frost in ATTITUDES
north of the 10th meridian, on August
2Sth, which will be next Sunday. Look
out for it-Foster rarely misses his
guess.
1t is understood that the efforts of
Bathgate citizens for some time past
have been directed toward securing the
Fish Trap mill and rebuilding it at
their own town. The mill IN it's pres
ent situation is of no use to anybody.
Governor Burke by proclamation and
in accordance with a proclamation Of
President Harrison to the same effect,
designates friday, Oct. q as general
holiday to be observed by public dem
onstration and such services as shall
most appropriately express appreciation
of Columbus and his discovery of this
continent.
Look over your paper before you
come to town and do your trading with
men who advertise. You will get bet
ter bargains and cheaper goods. The
business man who can't afford to let
you know what he has for sale is not
well posted and will not or cannot sell
to you as cheap as one who does. 1.-The
thinks the farmer never reads an adver-
tisement,it is very likely he never reads
one himself, and the man who does not
read cannot keep posted in the rise and
fall of goods and is always behind the
times.
A hundred farmers were in the city
Monday evening looking for Irvine and
there was no twi1fe' to be had. Curses
loud and deep were freely bestowed on
certain alliance leaders who had con-
tracted to furnish number of farmers
with twine-and failed. 1t was from
this fact that the trouble arose. There
is no shortage with the manufacturers
but when the local dealers learned that
the alliance was going into the business
they only ordered enough to supply
their own customers. The Alliance
dealers failed to keep their agreement
the harvest came in rapidly. everybody
wanted twine-hence the rush. Nc
MILAN & Laidlaw received carload
that night and though doled out spar
Iingly there was not near enough to dc
for all. Tuesday night Click & Co. re-
ceived a carload and the famine was
raised.
At a meeting of the Worlds Fair
board at Fargo on August 18th, reso-
luton was unanimously adopted that
North Dakota be represented at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, and
also the following appeal was issued to
the people of North Dakota:
Resolved, That the board of Worlds
Fair managers of North Dakota, have
met and organized, and arranged for
the construction of the state building
for North Dakota at Chicago, and for
the collections of the grains. grasses,
woods, timber, clays, coal, and other
products of the state, and being fully
sensible of the necessity of making a
display at the Worlds Columbian Elk
position, worthy OF the resources of
North Dakota, does hereby appeal to
its citizens for cooperation and assist
lance. It is the intention of the board
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