Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-27
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
Sanford Dodge is coming.

Sanford Dodge is coming.
School reopen on Wednesday, Janu
ary 2nd, 1901.
Holiday trade was quite brisk both
Saturday and Monday.
"Quo Vadis" by the Sanford Dodge
Co., at the Donovan Hall, Wednesday
night.
The band boys were on the street
Tuesday afternoon with their holiday
greetings.
To-night's masquerade dance by the
Thursday Social Club will bring out a
merry crowd.
The pupils OF the higher grades at the
schools were kept busy last week writ
ing for the state examination.
The North Dakota Educational associa-
tion opens two day session at Fargo
today and is being attended by many Of
the leading teachers of the state.
The Friday evening debates of the
literary society at the school house are
growing in interest as the attendance
last week manifest.
The county commissioners have been
in session since yesterday afternoon clos
ing up the years business. The official
proceedings will be published next week.
The DEMOCRAT has this week a batch
Of lively news items from Stilwell which
should give the paper a greater amount
of interest to the many readers out that
way.
Miss Gertrude NJ. McGinnis and
Stephan Fahy, young couple from Still
well, were the contracting parties at
quiet wedding that was ofticlated at by
Rev. T. H. Robertson at the Baptls1
parsonage on Christmas morn.
The paper at Michigan, N. D., states
that a Juvenile orchestra OF seven pieces
has been formed there and made it's
first appearance Christmas day at ser
vices in the Catholic church. Among the
performers are Ceclie and Mile Dohertv,
daughters OF Mrs. c. B. q. Doherty,
who's former home was in Langdon.
Elevator men and other grain buyers
agree that the local grain market has
never been such tame affair as it is
This season. The prices have been steady
end deliveries light, but there has not
been the active competition between the
commission men and the elevator which
usually makes an active market when
the deliveries are light.
That Langdon people We're all well Ted
Christmas day goes without saying.
The strangers in our city and the
regular boarders OF the hotels were no
exception to the rule either, and if any
thing had the best it. The ct. North
srn. Columbia and Palace all made great
preparations for the feastlng OF the inner
man. and outdid themselves with SPLEEN
did results. Landlords Monroe and
Hankey both had special spreads in the
evening in place of the regular meal
when toast making and speechmaking
was INDUCED in TO the hearts content
and the health of the host drank IN
Iindelie's best
The ct. Northern is closing all the
small stations on it's system where the
YEARS. business amounted to less than
400 600. and announces they VII! re-.
fSnain closed until spring. Ihe lack o. O.!
business after January LIST they say VIII
not warrant the expense ofkeeping them
omen. Last winter the depot at Dresden
was closed under similar condltlons' out
itis understood the receipts there the
present year will save the people the IN
Convenience OF another experience OF the
Kind. People all over the state are ex-
raedingly angry over this action on the
Csrt 81 The ct. Northern and an effort IL
hang made to have legislation enacted
fhis winter demanding the keeping open
a all stations on lines operating in the
vfota