Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-09-08
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

GUNNlf AMI MULLEN.
Monday was Labor Day-alegal holiday
To.day's price of No. Hard wheat il
40 cents.
Threshers lien blanks for sale at the
DEMOCRAT Office
Society will perhaps have another we'd.
ding to discuss next week.
Its almost time that literary and de.
batting society was started up.
The gold medal oratorical contest, for
matrons only, occurs at Walhalla next
Tuesday.
Osnabrock's new paper with Jerry
Frawley at the helm is due to put in al
appearance this week.
The Langdon party of dancers attend
ing the hop at Dresden last night, report
large crowd and big time.
Bathgate is agitating Sunday closing
of stores and urges that Misunderstanding
supersede dice shaklng-untll after cleo
ton.
Both book agents and picture
peddlers are among the necessary evils
that have tried the patience of Langdon
people this week.
Chicken shooters have raised the ire of
the school directors Of Fremont by using
the outbuildings of the schools for target
practice and at that during school hours
to the danger of the pupils.
Col Lounsberry, whose experience in
the newspaper business began with the
publication of the Bismark Tribune in
1873 is spending the week here on official
business of the United States land de-
partment at Washington.
Langdon's veterans of the Oriental
order visit Hannah next week, possibly
on Monday evening, when class of can
didates will be led across the burning
sands of the Orient to the shrine of the
Ancient Order Of Humility.
Monday-although designated as La
Dor Day--was about the same as any
other day with most of us. The schools,
banks and county Offices undertook it's
due observance, that is after their atten-
ton had been called 20 the fact.
Last week Hannah citizens entertained
Hon. Thos. Grecnway, the premier Of
Manitoba, who owns q fine stock farm
across tic line at Crystal City. He was
making arrangements for the transporta-
ton Of his herd OF Shorthorn cattle to the
Minnesota state fair.
The hail storm of week ago last
Saturday, appears to have destroyed
about 5000 acres Of crop in the south-end
of the county in addition to the havoc it
wrought out west. According to the
Milton Globe it swept through from
Soper post Office in a north-easterly
direction to the mountain edge, east of
Milton. The etrip is about mile wide
and sixteen miles long.
Western Cavalier county was visited
with another slight hail storm on Sun
day afternoon in which insulated pieces
of uncut grain in Moscow, Dresden and
the south part of Grey townships we're
damaged. The storm lacked the vio-
lences of that which occurred week pre-
vious. The heaviest loss reported is that
of r. b. Gage, of Daniels. Many of the
crops in the path Of the storm were light
and it is Thought the amount realized by
insurance will nearly equal the loss.
On Tuesday mornin@, Langdon's pub
lie school re opened for the fall and win
ter term with Prof. Sheehan in charge.
His corps of teachers consist of Mr..
Chas Crawford IN tho grammar depart.
ment Miss Lulu Hodgins in the inter
mediate and Miss Vetla Oke in the pri'
mary The enrolment of this week is
slightly under 200, though in months
time all rooms will be crowded to their
full capacity. \ progressive year is pre-.
dlcted in all rooms The teaching force
is the same as during tho past year and
certainly of the best. This term a course
OF high school study is being taken up
by Il class who are already applying
themselves to the work which has been
laid out preparatory to their graduation
next summer