Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-10-06
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Judge Templeton arrived on Mon
day evenings train.
The political situation is becoming
more complicated every day.
Geo. Nulph carries the police badge
every evening after 6 o'clock.
Judge Templeton and Clerk of Court
Truax made IS full fledged citizens on
Tuesday.
P. X. Haugen has three good teams
of work horses for sale at his sale
stables in Osnabrock. 5
Methodist services Sunday next at
Radford's at II a. M, Harvey Centre
at $3.50 D. m. and Crocket's at 7:30.
Plow around the hay stacks, build
ings and grain stacks. A spark may
cost you the results of years hard
toll.
Do your trading with the Langdon
Merchants. They can quote you prices
for cash below any Montgomery &
Ward establishments.
The independent candidates held a
secret session in this city on Saturday.
Newspaper reporters were debarred,
, consequently we must leave our read
ers to conjecture results.
At the republican judicial conven-
ton held in Grand Forks, Tuesday,
Charles f. Templeton, the democratic
nominee was endorsed for judge of the
First judicial district. The judge has
no opposition.
AT the regular quarterly meeting of
Company E., held in the armory Tues
day evening, F. W. Mclean was
elected first lieutenant and Harry Vie
land second lieutenant. The members
are industriously preparing for annual
inspection on the 9th.
School commenced Monday with
Miss Annie Powers in charge of the
primary department and Thos. Shee-
han, of Beaulieu, us principal. Mr..
Sheehan holds a first class certificate
and is one Of the leading educators of
the county.
With No. l hard wheat selling
for 81 cents per bushel at Langdon
and worth Sl.29 per bushel in Liver
pool, the farmers of Cavalier county
can more fully realize the extent
they are ruthlessly robbed of their
legitimate profits by the elevator
and railway corporations.
Manufacturers of paper are sending
out circulars announcing that 1.-THE
United States government having pro-
hibited the Importation of foreign rags,
there is consequently a decided in
crease in the cost of all grades of
paper" This is a case where the
cholera strikes the newspaper fellow in
his-pocket book.
The republican judicial convention
was held in this city on Saturday and
the following delegates elected to at
tend the First judicial district conven-
ton at Grand Forks Tuesday: z. Nc
Hugh, D. H. Mcmillan, VIM. Flumer-
felt, Peter Mclean. J. II. Mccullough.
w. w. Kingsbury, VIM. Graham, B.
Prom and F. A. Mcdonald. It is I'M
derstood the delegation is split, a
majority favoring the endorsement of
Judge Templeton.
Never in the history of the county
since it's settlement has the prairie
been in such dangerous shape to bring
destruction upon the unwary farmer.
There has been an unusual growth of
grasses this season and the late dry
weather has made everything like
finders. A spark from an engine, a
lighted match or burning cigar dropped
carelessly in the grass is liable at any
moment to start a conhagration that,
once started, will burn path from one
end Of the county to the other. Be
careful.
There seems to be an organized gang
of safe crackers operating on this
branch. Last Monday evening the
safe in the Great Northern depot at
Conway was drilled and blown across
the room, but not cracked. They
broke the till, securing about 50 in
small change. Tuesday night at Park
River they cut the till from the Airing
ton hotel, securing 20 cents. Wednes-
day night they cracked the safe in
Brooks Bros elevator; securing about
So, and attempted to blow up the Rob-
inson Lumber company's safe, but were
frightened away leaving crow bars, etc.
The same evening the till of the North
western was rifled of about 500. The
work was skil.fully done and seems to
be professionals.