Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-19
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Clean your sidewalks.
Clean out your chimneys.
Wood wanted at this Office.
Wheat, No. 1 Hard, 66 cents.
Sleighing parties are in vogue.
Only 22o below zero this morning.
Next Thursday you can give thanks.
Milton educators purpose running a
night school this winter.
Langdon skaters ought to be satisfied.
Ywo Kinks are going up now.
The reorganization of the school foot
ball club was effected this week.
Are you reading the serial story. 'Eu-
DORA" now running in the DEMOCRAT?
Langdon's reading room will be opened
up next week. Every evening at seven
o'clock.
Wheat was up to 70 cents busheI
last June, but nobody said IA word about
Mckinley.
Ii you owe the DEMOCRAT anything on
subscription please call and settle. This
means you.
WHAT'S the matter with our local dra-
matte organization? Langdon has the
very best OF talent.
Miss Josie Donovan has closed her
school at Walhala for the winter months
and is visiting Langdon this week.
Langdon's flour mill is working up Il
reputation for good brands and their
-four is in demand by outside towns.
Only four young pedagogues wrote at
the bi-monthly teachers examination
conducted by Supt Fox last Friday.
Six hundred dollars was subscribed at
the Catholic church last Sunday morn
ing for the new cathedral in course Of
erection at Fargo.
Now the Langdon kids have decided to
have brass band of their own. Band
master Moore is to instruct the kids how
to blow their bazoos.
What Langdon needs most and surely
will have is an electric light plant and
telephone communication with the bust
ness centres of the state.
There is talk OF q dancing school being
organized here this winter. The class
will be instructed in tripping the ligho
fantastic toe by aladyirom Grand Forks.
The month of December will be the
coolest, and the snow fall will be the
greatest that has been known during
any December for many years. The pre-
sent furry is'said to be but iorerunner
OF what is to come, and is sent by way
OF warning. So says Hicks the weather
prophet.
Candidates for the office OF postmaster
at Park River are already numerous.
Six entries have already been made fore
most in the procession is Editor Wyard,
OF the Gazette, who considers that his
paper has been power for good in the
recent election. The outcome OF the six
handed grab for the political plum will
be watched with interest.
Twice during the past week has the
weird clang of the fire bell disturbed the
peace and quietude of our town and al.
though the services of the department
was not re luired on either occasion
the warning was again given our cltizens
to have their stove pipes ana chimneys
thoroughly cleaned out We hope these
timely warning will be needed.
The city papers are all right, but it is
the local paper that advertises YOU
business, your schools, your church, ypul
societies, sympathizes with You in yo'n
affections, and pjoicesin yourprosperty
In short it is your local paper that men
tioEs the thousand and one items il
which you are Interested during the veal
and which you do not find i'll the city
papers. Support your home paper.
The minstrelsy production given by 1h'
Georgia University Graduates in THU
city Tuesday evening was by no means
on par with the performances OF tha
company when here last winter. They
drew IL good house, but we do not thnl
they could draw another on their merits
The DEMOCRAT apologies to it's reader
Tor having SO highly indsrsed the com
pany us it is evident they are touring tin
country on their last seasons lecort
with artists oi inferior ability.
Mckinley and Gold swept thu
country but ! have both gol|
and silver to loan on good farm
securities. HID. ALERT.