Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-02
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
Wheat, No. 1 Hard. n cents today.
Wheat touch 81 cent mark last Friday.
And Million il tronhlad with wheat


Wheat touch 81 cent mark last Friday.
And Milton is troubled with wheat
thieves too.
Three weeks more and we will have
Merry Christmas.
The X. of P. goat was exercise last
evening for the benefit of new candidate
the first of the season.
Work on the new skating rink is being
rush by the management as fast as pos
'sible and the date of the grand opening
will be announced next week.
The DEMOCRAT doesn't pretend to
furnish the news of the world. but it
does promise to keep close tab on the
doings Of Langdon, and vicinity.
Skating will be all the rage this winter
in Langdon, especially go among the
ladies-young and old married and
single. All are in for having good
time.
A handsomely gotten up contribution
box for the receiving of donations for
North Dakota's homeless children has
found place on the cigar stand in Nc.
Gruer's drug store.
It is only rumored prediction that
the passenger service of this branch of
the Ct. Northern will be discontinued
during the winter months north of Park
River, The go.as-you-please service of
q mixed-train is easier imagined than
described.
The soper school in Osnabrock town
ship is tohave library for the use of
the scholars $7O.5O was raised to start
the project with at basket social and
entertainment recently Teacher g..
Crimson is entitled to the credit of giving
the enterprise starter.
Yesterday was the first day of the
through passenger service to the new
terminal point at Hannah. The schedule
time card will be materially the same as
hereto at this point. What change will
be made in the mail service in the
western part of the county is for the
present uncertain.
A Thanksgiving day program was pre-
sented Wednesday afternoon by the chill
dren of the Langdon public schools and
quite number of visiting parents and
were there and listened with pleasure
while the children told what they knew
about the national holiday in verse and
song. The program prepared was not of
pretentious scale or make up, but in
every feature was found something
adapted to the occasion.
supt. Fox spend Monday and part Of
Tuesday inspecting the different depart
ments of the Langdon high school. The
work done is quite satisfactory, but all
the class rooms are already overcrowded.
More room is required for the increasing
number Of scholars and six grades in
stead of four would enable the teachers
to work with better results.
The George Minstrel troupe are billed
to appear at the Donovan Hall on
Saturday evening of next week. They
have thirty people in the company with
big line of specialties and are being
we'll spoken Of by the papers of various
towns in the state where they have ap'
peared this season. AS the Georgia
Minstrels have shown in Langdon Oh
two previous occasions our people are
amply able to Judge of the character of
their performances without going away
from home for the information. Tickets
are now on sale at DR.. E. I. Dopovan's
drug store.
The nuptials of Miss Minnie Rose and
Mr.. G. B. Mcmillan was among the many
surprises that helped to make Thanks
giving an eventful day in Lapgden. The
The wedding took place at high noon at
the home of the groom's uncle, Hon.
D. H. Mcmillan, and was quiet family
affair, in fact it was so quiet that the knot
had been securely tied before the friends
of the young couple had found out the
secret. Rev. Thos. Dougan, performed
the clerical part of the ceremony that
made the two one. To speak of the hon
or and esteem in which both parties are
held by Langdon people is but to repeat
an oft told tale, whele the rapid strides
that @. B. Mcmillan has made in busl'
ness life, from his first appearance here
seven years ago up to the time OF his re-
cent appointment as cashier of the Han
nah State Bank il something Of which al
are proud. They returned to their new
" established home at Hannah the
saps sftsmbtu.