Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

GOSSIP AND MULES.
Just four feet OF snow OH the level.
Leap year will end in 20 days more.
Did you see anything OF those hogs?
Langdon " as nine days without mail.
Exercise your muscles by cleaning of
your side walk.
The dancing club completed organiza-
ton this week.
County officials are busy with their
annual reports.
Cord wood sold at SO a cord in Milton
Thanksgiving day.
The west-end skating rink started up
anew Monday night.
Prof. Kennedy was a guest OF Rev.
Thos. Dougan while in the city Monday.
Jim Hills mail wagon was pulled into
Langdon Friday with nine days mail
aboard.
The wagon roads leading to the city
were opened up to traffic before tho rail-
road was.
The principal revival Of business heard
OF around here seems to be in the matrl-
monial market.
Milton instituted a Masonic lodge
Thanksgiving eve with q charter men,
bership OF sixteen.
The heavy fall OF snow makes the
average Cavalier county farmer jubilant
big crops next year.
The mid. winter excursions to Ontario
have already begun to cause ON exodus
among our ex-Canadian settlers.
The pioneer hardware store of Mayor
Mercer is headquarter for holiday trade.
For particulars see new adm this issue.
The city fathers held their regularly
monthly meeting on Tuesday evening.
No business Observation-Disclosures was
transacted.
A. F. Stewart, one OF the staunch
leaders OF the independent party in 4ar
yey. called yesterday and took a sub
scription receipt home with him.
Langdon's fine reading room is being
made one OF the most comfortable and
interesting resorts possible. Now let all
do the right thing by showing their APP
probation.
The "Nubs'' man on the Grand Forks
Herald suggests that Dentist Smith be
presented with a chrome for having
walked twelve miles during heblockade
to keep his dates.
Considerable talk is heard oilate about
establishing a creamery and cheese fac
tory in Langdon next spring. These in
dustres would help to bnild up our city.
Let the Business Mems Union interest
themselves in the matter.
Railroading is pretty hard work the
present weather, and the quantity OF
snow interteres considerably with traffic.
If the present weather continues, the
Ct. Northern will be busted this winter
keeping it's track clear for the passage OF
trains.
Yesterday was an exceptionally fine
day and the report received over the wire
yesterday afternoon that the CT. North
,ern passenger was abandoned at Park
River owing to storm seemed hardly
credible. Such, however, proved to be
the case.
The new grain commission firm O
.Shortridge & Ely have ali adm this issue
Ex-Gov. Shortridge and Col. John Ely
receiver OF the Minot land Office, have as
ISOLATED themselves together in thegrair
business at Duluth. They propose par
-ticularly to look after the business q
small shippers. Duluth seems to be tn
centre OF attraction for North Dakota
ex-governors. irrespective OF party.
Thieving continues to be a nuisance il
Langdon and the thieves are getting
quite bold. They left their finger mark
in various parts OF the town last week
M. L. Sullivan lost a number OF shee
and hogs from his slaughter house
dressed ready for the market. Twocord
OF wood have disappeared from the req
of the Columbia and several dressed hog
We're lifted from farmers sleigh q
Kelly's feeti stable after dark. The gan
should be rounded up and made an o.
ample OF before it becomes an epidemic
The old lady was right when she sale
the ,hild might die il they waited for th
doctor. She saved the little ones lii
with few doses Of One Minute Cong
Cure. She had used it for Group before
II. ID. ALERT & Go.