Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-09-01
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

GUSSlP AMI NUIES.
School opens next Monday.
Are you in politics this year?
Hunters report chickens scarce.
To.day's price of No. Hard wheat is
50 cents.
Thresher's lien blanks for sale at the
DEMOCRAT Office.
Langdon merchants are now daily re-
ceiying their fell and winter stocks.
The electric light plant is being decked
out with coat of bright red paint this
week.
The idea that prairie chickens are
plentiful seems 10 have vanished since
the season opened
Ten applicants for teachers certificates
wrote at the examination held here Fri
day. Six of these passed.
Bakrud & Crumy have their drilling
outfit at work putting down we'll at
Mrs. McGruer's residence. They have
already reached a depth of sixty feet.
DR.. j. d. Wlndell, the Park River
physician, who accompanied the Fargo
party to the Klondike gold fields last
winter is in the city to day the guest of
DR.. Semple.
Shooting chickens on Sunday seems to
bring bad luck, Judging from the way it
keeps some of the boys busy nearly the
whole week explaining how they didn't
get any moro chickens. ....
It is reported that Mrs. Cora Ross
Clarke of this city, is the lady spoken of
by the Hannah Moon as being pros
pective candidate for the republican
nomination as county superintendent of
schools this fall
Editor Frawley was up from Osnabrock
Monday, where he reports the people
greatly enjoy the prospects of news
paper. The delay in the arrival Of new
material is holding back the publication
of his first Issue.
day evening and decided to place Il fur
mace in the basement OF The school build
ing for heating purposes this fall. 1t is
not known whether thoy will use the hot
air or steam system.
The first brcil was laid on the new
Alert Winters block Tuesday forenoon
and Ill two weeks Contractor Edwards
expects to have the walls up. The plans
of the building show that it will be a
model of architectural perfection.
Manager Gardner, of the Langdon
electric light plant, states that the local
demand for North Dakota Ignite coal
this winter, both in the resident and
business portions of the city will greatly
exceed that of last year. Several parties
are placing orders for car load lots, being
satisfied that it is more economical than
hard coal and equally as good for heating.
The business in his coal and wood yard
the coming season promises to be quite
satisfactory.
MlCuaGl Drown, Gi1o lial NCou AAl,A WIZ
received injuries last Thursday forenoon
in the accident that occurred to the en-
CINE of the south bound freight, is
around but will be 7ucHpncitated for
work until the season is nearly done. He
was struck by flying pieces of wood and
iron when the cylinder head on the right
side of the engine blew out. Both his
head and noel. were targets for the flying
missiles. Brown win seek to be reim-
bursed by the CT Northern for the
injuries received. Attorney Richardson
will represent the claimant.
Yesterday q. II. Mcmillan took the
train for jamestown where he to-day
takes the oath of Office rs state deputy
revenue collector, succeeding Gus A.
T,eibar the incumbent OF the office fol
the last four years. 1t is Il government
Job and es,lmnipd TO be worth $1,000 pei
aunum. The appointment supposedly
comes through the hands of Senator
Hunsbrongh and will in Il way even NJ
tho denl when he knocked over Con
pressman Johnson's plans by giving Pa
McIIugh the LinGdnn postotllce. Both
Inv. uood bertbs now aud should b'
satisiied no matter if some OF tho rest o
the boys have TO keep Oh waiting.