Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-08-17

For a good meal go to Schulke's.
Farmers get your machine oil at
Elford Bros. 81
For the best quality machine oil so
to Donovan's drug store. 40
Cavalier county will harvest wheat
crop Of about eighteen bushels to the
acre.
The first new grain shipped from this
point was Il Car Of barley threshed last
week by Chas. Clarke.
Harvest and threshing hands sup
piled with bread at Crawford's bakery
Sixteen loaves for Sl.00.
The young people are arranging fol
a Demorest contest to take place some
time in the near future.
Owing TO an accident on the main
line, Tuesdays train did not arrive
here until early yesterday morning.
a large number partook Of the deli
cious ice cream served by the ladies OF
the NJ. L. Church last Saturday even
ing
Harvest hands are arriving every
day. Honest laboring men willing to
work, nothing Of the hobo element
about them.
A petition is being circulated among
the residents of Moscow asking the
government to establish q post Office in
that township.
The chicken season will soon be
here again and Elford Bros, are tax
ing the lead as usual in sporting goods
and ammunition. Al
The farmers had their prayers an
sered last week when the cool wave
passed over this portion of the state
without freezing their crops.
The Langdon City band was out
Thursday evening and discoursed ex-
cellent music for an hour. The band
appears to have obtained a new lease
OF life.
1t is said that one of our leading
business men is booking as a victim of
the ''little blind god'' and that he will
enter the rank of the benedicts in few
weeks.
Prairie fires are already commencing
their annual devastation. Farmers
should keep a close watch for them and
take every precaution to prevent dam
age from this source.
Engineers who have used boiler COM
pound speak in great favor of it, water
never foams, boiler never gets corted
on the inside, can use any kind of
water with the compound. 1
The state insurance department. has
gotten out a circular, giving the names
Of legitimate insurance companies
doing business in the state: together
with few words of warning against
bogus companies.
Wheat took another encouraging
Jump on Monday making No. l hard
IS cents. The market is becoming
firmer, owing probably to the fact that
the supply is under the average for
several years past.
It is generally thought that the wheat
is hurt but very little with the warm
weather. The appearance in some
places certainly indicates injury, but
not very extensive. The late wheat
will suffer more than any other grain.
A drive about the city impresses a
person with the fact that in spite of the
financial stringency Langdon has had
had asteady growth, and shows numer-
Gus improvements made during the
season. Quite number of new resi-
dences have been built, and many
others repaired and painted.
The way in which local thermo-
meters flirted around freezing point on
Thursday and Friday evening of last
week called forth the appearance of
long faces. Although it got
quite cool on both of the evenings, the
light wind which kept blowing from
the west prevented the mercury from
sliding down toward the bottom Of the
bulb. Now the cold wave has passed
over. there is little fear of frost during
the next week or ten days.