The winter term of the graded
school in Linden began Jan. 9th, after
a two weeks vacation. The measles
having about died out, each depart
ment is now pretty well tilled. On the
first day 42,were enrolled in the High
School, 55 in the Intermediate and 22
in the Primary. Teachers and pupils
enter into the work of the term in
good spirits and with renewed energies.
On Wednesday morning with the
thermometer indicating twenty degrees
below zero, we received a letter from
John Immel, formerly of this city, now
of Joplin, Missouri, renewing his sub
scription to The Democrat and con
taining the following information:
“The new year opened here with fine
weather, the mercury going up to 70
degrees." Mr. Immel should not tan
talize his northern friends.
John KLeffer, Jr., who is running a
dry goods and grocery store at Minot,
Dakota, writes under date of January
5, that there was three and one-half
feet of snow at Minot, and that it was
still snowing, and that the trains were
running regularly with a snow plow on
each train; and wants to know “how
is that for a country that will raise
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fifty bushels of wheat per acre next
| year?” He closes by wishing The
Democrat and all of his friends in this
vicinity a happy new year.
About one hundred and twenty-five
guests, invited by the Knights Templar
of this eommandery, gathered at the
Masonic Hall on the evening of the
Ith, to witness the installation of
officers for the ensuing year. After
the installation a banquet was served
by Hornung, and dancing was indulged
in until a late hour, the music being
furnished by the popular Decorah Rand.
