Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-24
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Now the days begin to lengthen.
The price OF wheat is "a cents today.
A Merry Christmas to all our readers.
Not an empty house in Langdon this
winter.
Rig boom in the Christmas tree bust
ness tonight.
What about that trip to Paris in 1900?
Has the scheme fallen through?
Langdon continues to ship from ten to
fifteen cars Of wheat everyday.
The gymnasium is becoming quite
popular with the boys around town.
"Three Little Brownies attrac.
Observation-Disclosures church.
Now is the time to draw up those '97
resolutions and turn over another page.
Next Monday the county. commission
ers wind up the business of the old
year.
s.. Clause, Esq, conducts Christmas
tree festivities at both the Presbyterian
and NJ. E. churches tonight.
Masquerade ball for New Years night is
being discussed at lively rate. lis
said it will be way up in &C.,"
Those COMPOUNDED collectors for ma
chine companies are still here pulling up
wards of $500 per day out of the town.
Get a hustle ON yourselves girls there
is only one week more, then eight long
years must roll by before youget another
chance.
Christmas eve midnight mass will be
observed at St. Alphonsus Catholic
church tonight at 11:45 p. m. All are
invited.
Should this weather hold out another
week Langdon bloods may be found
making their New Years calls in linen
busters and straw hats.
Sunday was not such an uneventfu'
day after all. just two runaways in
town and gunpowder explosion in the
office of WIN. Helem's barn. No casuali-
ties reported.
Park River has passed All ordinance re-
curing any transient person who wishes
to sell goods in that city to first procure
license, ut the rate OF from So to $40
per day, according to the value OF the
goods to be sold.
Wheat receipts are getting light again
in Minneapolis and Duluth. Receipts
yesterday at those markets were Sl2
cars or 511 cars less than q year ago.
The visible supply is given at12, 900, 600
bushels less than a year ago.
Occasionally we hear Of a farmer who
turns out with his team and hired man
and levels and shovels off some bad strip
OF road joining his farm. This could be
improved OH by little organized labor.
Ii all the farmers on various roads would
unite the roads could be kept in fair con-
dition, and without great deal OF in
dividual effort.
Mayor Mercer: received ON invitation
last week to meet with the Fargo city
council and mayors of other cities in the
state to talk over municipal legislation
to be enacted at the coming session OF
the legislature. The meeting was held
this week, but my business prevented the
pleasure OF attending.
The district lodge of the Good Temp
lar order, composed OF the northern tier
OF counties in this state will convene in
this city, January 18th and 18th to hold
its regular quarterly session. Besides
the nine officers presiding there will be a
large delegation from the subordinate
lodges OF the Red River Valley and the
counties west of us. Our citizens should
unite with tho local I. o. G. T's.i max
ing the stay OF the coldwater advocates
apleasant one while in our midst.
The North Dakota Banner is al inter
esting little paper published sen'i-month
~ at the School for the Deaf in Devils
Lake during the school year and keeps
the public interested in the doings in ont
OF the most worthy OF our state institu
tons. 1t also affords the iorty-six pupils
attending the school an opportunity o
learning the printers trade and acquir
ing knowledge OF language in connec
ton. The four pupils attending the in
st'tution from this county are Annie
Mangnus, OF Osnabrock, Hedge and Her
man iraaven, Of Soper, and Thia Jacob
Son, of Mona.
Good loans on good security
Any kind Of money. See H. ID
ALERT about 1t.