Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-01
GOSSIP AND NOTE.

\ UVCOll ANU NVl II.
Lent is half over.
See the Is cent line of Dress Goods
in all shades at Boyd's. %
Nothing but pure white lead and oil
used by Reiber the painter. %
Township election next Tuesday.
Remember and order your tickets at
this office.
The new town out at Rainy Lake is
reported to have ia houses and two
newspapers.
Wheat reached the fabulous price of
81 cents Saturday, but dropped to 46
Monday morning.
1 To-day, March 1st, a penalty Of s
per cent goes on personal taxes. Real
estate can run until June.
Farmers should all endeavor to
attend the mass meeting in this city
on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.
| Langdon was quite gay last week
considering it was Lent-6ve events of
of social and entertaining nature
occurred.
The weather last Sunday was be-
yond compare. Such climatic perfec-
ton is only found in the banana belt
| of Mouth no1ofo
There will be job for the doctors
some of these fine days if the small
| boys persist in riding on the runners
of passing sleighs.
I'VE hear that two of our business
men propose to put soda fountains in
their stores this season and soda water
of all flavors will be on tap.
A subscription list was being hand
ed around Monday by two ladies from
Mt. Carmel to raise funds for the
Catholic church of that place.
The aurora borealis last Thursday
evening was a thing of beauty and it is
seldom such a gorgeous display is seen
even in this northern latitude.
Rev. John Scott will take charge of
the Presbyterian church of Crystal in
the near future. His departure is
regretted deeply by his flock in this
city.
| Every subscriber to the COURIER
DEMOCRAT who pays one year in adj
vance will receive the st. Paul Weekly
|Globe free. This offer is good until
March 18th.
Jim Hill paid half the freight charges
on our new fire apparatus. The Con-
sideration being that the engine should
be used as means of protection for
his property in this town.
We extend thanks to Hon. M. n.
"Yonson" for a package of garden
seeds. After the seeds are planted and
tie fruit matured ye editor will be able
to dispense with the use Of the bellows.
Our towns people are glad to learn
that Jas. McPhail and family purpose
returning to Langdon this spring. 1t
is rumored that Mr.. McPhail will put
up a commodious dwelling this sum
mer.
The city election will come off on
the first Tuesday in April and under
the Australian system of voting
twenty days must intervene between
nominations and election. According
to this it is only about twenty days to
convention time. Trot out your dark
horses.
Deputy Sheriff Nulph drove out to
Loan township Saturday supplied
with search warrants to aid him in
bringing the wheat thieves to justice.
Being unable to find any traces OF the
stolen grain, his mission was without
avail. The argus eye of the justice is
on the suspected parties, however.
| Out of the fifty-six names enrolled
| Oh CI6 llSU VI fO1uuVOOAO Iva "ASAAS
twenty-six we're drawn as active mem
bers. They elected as their Chief,
Chas Chisholm; assistant chief, VIM.
speckmann; secretary Chas. Mcmillan;
treasurer, George Vierhus. A COM
mittee was appointed to compile ana
revise the bylaws and regulations.
The contract for carrying the mail
from Langdon to Dash was let last
week to f. e. Smith, Of Washington,
I D. c.. for $500. He is one of the pro-
fessional bidders at the capitol and ex-
poets to sublet the contract to some
local party. He must be Jim dandy
if he expects anyone to take it at that
figure. It is worth $1,000 if is worth
a cent
The musical and evolutionary enter
ta;nment at the M. E. church Friday
evening was marked success and the