Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-02-22
Langdon Markets.
GOSSIP AND NOTE.

| BE sure to attend the carnival at the
rink tonight.
See the Is cent line of Dress Goods
in all shades at Boyd's. %
Thursday, February 22nd. Washing
toms birthday-a legal holiday.
Local merchants are still putting up
ice for next summers consumption.
G. D. Lille announces his fifth credit
auction sale of Iowa mares on Satur-
day March 3rd. Read display ad. on
! this page.
Minnie Lyon Benham, the lady elo-
cutionist from Devils Lake, will give
an entertainment at the M. e. church
tomorrow evening.
Several of the boys were up from
Milton Monday evening to help the
members of the Pythian order to cele-
brate its anniversary.
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.
Many Of the state papers are giving
to their readers the article NV heat VS..
Rye,'' which appeared in these columns
| two weeks ago over the signature of
Jas. McPhail.
The storm on Monday, after the biz
card type, was not very severe. There
are many predictions of an early spring
and we hope our local prognosticators
will come near the truth.
The school laws require that the an
nual statement of the respective trea-
surers of each school district shall be
published. There are quite number
of districts in this county that have
not complied with the provision of the
statutes.
By a notice published elsewhere it
will be seen that 1893 personal property
taxes become delinquent. March LIST.
The special law changing the date to
October 18th, referred only to the taxes
of 1892. You will do we'll to bear this
in mind.
Being DESTROYS of giving our readers
a full and correct list of township Off
GERS elected at the spring election, we
have forwarded to the different post
masters at these points, postal cards
and hope they will favor us by giving
the desired information at the ear
Hest possible date.
A country minister in locality not
a thousand miles from here recently
took permanent leave Of his flock Mn
the following pathetic manner, II
have come to say good bye. I don't
think God loves this church very much
for none of you ever die. don't think
YOU love each other because never
marry any of you. | dom think you
love me because you have not paid my
salary and your donations are mouldy
fruit and wormy apples, and by their
fruits We shall know them. Brothers,
1 am going to a better place; l have
been called to be chaplin Of the peni-
Tertiary. Where 1 go We cannot come
but 1 go to prepare place for you.
Good bye"
| Col. w. G. Plummer delivered his
lecture, 1.-The Tower of Babel and Its
Lessons to an admiring audience on
Thursday evening of last week. His
remarks were applied to the progress
of civilization from the time of early
biblical history to the present time.
The lover of oratory was treated to
two hours of powerful eloquence. He
carried his hearers through scenes of
history in a perfect oratorical flight.
Practical truths were diplayed through
| the entire lecture, but more especially
when he spoke of the progress of con-
) stitutional law and pointed out the
weaknesses which finally resulted in
the downfall of many nations. 1t is
generally conceded that the lecture
was the best ever delivered in ,Langdon