Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-02-03
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Wheat, No. 1 Hard 81 cents today.
Make the most of these sunshiny days
st. Valentines Day-one week from
next Monday.
DR.. E. I. Donovan and wife arrived
home to-day from an enjoyable visit of g
few weeks at Kingston, Ont.
Alexander Bull, son of Ole Bull, the
famous violinist, will appear at the Dono.
van Hall on Tuesday Of next week.
One week more-and that's all-befort
matters develope that will give us real
item of news-perhapst there will be more
than one.
Park River papers note that several
young farmers from western Walsh will
locate in the south-end of Cavalier
next spring.
Yesterday was Ground Hog Day-on
this occasion however Mr.. G. Hog was
unable to find his shadow-so look for
an early spring.
Friday of last week the wheat market
experienced rise of nearly five cents,
the highest price reached being 81 cents
here in Langdon.
Quite few of Langdon's best boys
we're led into the mysteries of the Fores-
ter's order at the regular meeting of the
local lodge last week
The way folks up around Hannah are
finding grass sprouting on the banks OF
Rush Lake, we predict hay fever will be
fashionable there about the time seeding
is started down here.
j. H. Mccullough, the hustler of farm
loans down at Milton was in town awhile
yesterday. He has just returned from
three weeks visit in the east with another
big barrel of money to invest for eastern
capitalists.
Wednesday of next week the people
OF Osnabrock give an entertainment and
social at the Woodman Hall, for the
benefit of Pastor Newlove, and especially
invite their Langdon neighbors to drive
down and take in the doings.
Miss Lutte, the talented young daugh-
ter of Joel H. Williamson, of Stilwell--
who by the way possesses a diploma en-
titling her to place the letters M. D.
after her name-came up from Rutland,
N. d., to visit her folks and more espe-
cially to nurse her brother, Rev. l.. IL.
Williamson, who came home recently
from Fairbault, MIMI, suffering severely
from critical operation he had
recently undergone.
On Friday evening, the 18th inst,
O concert will be given by Attorney
Richardson's choral class at the M. %.
church. The study of vocal music has
progressed interestingly during the
winter months under the instruction OF
Mr.. Richardson and on this occasion the
public will be given an opportunity to
find out what hispupils can do. Further
particulars and the evenings program
will be given next week.
There are still people in the country
who prefer to buy from outside supply
houses. rather than patronlze the mer-
chants, and they get queer bargains
occasionally A farmer living IN Lang
don township recently bought bushel
basket from T. M. Roberts, the freight
on which was Il CENTS The same basket
is sold by local dealers for quarter.
Another man shipped in barrel OF salt,
freight 81 .98, which he could have bought
here for $1.75. There is nothing like
paving for experience in these matters.
M. O, Gladhaug, an uncle of Mrs. T
E. Pierce, of this city, was here a week
ago on brief visit, having but recently
returned from sojourn of number o.
years in the gold fields of Alaska
Though bis stay here was short quite
number of our Klondyke stricken boys
got onto the fact of his presence ant
moved an attentive audience wheneve
Mr.. Gladhaug could be induced to tell O
his mining experiences and exhibit specl
mems of quartz and gold nuggets Be
fore leaving Alaska Mr.. Gladhaug solo
a claim on the coast near Cooks Inlet TO-
$40,5O0, and is still interested in severa
others. One in particular that he owns
located on small island, about thirt.
miles off one of the mouths of the Cope
river, he figures is much richer than tn
one recently sold. 1t is his intention t.
return to Alaska in the spring, the ob]ec
of his present visit being to buy machl
merry for developing his quartz mines.
Choice farm loans made by II
ID ALERT. Rate reasonable.