Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
The price of wheat today is 62cents.
How do you like Jim Hills mail ser

The price of wheat today is 62cents.
How do you like Jim Hills mail SER
vice?
Old Boreas continues to do business at
the old stand.
To-night's box social has been indei-
nitely postponed. ....
Five more school treasurer's reports
in this weeks issue.
Warmer weather is prognosticated for
February by Foster.
Col. Wentworth expects to leave on
his eastern trip next Monday.
Jim Hills section men should have
snow shoveling down to a fine art by
this time.
Quite all enivenment in Good Telnplar
work since The holding OF district lodge
here recently.
Sidewalks in the residence portion OF
the city have taken on tho appearance
OF the narrow, winding sheep paths.
The new apparatus for the fra hall in
the shape OF additional hose for the fire
and chemical engine arrived this week.
A nigger minstrel show with a "big
cracker jack" quartette played to indif-
ferenl houses here two nights this week.
South bound mail that had accumu-
lated a, the post-office since Wednesday
found an outlet via the Olga stage route
Saturday.
A new 'sad'' for the Langdon roller
mills appears this week. Especial at
tenton is called to the fact they grind
frozen wheat on one day OF each week.
Billings township publishes it's first
annual school treasurer's report this
week and the balance is on the right side
OF the sheet. Pretty good for Il starter
You will miss q lot OF good things
and all the news-if you don't enlist in
the army OF DEMOCRAT readers. Many
new features are to be introduced during
the present year.
The annual gathering OF the Caledon-
ian society of Cavalier county held at
Milton Monday was not so largely as
in former years. The blockadpd condi-
ton of the roads deferred many from this
end OF the county.
The cups and downs OF life are well
illustrated in Langdon since MIR. Blizzard
began his reign OF terror here last Nov
embpr and causes people to wonder
what's the use OF having doors and will
dows these stormy days.
Last week the Milton Globe hoisted
the firm name of bennett & Mccarthy as
proprietors OF that paper. Mac is stlII
with Wisconsin friends and complains OF
hard times back east. He remains non
committal on the matrimonial problem.
Friday, the 18th day OF February, the
birthday Of Abe Lincoln, will in all like
lihood be observed as legal holiday III
North Dakota this year. A bill to that
effect being in the hands ofthe Legislators
at Bismarck. L, has the necessary emer.
gencv clause attached to make it law
Immediately after passage.
The DEMOCRAT is anxious to discover
the reason some OF it's subscribers 40 no,
gettheir pupers. Others have compliance
that it does not reach them as promptly
as it should. Complaints OF this KING
are made almost daily and are being IN
vestigated by us. Ii the remedy 'canno1
be applied locally the matter will bt
turned over to the postal authorities.
A chattel mortgage bill which has Just
been introduced in he Minnesota eglsln
ture forbids one head OF the family mort
gagng the family bible, books ant
musical Instruments, pew i'll church
family burial place, sewing machines
bicycles, WEARING apparel and furniture
to the value OF $500, without th"consen
OF the other. 1t requires both the nus
band and the wife to sign it before 1T il
agood legal document.
The report OF the secretary and treas
urer at the meeting OF the stock holder
OF the Farmers Railroad, held at Dray
ton on the 14th inst. shows that som
$43, 700 in stock was subscribed. "A p'a
Of conditional stock subscription Tor no
less than 400 miles OF road was receive
with favor and adopted aud all assess
ment OF ten per cent on stock authorized
The newly elected officers OF the roa
arc President, r. S. Munger, OF DuIutl
Vice-President, D. w. Hines; Secretar!
W. p. Golf; Treasurer, j. d. Wallace
both OF DraytOn.